> wrote in message
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> Usually I think boneless and still may. Not sure. I slow cooked a whole
> turkey and I did a whole chicken. The 12Lb turkey after cooked, deboned
> weighed in at 6Lbs. So you pay for 12Lbs and
> get 6Lbs. Same with the chicken. 6Lbs becomes 3Lbs. Both my chicken and
> turkey were so tender they fell off the bones. I think some people
> won't believe these figures. I actually weighed them. If this is the
> case is boneless possibly the better deal? Just want to see if anyone
> else has figured this out. Thanks, I'll be looking in.
>


Most of the time when you buy a chicken, its just a chicken. But when you
buy boneless chicken, read the label carefully, because it will, more times
than not, tell you there's "Water Added." Even bone-in "parts," like those
industrial sized bags of frozen thighs down at the warehouse market are
usually "Water Added." Although I like my chicken brined, I don't mind doing
it myself, and I don't care to pay meat prices for the brine. I'd rather pay
meat prices for the bones, wingtips, carcase, and trimmings that I can use
later to make stock. Canned chicken stock is too light on chicken and too
heavy on salt to pay good money for.


--Rich