Chicken gizzard Oscar food

CWO4GUNNER

CWO4GUNNER

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Well I have a far better replacement for lean or fat hot dogs which is cheaper $2 a pound, extremely lean with almost no fat and does not brake up at all, Chicken Gizzard. By placing a couple in the microwave for 30 seconds it will kill reproductive bacteria if any yet leave raw. The microwave also shrinks the tendon on the muscle into a ball making the tendon very easy to trim off the muscle. Let cool for a few minutes and drop in. My Oscars love them and no gill particles. I freeze the bulk in 5 portion sandwich bags inside a larger quart freezer bag. The freezing preserves the huge $2 pack of gizzards and also tenderizes the muscle by crystallizing the tissue. Chicken gizzards are super lean and have very little fat and no trans-fat, no cholesterol, but are high in protein and really give my Oscars something to chew on.:clap:
 
i like this idea, actually. curious as to the response you'll get. never really looked into or thought about nutritional values of gizzards... since i like them so much, lol.
 
Awesome Gunner, high five! Now that's what I'm talkin' about:woot:

Much better than hot dogs but still have to watch it, lots of cholesterol:
http://www.livestrong.com/article/54076-nutrition-information-chicken-hearts-gizzards/

At least though, you are not getting all of that sodium and preservatives.

I think you would enjoy feeding your oscars baby crayfish, they are quite easy to breed (you certainly have the tanks for it!) and they are the sorts of foods oscars encounter in the wild. Not to mention, they make good eating if you are into that sort of thing. Extremely nutritious since they eat mostly algae and smaller fish and crustaceans.
 
Well the chicken gizzards I use arr process and packed separately from chicken livers which are enormously high in cholesterol and contaminate chicken gizzards when processed and package together. You also have to be careful with cholesterol labeling when given in bulk on the package. While it is true that almost 4 ounces almost the entire package has 240 milligrams of cholesterol, 1 or two gizzards is almost nothing.
 
Oh one correction to my post. It is actually easier to peel or trim the tendon before blanching in the microwave. Using a sharp skinning or trimming knife it just takes seconds to separate the tendon from the muscle which is very lean, the tendon holding 99% of any fat or cholesterol. Microwaving is preferred because unlike stove blanching some surviving bacteria in the center of the meat my be able to still reproduce. Microwaving penetrates and although only 15 seconds will not cook the meat leaving it raw with undamaged nutrients and leaving some bacteria, it almost certainly damages any remaining living bacteria reproductive chromosomes. So the meat maintains its raw nutrients value without having to kill the meat by overcooking, yet prevents any stray bacteria from causing reproductive infection which is the main cause of food bacteria sickness (reproduction).
 
I like to use chicken heart and beef heart for my fish. Chicken heart is supposed to be easier to digest than the beef heart supposedly. Might try giving that a go as well.
 
Back in the late 70's early 80's my Dad had oscars and a silver arowana... he fed them gizzards and those fish were healthy and HUGE!

Of course, my older brother would feed these fish ANYTHING... snakes, frogs, mice... it was always interesting as a little kid watching Daddy's 3+ foot arowana eat the snake that scared the crud outta me in the yard just moments before (ultimate payback).
 
I agree with you Id actually prefer to use chicken hearts myself but in resort areas they are hard to come by separate packaged unless you live in or near a big city. Chicken gizzards on the other hand are pretty common everywhere and cheap $2 per pound. Certainly cheaper then Hebrew National hot dogs at $5 a pound
 
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