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Anyone who buys cuts of chicken rather than the whole corpse is asking, nay, begging to be ripped off.
lolbreasts 
"I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left" - Seasick Steve
We just eat lobster instead.
Nexa
Nexa
“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.â€
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Beef is cheap up here so we eat that instead.
I try and limit it to 1 beef + 1 pork per week unless it's pizza week.
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Anyone who buys cuts of chicken rather than the whole corpse is asking, nay, begging to be ripped off.
Nexa wrote:
We just eat lobster instead.
Nexa
Nexa
Alma wrote:
I lost my post
Elinda wrote:
Nexa wrote:
We just eat lobster instead.
Nexa
Nexa
lolcrabs?
The only time I have Lobster is when I do a Risotto and i'm feeling fancy.
I do like venison though, which is probably cheaper than chicken too
Edited, Jan 12th 2009 12:08pm by tarv
I do like venison though, which is probably cheaper than chicken too
Edited, Jan 12th 2009 12:08pm by tarv
I buy bags of frozen chicken breasts or tenders when they're on sale. They keep for up to six months in the freezer, and all they need is an overnight thaw to be just about as good as their fresh counterparts.
The KFC up the street from us got a health score of 20 and had to be closed down for a few months while they replaced half the equipment.
The KFC up the street from us got a health score of 20 and had to be closed down for a few months while they replaced half the equipment.
RedPhoenixxx wrote:
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Also, Duck>Chicken.
Unless it's brown, of course.
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On the bright side, it's pretty quite here at work.
You told me you weren't tarv, you lier.
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Just get seafood instead, unless you are in a land locked(read: terrible) place.
Just as Planned.
Chicken rose in price for me after I watched chicken run with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. I just cannot stand the thought of eating a chicken that suffered in its short life by eating itself so plump it cannot move 
Now I only buy Freerange (expensive) and so its a premium meat for me
I tend to live on Salmon and Prawns these days
Perhaps its been a blessing in disguise?
Now I only buy Freerange (expensive) and so its a premium meat for me
I tend to live on Salmon and Prawns these days
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You told me you weren't tarv, you lier.
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Chicken rose in price for me after I watched chicken run with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. I just cannot stand the thought of eating a chicken that suffered in its short life by eating itself so plump it cannot move
So long as it isn't battery i.e in a cage and not fed on animal protein, I don't care how much they feed it.
Hugh Fearnley bleedin Whittingstall is a pompus *** who's opinion is as good as his hoity toity dress sence. FUcking sh*te! You realise that the programme spacificly targetted a farm that was being closed down for breaking exsisting regulations right? Even the RSPCA distanced themselves from the douchebag once they saw the finished programme, it's about as relevant to british farming as Sarah fUcking Palin!
/Rant off.
I feel better now.
If you're from england, then where are you shopping? Basics chicken from sainsburies is still cheaper than beef.
Unless you buy the half price racks of rump beef they sell every now and then. They're awesome. Nothing like eating steak and peas, 3 meals a day for 5 days!
Unless you buy the half price racks of rump beef they sell every now and then. They're awesome. Nothing like eating steak and peas, 3 meals a day for 5 days!
GwynapNud the Eccentric wrote:
Chicken rose in price for me after I watched chicken run with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. I just cannot stand the thought of eating a chicken that suffered in its short life by eating itself so plump it cannot move
Now I only buy Freerange (expensive) and so its a premium meat for me
I tend to live on Salmon and Prawns these days Perhaps its been a blessing in disguise?
Now I only buy Freerange (expensive) and so its a premium meat for me
I tend to live on Salmon and Prawns these days
Perhaps its been a blessing in disguise?That's awful...I can't eat salmon since I found out they mate for life.
Nexa
“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.â€
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
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If you're from england, then where are you shopping? Basics chicken from sainsburies is still cheaper than beef.
Unless you buy the half price racks of rump beef they sell every now and then. They're awesome. Nothing like eating steak and peas, 3 meals a day for 5 days!
Unless you buy the half price racks of rump beef they sell every now and then. They're awesome. Nothing like eating steak and peas, 3 meals a day for 5 days!
Basics is 1/2 water, 1/2 other animal wrapped in chicken skin.
Edited, Jan 12th 2009 1:56pm by tarv
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I have neither the time nor the inclination to spend the time cutting up an entire chicken for miniscule saving I would make, besides i don't have the room to store 2 chickens in my fridge
Shouldn't have gone for the Sogoro model fridge/freezer, the freezer takes all the space =/
To be honest with two kids i probably need a Brownduck mammoth style one these days, the type you can hand half a steer in.
Baron von tarv wrote:
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If you're from england, then where are you shopping? Basics chicken from sainsburies is still cheaper than beef.
Unless you buy the half price racks of rump beef they sell every now and then. They're awesome. Nothing like eating steak and peas, 3 meals a day for 5 days!
Unless you buy the half price racks of rump beef they sell every now and then. They're awesome. Nothing like eating steak and peas, 3 meals a day for 5 days!
Basics is 1/2 water, 1/2 other animal wrapped in chicken skin.
Edited, Jan 12th 2009 1:56pm by tarv
Still cooks well if you can cook properly. And it leaves you more monies for gin.
Edited, Jan 12th 2009 2:15pm by NoodlesCCCLV
I don't drink generally, maybe once a week or twice if I have a nice bottle of wine in.
Uglysasquatch, ****** Superhero wrote:
Baron von Annabella wrote:
Chicken in Canada was like 22 dollars a package.
I don't remember. It was Sobeys in Fredricton.
Turin wrote:
Seriously, what the f*ck nature?
Serves you right for setting foot in Sobeys.
What's bred in the bone will not out of the flesh.
I don't even buy chicken anymore. I just get a huge turkey, roast it up, and have enough meat left over for a week. Fantastic meals and quite cost effective too.
Nexa wrote:
That's awful...I can't eat salmon since I found out they mate for life.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Chicken hasn't become expensive.
It has been artificially cheap for ages tho.
I guess shipping chickens from China battery farms to Europe on massive ships driven by petro-chemicals isn't as 'economical' as it used to be.
It has been artificially cheap for ages tho.
I guess shipping chickens from China battery farms to Europe on massive ships driven by petro-chemicals isn't as 'economical' as it used to be.
"If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders". Carlin.
paulsol wrote:
Chicken hasn't become expensive.
It has been artificially cheap for ages tho.
It has been artificially cheap for ages tho.
In the UK, you can blame (or thank) pretentious, pseudo-hippy (but talented) chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
Before his high profile TV campaign against inhumane battery-farming, and promoting free-range husbandry, supermarkets used chickens as 'loss-leaders' to get people through the doors. With "2 chickens for £5" offers, people would be attracted into the store to do their whole week's shopping.
I'm not saying everyone stopped buying battery chickens. Just that it became a PR disaster for supermarkets to use them as a promotional attraction. They no longer subsidise them, production levels fall (along with profit margins for battery farmers), and the spiral of inflation hits the poultry industry.
FWIW, I've only bought free-range for most of my life (I used to visit battery farms as a kid to buy Chicken Heads & Feet to feed the menagerie of rescued foxes we had on the farm. Animals deserve a better life & death than that).
I rarely buy chicken portions - it's wastefully expensive, and when I do, I buy thighs as they have the most bestest flavoUr.
If I'm cooking Chicken Breasts, I buy a whole bird and use the legs for casseroles and the carcases for stocks and soups. Easily 3 or 4 meals from one chicken.
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