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Still no Chicken 🐓

QVCkitty1 — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 15:30:31 GMT

I'm not complaining, I know these are unusual circumstances. However, my menus really revolved around chicken, and I've got to figure out other recipes. I have one chicken breast in the freezer, and I will savor it. 😸

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patbz — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 15:34:13 GMT

@QVCkitty1 : Can you get canned chicken in the interim?

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QVCkitty1 — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 15:37:26 GMT

@patbz wrote:
@QVCkitty1 : Can you get canned chicken in the interim?

@patbz , I'll be honest with you, I've never used canned chicken, so I didn't think to look.

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patbz — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 15:40:01 GMT

I recently bought canned chicken, roast beef, tuna and salmon. I have seldom used it in the past but it should work well in casseroles, salads and sandwiches.

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sunshine45 — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 15:42:52 GMT

i have not been having problems getting large chicken breast packs and rotisserie chickens from sams club. initially i did. you can do a ton of stuff with rotisserie chickens. you may also want to consider trying schwans home delivery for chicken items.

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DesertPony — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 15:51:53 GMT

Could you substitute turkey...I haven't been able to find chicken and have bought boneless turkey roast...our stores seem to have this available.

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QVCkitty1 — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:06:40 GMT

@DesertPony wrote:
Could you substitute turkey...I haven't been able to find chicken and have bought boneless turkey roast...our stores seem to have this available.

@DesertPony , There was no turkey , I would love to roast a turkey breast ! The only meat in abundance was pork, no tenderloin, but lots of chops and roasts. I bought a pkg. of bone in chops. We are not beef eaters except for hamburger. I see a lot of chili, spaghetti and meat loaf in our future. Next trip I'll check on that canned chicken.

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Marp — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:07:21 GMT

@QVCkitty1 wrote:
I'm not complaining, I know these are unusual circumstances. However, my menus really revolved around chicken, and I've got to figure out other recipes. I have one chicken breast in the freezer, and I will savor it. 😸

@QVCkitty1, how about substituting turkey. At least around my area they are plentiful.

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QVCkitty1 — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:08:03 GMT

@Marp wrote:
@QVCkitty1 wrote:
I'm not complaining, I know these are unusual circumstances. However, my menus really revolved around chicken, and I've got to figure out other recipes. I have one chicken breast in the freezer, and I will savor it. 😸
@QVCkitty1, how about substituting turkey. At least around my area they are plentiful.

I wish.

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shaggygirl — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:32:30 GMT

Took a run to Stop & Shop early last evening to get a few items. More than 3/4 of the long meat case was empty......along with other areas of the store being bare or close to it. Just a few more examples, the long case where they have things like lettuce, celery, other greens had hardly anything, the soup shelves were pretty thinned out especially the Campbell's brand, cleaning products and of course still no TP.

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SuhseK — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:49:08 GMT

For anyone that has a Winco, in their area, this is the best canned meat, I've ever tried, and everyone I know, who has tried it agrees.

Winco, chunk chicken breast, canned In water, 98% fat free. It's a blue label, I believe.

This chicken breast, is not only very inexpensive, less than $2 a can, it's delicious. Very fresh tasting, no sign of a "canned" flavor, low fat, low calorie, and endless ways to use it. One of my favorites, is a chicken salad sandwich 🥪

I'm a dietitian, and a student,in a cooking class, I sometimes, help teach, shared her find with the class, and it is a find😊

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QVCkitty1 — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:56:19 GMT

@shaggygirl wrote:
Took a run to Stop & Shop early last evening to get a few items. More than 3/4 of the long meat case was empty......along with other areas of the store being bare or close to it. Just a few more examples, the long case where they have things like lettuce, celery, other greens had hardly anything, the soup shelves were pretty thinned out especially the Campbell's brand, cleaning products and of course still no TP.

@shaggygirl , My store had the 20 packs of Scott's TP, but no paper towels. There was plenty of fresh and frozen veg, and lots of frozen food in general. The pasta aisle was almost cleaned out, and there was no whole wheat pasta, ( my favorite ) , but I keep a good supply on hand. Every week it's different. 🤷‍♀️

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Carmie — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:56:27 GMT

We still have plenty of chicken in my area. I went grocery shopping yesterday.

They had fresh chicken pieces being sold in 5 lb sealed bags ready to grab and go. I got wings and thighs. They also had fresh tenders, breasts, leg quarters and drum sticks. All their chicken was on sale.

Leg quarters were .39 lb. most other pieces were $1 lb.

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Nightowlz — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:10:37 GMT

I know. I also like to eat chicken instead of other meats.

I stocked up some. I vacuumed sealed a dozen chicken breasts, bought a bag of frozen chicken tenders, plus have a whole chicken in the freezer.

The meat market has smoked chickens & chicken breasts on Weds so picking up 4 of the breasts today which are already on hold. LOL!!!

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Alison Wonderland — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:14:27 GMT

Have you reached out to see if there are any local farm delivery services in your area? I've found a lot of farm delivery services that offer meat and poultry in subscription or on-demand delivery. I think Schwan's sells meat, too.

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Sushismom — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:31:18 GMT

My stores seem to have an overabundance of chicken breasts. I, on the other hand, prefer thighs which are very hard to find.

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suzyQ3 — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:39:03 GMT

We have some left in our freezer: We had early on bought two value packs of Foster Farm's skinless breast halves, two packs of boneless thighs, and three packs of bone-in thighs. But these are dwindling.

For our meals, canned chicken would not be an option.

@QVCkitty1, keep searching. I wish you and all of us luck in that endeavor. :-)

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Nightowlz — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:54:11 GMT

@Sushismom wrote:
My stores seem to have an overabundance of chicken breasts. I, on the other hand, prefer thighs which are very hard to find.

@Sushismom

I forgot I have 3-4 pkgs of boneless skinless thighs we use when I make Bourbon chicken.

I also have 2 pkgs of wings left.

Hoping we have enough chicken til it's back in stores.

I know they ordered the processing plants to stay open but if they don't have any workers that will be hard to do.

Hope you can find some chicken thighs.

It's strange how some areas have all these things & some sound like they don't have much of anything? Hundreds of cars in line for food from the food banks.

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Nightowlz — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:53:40 GMT

@suzyQ3 wrote:
We have some left in our freezer: We had early on bought two value packs of Foster Farm's skinless breast halves, two packs of boneless thighs, and three packs of bone-in thighs. But these are dwindling.

For our meals, canned chicken would not be an option.

@QVCkitty1, keep searching. I wish you and all of us luck in that endeavor. :-)

@suzyQ3

Never have tried canned chicken. I stay away from as much canned goods as I can. We buy fresh first next frozen would be our choice.

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QVCkitty1 — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:25:40 GMT

@Nightowlz wrote:
@suzyQ3 wrote:
We have some left in our freezer: We had early on bought two value packs of Foster Farm's skinless breast halves, two packs of boneless thighs, and three packs of bone-in thighs. But these are dwindling.

For our meals, canned chicken would not be an option.

@QVCkitty1, keep searching. I wish you and all of us luck in that endeavor. :-)
@suzyQ3

Never have tried canned chicken. I stay away from as much canned goods as I can. We buy fresh first next frozen would be our choice.

Canned chicken just doesn't sound good, but I've never tried it.