[Fiji Hill]

According to the article, all chickens available in supermarkets today are broilers. I recall chicken stew made from stewing chickens back in the 1950’s, but if you’re in the market for a stewing chicken today, you’re out of luck.

[TomGuy]

According to the article, all chickens available in supermarkets today are broilers. I recall chicken stew made from stewing chickens back in the 1950’s, but if you’re in the market for a stewing chicken today, you’re out of luck.

"Stewing chickens" are/were older chickens. As they aged, their meat became tougher. That did not make for good 'frying'. It did make for stewing because the longer cooking process helped to tenderize the meat. These were typically hens that had several years of egg-laying.

Before supermarkets, when people raised their own, very little was wasted. That was especially true of animals processed for food.

[Redcitizen]

You can still get a stewing chicken.

Just douse your wife with a bucket of water.

Then she’ll be....

...mad as a wet hen.

:D

[Mears]

I can still get stewing chickens (fowl) at a local chicken farm.

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