Question on gizzards

[Pookie]

Is there any way to, for lack of a better word, "soften" gizzards?  It seems like they tend to make Pookie regurgitate, and I suspect it's because for some reason, the really tough part tends to block him as it tries to move out of his stomach, so it gets brought back up.  I don't want to stop giving him the gizzards, but I don't like the horking, either.

I didn't give him gizzards for a few weeks, just to give him a break, and he kept everything else down.  I did finally give him some a couple of days ago, and let them thaw longer than usual before warming them, and he did ok, so maybe I just have to keep doing it that way.  But I was wondering if anyone here has had this issue, or had any other suggestions.

Thanks in advance! 

[DeeDee]

You have to trim gizzards--you need to get the meat out of that tough covering. It's the covering that's tough and if you don't trim them, you will have a hard time eating them.

At least that's how chefs do them when using gizzard for a dish.

[Middle Child]

Of course if you take that tough stuff off you loose part of the dental benefit.  How about if you cut the tough membrane stuff (I don't know what it's called) into thin strips, strings even?

[Lola]

I cut them in smaller pieces.  If I don't, they are used as toys...batted around the house.  Some swallow the pieces whole.  *sigh*  Others won't eat them at all. 

[Middle Child]

Queen Eva can manage gizzards if I cut them in thin strips, about an inch long with a quarter inch thickness.  Or cut very flat, about the size and thickness of a nickel.  Jennie loves chewing and the bigger the gizzard the better for her. Mazy never liked gizzards much.

I'm hoping to see turkey gizzards at the store I found them at last year soon.  the guy told me they only get them around November.  Both Queen Eva and Jennie went crazy over turkey gizzards. This year i'm going to stock up.