Comments on: A comeback for whole chickens http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/06/08/a-comeback-for-whole-chickens/ Recipes from scratch and a lot of chatter about food ( plus a little about politics ) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:16:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/06/08/a-comeback-for-whole-chickens/#comment-5639 ellaella Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:56:48 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=3758#comment-5639 Hi, Tess. Good to see you! It's not your imagination at all. Most "roaster" chickens are now 6 to 8# or more (!) and bred for more breast because of consumer demand. Some of those poor chickens can't even stand up, their breasts are so heavy. I just won't buy roasters anymore, having learned that. Smaller chickens are broiler-fryers as well as kosher and free-range birds and premium birds such as D'Artignan and can indeed be hard to find. :( We still have a lot of parts here and I just bought jumbo leg quarters at 59 cents per pound. And they are jumbo. My pack has 5 leg quarters and the weight is 4.40 pounds. $2.60. Thank heaven for my vacuum sealer. Here's a trick stores pull: the price of wings always goes up before the Super Bowl, when they're so popular. Better to buy them a month in advance and freeze them! Hi, Tess. Good to see you! It’s not your imagination at all. Most “roaster” chickens are now 6 to 8# or more (!) and bred for more breast because of consumer demand. Some of those poor chickens can’t even stand up, their breasts are so heavy. I just won’t buy roasters anymore, having learned that.

Smaller chickens are broiler-fryers as well as kosher and free-range birds and premium birds such as D’Artignan and can indeed be hard to find. :(

We still have a lot of parts here and I just bought jumbo leg quarters at 59 cents per pound. And they are jumbo. My pack has 5 leg quarters and the weight is 4.40 pounds. $2.60. Thank heaven for my vacuum sealer.

Here’s a trick stores pull: the price of wings always goes up before the Super Bowl, when they’re so popular. Better to buy them a month in advance and freeze them!

]]> By: Tess http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/06/08/a-comeback-for-whole-chickens/#comment-5637 Tess Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:04:52 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=3758#comment-5637 Is it my imagination or have whole chickens become gigantic? Seems like I used to get 3 to 3 1/2 # chickens, and now they are 4 # or bigger. Maybe it's my bad memory? I usually just buy whatever chicken parts I need, though I remember cutting up chickens myself when the parts were more expensive. Seems like the situation is different now. At least thighs and wings (which are getting harder to find) are usually cheaper than the whole bird. <abbr><em>Tess’s last blog post..<a href="http://1tess.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/foiru-yaki-mixed-grill-in-foil/" rel="nofollow">Foiru-yaki: Mixed Grill in Foil</a></em></abbr> Is it my imagination or have whole chickens become gigantic? Seems like I used to get 3 to 3 1/2 # chickens, and now they are 4 # or bigger. Maybe it’s my bad memory?

I usually just buy whatever chicken parts I need, though I remember cutting up chickens myself when the parts were more expensive. Seems like the situation is different now. At least thighs and wings (which are getting harder to find) are usually cheaper than the whole bird.

Tess’s last blog post..Foiru-yaki: Mixed Grill in Foil

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