Kitchen

[haddon9]

I don't mind making them occasionally.  I like to buy pasture raised organic chicken.

ETA: I just read the other replies.  To me roasting a chicken is really very easy.  I clean it and will add veggies to the roaster.  I like to slow cook it for a long time in water & sometimes wine & fresh spices and it comes out great!

I like to know what is in my food most of the time and I don't like to eat too many processed foods.  As I get older I'm trying to stay healthy and avoid getting certain illnesses like cancer, etc. 

Most of those "cheap" chickens are raised in factory farms.  The conditions there are deplorable.

[Mom2Dogs]

I have never purchased a Sam's chicken.  I am an hour from the store so  would it be dry if I put it in the oven to rewarm it?

[loriqvc]

@Mom2Dogs - By the time you get home, it will probably be just cool enough for you to work with it; I live 10-15 minutes from Sam's Club, and when I get home with my chicken, I will often eat a leg for lunch if I want it nice and hot, but if I want to break it down, I need to wait for at least half an hour for it to be cool enough to handle and for the meat to be ready to dice. If you need/want to reheat it, I'd suggest breaking it down first for even cooking—you can use the oven or the microwave and get great results. The chicken is always moist and juicy. 

[Mom2Dogs]

@loriqvc  Thank you...I will pick one up next time I go to the store....I am in need of dish soap and laundry soap in the near future.

[RollTide2008]

I think they’re salty and a trip to Sam’s or Costco is rarely convenient.

[skatting44]

  Prefer to marinade  & cook my own chicken in my  portable Ronco Ron Popeil  " ShowTime " rotisserie oven that I bought from QVC   abt 24 yrs ago.

Growing up we had a gas stove with a built in rotisserie

In a pinch , my husband buys from Sardis restaurant  or Costco

[Sooner]

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@Mom2Dogs wrote:

@loriqvc  Thank you...I will pick one up next time I go to the store....I am in need of dish soap and laundry soap in the near future.

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@Mom2Dogs We buy them two at a time.  One we take the meat off and feeze in dinner portions for two, one we eat. That gives us two leavings for broth!  

We buy all vegetables we can organic, organic beef, eggs, milk etc.  I just am not worried about these chickens because we don't eat that much of it, it's occasional meals and no potential raw chicken things to deal with.  I've done enough of that since I started cooking meals at 12!  

[layla2450]

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@Still Raining wrote:

This seems to be the Costco ingredients:

Costco's rotisserie chicken contains the following ingredients: 

• Chicken
• Water
• Salt
• Sodium phosphates
• Hydrolyzed casein
• Modified corn starch
• Sugar
• Dextrose
• Chicken broth
• Isolated soy protein
• Monoglycerides and diglycerides

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UNHEALTHY ingredients. I roast a whole chicken at least once a week - very easy to do.

[Lucky Charm]

I cook humanely raised, whole organic chickens from Giant Foods and/or Whole Foods.

I wear gloves (always) when opening up packaging of any meat. 

Unless it's freezing outside (which it is now), I cook in a broiler/oven outside.

Never had a complaint about my chicken being dry--I never season or baste! 

I do bring cooked chicken up to stove top and make gravy using pan meat was cooked in.

I cook a whole chicken at least once a week.  Can get so many meals from just one.

Personally, I don't eat anything that had a heart or nervous sytem, etc.  But always get compliments on the meat/poultry/fish I cook.

[Sooner]

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@layla2450 wrote:

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@Still Raining wrote:

This seems to be the Costco ingredients:

Costco's rotisserie chicken contains the following ingredients: 

• Chicken
• Water
• Salt
• Sodium phosphates
• Hydrolyzed casein
• Modified corn starch
• Sugar
• Dextrose
• Chicken broth
• Isolated soy protein
• Monoglycerides and diglycerides

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UNHEALTHY ingredients. I roast a whole chicken at least once a week - very easy to do.

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@layla2450 I am not worried about the chicken we eat.  In the scope of modern life, I am not at all afraid of chicken.  And I am not a vegetariain, so the amount we eat, we have no issues with a little salt now and then, for us it is a non-issue as far as health concerns. 

It doesn't compare to raw chicken.  Especially a whole chicken being prepped to roast or bake and the ensuing decontamination of the kitchen and everything it has touched chicken.