Community Chat

[shortbreadlover]

i was at the store the other night and i bought some fried chicken. when i went to serveit, i nltice the one piece had a feather  on it that had been fried.

i called the deli manager and told him.  he told me that they did not pluck the chicken there.  they only fried it there.  i toldhim that he had better tell the employees to be more careful.

i was given a replacement and i watched asthey put the pieces in the box.  there were sereral other pieces in the window that had fried feathers on them.

i am calling the health dept on monday.  thisis unacceptable  to me.   itis the supplier's fault, but still the workers should be more careful

[VaBelle35]

I've experienced that at both Giant and Harris Teeter.

[RedTop]

As good as this chicken smells at times, I never buy it.   Mainly, I just don’t trust the safety of food products in any of the deli areas around here.  

I am not in these stores often enough to keep track of how fast the meats and salads sell.   I do pay attention to the inspection reports by the health department, which increases my desire to be cautious with food prepared by anyone but me.    

[shortbreadlover]

so it must be a national supplier.  i can't fathom how they get away with it.  i will complain everytime.  people need to be proactive about such things.

[september]

Although it would have been preferable to have the chicken plucked better, a feather isn’t a health issue. 

I eat fish and have to pluck out bones.  I eat some types of meat and have to cut out fat and bones.  Removing a feather isn’t a big deal, in my world.  

[RoughDraft]

I'm surprised a feather survived being deep fried.  

[Cakers3]

Why would anybody purchase the chicken a second time?  Even watching carefully while the new purchase is put in a box-if there is a hint of unsanitary practices then the feathers are not the issue.

I've seen a stray feather/hair or two through the years on raw poultry and from what I understand they are harmless. Skeeve worthy yes.  Harmful, no.

Considering feathers from processing poultry are used as part of the feed for other poultry, pigs, etc.  you are going to eat those feathers one way or another.  LOL

[Carmie]

What happens if you find a seed in a cherry pie, or stems in a can of green beans, or pebbles in a bag of dried peas? It happens all of the time.

[Cakers3]

How big were these feathers??  They should have burned off anyway, especially being fried.

[croemer]

Yuck...that is like finding a hair in your food. As soon as I see that its over... can't eat it.