Chickens Everywhere

Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:

Dierbergs had a 24 hour sale today. Purdue whole chickens were 49 cents a
pound. I bought 16 of them ranging in weight from 5 1/2 pounds up to 6
pounds and a few ounces. I'll be making lots of stock this weekend to put
up in the freezer. I think I'll dig out that new rotisserie thing we got
as a gift, read the directions, and make a couple of rotisserie chickens.
Only 4 packages were allowed but I was running all over the place today and
hit 4 seperate stores. I got 8 packages of baby back ribs and 4 enormous
pork loins.

Michael <- busy weekend ahead

Ode to Chickens

Chickens will hop and chickens will leap
Chickens never stop making a peep
Chickens will flutter and flap their wings
If you cut off their heads
They will do all of these things...

--
Best
Greg

Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:

Dierbergs had a 24 hour sale today. Purdue whole chickens were 49 cents a
pound. I bought 16 of them ranging in weight from 5 1/2 pounds up to 6
pounds and a few ounces. I'll be making lots of stock this weekend to put
up in the freezer. I think I'll dig out that new rotisserie thing we got
as a gift, read the directions, and make a couple of rotisserie chickens.
Only 4 packages were allowed but I was running all over the place today and
hit 4 seperate stores. I got 8 packages of baby back ribs and 4 enormous
pork loins.

Michael <- busy weekend ahead

My wife bought a Baby George rotisserie last week and we made some
rotisserie chicken. I prepared a homemade dry rub and applied it to the
chicken. It was gooooooooood! I used a digital probe thermometer
inserted into the chicken breast to tell when the chicken was done. It
was done about a half-hour earlier than the instruction book indicated.

Rusty

Rusty said:

My wife bought a Baby George rotisserie last week and we made some
rotisserie chicken. I prepared a homemade dry rub and applied it to the
chicken. It was gooooooooood! I used a digital probe thermometer
inserted into the chicken breast to tell when the chicken was done. It
was done about a half-hour earlier than the instruction book indicated.

i say we organize a cage match. your baby george rotisserie against my
ron popiel showtime rotisserie jr! may the best rotisserie win.

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Rusty said:

My wife bought a Baby George rotisserie last week and we made some
rotisserie chicken. I prepared a homemade dry rub and applied it to the
chicken. It was gooooooooood! I used a digital probe thermometer
inserted into the chicken breast to tell when the chicken was done. It
was done about a half-hour earlier than the instruction book indicated.

i say we organize a cage match. your baby george rotisserie against my
ron popiel showtime rotisserie jr! may the best rotisserie win.

Well, you guys are way smarter than me. I bought the Baby George a month or
so ago and couldn't get the chicken to wind around the rotisserie. Granted,
I was probably way too impatient. It made a hell of a mess. Dry rub
everywhere.

I took the damn thing back.

Elaine

elaine said:

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Rusty said:

My wife bought a Baby George rotisserie last week and we made some
rotisserie chicken. I prepared a homemade dry rub and applied it to the
chicken. It was gooooooooood! I used a digital probe thermometer
inserted into the chicken breast to tell when the chicken was done. It
was done about a half-hour earlier than the instruction book indicated.

i say we organize a cage match. your baby george rotisserie against my
ron popiel showtime rotisserie jr! may the best rotisserie win.

Well, you guys are way smarter than me. I bought the Baby George a month or
so ago and couldn't get the chicken to wind around the rotisserie. Granted,
I was probably way too impatient. It made a hell of a mess. Dry rub
everywhere.

I took the damn thing back.

Elaine

The Baby George won't roast a chicken larger than about 4-lbs. You also
have use the 4 skewers that come with the rotisserie, to tie down the
chicken so wings and drumsticks won't flop around.

Rusty

Rusty said:

elaine said:

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Rusty wrote:

>My wife bought a Baby George rotisserie last week and we made some
>rotisserie chicken. I prepared a homemade dry rub and applied it to the
>chicken. It was gooooooooood! I used a digital probe thermometer
>inserted into the chicken breast to tell when the chicken was done. It
>was done about a half-hour earlier than the instruction book indicated.

i say we organize a cage match. your baby george rotisserie against my
ron popiel showtime rotisserie jr! may the best rotisserie win.

Well, you guys are way smarter than me. I bought the Baby George a month or
so ago and couldn't get the chicken to wind around the rotisserie. Granted,
I was probably way too impatient. It made a hell of a mess. Dry rub
everywhere.

I took the damn thing back.

Elaine

The Baby George won't roast a chicken larger than about 4-lbs. You also
have use the 4 skewers that come with the rotisserie, to tie down the
chicken so wings and drumsticks won't flop around.

Rusty

Personally, I'd never rotisserie cook.
Things come out WAY too dry!

Or at least every rotisseried item I've ever bought pre-cooked did. :-P
Not only does the fat cook out but so does all the juice. I just don't
understand the point.

Om

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Michael \'Dog3\' Lonergan said:

Dierbergs had a 24 hour sale today. Purdue whole chickens were 49 cents a
pound. I bought 16 of them ranging in weight from 5 1/2 pounds up to 6
pounds and a few ounces. I'll be making lots of stock this weekend to put
up in the freezer.

Cub has bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts for $1 a package this week - no
limit. Two breasts per package.

Must be turning over the stock of birdies. "Off with their heads!"
--
-Barb
<http://jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 4-17-2006 with Easter stuffs.
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

Melba's Jammin said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Michael \'Dog3\' Lonergan said:

Dierbergs had a 24 hour sale today. Purdue whole chickens were 49 cents a
pound. I bought 16 of them ranging in weight from 5 1/2 pounds up to 6
pounds and a few ounces. I'll be making lots of stock this weekend to put
up in the freezer.

Cub has bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts for $1 a package this week - no
limit. Two breasts per package.

I can beat that -- last week Treasure Island here in Chicawgo (my main
store) had skin - on, bone - in breast for .$.79/pound. At times
boneless, skinless breasts have been $.99/pound. Been eatin' LOTS of
chicken...

A month ago chicken quarters were $.25/lb., I bought about 25
pounds...sauteed them all, picked off the meat to freeze and used the
bones for stock. This week they're on sale for $.39 so I'll get maybe
10 pounds and do the same thing...we/ve got the whole chickens for
$.49/pound here too.

Chicken and pork have been pretty cheap. Beef has generally been so
expensive that I can't remember the last time I bought it...why so
expensive?

Other stuff:

- Butter, last week was $1.50 - $2.00/lb at Treasure Island and Jewel
(Safeway) respectively...that's as low as I've ever seen it....

- Eggs have been as low as $.39/dozen...

- Common cheese has been fairly cheap, milk is reasonable. Is dairy
stuff coming down in price?

- Red bell peppers. For some reason nice ones have often been
available for $.99/lb at TI...

- Orange juice. Has been very cheap all these last months, Tropicana
has been as low as $2.00/half gallon, Florida's Best or eqv brands have
been 3/$5.00 Interesting because citrus itself has not been a huge
bargain...

- Produce in general is cheaper than it was. After the hurricanes and
bad weather in CA some stuff was really sky - high last fall/winter.
Canned and frozen veg is more reasonable now...

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Must be turning over the stock of birdies. "Off with their heads!"

"A chicken in every pot is worth a bird in the hand..."

--
Best
Greg

Melba's Jammin said:

Cub has bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts for $1 a package this week - no
limit. Two breasts per package.

Must be turning over the stock of birdies. "Off with their heads!"

Man I miss Cub. I shopped them when I lived in Des Moines and Indy,
and they always had the best produce and meats.

We have Winco here, but their produce isn't nearly as good.

-L.

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Michael \'Dog3\' Lonergan said:

Dierbergs had a 24 hour sale today. Purdue whole chickens were 49
cents a pound. I bought 16 of them ranging in weight from 5 1/2
pounds up to 6 pounds and a few ounces. I'll be making lots of stock
this weekend to put up in the freezer.

Cub has bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts for $1 a package this week -
no limit. Two breasts per package.

Must be turning over the stock of birdies. "Off with their heads!"

I don't understand the prices here lately. I usually don't buy beef from
the supermarket unless the price is really good. More often than not I buy
beef and fish/seafood from the butcher and fish monger. Except frozen
tilapia. Right now some of the supermarket beef prices look pretty
tempting.

Michael

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Michael \'Dog3\' Lonergan said:

Dierbergs had a 24 hour sale today. Purdue whole chickens were 49
cents a pound. I bought 16 of them ranging in weight from 5 1/2
pounds up to 6 pounds and a few ounces. I'll be making lots of stock
this weekend to put up in the freezer.

Cub has bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts for $1 a package this week -
no limit. Two breasts per package.

Must be turning over the stock of birdies. "Off with their heads!"

I don't understand the prices here lately. I usually don't buy beef from
the supermarket unless the price is really good. More often than not I

buy

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beef and fish/seafood from the butcher and fish monger. Except frozen
tilapia. Right now some of the supermarket beef prices look pretty
tempting.

Michael

Just yesterday I went in our local grocery and they had ground "mystery"
beef (as Sheldon would call it) "on sale" for $1.99 a pound! What the heck
is that? Beef must be much cheaper where you live. OTOH, they had bone-in
chicken breasts on sale for $.88 a pound. What do you think we picked up?

kili

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Just yesterday I went in our local grocery and they had ground
"mystery" beef (as Sheldon would call it) "on sale" for $1.99 a pound!
What the heck is that? Beef must be much cheaper where you live.
OTOH, they had bone-in chicken breasts on sale for $.88 a pound. What
do you think we picked up?

kili

It depends on which one of you was doing the shopping ;o) You, of course,
would pick up the chicken. TFM, OTOH, would most likely be inclined to
give the "mystery meat" a twirl 😉

Michael

Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:

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Just yesterday I went in our local grocery and they had ground
"mystery" beef (as Sheldon would call it) "on sale" for $1.99 a pound!
What the heck is that? Beef must be much cheaper where you live.
OTOH, they had bone-in chicken breasts on sale for $.88 a pound. What
do you think we picked up?

kili

It depends on which one of you was doing the shopping ;o) You, of course,
would pick up the chicken. TFM, OTOH, would most likely be inclined to
give the "mystery meat" a twirl 😉

Michael

Some years ago, I read an article about what you refer to as "mystery
meat". What was found in many of the chopped meats such as beef,
veal, pork, chicken and turkey were ground up bones, gristle, skin,
tendons and other meat by-products and also lots and lots of fat.

There is no need for that. You can ask the butcher in your store or
supermarket to take a piece of meat of your choice that is on sale and
have it ground for you. You can ask her/him to remove the fat or
let it go through the grinder twice or whatever else you want. Bottom
round is frequently on sale for $.99 a pound and top round for $1.99
at Morton Williams/Associated, for example.

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Just yesterday I went in our local grocery and they had ground
"mystery" beef (as Sheldon would call it) "on sale" for $1.99 a pound!
What the heck is that? Beef must be much cheaper where you live.
OTOH, they had bone-in chicken breasts on sale for $.88 a pound. What
do you think we picked up?

kili

It depends on which one of you was doing the shopping ;o) You, of course,
would pick up the chicken. TFM, OTOH, would most likely be inclined to
give the "mystery meat" a twirl 😉

Michael

Not at $1.99 a pound! :-D

kili

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Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:

"kilikini" <[email hidden]> hitched up their panties and
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Just yesterday I went in our local grocery and they had ground
"mystery" beef (as Sheldon would call it) "on sale" for $1.99 a pound!
What the heck is that? Beef must be much cheaper where you live.
OTOH, they had bone-in chicken breasts on sale for $.88 a pound. What
do you think we picked up?

kili

It depends on which one of you was doing the shopping ;o) You, of

course,

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would pick up the chicken. TFM, OTOH, would most likely be inclined to
give the "mystery meat" a twirl 😉

Michael

Some years ago, I read an article about what you refer to as "mystery
meat". What was found in many of the chopped meats such as beef,
veal, pork, chicken and turkey were ground up bones, gristle, skin,
tendons and other meat by-products and also lots and lots of fat.

There is no need for that. You can ask the butcher in your store or
supermarket to take a piece of meat of your choice that is on sale and
have it ground for you. You can ask her/him to remove the fat or
let it go through the grinder twice or whatever else you want. Bottom
round is frequently on sale for $.99 a pound and top round for $1.99
at Morton Williams/Associated, for example.

Do supermarkets still *have* butchers? The only place I know of that has
one is the Mexican meat market about 20 minutes away. They'll cut anything
you like, however you like. As for most major supermarket chains, I can't
recall ever seeing an on duty butcher; just a stock person who loads up the
coolers if they get empty.

kili

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Gregory Morrow said:

Melba's Jammin said:

Cub has bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts for $1 a package this week - no
limit. Two breasts per package.

I can beat that -- last week Treasure Island here in Chicawgo (my main
store) had skin - on, bone - in breast for .$.79/pound. At times
boneless, skinless breasts have been $.99/pound. Been eatin' LOTS of
chicken...

<splutters> Oh yeah well YOUR mother wears high-heeled tennis shoes!!

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A month ago chicken quarters were $.25/lb., I bought about 25
pounds...sauteed them all, picked off the meat to freeze and used the
bones for stock. This week they're on sale for $.39 so I'll get maybe
10 pounds and do the same thing...we/ve got the whole chickens for
$.49/pound here too.

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- Eggs have been as low as $.39/dozen...

That'd be your "Easter's just around the corner" season promo.
(Orthodox Easter is coming up this Sunday -- and guess who got an invite
to dinner at the home of the worst cook in the family?? It's also my
40th wedding anniversary. What we both put up with. . . . ) (*^;*)

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- Common cheese has been fairly cheap, milk is reasonable. Is dairy
stuff coming down in price?

But common cheese is, well, for common people, Greg. ;-)
I don't know about dairy. I think I need to talk to the guy who used to
be the farm prices guy on the local big radio station until they decided
they didn't care if the farmers listened to them for the livestock
reports or didn't and sent him packing. But I digress.

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Must be turning over the stock of birdies. "Off with their heads!"

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"A chicken in every pot is worth a bird in the hand..."

"The chickens have come home to roast." - Jane Sherwood Ace
--
-Barb
<http://jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 4-17-2006 with Easter stuffs.
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

Melba's Jammin said:

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Gregory Morrow said:

Melba's Jammin said:

Cub has bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts for $1 a package this week - no
limit. Two breasts per package.

I can beat that -- last week Treasure Island here in Chicawgo (my main
store) had skin - on, bone - in breast for .$.79/pound. At times
boneless, skinless breasts have been $.99/pound. Been eatin' LOTS of
chicken...

<splutters> Oh yeah well YOUR mother wears high-heeled tennis shoes!!

Quoted message said:

A month ago chicken quarters were $.25/lb., I bought about 25
pounds...sauteed them all, picked off the meat to freeze and used the
bones for stock. This week they're on sale for $.39 so I'll get maybe
10 pounds and do the same thing...we/ve got the whole chickens for
$.49/pound here too.

Quoted message said:

- Eggs have been as low as $.39/dozen...

That'd be your "Easter's just around the corner" season promo.
(Orthodox Easter is coming up this Sunday -- and guess who got an invite
to dinner at the home of the worst cook in the family?? It's also my
40th wedding anniversary. What we both put up with. . . . ) (*^;*)

Ooppss, I bet that slipped out and now you will get all these
congratulatory posts. :o)

Let me be the first one: Happy Fortieth Anniversary to you and Rob
and may you celebrate many, many more in happiness with the rest of
your loved ones.

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Melba's Jammin said:

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Gregory Morrow said:

Melba's Jammin' wrote:

>Cub has bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts for $1 a package this week -

no

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>limit. Two breasts per package.

I can beat that -- last week Treasure Island here in Chicawgo (my main
store) had skin - on, bone - in breast for .$.79/pound. At times
boneless, skinless breasts have been $.99/pound. Been eatin' LOTS of
chicken...

<splutters> Oh yeah well YOUR mother wears high-heeled tennis shoes!!

Quoted message said:

A month ago chicken quarters were $.25/lb., I bought about 25
pounds...sauteed them all, picked off the meat to freeze and used the
bones for stock. This week they're on sale for $.39 so I'll get maybe
10 pounds and do the same thing...we/ve got the whole chickens for
$.49/pound here too.

Quoted message said:

- Eggs have been as low as $.39/dozen...

That'd be your "Easter's just around the corner" season promo.
(Orthodox Easter is coming up this Sunday -- and guess who got an invite
to dinner at the home of the worst cook in the family?? It's also my
40th wedding anniversary. What we both put up with. . . . ) (*^;*)

Ooppss, I bet that slipped out and now you will get all these
congratulatory posts. :o)

Let me be the first one: Happy Fortieth Anniversary to you and Rob
and may you celebrate many, many more in happiness with the rest of
your loved ones.

Darn, you beat me to it, Margaret! Happy Anniversary! I'm only going on a
year and a half of marriage; you've definitely got me beat. :~)

kili

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Do supermarkets still *have* butchers? The only place I know of that
has one is the Mexican meat market about 20 minutes away. They'll cut
anything you like, however you like. As for most major supermarket
chains, I can't recall ever seeing an on duty butcher; just a stock
person who loads up the coolers if they get empty.

kili

In St. Louis, Straubs has it's own butchers behind the meat counter. They
will cut just about any type of meat you want. Straubs is an upscale
grocer here. I don't even need money when I go there. I just sign a
little slip and they bill me monthly. 2 of the major chains here have
butchers on duty, Dierbergs and Schnucks. Both have specialty meat
counters too. You can either ask the butchers behind the meat counter to
cut/grind/slice whatever you want or look for a little buzzer next to the
door where they come in and out of. After you ring the buzzer, a butcher
will come out and then you can ask him to grind/slice or cut whatever you
want.

Michael <- usually grinds his own "mystery" meat 😉