On 2023-06-27, Michael Trew <
michae...@att.net> wrote:
> On 6/26/2023 3:06 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Monday, June 26, 2023 at 5:13:59 AM UTC-10, Michael Trew wrote:
>>> Honestly, just the grocery store brand. I'd like to try fresh some
>>> time; I think the local butcher carries it. Brats are getting too
>>> close to hot dogs for me; I won't touch those things.
>>
>> The Japanese love dark meat too. Chicken thighs are the chicken of
>> choice in Japan and Hawaii. I can't say if the Japanese eat the
>> drumstick parts of the chicken nor can I say if they even eat turkey.
>> My guess is that most people there don't have an oven big enough to
>> fit an American style turkey.
>
> I like the flat parts of the wings, but for me, the drumsticks are
> basically scrap meat; they go right into the stock pot with the scraps
> to make tasty broth. If I roast a whole chicken, Sophia likes to eat at
> least one of the drumsticks, however.
>
> I am not familiar with Japanese ovens, admittedly, but I have a
> mid-century oven, which is a lot smaller than the US norm today. I
> wouldn't want one of those modern 30" wide ranges with a full oven; it
> seems like a lot of wasted space to heat.
Any waste heat relieves the furnace of some work. I don't bake
around it for heat to circulate. At 550 F.
My gas grill is larger than your oven. I most commonly heat