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MissAnn 10:16 AM 06-25-2013
Frozen chicken breasts
Or
Whole chicken
Do you save a lot using a whole chicken?
Or
Whole chicken
Do you save a lot using a whole chicken?
melilley 10:23 AM 06-25-2013
I only buy frozen or fresh chicken breasts. My family only eats the white meat so that's what I buy. Plus I don't think I can deal with cutting up a whole chicken, it just seems gross....lol
Blackcat31 10:25 AM 06-25-2013
I'm sure price-wise you definitely save by buying a whole chicken but I usually buy breasts.
I'm not one to eat the dark meat and the only chicken I serve to my DCK's is either nuggets (home made with the chicken breast) or the drumsticks or legs.
DH and I buy a lot in bulk and self-package ourselves using my food saver sealer.
I'm not one to eat the dark meat and the only chicken I serve to my DCK's is either nuggets (home made with the chicken breast) or the drumsticks or legs.
DH and I buy a lot in bulk and self-package ourselves using my food saver sealer.
coolconfidentme 10:25 AM 06-25-2013
I buy the fresh chicken breast, cut it up & freeze it myself. It's more cost effective that way here.
SilverSabre25 10:29 AM 06-25-2013
frozen chicken breast tenderloins from costco. half the size of a breast, cook faster. 
LoraJenkins 10:31 AM 06-25-2013
I buy whole chickens. I roast them and use for 2 or three meals. You can't beat 79¢ a pound!!!!!!
LK5kids 02:58 PM 06-25-2013
Breasts....I never liked dark meat and do not want to cut a chicken up!
daycare 03:08 PM 06-25-2013
What does that mean drum sticks?
Cradle2crayons 03:25 PM 06-25-2013
I usually do whole chickens. I get them from my family's chicken farm... Within just an hour of their processing. Free. I then roast them or put them in the crock pot. No need to cut them up I just pull the meat off the bone for everyone. No need to cut it up.
If I'm doing a recipe to debone then that's pretty easy too. I put the whole chicken in a pressure cooker for 15 minutes and Whalah it's all off the bone when I open the lid.
Huge money saver.
I do sometimes buy big packs of legs and quarters to grill etc though.
If I'm doing a recipe to debone then that's pretty easy too. I put the whole chicken in a pressure cooker for 15 minutes and Whalah it's all off the bone when I open the lid.
Huge money saver.
I do sometimes buy big packs of legs and quarters to grill etc though.
Luna 03:27 PM 06-25-2013
Drum sticks are part of the chicken leg.
I like to buy whole chicken and stick it in the crockpot overnight. In the morning I pull all the meat off of the bones. Breasts are usually eaten as is, and the rest we use in enchiladas, quesadillas, chicken spaghetti and such.
I like to buy whole chicken and stick it in the crockpot overnight. In the morning I pull all the meat off of the bones. Breasts are usually eaten as is, and the rest we use in enchiladas, quesadillas, chicken spaghetti and such.
itlw8 03:41 PM 06-25-2013
the leg quarter is made up of the thigh and the drumstick ( or chicken leg)
I buy all of the above
family all likes dark meat so I buy the bulk packs of leg quarters when they are 49 cent a lb... I buy the boneless white meat for fast meals and I buy the whole chicken for roast chicken. I do know how to cut up a chicken learned when I was 14
I buy all of the above
family all likes dark meat so I buy the bulk packs of leg quarters when they are 49 cent a lb... I buy the boneless white meat for fast meals and I buy the whole chicken for roast chicken. I do know how to cut up a chicken learned when I was 14
daycarediva 04:08 PM 06-25-2013
I buy b/s chicken breasts in bulk, organic, free range, grain fed, from a local chicken farm. It's $1.99/lb and is delivered to me by the farmer, individually frozen in vacuum sealed bags. I can thaw 1 or 100 at a time.
I DO buy whole chickens and cook them in the crockpot for soups, stews and that kind of thing (from the same place, .59/lb)
I DO buy whole chickens and cook them in the crockpot for soups, stews and that kind of thing (from the same place, .59/lb)
VTMom 04:20 PM 06-25-2013
Originally Posted by daycarediva:
I buy b/s chicken breasts in bulk, organic, free range, grain fed, from a local chicken farm. It's $1.99/lb and is delivered to me by the farmer, individually frozen in vacuum sealed bags. I can thaw 1 or 100 at a time.
I DO buy whole chickens and cook them in the crockpot for soups, stews and that kind of thing (from the same place, .59/lb)
Wow! I'm so jealous! I pay $6.29/lb for local, organic, etc chicken and that's through a friend who receives the restaurant rate!I buy b/s chicken breasts in bulk, organic, free range, grain fed, from a local chicken farm. It's $1.99/lb and is delivered to me by the farmer, individually frozen in vacuum sealed bags. I can thaw 1 or 100 at a time.
I DO buy whole chickens and cook them in the crockpot for soups, stews and that kind of thing (from the same place, .59/lb)
daycarediva 04:25 PM 06-25-2013
Originally Posted by VTMom:
Wow! I'm so jealous! I pay $6.29/lb for local, organic, etc chicken and that's through a friend who receives the restaurant rate!
They are Mennonite (we have a large Mennonite/amish population here), and I have told the man MANY, MANY times that he is GROSSLY undercharging and he always says "My prices are fair, it's only my time and some feed that goes into it." Have to love an honest person!Wow! I'm so jealous! I pay $6.29/lb for local, organic, etc chicken and that's through a friend who receives the restaurant rate!
We also purchase produce from the same family. They let me pick and choose which produce I want and it feels like highway robbery. I tell EVERYONE I know about them, and now about 1/2 my daycare families use them. This week my box contained 5lbs of organic tomatoes, 5 heads of organic romaine lettuce, 3 eggplant, 6 zucchini, 4 cucumbers and a LARGE bag of cherries (which were 6.99 at the grocery store this week!). $10. 10!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oneluckymom 11:01 PM 06-26-2013
Originally Posted by daycarediva:
They are Mennonite (we have a large Mennonite/amish population here), and I have told the man MANY, MANY times that he is GROSSLY undercharging and he always says "My prices are fair, it's only my time and some feed that goes into it." Have to love an honest person!
We also purchase produce from the same family. They let me pick and choose which produce I want and it feels like highway robbery. I tell EVERYONE I know about them, and now about 1/2 my daycare families use them. This week my box contained 5lbs of organic tomatoes, 5 heads of organic romaine lettuce, 3 eggplant, 6 zucchini, 4 cucumbers and a LARGE bag of cherries (which were 6.99 at the grocery store this week!). $10. 10!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where do you live I'm moving thereThey are Mennonite (we have a large Mennonite/amish population here), and I have told the man MANY, MANY times that he is GROSSLY undercharging and he always says "My prices are fair, it's only my time and some feed that goes into it." Have to love an honest person!
We also purchase produce from the same family. They let me pick and choose which produce I want and it feels like highway robbery. I tell EVERYONE I know about them, and now about 1/2 my daycare families use them. This week my box contained 5lbs of organic tomatoes, 5 heads of organic romaine lettuce, 3 eggplant, 6 zucchini, 4 cucumbers and a LARGE bag of cherries (which were 6.99 at the grocery store this week!). $10. 10!!!!!!!!!!!!
Play Care 03:53 AM 06-27-2013
Both. I stock up when they go on sale and use my deep freeze to store. I love a roast chicken for Sunday dinner, then I make soup, tacos, etc. from the rest. DH loves the dark meat so he eats that.
daycare123 05:26 AM 06-27-2013
I buy the chicken tenderloins from sams club and vacuum seal them. Much cheaper to buy in bulk and package ourselves. I don't buy chicken nuggets either. I make them out the the tenders.
EntropyControlSpecialist 05:40 AM 06-27-2013
I buy frozen chicken breasts for daycare and will throw them in the crockpot for the kids. They love the different kinds of "chickens" I make and never request chicken nuggets beyond the first week. LOL.
spud912 07:54 AM 06-27-2013
I almost always use the fresh (which were usually frozen previously 
) and not the frozen. As far as the cut, it really depends on the meal. I use the thighs, tenderloins, breasts, the whole thing.....
) and not the frozen. As far as the cut, it really depends on the meal. I use the thighs, tenderloins, breasts, the whole thing.....
mema 12:32 PM 06-27-2013
I buy whole and just breasts. Depends what I'm using it for. If I need shredded chicken, I prefer to just use a whole-they seem to shred better.