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From: "Carol" <cshenk@virginia-beach.com>
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Subject: Re: Chicken Soup
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 00:08:58 -0000 (UTC)
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dsi1 wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 22:30:57 +0000, Carol wrote:
> 
> > Ed P wrote:
> > 
> > > On 2/5/2025 12:52 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 5 Feb 2025 14:23:44 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > > 
> >>>> On 2025-02-05 7:15 a.m., Janet wrote:
> >>>> > In article <a67e0c270c42b6fee694b69bf3964d37
> >>>> >
> >>>> >    I never buy rotisserie chicken.
> > > > > 
> >>>> A lot of people seem to be proud of never buying rotisserie
> >>>> chicken. I must be one of the few who thinks I should do it more
> >>>> often. I haven't bought one in years. It just doesn't find our
> >>>> shopping system.  The times I did buy them they were delicious
> >>>> and it was cheaper to buy a freshly cook bird than it would be to
> >>>> buy one and cook it yourself. The cold leftovers are almost
> >>>> better than the meat was hot.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > I don't buy rotisserie chicken because I'm left with the
> > > > thighs which I won't eat.  It would be a waste of money
> > > > and food for me to purchase something I won't consume.
> > > 
> > > I'll swap you some drumsticks for them.
> > > 
> > > I often buy thighs, the best part of the chicken.
> > 
> > I'll swap the breast for the thighs anytime!
> 
> Most of the chicken eaten in Hawaii is thighs served as chicken katsu.
> It's quite amazing how popular chicken katsu is. The Asians prefer
> chicken thighs. Chicken breast is cheaper to buy than thighs in
> Japan. I won't speculate on the reasons why that is. Beats me what
> the Chinese do with all the surplus chicken breasts - ship it off to
> America?
> 
> OTOH, America's youth aren't interested in ripping chicken flesh off
> bones with their teeth. Cane's chicken is strips of chicken breast
> fried to order and served hot. It's juicy and delicious - two things
> not usually associated with chicken breast. Of course, juicy and
> delicious is not something that comes naturally. Hee hee.
> 
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/HoKNQcFhcKov5DjF9

I agree, most breast isn't very good on a whole chicken except a
properly rotisseried one can be very juicy indeed.

Everything is relative.  I've had Turkey and Chicken breasts where
everyone raved over how tender the breast was.  I thought it was like
sawdust...