Kitchen

[kittyloo]

chicken breasts now?  Ok, i'll be the first to admit that i have some "issues" with chickens in general. Thats a whole other subject though. 

we went to the local butcher recently, and dh picked up a couple of chicken breasts.  I kid you not, one of those babies served 3 adults as a main course, with leftover. 

Does that seem normal? i call them Chernobyl chickens, and no, i havent eaten one in 20+ years.

just gives me the willies thinking about it. 

[SharkE]

if you get those 'fresh chickens' that are  little like under 5 lbs. and run  4-5 bucks they're not as large. I buy them for chicken and dumplings and to make chicken salad  out of.

Those others by Pilgrams, Tyson, etc. are pretty big. I end up making chcken tenders out of the big white meat pieces.

We don't know what we're eating today, but, even the  salad ingredients now are tainted by all kinds of bacteria. Fruit, too. We have to live on more

then grape  nuts and shredded wheat with bran.

[Snowpuppy]

Your local butcher should be able to tell you the source of his chickens.

Just ask if they are antibiotic and hormone free. These likely are not but ask if he carries them?

[RedTop]

The larger the chicken breasts, the better I like it.   Most of the time I am feeding 5-6 people, and if I can get 6 decent size chicken fillets out of 3 large breasts, I am extremely happy.   

[blackhole99]

My farmer friend used to raise hormone and antibiotic free chickens and it was difficult to break even, let alone make a profit. He was lucky to raise a 6lb. chicken, most were 5lbs. and under.

[itsmagic]

 I haven’t really noticed since I buy thighs but your post made me laugh. 😄

[sidsmom]

Am I the only one who finishes an open-ended thread title?

I was kinda/sorta scared to open it....

given the mention, in another Community thread,

of saucy Evine products being sold.

It IS Saturday night, after all.

[GCR18]

I haven't bought chicken breasts in eons, but have ordered at a restaurant.  I was surprised and wondered about it.

[fthunt]

I'm with the OP on this.........yes, those big hunk-a hunk-a ....chick breast turn me off.  Larger = cook longer = dry

Put recent chicken purchase in new Instant Pot - was more tender but won't buy any more big old hens.   I don't get it.

(also with op on 'feelings' about handling raw chicken - - Clorox everything)

[jannabelle1]

@kittyloo, well, you sure made me smile! I can so identify with you because I have a few "issues" with chicken as well, although it's not as bad as it used to be! Seriously, I have noticed how large the chicken breasts are, and it takes a lot longer to bake them. The last time I made them I cut the Chernobyl breasts in half lengthwise and that worked out much better! I bought a package of "thin" breasts last week, but they were paper thin - not exactly what I was expecting!