1. Do these need to be thawed out before canning? Yes, if using raw pack. Otherwise a fair amount of your processing time goes to just thawing them not killing the bacteria - it's purpose. They can still be cold just not frozen solid. If you are going to use hot pack they will thaw during the pre-cooking you do. 2. I know I can raw pack these,one place said to add liquid another place said do not add liquid, what is the best way liquid or no liquid? It is a matter of personal taste. Fresh chicken will make quite a bit of broth in the jars if you go the "don't add liquid route". But frozen chicken makes much less broth so I prefer to use broth when canning frozen chickens. I find that frozen chickens holds up quite well to canning if the pieces aren't cut up small. With chicken tenders I would leave them as is size-wise. Hot pack and raw pack both have their advantages and disadvantages. Overall I much prefer hot pack but many prefer raw pack. You need to try both and see which you prefer. Dave Here is a link that might be useful: NCHFP - How to can chicken

Sounds great keeping thisone..STacy

Just checked in (don't spend much time even on conversations lately).... glad to hear that it's what they thought and not the other. re: caffeine... reducing your caffeine intake really helps! And helps the stress management too. Take it from an ex-caffeine junkie. At my worst, 2 cups of coffee and 6-10 diet cokes a day!! (I LOVE diet coke in a can!) I've been caffeine free for 3.5 years now! Well, mostly caffeine-free, it's hard to avoid it completely... I was never a chocoholic (I didn't even like chocolate until my mid-thirties!) so I don't eat much of it... but I haven't given it up. I also drink decaf coffee... which does have small amounts of caffeine. I may have a caffeinated root beer by mistake once in a while (some, like barq's, has caffeine, some, like A&W, doesn't). I don't drink real coffee. In fact in the past 3.5 years the only real coffee I had was that first summer while touring in Scotland and it became more of a problem to get decaf than just drink the stuff... and I wasn't fully weaned. now, I'd just skip it! I cut back in a couple of steps... went from 8-10 diet cokes a day to 2, keeping my cups of coffee at 1-2, or drinking decaf if it was just as available. I was very proud of myself. I remember the conversation with my doctor, though, when telling him I had "cut back" from nearly a case of diet coke a day. "That's really good!" he said. "Now Quit." I have noticed the differences of being caffeine free. The withdrawal week was tough, but not as tough as I expected. Now, I am less cystic (my are mostly POS-polycystic ovarian syndrome), have less headaches, and show better stress management. Not too long ago I was out to dinner. When dessert was served I dug in, took one bite, and could "feel" the espresso hit my blood stream. And it wasn't pleasant. I was eating Tiramisu, made the "right" way! I don't eat tiramisu anymore, either!! Good Luck!

Nunya - If it's taking you 3 seconds with kitchen shears, you might want to save half the time and try a knife. :) Jump to about 4:30 in the video below and Jacques Pepin shows how easy it is, pretty much what Ann posted above except he uses a knife. Keep watching and at about 5:08 he removes a second sinew in under 2 seconds. By the way, this is an excellent video to watch if you're interested in boning a chicken. Practice a couple times and it's every bit as quick and easy as he makes it out to be. Here is a link that might be useful: Jaques Pepin This post was edited by foodonastump on Sun, Jan 27, 13 at 16:18