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Posted on 01/08/2017 10:37:13 AM PST by Trump20162020
American families are getting smaller and yet chickens are getting larger.
As we begin 2017, Americans can look back at 2016 as yet another year with record-high chicken consumption—an average of 89.6 pounds per person. That’s more than three times as much as our grandparents ate.
Chickens we eat today are twice as big as they were 60 years ago. In 1955, the average weight of chickens sold on market was 3.07 pounds, while the number for the first half of 2016 was 6.18 pounds, according to National Chicken Council, a nonprofit trade organization based in Washington, D.C.
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Gravity is increasing, all right. I’ve been telling people that for years. My reasoning is that:
1. I can’t jump as high as I used to.
2. I can’t lift things I used to.
3. When I fall down, I hit harder and it hurts more.
4. And the scientific, measureable proof is that when I step on the scale, it reads considerably higher than it did 30 years ago.
Case closed.
Good point on the comparison between A&P and WMT plus the decentralized nature of chicken farming in 1948. The press today would likely be beside themselves and screeching at the top of their lungs.
The free range chickens sold by local co-ops around here run five pounds. Maybe they’re a certain breed.
I wonder where the colonel gets his chickens. Their chicken parts are the smallest in the business.
They already have them. You can get them at KFC.
Ain't that the truth! I thought they were serving pigeons the last time I was there. It wasn't always like that. I think that the competition is getting to them. Zaxby's has wings that are almost as meaty as the Colonel's legs.
I didn’t even know about Sprouts. I found out there’s one 35 miles from us. All the chicken you get today tastes alike-—BLAND. Thanks for the info!
It took a tough man to make a tender chicken.
“Chickens weigh twice as much today?
I weigh twice as much today.
Obviously gravity is increasing,
doubling in a mere 50 years.
Meanwhile candy bars continue to shrink,
just like pants.”
I think global warning can be blamed for your plight.
Tet, you are a man of logic. I identify with your remark.
Because of the problems associated with over specialization, to avoid chickens becoming like turkeys, it would likely be a good idea to have a program to create more diversity in the species.
The USDA did it with wheat, creating strains that could thrive in less than ideal places. So why not do it with chickens?
For the past two years we have gotten our Christmas spiral ham at Sprouts also. The best ham I ever ate. Far superior to Costco. Sprouts produce is super high quality and very reasonable. They sell bulk dry goods also which we use such as sesame and flax seeds and Himalayan salt.
Piccata style?
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Because Costco...
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