But the gizzard is something special. It's part of the digestive system, a muscular food-grinding organ that helps a bird such as a turkey to digest seeds and insects. It's also known as the ...

But if you go through the trouble of harvesting turkey wings, you’ll be rewarded with surprisingly meaty cuts that can be served up in a killer buffalo wing recipe. The giblets consist of the gizzard, ...

Cooks in the know understand that, before they roast a store-bought chicken or turkey, they need to remove ... liver, neck, and gizzard. While birds, reptiles, earthworms, and some fish and ...

“Typically, when you’re buying [a turkey] from the grocery store, it’s going to have the heart, liver, neck, and gizzards,” Matijevich tells Mental Floss. Although the organs come in the ...

Set a wire rack in bottom of a large stockpot and pour 1-1/2 qt. water into the pot. Place the turkey (minus the neck, gizzard, heart, and liver) on the rack and bring water to a boil. Cover, reduce ...

Here’s what you need to know to put turkey and chicken giblets to good use. Technically, giblets are defined as the gizzard (the mechanical stomach of a bird), heart and liver of poultry.