Posted on 07/14/2022 7:13:33 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Rising prices for packaged chicken breasts, thighs and wings can leave a consumer squawking: Enough is enough.
Egged on by the high cost of chicken parts, Simon Kirsch, a 33-year-old tech worker from Portland, Ore., decided to spring for the whole bird and take it apart himself.
Whole bird “I couldn’t justify spending that money,” he says.
Before inflation, he says, “I wasn’t, like, making soup on the weekends.”
As of last week, the price for a whole chicken, on average, was $1.56 a pound, according to the Agriculture Department, up from $1.09 a year ago. Boneless, skinless chicken breast prices were $4.26 a pound, up from $2.46 a year ago.
Clara Cannucciari, who died at age 98 in 2013, lived through the Great Depression near Chicago and posted videos about how her Sicilian-American parents stretched food in dire times. Christopher Cannucciari, her 43-year-old grandson, says the page got tens of thousands of more views than usual in May. The channel has drawn thousands more subscribers in recent months than it usually adds, he says. Fans reach out to him personally or leave comments on old videos, such as the popular “Poorman’s Meal”—fried potatoes, onions and hot dogs—expressing their gratitude, he says.
Jan Wardell, who is 71 and also lives in Pocatello, bought a whole chicken recently but is ruling it out for the future. There was too much chicken.
“You don’t want to have the same meal over and over and over until it’s gone,” she says.
But she isn’t throwing any away. “I’m too cheap for that,” she says.
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It’s a RonCo
My daughter and I bought 30 meat chicks for 0.50 a piece last year. She raised them, had them slaughtered and defeathered. We shrunk wrapped them. Cost per chicken with feed and processing was less than 1.50 each. I still have 3 in my freezer, about 7-8 pounds. They are THE best tasting chickens ever. We will be doing that again this year.
Along the same principal I always purchase whole pork loin’s for 2 dollars a pound or less from Sam’s . You get 15-20 boneless chops and usually a couple of roasts for 17-20 dollars...I also get the whole birds and use every bit of it. I thank God .
My cats won’t eat ANYTHING but Fancy Feast however they both LOVE chicken, and you are right I am in CA. and Fancy Feast is 83 cents a can GEEZE it wasn’t that long ago it was 43 cents a can!! My cats WILL NOT touch a different brand of cat food they will starve first LOL!!!
A whole live chicken is easy to kill, pluck and cut up.
We could do it blindfolded by the time we were 10 years old.
Even a whole bought plucked and eviscerated chicken can be cut into pieces in less than five minutes.
I cook a brisket then cut it up into meal sized portions and freeze them. Lasts a good while.
So... You come from a long line of chicken pluckers... (hee-hee)
Indeed. The vacuum sealer is a very useful kitchen tool.
Instant pot eye round roast beef came out pretty good. The gravy was excellent. Next time I’ll make it a little more rare than the recipe says.
https://www.pressurecookrecipes.com/instant-pot-roast-beef/
[Bought a rotisserie for 2 bucks at a garage sale, works great. Fun to watch and good to smell especially in the winter when the heat is also a benefit. Otherwise do it on the patio and enjoy a cold one while it’s cooking.]
Yeah, the incredible edible egg is a real life saver, too. They are so versatile and are excellent, high quality protein and lots of important minerals. They always taste good to me.
Chicken & Rice might be one of my favorite meals, maybe not as good as roast beef sandwiches and mashed potatoes, but it’s right up there. Very simple to make. I like fried chicken as much as anybody, but it’s a hassle, and makes kind of a mess.
They sure are a tasty bird!
LOL, yes, I guess YOU could say that.
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