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Greenpeace on Wednesday accused global fastfood chain KFC of using paper packaging made using wood from Indonesian rainforests which it said was endangering the habitat of the Sumatran tiger. The environmental group said the chain's trademark chicken buckets and French fry boxes contained timber products from Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), which it described as the country's "notorious forest destroyer". To illustrate their cause, activists placed a giant KFC French fry holder depicting company founder Colonel Sanders holding a chainsaw in his hand and the words "KFC junking the jungle" written below on deforested peatland in Rokan Hilir, Riau province...

"I looooove Kentucky Fried Chicken! I LOVE IT!!!" That was my wife recently gushing over a fresh bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Her emphatic enthusiasm in her thick Venezuelan accent would make for a great KFC commercial. It was one of those things that you had to be there to appreciate.Anyway, you get the idea of how much we enjoy KFC here. I find opening a fresh bucket of KFC to be positively intoxicating. Therefore I am always looking for good KFC deals. Yesterday, I thought I had a good deal with a 10 piece bucket for $11. However,...

(RAEFORD) – The pre-K teacher involved in the “chicken nuggets” incident in Hoke County changed her version of what happened after undergoing three separate interrogations. Margaret Maynor was brought to tears in the third session. She submitted her resignation soon after. In a highly unusual move, the Hoke County School System released documents from the teacher’s personnel file purportedly showing why the pre-K instructor resigned. Previous articles reported some students with homemade lunches were given trays of school food because their bag lunches didn’t meet federal nutrition standards. One girl didn’t touch her homemade lunch and just ate three school...

School district official says substituting a preschooler’s lunch was against district policy RALEIGH — The teacher involved in “supplementing” a preschooler’s lunch with chicken nuggets in Hoke County has been suspended indefinitely. Parents of students in the Pre-Kindergarten program at West Hoke Elementary School in Raeford got a letter from Assistant Superintendent Bob Barnes last week saying a substitute teacher would take over the preschool class until the “issue” is resolved. It remains unclear why the teacher’s actions violated district policy. State officials responsible for monitoring homemade lunches for preschoolers have told Carolina Journal that the Jan. 30 incident that...

Is farming brain-dead chickens more ethical? Architecture Student André Ford is proposing raising chickens for meat in vertical racks after severing their frontal cortexes, rendering them effectively brain-dead. It would be much, much more efficient, there's no doubt about that, but would it be any more ethical than current factory farms? The images of the conceptual chicken racks are fairly disturbing- the chickens are suspended, completely immobile, with their feet removed. Tubes feed water and nutrients directly into the them while other tubes carry away waste. The chickens themselves, though, aren't suffering at all, since their brains have been surgically...

Just the Facts: State vs. Federal School Nutrition ProgramsPosted by Courtney Rowe, Press Secretary, USDA, on February 16, 2012 at 1:21 PM In the past 24 hours, we’ve seen a lot of chatter online regarding a story from North Carolina in which a pre-school student’s lunch was deemed “unhealthy.” We’d like to set the record straight. As established by law, USDA promotes healthier lifestyles for our nation’s school children through the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program. The Department sets science-based nutritional standards for and oversees State administration of schools that choose to participate in these national programs. In exchange...

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BEAVER COUNTY, Pa. -- Authorities say a western Pennsylvania man shot a chicken, and a neighbor wants justice. The Beaver County Times reports. 39-year-old Matt Savage allegedly shot a neighbor's chicken last September. At a preliminary hearing on Tuesday Tiffany Keys testified that she was raising chickens with her children, ages 10 and 2. Keys says police told Savage he could shoot the chickens if they were on his property. But Assistant District Attorney Kevin Kindred says the fact that Savage shot a domestic fowl shows that there was willful and malicious intent.

Two people were killed and four others wounded when shots rang out at a fast-food restaurant in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side this evening, authorities said. The shooting occurred about 6:50 p.m. at a Church's Chicken near 66th and Halsted Streets, authorities said.

Introduction Who doesn't like roasted chicken? Fresh, crispy with a little salt, it falls off the bone into your mouth. It's a great thing, unless the price is US$2.5 million of your tax dollars. As a Foreign Service Officer with a 20-year career in the State Department, and as part of the global wars of terror, I was sent to play a small part in the largest nation-building project since the post-World War II Marshall Plan: the reconstruction of Iraq following the American invasion of 2003. My contractor colleagues and I were told to spend money, lots of money, to...

Is Obama abandoning his bid for a second term in the White House and is giving Colonel Sanders a run for his money by opening a chain of fried chicken joints? Now that's change you can't really believe in. But in Beijing, China, a restaurant is actually calling itself OFC with a logo that looks alarmingly like the President dressed in the colonel's clothes.

CNN just reported that an explosive-sniffing dog alerted to a package at Dulles Airport resutlting in closing of one of their terminals. Nothing more at this time

U.S. woman eats 183 chicken wings in 12 minutesCBC – 6 hours ago The Black Widow of eating contests has scarfed down 183 chicken wings in 12 minutes to break her own world record set last year in Buffalo, N.Y. Sonya Thomas took home first place Sunday at the 10th annual National Buffalo Wings Festival. She beat eating marvel Joey (Jaws) Chestnut, who came in second with 174 wings. **SNIP** Thomas is nicknamed the Black Widow becomes she often beats male competitors in eating contests.

New York - The United States is stepping in to help bail out another American industry -- chicken farmers and meat processors. The nation's chicken industry is having a difficult year. Chicken producers are struggling with higher costs of running their business at the same time that consumers are buying less meat. This has created a glut of chicken products in the market. Total chicken production in the first half of 2011 rose 4% compared to the same period a year ago, while demand for chicken has cooled, (Snip) The Department of Agriculture, keenly aware of these issues, announced Monday

Easy Step-by-Step Instructions for Canning Chicken and Turkey Beginning canners, don't be scared of canning chicken and turkey. It's easy and economical. You can do this. I will take you step by step. Deep breath, here we go. Sources for fresh chicken:

A four-legged chicken had Jerusalem Rabbi’s calling foul on Tuesday, over its kosher status as it awaits an unknown fate. The chicken was born in a Jerusalem slaughterhouse located in the extremely orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim. Just prior to the animal being put on the “chopping block”, rabbi’s began questioning whether the animal could be considered kosher, reports NTN24.“I’ve seen this twice, four is a little strange,” said Yoel Kroish, owner of the slaughterhouse. When asked about the birds fate, Kroish offered up this response: “I don’t know, for now we will give it to the rabbi’s to check...

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has announced it will suspend the sale of an animal drug used by poultry producers in the US after traces of arsenic were found in treated chickens. The study found higher levels or arsenic, a known carcinogen, in the livers of chickens treated with Roxarsone than untreated chickens.

Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings once again stretched his wings of power and vetoed a bill that would have allowed Albany homeowners the privilege to raise and house chickens (and definitely no roosters) in their backyards. (...) What I found amusing about Mayor Jennings argument is that he called the proposal “a flawed and “piecemeal approach” to the broader issue of urban agriculture.” Of course it’s a piecemeal approach, you first put the pieces together and then you enjoy a meal after the chickens are mature. What really is the concern here? A fear that residents are going to raise so...

A Massachusetts middle school teacher was removed from her classroom last week when students reported that she appeared drunk, asking one pupil “how would it feel to have a bullet in his head” and “flapping her arms, and making chicken noises, and or trying to fly.”

With NFL owners and players in a standoff, the CEO of one of the nation's largest chicken farms warns that a long-lasting football lockout would be bad news for a gameday staple, the chicken wing. "It will be a major blow," said Joe Sanderson Jr., CEO of Sanderson Farms, the fourth largest poultry company in the U.S. "If we don't have Sunday football, the demand will go down tremendously, and of course, if that happens, the price will go down." Chicken wings are big business. According to Sanderson, wings account for 12 percent of his company's output, and the National...

The bomb squad isn't usually called in to defuse stink bombs, but a smelly package at a Southwest Miami-Dade bank needed an expert's touch. An entire shopping center was evacuated Tuesday morning after a suspicious package, which turned out to be a box full of chicken and goat parts, was discovered near a Bank of America. The box wasn't ticking or anything, but it was swarming with flies, officials said. The incident happened around 10 a.m. in the area of Quail Roost Drive and SW 127th Avenue, near the Shoppes at Quail Roost shopping center, CBS4 reports. A bomb-detection robot...

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I started with a couple of recipes I found online, and modified and combined them to come up with this marinade. It's just outstanding with fish; I fixed tilapia with it tonight, and it's also great with shrimp and scallops... In a blender, combine the following: 1 large red onion, peeled, rough chopped 1 large shallot, peeled, rough chopped 2 large garlic cloves, peeled, rough chopped 1 large red bell pepper, cored, seeded, rough chopped 1 large jalapeno pepper, cored, seeded, rough chopped 1 1/2 tsp Dry Thyme Juice of 1 lemon (or lime) 3 tsp Kosher Salt 1 tsp...

Obama aide: Don't 'play chicken' with debt ceilingThe Associated Press Sunday, January 2, 2011; 10:48 AM WASHINGTON -- The top White House economic adviser is warning against what he calls "playing chicken" with the need to raise the nation's debt ceiling. For some conservatives, refusing to raise the limit on the federal debt would be a tactic to force the government into cutting spending. Last February, Congress raised the debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion. The debt is now at nearly $13.9 trillion and growing each day. A move to raise the ceiling again is expected this spring.

IOWA CITY, IA - A chicken nugget has been discovered in the shape of the Sacred Heart of Jesus! A peculiar item has been spotted on eBay, a chicken nugget in the shape of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Sacred Heart for many Catholics represents Jesus’ love for humanity. It is often used to symbolize the love and admiration that one has for Christ. The heart shaped piece of processed chicken was discovered by the daughter of a nurse in a Chick-Fil-A nugget pack. The mother, who ironically works in the Cardiac division of an Iowa City hospital has...

Dispute over fried chicken ends in assault with crowbar Tuesday, December 14, 2010 12:39 PM Akron Beacon Journal An Akron man suffered severe head injuries after police said he was attacked by his brother, who wielded a crowbar during a fight ignited over a half-eaten piece of fried chicken.

Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-Ohio) called the House Democrats' vote on extending certain tax breaks "chicken crap" on Thursday."I'm trying to catch my breath so I don't refer to this maneuver going on today as chicken crap, all right," the top-ranking House Republican said sarcastically, "but this is nonsense! We're 23 months from the next election and the political games have already started trying to set up the next election.

New Way to Help Chickens Cross to Other SideBy WILLIAM NEUMAN Published: October 21, 2010 Shoppers in the supermarket today can buy chicken free of nearly everything but adjectives. It comes free-range, cage-free, antibiotic-free, raised on vegetarian feed, organic, even air-chilled. The chicken producers are planning to use systems like this one to render the birds unconscious before they are hung by their feet to have their throats slit. Coming soon: stress-free? Two premium chicken producers, Bell & Evans in Pennsylvania and Mary’s Chickens in California, are preparing to switch to a system of killing their birds that they consider...

EVANSTON, Ill., An Illinois city council voted to end a 36-year-old ban on raising chickens within the city limits with strict regulations placed on their care. The Evanston City Council voted 6-3 to allow hens within the city limits while still maintaining a ban on roosters and instituting strict regulations on how the animals are to be housed and cared for, the Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday. "These animals will have to be within our ordinance, which is very specific," 6th Ward Ald. Mark Tendam said. "To say they're going to smell bad or make noise is just not reasonable, because...

I stumbled across this very well done set of three videos the other day and I know a number of Freepers will be interested in viewing them. There are a lot of urban legends and improper methods out there for what should be a simple and humane way of harvesting the food God gives us. I am putting this up strictly as an educational tool, and so I have a bookmark for it myself. This young man is demonstrating the proper way to humanely slaughter a meat bird, and it is a handy skill to at least be familiar with....

Sonya 'The Black Widow' Thomas discusses her eating contest exploits

9 August 2010 Last updated at 22:08 ET Some people take their food seriously - but no one more than one customer at a fast-food outlet in Toledo, Ohio. Melodi Dushane was so frustrated that she couldn't order chicken nuggets - because the restaurant was serving breakfast - that she attacked the member of staff. On the surveillance video, Dushane, 25, appears to get out of her car and hit the drive-through employee in the mouth. Seconds later it seems she smashes the window before driving off. She was arrested and faces vandalism charges.

Scientists wielding a powerful supercomputer have cracked the mystery of which came first, the chicken or the egg. The short answer: the chicken. The long answer is contained in the analysis called Structural Control of Crystal Nuclei by Eggshell Protein by British scientists Colin Freeman and John Harding of the University of Sheffield and David Quigley and P. Mark Rodger of the University of Warwick, published in the current journal Angewandte Chemie. “It had long been suspected that the egg came first, but now we have the scientific proof that shows in fact the chicken came first,” said Freeman. Sort...

Russia, once the largest importer of U.S. chicken, has agreed to lift a five-month-old ban on the meat after talks between presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev. U.S. exports of chicken to Russia plunged 84 percent in the four months ended April 30 from a year earlier. The price of U.S. wholesale chicken legs, a major export to Russia, fell 27 percent in the past year. We will have to comply with the same requirements that are being used for Russian poultry producers,” said Sumner, whose Stone Mountain, Georgia-based trade group represents 90 percent of U.S. poultry and egg exporters....

NOTE The following text is a quote: www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-obama-and-president-medvedev-russia-us-russia-business-summit Home • Briefing Room • Speeches & Remarks The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 24, 2010 Remarks by President Obama and President Medvedev of Russia at the U.S.-Russia Business Summit U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 3:08 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, good afternoon, everybody. It is a pleasure to be here with my friend and partner, President Medvedev, and I want to thank him again for his leadership, especially his vision for an innovative Russia that’s modernizing its economy, including deeper economic ties between our...

In the mood for takeout? Try this tasty Mexican dinner.

Why raise chickens? For lots of reasons! Video at link. :)

Which came first the chicken or the egg? If you believe the Judeo-Christian story of creation found in the book of Genesis the answer is simple: the chicken. God spoke, and bam! Plump juicy chicken. He then observed His creation and said that it was "good." I however have not been so fortunate. Not long ago, here in San Diego, I ordered the Oven Roasted Chicken sandwich from fast-food giant Subway, and saw that it was not good, because what they called chicken looked more like a white sponge on a bun. I was shocked, realizing that this was not...

Ingredients: 1 can Cream of Chicken soup 1 can Cream of Mushroom soup 1 can Cheddar Cheese soup 4 to 6 Chicken Breasts

Cochabamba, Bolivia, Apr 26, 2010 / 06:11 pm (CNA).- President of Bolivia Evo Morales, who is considered a champion of gay rights in Latin America, angered gay-friendly organizations last week after stating that eating genetically modified chicken leads to both homosexuality and baldness in men. Morales made his comments during a recent climate summit in Cochabamba, Bolivia. “The chicken we eat is loaded with feminine hormones. For this reason, eating this chicken leads to disorders in men,” Morales said. “In Europe, all men are bald, and it’s because of what they eat. You don’t see bald men among the indigenous...

Bolivian President Evo Morales, who plays the Larry part in Latin America's socialist Three Stooges with Castro and Chavez, claims that eating chicken will turn you into an effeminate gay. "The chicken we eat is loaded with female hormones. So, when men eat it, they tend to deviate from their manhood," said Morales at a climate change conference held by his government. He says he only eats non-genetically modified chicken straight from the farm. He also claimed the diet of many people of European descent can be linked to baldness and early breast growth in girls. "Baldness, which seems normal,...

COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (AFP) – Bolivian President Evo Morales was under fire on Wednesday for suggesting that eating hormone-injected chicken could provoke male deviance at a global climate change summit. Bolivia's opposition and homosexual groups criticized comments made by Morales at the first "people's conference" on climate change the previous day, in which he said that chicken producers inject birds with female hormones and "when men eat those chickens, they experience deviances in being men." The Bolivian president also suggested that the European diet made men go bald. Spain's National Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals sent a protest letter...

<p>How fitting.......It's POULTRY DAY!!</p> <p>Poultry Day celebrates chicken, turkey and other birds we commonly consume. Chicken and turkey are lower in fats, and cholesterol than other meats, making it better for your health. They also give you your breakfast eggs.</p>

Ingredients: 1 chicken (3 lbs.) cut into pieces, back and wings discarded (or save for soup or to make a broth later) 3T wheat flour or all purpose flour 2t. Cafe Netties Classic European Classic saltless seasonings Pepper to taste 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/2 lb. French green beans (haricots verts), trimmed (see note) 2 parsnips, peeled and diced 1 yellow summer squash, diced 1 zucchini, diced 1 cup small red pearl onions, peeled 2 small carrots, peeled, diced 1 cup fresh mushrooms, quartered 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 cup dry white wine 2 cups chicken stock or canned low-salt...

She's only a beginner, so perhaps Matilda the hen didn't know what she was doing. But the fourth egg she has ever produced turned out to be a whopper - six times heavier than a normal one. The monster egg is just over 3.5ins long, has a circumference of more than 8ins, and weighs 4.2oz. Hen's eggs are typically 2.3ins long, have a circumference of 5.5ins, and weigh a measly 0.7oz.

BEIJING, Feb 5 (Reuters) - China will levy heavy anti-dumping duties on U.S. chicken products, its Commerce Ministry said on Friday, a move likely to aggravate trade relations and antagonise one of the few U.S. industries that profitably exports to China. The ministry's initial investigation showed that U.S. companies had dumped chicken products into the Chinese market, according to the ministry's website (www.mofcom.gov.cn). The tariffs were announced a day after China requested a World Trade Organisation ruling on European Union duties on shoes made in China. That was the most recent of many cases demonstrating China's embrace of the WTO...

Maybe it was the Economy that caused the run on the chicken the reporter says? This is the second "Chicken" crisis! Oprah's chicken fiasco ended badly last year if you recall it devolved into what one site called "Madness". This video is being is making the rounds as proof of how horrible the economic crisis is in America. Notice the vehicles theses customers arrive in? Not too shabby and as you watch it you will notice many look like gas guzzlers yet some of them have driven from location to location in search of $4.99 Popeye's Chicken.

1.25 kilograms /2 ½ pounds drumsticks 1 tablespoon Gluten Free curry powder 1 tablespoon honey 2 tablespoons lemon juice (optional if fructose intolerant) 200grams/6 ½ ounce plain Greek style yogurt

Italian scientists leading an international team said chickens have demonstrated the ability to count and appear to prefer a left-to-right order. The Universities of Padua psychology department, working together with the University of Trento and Canada's University of Saskatchewan, said they taught young domestic chickens and North American nutcrackers to count their way to desired holes in a series, ANSA reported Friday. "We were able to train chicks to peck at either the forth or sixth hole in a series of 16," study leader Lucia Regolin said. She said a separate test found the birds preferred to count from left...