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Sheldon

wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
> > wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > I roast or rotisserie 6-7 pound rosasting chickens all the time,
> > definitely don't lose half their weight, perhaps barely 1/3.
> >
> > Slow cooked is tantamount to braised... what weight you lost was mostly
> > water (meat is better than 70% H2O), and fat (naturally if you discard
> > the fat instead of using it that's one's choice, years ago folks used
> > all that meat fat - years ago folks worked a heck of a lot harder - the
> > farmers around here don't need to watch their diets or go to a gym).
> > Bones in of themselves, especially poultry bones, contribute little to
> > weight loss from cooking. Most any braised meat will be reduced to
> > less than half it's raw weight... not ribs and other bony cuts but all
> > others. But you can't honestly claim you lost that weight because it's
> > now in the sauce you created.
> >
> > When you purchase deboned cuts most of the higher cost is due to labor
> > (butchering)... takes time to trim and tie a roast. If one is a smart
> > shopper they will buy bone-in cuts and debone themselves, then the
> > bones and trimmings can be used to prepare very tasty dishes. This
> > week the Price Chopper stupidmarket chain here had bone-in center cut
> > pork loin on sale at 99¢/lb, I bought 15 pounds worth yesterday, spent
> > 20 minutes trimming, deboning some, and repackaging... got a nice huge
> > roast, a mess of chops (9 biguns), and about five pounds stewing pork,
> > nice chunks that'll be used for braising and/or marinated for
> > grilling... bones will be used for ****ghetti sauce. I even took a
> > picture of this package before opening... will post it in a week or so
> > when I have enough pics to download.
> >
> > Sheldon
>
> I just want to make sure you know how I'm thinking. Say you buy a whole
> 6Lb chicken on sale for .65Lb. If, and I say if you end up with
> something like 3Lbs that you can eat
> that means that you paid $1.30 a pound not .65 a pound.

No, it actually costs a lot more, you didn't figure in your seasonings,
cooking fuel, clean up supplies, and your time... and yes, even your
silly ass is worth at least minimum wage.

If that's your logic then you really should be buying your chicken at
the deli counter, sliced chicken loaf.

Sheldon