Costco Rotiss Chickens

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Boron Elgar wrote:


I just went to the Safeway supermarket near me. All the whole chickens
are Foster Farms Young Chicken. The ones I checked were all between 5
and 6 pounds.

I'm on the West Coast (about 25 miles from the ocean).

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 14:50:50 -0500, Boron Elgar
wrote:

I think I said "not in my area" initially.

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Carrot cake counts as a serving of vegetables.
 
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:31:32 -0700, Arri London
wrote:


Somebody needs to complain about that weight to the state attorney
general's office, ASAP! :) LOL

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Carrot cake counts as a serving of vegetables.
 
On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:33:25 -0500, Boron Elgar
wrote:


Before I go to the meat man and make some noise, let me double
check... these "roasters" really are good for *roasting* and are not
just stewing hens with a fancy name? Like I said before, the last
time I saw "roasters" (years ago) the only thing they were good for
was tossing in a pot of water. They were nice & plump and looked like
they should be wonderful roasted, but they were tough and
disappointing.

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Carrot cake counts as a serving of vegetables.
 
On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:06:47 -0800, Dan Abel wrote:


I will go to my Safeway(s) and ask them why they don't stock roasters
here. I want a chicken that's big enough to stuff and if I can get
one the size of a small turkey, I'll be happy. No need to go off
looking for a capon if they aren't tough.

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Carrot cake counts as a serving of vegetables.
 
"Dimitri" wrote in message
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Too salty to even taste the chicken, unfortunately. They need to seriously
cut down on the amount of salt they use for me to even consider trying
another one.

I think a Vons, Albertsons, or a Winco Foods rotisserie chicken is much
better than Costco.
 
On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:58:19 -0800, sf wrote:


Never heard of Foster Farms but if you're telling us that there are no
Perdue Oven Stuffer Roasters on the left coast no one believes you.
 
On 1/19/2011 8:25 PM, Arri London wrote:


Someone down the street from me has chickens and they used to get out of
the pen all the time. I'd see them all in a group pecking the ground on
the side of the road. Busy road, too! I used to wonder if they were
not-so-bright (nice for stupid) birds and if they'd wander into the
road. I haven't seem them in a while so either they found a way to keep
them penned in, or ... something.
 
On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:53:22 -0500, Cheryl
wrote:


I was talking with a friend this afternoon about backyard chickens...
she says that they stay in your own backyard and talked about what she
had observed. I'm talking "city chickens" with *very* small
backyards. I don't believe it, but she claims the chickens she was
familiar with never left their own backyard.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On Thu 20 Jan 2011 10:33:59p, sf told us...


Some chickens will stay in the yard, but most will wander if the yard
isn't fenced a bit higher than their meager ability to get off the
ground. Chickens and turkeys aren't very bright. In fact, turkeys
sometimes drown in the rain becvaus they look skyward with their
beaks open.

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~~ If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. ~~

~~ A mind is a terrible thing to lose. ~~

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Wayne Boatwright
 
On Jan 13, 4:31?pm, Arri London wrote:



I have a hard time finding a chicken that small any more, and yet
that's the size that I grew up with, the size all our old recipes
assume we have.

If I try to fry today's chicken per our old recipe, the crust is black
while the chicken is still raw.
 
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:20:33 -0800, Julie Bove wrote:


The ones at Costco I find uneventful. I'm mostly looking for beef and
pork, not chicken.

All the rotisserie chickens are brined up the ass and fall apart when
to take them.

-sw
 
On 21 Jan 2011 06:14:59 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:


Maybe that's it. I need to clarify it the next time I talk to her,
but I thought she said one the situations she was talking about didn't
have fences in between (I could have imagined that). Thanks for
reminding me!


I heard/read that too (not the open beak part - but their nostrils are
on their beaks so it's not "that" far off). I also heard/read that
their HUGE chest was the cause of not being able to upright
themselves.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On Jan 13, 11:59?pm, spamtrap1888 wrote:

Right-O, try finding a chicken over three pounds nowadays! I loved
the chickens we had in yesteryear, they were fat, tasted good, they
weighed, and these "chickens" they have these days should hang their
heads (in their halters) in shame.

I find it quite disgusting that I live in Nebraska and can't find
decent chicken anymore.
 
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:59:03 -0800 (PST), spamtrap1888
wrote:


That *small*???? Wowza! Your chickens are the size of small turkeys.

:( Sorry that happened.

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Carrot cake counts as a serving of vegetables.
 
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:03:13 -0800 (PST), projectile vomit chick
wrote:



Have you searched one of those sites, like what used to be called
Local Harvest? I don't know if that is the name for it now, but you
could search for things like pastured chicken. That might pull up
some places where you could find pastured chicken, which truly is free
range chicken and might taste better than what you can usually find.
Christine
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http://nightstirrings.blogspot.com
 
spamtrap1888 wrote:

Funny, that subject came up the other day, cooking shows often
call for a 3 pound chicken. Really? The smallest I can find
approach 4 pounds.

nancy
 
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