"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:26:48 -0500, Jeremy
> > wrote:
>
> >Sorry to disagree, but any visit to an abattoir yields the injection
> >room, huge needles inject water into the carcass at about 2,000 lb.
> >pressure, tenderizing and adding weight.
>
> We were talking about beef and buffalo, though, and your usage of
> "feed lot" certainly indicates you acknowledged that.
>
> >The chicken available in stores has the normal 8% and now another 15%
> >"stock"
>
> Not all of it, but yes - it is common for poultry but not for raw
> beef (yet).
>
> -sw
I get my chickens fresh from a butcher shop. Never frozen...sittin' on ice.
39cents a pound for the last 6 years....last week he went to 69
cents...Durn.