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Boneless chicken is first to go scarce as coronavirus hits U.S. meat supply
fortune.com ^ | 4/28/20 | Jen Skerritt and Shelly Hagan

Posted on 04/29/2020 10:44:50 AM PDT by a little elbow grease

Goodbye, boneless chicken.

Food retailers across North America are swapping boneless chicken legs for less popular thighs and drumsticks as a wave of shutdowns at meatpacking plants has reduced supplies of sought-after cuts.

Covid-19 infections among workers at some of the largest meat processing plants in the U.S. and Canada have reduced slaughter capacity, and in some cases the types of cuts available. Outbreaks have shut down almost a third of U.S. pork capacity and the growing wave of disruptions has spurred plans by President Donald Trump to order meat-processing plants to remain open. In Canada, Cargill Inc. has idled its beef plant in High River, Alberta, which accounts for about 40% of Canada’s processing capacity while JBS SA’s beef plant in Brooks, Alberta, is running at about half capacity.

Quebec-based Goodfood Market Corp., which delivers meals on a subscription basis, said it will be substituting its regular boneless chicken for bone-in thighs, legs and drumsticks as the poultry industry shifts away from de-boning to ramp up production.

“Poultry suppliers are still facing labor shortages and many of them are operating with less than 50% of their regular workforce,” Goodfood Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Ferrari wrote in an email to customers. “To ensure the essential supply of chicken for Canadians across the country, the poultry industry as a whole is shifting away from de-boning chicken legs to increase their production capacity.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chicken; coronavirus; foodsupply; meatshortage; meatsupply; scarce; supplychain
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To: a little elbow grease

Can this virus survive in an oven at 350 to 400 degrees Fahrenheit?


41 posted on 04/29/2020 11:07:40 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: firebrand
........ what about seedless grapes? .... where do they come from???

;-)

42 posted on 04/29/2020 11:07:59 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: a little elbow grease; All

The BEST way to roast a chicken, IMHO, is like this:

Set your oven to 450 degrees. Put a cast iron pan in the oven and let it heat up while the oven heats.

While the oven heats up, take one chicken, no larger than four pounds, rinse and pat it dry with paper towels. Slather it with 1 Tbsp (front and back) with vegetable oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper.

When the oven is at 450 degrees and the pan is hot, CAREFULLY put the chicken into the pan. It’s going to sizzle! Let roast for 25-30 minutes, then TURN OFF THE OVEN and leave it in there for another 25-30 minutes until the breast temperature is at 120 degrees and the thigh is at 135 degrees.

Let rest 20 minutes, tented with foil, before carving.

Thank me now and thank me later. I will never roast chicken any other way ever again. :)


43 posted on 04/29/2020 11:08:49 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: a little elbow grease

The government hit the meat supply, not the virus.


44 posted on 04/29/2020 11:08:56 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: cherry

That’s the most jesuitical excuse for letting people die that I ever heard.


45 posted on 04/29/2020 11:09:00 AM PDT by firebrand
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To: montag813

It is ridiculous AND I don’t believe ALL of these deaths are from CV19 I believe they are bloating the numbers EVERY death right now n NY is CV19!!!


46 posted on 04/29/2020 11:09:47 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: cherry

The response created a climate of absurd paranoia, where you are pure evil just for leaving your house or talking to someone.


47 posted on 04/29/2020 11:10:08 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: cherry

Right on up to the election.


48 posted on 04/29/2020 11:10:09 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: b4its2late

There were 22,000 2015-2016 flu season. You don’t mention that.


49 posted on 04/29/2020 11:10:24 AM PDT by Hugh the Scot ("We are domed!" - V V Camp Enari 67-68)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

‘Possum. ‘Coon. Rabbit. Squirrel. Any roadkill will do!

Check out my Roast Chicken recipe a few posts above!


50 posted on 04/29/2020 11:10:36 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: a little elbow grease
No problem. I still have my Forschner boning knives,steel,and stone from my meat cutting days.
51 posted on 04/29/2020 11:11:16 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Youth is blunder,Maturity is struggle,old age is regret.....Disraeli.)
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To: nopardons

I was thinking the same thing


52 posted on 04/29/2020 11:12:09 AM PDT by Fledermaus (ONLY A MORON THINKS 6 FEET IS A MAGIC NUMBER!)
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To: a little elbow grease

The ones at the farm aren’t boneless. Their legs keep em handy.

Fresh, good, and not from CHI-COMLAND. Same for our pigs-— they be free rangers, and peanut fed.


53 posted on 04/29/2020 11:13:44 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: a little elbow grease

Boggs had his “habits”

3:17


54 posted on 04/29/2020 11:13:50 AM PDT by Osage Orange (Mar's isn't a place to raise your kid...)
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To: a little elbow grease

Think how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that....
GCarlin


55 posted on 04/29/2020 11:14:59 AM PDT by gathersnomoss (Welcf theome to North Mexico, Gringo's it...)
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To: firebrand

Who knew that Buffalos had wings?

I know!

And what about those skinless sardines!


56 posted on 04/29/2020 11:15:31 AM PDT by Dacula (Day 5 of Georgia opening up and I am still alive)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Eaten every one except Possum. just couldn’t bring myself to try it. Turtle legs are good too.


57 posted on 04/29/2020 11:19:21 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: a little elbow grease

It’s another facet to this plot - this one will take down Chick Fil’A


58 posted on 04/29/2020 11:20:53 AM PDT by Karma_Sherab
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To: a little elbow grease

No boneless chicken?
There’s an app for that.
Get some regular chicken, and use the “knife” app. :)
It’s also cheaper.


59 posted on 04/29/2020 11:21:46 AM PDT by Mr. Rabbit
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To: a little elbow grease

Omaha Steaks has a huge sale on. I ordered meat half price.


60 posted on 04/29/2020 11:22:39 AM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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