Which would you buy?

Darkginger said:

Just doing a bit of a survey amongst friends and
acquaintances - so I thought I'd ask you lot. All things
being equal, and with your current income (whatever that
may be) which of the following would you buy, given a
free choice?

a) a chicken, of unknown provenance, costing ?5
b) a free-range chicken, costing ?10
c) a free range, organic, seaweed-nourished chicken,
costing ?16

So what you're really trying to do is find out if there's a
market for a "seaweed nourished chicken"?

Where do you plan on obtaining organic seaweed? Certainly
not from the ocean.

-sw

Darkginger said:

Just doing a bit of a survey amongst friends and
acquaintances - so I thought I'd ask you lot. All things
being equal, and with your current income (whatever that
may be) which of the following would you buy, given a
free choice?

a) a chicken, of unknown provenance, costing ?5
b) a free-range chicken, costing ?10
c) a free range, organic, seaweed-nourished chicken,
costing ?16

Does your answer depend on how you intend to cook the
bird, or do you have other criteria for making your
choice? Just wondering what factors people take into
consideration when shopping for chicken. For those who
aren't in the Euro zone, substitute US$ for ?!

Jo

I'm in the US and before I answer your question about
chicken, I have one for you, Jo. Does the entire
continent use Euros now? Are Britain and Scotland still
doing pound sterling?

Now, onto your chicken question. I seriously have never
thought much about what my chicken was fed or how it was
raised. This will probably get me a few flames, but chickens
are, for me, a food product, not a pet. I go for the
cheapest chicken per pound. A whole chicken is usually about
29-39 cents/lb USD. A four pound roaster or stewing hen will
get you plenty of meat as well as bones and giblets for
making a nice gelatinous stock.

Jill

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Quoted message said:

Just doing a bit of a survey amongst friends and
acquaintances - so I thought I'd ask you lot. All things
being equal, and with your current income (whatever that
may be) which of the following would you buy, given a
free choice?

a) a chicken, of unknown provenance, costing ?5
b) a free-range chicken, costing ?10
c) a free range, organic, seaweed-nourished chicken,
costing ?16

Does your answer depend on how you intend to cook the
bird, or do you have other criteria for making your
choice? Just wondering what factors people take into
consideration when shopping for chicken. For those who
aren't in the Euro zone, substitute US$ for ?!

Jo

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Depends on the government regs on the word organic and the
word free range.

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In article <[email hidden]>, "Darkginger"

Quoted message said:

Just doing a bit of a survey amongst friends and
acquaintances - so I thought I'd ask you lot. All things
being equal, and with your current income (whatever that
may be) which of the following would you buy, given a
free choice?

a) a chicken, of unknown provenance, costing ?5
b) a free-range chicken, costing ?10
c) a free range, organic, seaweed-nourished chicken,
costing ?16

Does your answer depend on how you intend to cook the
bird, or do you have other criteria for making your
choice? Just wondering what factors people take into
consideration when shopping for chicken. For those who
aren't in the Euro zone, substitute US$ for ?!

For soup, I'd buy the free-range birdy and have tasty
chicken meat for salad or spread. For other use, I'd buy the
chicken with the unknown lineage. I believe hell would
freeze over before I'd spend $16 on a seaweed-nourished
birdy, UNLESS I'd already tasted same and its succulence and
deliciousness could barely be described in words. Then I
actually might if it were that good.
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Quoted message said:

Just doing a bit of a survey amongst friends and
acquaintances - so I thought I'd ask you lot. All things
being equal, and with your current income (whatever that
may be) which of the following would you buy, given a
free choice?

a) a chicken, of unknown provenance, costing ?5
b) a free-range chicken, costing ?10
c) a free range, organic, seaweed-nourished chicken,
costing ?16

Does your answer depend on how you intend to cook the
bird, or do you have other criteria for making your
choice? Just wondering what factors people take into
consideration when shopping for chicken. For those who
aren't in the Euro zone, substitute US$ for ?!

Jo

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"B" I don't like not knowing the source and I don't like
anything to do with seaweed. Cost is not all that much of an
issue, and I would be cooking it myself.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Darkginger said:

Just doing a bit of a survey amongst friends and
acquaintances - so I thought I'd ask you lot. All things
being equal, and with your current income (whatever that
may be) which of the following would you buy, given a
free choice?

a) a chicken, of unknown provenance, costing ?5
b) a free-range chicken, costing ?10
c) a free range, organic, seaweed-nourished chicken,
costing ?16

Does your answer depend on how you intend to cook the
bird, or do you have other criteria for making your
choice? Just wondering what factors people take into
consideration when shopping for chicken. For those who
aren't in the Euro zone, substitute US$ for ?!

Jo

I used to belong to a poultry farming list, and there are a
lot of urban legends about mass produced poultry that are
just not true...

They are not fed growth hormone, their size and fast growth
rate is due to the BREED, not drugs.

They are also not inundated with antibiotics and when a
flock is treated due to illness in the flock, they have a
mandatory withdrawl period prior to slaughter to eliminate
antibiotic residue in the meat.

I don't go out of my way to purchase organic chicken, but
will purchase free range chicken (Buddy's) when it is on
sale simply because there really is a difference in flavor.
Most of the time I just buy the regular cheap chicken from
the grocery store.

I like to buy parts personally unless I want a roasting
bird. Boneless skinless thigh meat is my favorite and I
spice it lightly and either put it into the foreman grill or
use it in stir fry.

For fried chicken, I buy drumsticks and wings.

The richest, most flavorful chicken that I get to eat once
in awhile are culled excess roosters from my own free-range
flock. They get a lot of green stuff and are usually culled
at about 4 months of age.

K.

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Quoted message said:

From: "Darkginger"

Quoted message said:

Just doing a bit of a survey amongst friends and
acquaintances - so I thought I'd ask you lot. All things
being equal, and with your current income (whatever that
may be) which of the following would you buy, given a
free choice?

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a) a chicken, of unknown provenance, costing ?5

See here's the thing. I can look up online the "brand" of
the $5 chicken - review that way that is has been raised
and processed and make a decision based on that
information. Most of the $5 chickens are locally processed
so I know I'm getting a product that is the type of breed I
prefer (different breeds have different flavor) plus it's
fresher than one that has traveled 1000's of miles that may
be less fresh.

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b) a free-range chicken, costing ?10

Even Smart Chicken, which is processed differently doesn't
cost $10. Around $8. for a 3 lb chicken. Very tasty.

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c) a free range, organic, seaweed-nourished chicken,
costing ?16

No.

Ellen

"Darkginger" .

Quoted message said:

Just doing a bit of a survey amongst friends and
acquaintances - so I thought I'd ask you lot. All things
being equal, and with your current income (whatever that
may be) which of the following would you buy, given

a

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free choice?

a) a chicken, of unknown provenance, costing ?5

Here it would cost about $8 dollars at our local
supermarket. My first choice.

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b) a free-range chicken, costing ?10

Here it would cost about $14 dollars. Second choice.

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c) a free range, organic, seaweed-nourished chicken,
costing ?16

Dont have these. But wonder what they would taste like.

Quoted message said:

Does your answer depend on how you intend to cook the
bird, or do you have other criteria for making your
choice? Just wondering what factors people take into
consideration when shopping for chicken. For those who
aren't in the Euro zone, substitute US$ for ?!

Im not in the Euro or US zones.

Given that we dont buy many chickens raw (since all above
are raw) I usually wait chickens are on special for $5 each
and buy them hot and already cooked.

Nik

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Jo

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Darkginger said:

Just doing a bit of a survey amongst friends and
acquaintances - so I thought I'd ask you lot. All things
being equal, and with your current income (whatever that
may be) which of the following would you buy, given a
free choice?

a) a chicken, of unknown provenance, costing ?5
b) a free-range chicken, costing ?10
c) a free range, organic, seaweed-nourished chicken,
costing ?16

Does your answer depend on how you intend to cook the
bird, or do you have other criteria for making your
choice? Just wondering what factors people take into
consideration when shopping for chicken. For those who
aren't in the Euro zone, substitute US$ for ?!

Jo

B most likely, depending on the size of the chicken.
Probably not C; I've had chicken which was fed on fish meal
and it was terrible and fishy-tasting. Doesn't the seaweed
leave a seaweedy taste in the flesh too?

Of course most of the chickens we buy are in the A category!
But as long as they aren't injected with water or salt
solution they are usually OK.

Darkginger <[email hidden]> wrote:
: Just doing a bit of a survey amongst friends and
: acquaintances - so I thought I'd ask you lot. All things
: being equal, and with your current income (whatever that
: may be) which of the following would you buy, given a
: free choice?

: a) a chicken, of unknown provenance, costing ?5
: b) a free-range chicken, costing ?10
: c) a free range, organic, seaweed-nourished chicken,
: costing ?16

: Does your answer depend on how you intend to cook the
: bird, or do you have other criteria for making your
: choice? Just wondering what factors people take into
: consideration when shopping for chicken. For those who
: aren't in the Euro zone, substitute US$ for ?!

I'd try each of them once and stick with the type
that had the most taste--my guess is that would be
b), which is the type I buy here--locally grown
free range chicken, sometimes labelled organic,
sometimes not. --thelma
: Jo

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Just doing a bit of a survey amongst friends and
acquaintances - so I

thought I'd ask you lot. All things being equal, and with
your current income (whatever that may be) which of the
following would you buy, given a free choice?>

My food budget, some weeks I have more to spend on meat
than others.

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a) a chicken, of unknown provenance, costing ?5

This is what I mostly buy, I eat alot of chicken and fish.
More likely 3-4 dollars

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b) a free-range chicken, costing ?10

When I can I buy these, usually less expensive, 7-8 dollars.

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c) a free range, organic, seaweed-nourished chicken,
costing ?16

Nope, why would I do that?

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Does your answer depend on how you intend to cook the
bird, or do you have

other criteria for making your choice? >

It's a cash flow decision though I'd like to always buy the
free range, I can't always afford to.

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Just wondering what factors people take into consideration
when shopping

for chicken. For those who aren't in the Euro zone,
substitute US$ for ?!

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Jo

Suzan in San Diego

Darkginger said:

Just doing a bit of a survey amongst friends and
acquaintances - so I thought I'd ask you lot. All things
being equal, and with your current income (whatever that
may be) which of the following would you buy, given a
free choice?

a) a chicken, of unknown provenance, costing ?5
b) a free-range chicken, costing ?10
c) a free range, organic, seaweed-nourished chicken,
costing ?16

Does your answer depend on how you intend to cook the
bird, or do you have other criteria for making your
choice? Just wondering what factors people take into
consideration when shopping for chicken. For those who
aren't in the Euro zone, substitute US$ for ?!

Jo

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For chicken, A. Much of the time it is cooked in a way that
adds ethnic or other strong flavor. Chicken is a tabla rasa
to decorate as you will.

gloria p

Darkginger said:

Just doing a bit of a survey amongst friends and
acquaintances - so I thought I'd ask you lot. All things
being equal, and with your current income (whatever that
may be) which of the following would you buy, given a
free choice?

a) a chicken, of unknown provenance, costing ?5
b) a free-range chicken, costing ?10
c) a free range, organic, seaweed-nourished chicken,
costing ?16

Does your answer depend on how you intend to cook the
bird, or do you have other criteria for making your
choice? Just wondering what factors people take into
consideration when shopping for chicken. For those who
aren't in the Euro zone, substitute US$ for ?!

Depends how thick (or thin) my wallet is and how they look.

Darkginger said:

All things being equal, and with your current income
(whatever that may be) which of the following would you
buy, given a free choice?

a) a chicken, of unknown provenance, costing ?5
b) a free-range chicken, costing ?10
c) a free range, organic, seaweed-nourished chicken,
costing ?16

A, primarily for economic reasons. However, if I *could*
afford 2 or 3 times the price, I'd wonder whether the actual
or perceived benefit was worth the tariff.

Darkginger had something important to tell us on Sat,
26 Jun 2004
18:43:54 +0100:

Quoted message said:

Just doing a bit of a survey amongst friends and
acquaintances - so I thought I'd ask you lot. All things
being equal, and with your current income (whatever that
may be) which of the following would you buy, given a
free choice?

a) a chicken, of unknown provenance, costing ?5
b) a free-range chicken, costing ?10
c) a free range, organic, seaweed-nourished chicken,
costing ?16

I have no idea what difference a 'seaweed-fed' chicken has
to the ordinary sort. If possible I buy free-range chicken
because I hate to think of birds being caged up and at least
the free-range birds have some kind of freedom of movement.
Organic is better for you, but I can't afford it... (and
yes, we use common-or-garden chicken breasts too - the
organic free-range ones are too hard to get and too
expensive!)
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Darkginger said:

Just doing a bit of a survey amongst friends and
acquaintances - so I thought I'd ask you lot. All things
being equal, and with your current income (whatever that
may be) which of the following would you buy, given a
free choice?

a) a chicken, of unknown provenance, costing ?5
b) a free-range chicken, costing ?10
c) a free range, organic, seaweed-nourished chicken,
costing ?16

Does your answer depend on how you intend to cook the bird,
or do you have other criteria for making your choice? Just
wondering what factors people take into consideration when
shopping for chicken. For those who aren't in the Euro
zone, substitute US$ for ?!

Jo

At those prices: a.

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I'm in the US and before I answer your question about
chicken, I have one for you, Jo. Does the entire continent
use Euros now? Are Britain and Scotland still doing pound
sterling?

Now, onto your chicken question. I seriously have never
thought much

about

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what my chicken was fed or how it was raised. This will
probably get me a few flames, but chickens are, for me, a
food product, not a pet. I go for the cheapest chicken per
pound. A whole chicken is usually about 29-39 cents/lb
USD. A four pound roaster or stewing hen will get you
plenty of meat as well as bones and giblets for making a
nice gelatinous stock.

Jill

Thanks for that, Jill. No, the UK (England, Wales, Scotland
and Northern Ireland) is still using GBP - and there are a
few other countries in Europe which don't use the Euro - not
sure which, as I don't travel much nowadays! In case there's
any confusion, I used to live in the UK, but moved to
Ireland (the Republic of) some 5 years ago.

As a chicken keeper, and also an occasional buyer of 'bog
basic' chicken, I certainly wouldn't dream of flaming you
for your choice, although I would say that I've found a
marked difference in taste between *some* free range
chickens and their intensively reared equivalents. Until
there's some standardisation in chicken labelling, it's
difficult to know just how free range your free range chook
actually is!

Jo

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Darkginger said:

Just doing a bit of a survey amongst friends and
acquaintances - so I thought I'd ask you lot. All things
being equal, and with your current income (whatever that
may be) which of the following would you buy, given

a

Quoted message said:

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free choice?

a) a chicken, of unknown provenance, costing ?5
b) a free-range chicken, costing ?10
c) a free range, organic, seaweed-nourished chicken,
costing ?16

So what you're really trying to do is find out if there's
a market for a "seaweed nourished chicken"?

Where do you plan on obtaining organic seaweed? Certainly
not from the ocean.

Actually, no. It's just that this is the choice which my
local supermarket gives me (our chickens are for eggs only -
we don't eat 'em). I buy all 3 types of chicken, depending
on what I'm intending to do with them - I was just wondering
how many people would look at me aghast if I told them that
I regularly pay ?16 for a chicken!

As for 'organic' seaweed - well, I eat seaweed from our
local Blue Flag (ie, they meet a certain standard for
cleanliness) beaches, and I'm still in one piece, and don't
glow in the dark.

Jo (apologies for mailing you directly, Seve - hit the wrong
button, then had to copy 'n paste back to the group - argh!)

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