On Sunday, September 6, 2020 at 7:52:56 AM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Sep 2020 07:50:44 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
> >Pamela wrote:
> >>
> >> On 22:13 5 Sep 2020, Sqwertz said:
> >> >
> >> > Once again, I picked up on one of the current topics here and ran with
> >> > it. 10lb bag of chicken leg quarters ($3.90),
> >>
> >> Maybe it would be even better if you paid only $2 for a 10 lb bag of
> >> chicken.
> >>
> >> Heck, you get first prize if you pulled it out of a dumpster and paid
> >> nothing.
> >>
> >> Do you expect discarded chicken to be top quality? Make sure you cook it
> >> thoroughly to kill the smell of decay.
> >
> >10lb bag of chicken quarters on sale is very common in my area.
> >Maybe once a month or a bit more. I often see it for $5.90
> >and also as low as $3.90. It's called a "loss leader" to
> >bring people into their stores and hopefully buy more products.
> >
> >Not discarded or old and decaying. It's good meat at a good
> >price. Everyone but a few here looks for a good price.
> >Bitch, bitch, bitch.
> >
> >"My $3.99lb free range, organic chicken is so superior
> > to your $0.39lb rotten abused chicken"
> >
> >That's just silly nonsense. It's all tasty chicken. Only
> >difference is your bank account balance. Fools and their
> >money soon part and all that.
> >
> >You people should cook and taste both before you
> >act so superior.
> >
> >Note: if they are abused chickens, consider it a
> >mercy killing. Even the happy chickens get slaughtered.
> Doesn't American chicken get wiped with bleach to remove the rotting
> smell?

Here's a U.K. source on the subject:

<https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/food-safety/chlorinated-chicken-explained-why-do-the-americans-treat-their-poultry-with-chlorine/555618.article>

My tap water is chlorinated, too.

Cindy Hamilton