raw pig ears...and chitlins - Page 1

just came from the grocery store and bought boss some fresh pig ears....

i dont know about other places but around here ( south louisiana) we can get stuff like that fairly cheap....first time ive bought pig ears tho, what are your thoughts about feeding raw pigs ears?.....they also have hoofs/legs..tail...tounge...but i dont like to even look at them...looks to much the same as it did when it was on the animals...

also...have you ever heard of chitlins?...you can get a giant bucket (like 2 gallons) for about $6.00...would this be something that would be good for the dog?..its pretty gross to me but ive heard some of yall mention deer and other animal guts on here before....so i'd get it if it would be good for him....(we call em chitlins) Chitterlings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 Have you ever heard of salmonella, campylobacter, among other infections? Might be wise to read up on them in dogs......

Care must be taken when preparing chitterlings, due to the possibility of disease being spread when they have not been cleaned or cooked properly. These diseases/bacteria include Escherichia coli and Yersinia enterocolitica, as well as Salmonella. Chitterlings must be soaked and rinsed thoroughly in several different cycles of cool water, and repeatedly picked clean by hand, removing extra fat and specks of fecal matter. The chitterlings are then boiled and simmered until tender.

Ugh. Hodie, once again, ITA! with you. (I TOTALLY agree.)

I feed RAW mostly and understand the risks involved but somehow the pig parts and Chitlin's sounds gross.... do people buy the pig parts like ears, legs, feet, tails in the grocery store, like for human consumption? And are the buckets of chitlins cleaned out first? When wild carnivores eat the guts they do so when the animal is brought down (killed) so the intestines aren't like sitting in a bucket getting possibly contaminated. I guess if it were me I would pass because there might not be much nutritional value in the pig parts too, ears are mostly cartilage. Guess I must be a fair weather RAW feeder LOL!

I feed pig hearts, feet and ears all raw.The tripe I feed is green and canned from solid gold.

I would not consider chittlins! My venison I brown. Just my two cents worth.

You can also get beef lung reasonably inexpensivly

Aye! it be no secret t' good Ol boys down south who work their performance hunters and racers be swearing by Chitterlings(pig intestines) for many decades.... Aye they swear by Kale and Collard Greens for t' performance dogs as well. aye  10-pound bucket fresh or frozen chitterlin's Cold water t' cover 3 cups apple cider vinegar 10 cloves garlic Brin' t' a boil, turn heat t' low and simmer for 2 1/2 t' 3 hours or until chitterlin's feel tender. remove from heat, drain well. Keep in Fridge. Now t' odor will be unpleasant t' say t' least, but what it does for t' canine athlete be nothin' short o' Amazin'. Below be t' nutritional value for 8oz o' cooked Chitterlin's Aye . 79% o' their cals come from fat. Aye be energy for t' long haul..

Calories 529
Total Fat 46.2 g 71%
Saturated Fat 21.6 g 108%
Trans Fatty Acids 0 g
Cholesterol 629 mg 210%
Sodium 41 mg 2%
Total Carbohydrates 0 g 0%
Dietary Fiber 0 g 0%
Sugars 0 g
Protein 28.4 g
Calcium 56.8 mg
Potassium 31.8 mg
Calories from Fat 416 (79%)
Calories from Carbohydrate 0 (0%)
Calories from Protein 114 (21%)

And peoples eat 'em too, who knows for what reason......my hubby is a good ol' Southern boy, but he wouldn't have any of those things! Yuckeroo!!! jh

Aye Lassy! be nothing better than a few big bowels of Chittlins and a few plates o' Oysters aye.....wash it down with some grog and ye be good to go Aye! ...makes me ready to Jitterbug and Waltz at t' nearest Country Western Dance aye.....

I think I will just have some grog please...

thank you capt mike....

thats what i was wondering about...i knew i've heard it before- that it was really good for dogs...just wasn't sure if it was suppose to be fed raw.... i doubt i will ever get them- but i was curious about the benifits...

wonder if they are worth all the trouble tho (and the risk)?...i do have a crawfish boiler- would be able to boil them at extremely high heat...but would that just boil out the stuff thats good for them?...if i did get them, should they be boiled only at low heat?....

lol...i don't know why im askin...i know ill never get them...my hubby says id probably puke as soon as i open the bucket

Trailrider &Kalibeck--And peoples eat 'em too, who knows for what reason......my hubby is a good ol' Southern boy, but he wouldn't have any of those things! Yuckeroo!!! jh<<<

yep, they are sold as human food....but i personally don't know anyone who eats them...and i would never eat them...(i dont like oysters either, but a lot of people love em raw- i don't even like them cooked)......but give me a pot of boiled crab, shrimp or crawfish any day...yummmmmm...i even suck the heads..