On Sunday, September 6, 2020 at 8:07:50 AM UTC-5, Pamela wrote:
> On 12:50 6 Sep 2020, Gary said:
>
> > 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.
> Why does Squirt a big point of delaring what he paid for the chicken? It
> seems to matter a lot to him.
>
> His is not prime chicken although it might (or might not) be adequate
> chicken. Once upon a time chicken tasted like chicken but today it tastes
> of the fishmeal it's given. You are not going to get 10 lb of free
> range corn fed organic chicken for $3.90.

These are not fishmeal fed chickens. Those leg quarters are from old egg laying hens that no longer lay eggs at a rate that is practical for commercial egg production. They are somewhat tough and stringy, but there is nothing off about their flavor. They are not free range, but they are corn fed. Corn is very cheap in the USA. Cattle are corn fed here for far longer than needed for flavor because it's cheaper. The ideal is to graze/hay feed until 3-4 weeks before slaughter, then corn finish. The cheap Mexican steaks I buy are grazed until slaughter, or only a few days before slaughter, as that is norm in Mexico, where cattle can pasture feed year round. There is some sacrifice in flavor and tenderness, but they have a more healthful fatty acid profile, and they are also fed little or no antibiotics.

--Bryan