But seriously, times are hard
Times are so hard that when I went to the supermarket I was able to find package after package of chicken feet and claws, but not a single package of boneless chicken breasts.
With people hard up more and more of the cheaper cuts are being carried in larger and larger quantities, anything to stretch a dollar.
Of course part of it is the change in demographics, as little as 5-7 years ago it would have been almost impossible to find chicken feet and claws in this neck of the woods outside a specialty store.
I won’t ask him how the pork knuckles are moving.
Incidentally, I snagged an eight-piece box of fried chicken from the deli section of the supermarket Saturday, which is normally two each of the canonical four parts. A second drumstick, however, was not to be had at any price. (They gave me a third thigh instead. Googlewhack that, wisenheimers.)
Donna B. »
14 December 2009 · 8:45 pm
3 thighs, 1 leg… maybe the toxins in the food chain are worse than I thought.
CGHill »
14 December 2009 · 8:56 pm
You should have seen the enormous tray of livers.
On second thought, maybe you shouldn’t have.
fillyjonk »
15 December 2009 · 8:19 am
I’ve been told that chicken feet make the best chicken stock. Maybe it’s a new form of H1N1 defense? Make lots of soup?
Note that I say “I’ve been told” not “my experience is…” I’m not sure I could get past the claws. And the idea that something that was on the receiving end of chicken poop is going in my stockpot.