Was it a SPRING chicken?
Posted on 04/15/2024 2:34:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
I was on a tour by the Costco CFO at the Bellevue Costco about 15 years back. He explained that Costco chickens have an extra week to grow, so they are bigger.
We were driving through the rainforest in Puerto Rico in 1980. In the middle of nowhere there were two guys with a wood grill basting about 6 birds on a spit. They even asked us to pick the one we wanted. Chicken, some home baked bread and a couple of ice cold cokes. 2.00. They were basting it with a gallon glass jar filled with solidified butter and lots of seasonings. Best chicken ever. We made it to the coast and sat on a bench watching the waves.
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I did a consulting gig about 20 years ago at ConAgra Poultry, back when they still had commodity meat businesses. They’ve since gotten out of chicken, beef, pork.
So I am at the HQ of a $4 billion a year poultry operation, interacting with their upper management (Directors, VPs, C-levels). These guys knew chicken.
I remember the term “superbirds” being used for these giant breast broilers.
FWLIW
Was it a SPRING chicken?
Where do they think Dr. Seuss got his green eggs?
Popeyes Does have Out of this
World Breasts....!
Love that Chicken!
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I’ll watch for GREEN.
I understand they are keeping people fed and that is a good thing but I am sticking with my Plymouth Chickens. The Delaware are maybe slightly better as meat chickens but they do not brood worth a plugged nickle.
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