put whole neck in crock pot. mirepoix = celery, carrots, onion (sweet) thyme dried pepper mix from garden cumin splash of wife's red wine corn, okra, and alot of extra veg from garden liquid smoke starchy potato 11 kinds of beans wild hog smoked knuckle turkey smoked sausage (arrowed fall 2012) lotza jalepenos little brown sugar canned sunsugar tomatoes from garden salt then let it cook until just vertabrae are left remove bones add a slurry (cornstarch/liquid) = this thickens it enuff bring to boil served with fresh jalepeno cheddar bisquits it was alot better then havin the neck go in the "grind for burger tub"
I always keep at least one neck whole, except I bone it out and tie it...then it make a pot roast......