clucker1 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 On last night BBC1, well I threatened to screen it live to my chickens. I hope that welfare doesn't constitute free range. I didn't know KFC is such a big business. Who eats the stuff? Millions of us apparently. How do they get the finished product to that weird yellow colour, doesn't look very natural to me. I'm off my soap box now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I was too scared to watch it, thought it might be horrific......My son said that on the way home after a few pints there is nothing better that KFC or a kebab......I'm so proud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 What cracked me up was the bloke saying that the chickens were happy!! I don't think so! I also noticed that they showed them at 19 days old when they still had some space in the shed, guess they wouldn't want the public to see how dreadful it was at 42 days!! I also couldn't believe how many chickens were already struggling with their breast weights at that early stage I ranted at the TV the whole time!! As a lot of the "management speak" was also doing my head in too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadietoo Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 So glad to be vegetarian! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 So glad to be vegetarian! Ditto.... i think meat is no longer a treat it's expected at every meal now, when I was young...yawn...we had meat a couple of times a week and a chicken on Sunday was a real feast...Monday's was egg and chips, if we had leftover meat from Sunday that would be on the plate too but if there wasn't alot to go aroundd dad got that. I thought it was normal but maybe we were just poor we certainly didn't have bags of Chrisp,chocolate and buiscuits in the cupboard all the time. Toast for breakfast and soup or a sarnie for lunch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 ........... which bring me back to my favourite anthem of buying good quality, free range, locally grown meat, buying less and making it last more. A roasting bird will last us ages as cold meat, or in other dishes, then the carcass for stock. For other meat, the cheaper cuts are a dream in the slow cooker for tenderness, then eaten as a stew/casserole, or in pies. My grandparents mostly grew their own meat, and were brilliant at using it wisely, and living frugally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 ........... which bring me back to my favourite anthem of buying good quality, free range, locally grown meat, buying less and making it last more. A roasting bird will last us ages as cold meat, or in other dishes, then the carcass for stock. For other meat, the cheaper cuts are a dream in the slow cooker for tenderness, then eaten as a stew/casserole, or in pies. My grandparents mostly grew their own meat, and were brilliant at using it wisely, and living frugally. I'm with you entirely, DM If a chicken doesn't feed us for 6 meals I am disappointed.... Usually the roast dinner, a couple of days as sandwich fillings, a pasta dish, a curry and soup from the carcass stock and reclaimed meat from the boiled bones. People are shocked that I spend £11 on a free range chicken from the farmers market. I am more shocked at my friends who buy a £3 chicken from Tesco, only use the breasts and throw the rest out That to me is obscene on so many levels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Not watched it yet but may do on catch up if I can - I agree re the free range chickens being great value for money - I get mine now at Lidl as they have Scottish free range ones - M & S had Irish ones - so why on earth would I buy an irish chicken when I live in Scotland and they produce them here I do not know but as local as possible is the key. I am also amazed at people who have never used the carcasses for soup = we lived on that as youngsters, good wholesome soup from stock and veg and I still always have a soup pot on at the weekend and freeze it for during the week. I could never go back to buying a store cheap chicken after watching Hugh so many years ago - the girls are so happy outside in the field scratching and enjoying life that to see them in a shed is horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 If a chicken doesn't feed us for 6 meals I am disappointed.... Usually the roast dinner, a couple of days as sandwich fillings, a pasta dish, a curry and soup from the carcass stock and reclaimed meat from the boiled bones. People are shocked that I spend £11 on a free range chicken from the farmers market. I am more shocked at my friends who buy a £3 chicken from Tesco, only use the breasts and throw the rest out That to me is obscene on so many levels That is awful (re your friends who just use the breast and discard the rest!) I wish a chicken would do more than two meals here, but there are 5 of us here (2 adults and 3 teens). If I roast a chicken, I try to always boil the bones for stock, or freeze to make stock another day. I have recently discovered a Scottish dish called Stovies and we have that on a Monday now to use up leftovers. I don't make mine as wet as the recipes I have seen. Its more like a shepherds pie crossed with lamb hotpot and it makes a small amount of meat go a long way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixieDust Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 We didn't want to watch it but I might catch up on iPlayer. I loathe KFC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 ... and EVEN BETTER if it's one you despatch yourself as then you get the liver for pate the dogs will wait for me to give them kidneys, chopped gizzard, neck and hocks We ought to start a challenge to see how many meals can be made form a chicken of X weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 That sounds a fab challenge DM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill2b Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Its on TV now so I had a look at this thread so I don't think I will bother. Dogmother and Spacechick. Betty Mutha and Wardrobe are disgusted at your comments, I tried to say you were dispatching them to holiday homes but they did not believe me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
