Some of these comments about fried chicken has my mouth watering. Having spent a good many of my formative years on the family farm in South Carolina, the food is one of my favorite memories. I can just taste it now...chicken fried to a crispy brown in Crisco, then mix flour in the Crisco after the chicken is done to make the gravy that's poured on the rice, biscuits were flour and again the old stand by, Crisco, and baked to a golden melt in your mouth brown. After dinner it was everyone gather in the living room while the grownups had coffee, and stay clear of my Aunt as she spit her snuff juice in a Luziane Coffee can on the floor near her seat. How they could load up a mouthful of that powdered snuff and drink coffee I'll never know. Memories...I could shed a tear thinking about those days.
Modern Grocery Store Chicken
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Rusty there are times I'm thinking you're just a little off kilter if ya know what I mean!
I've never worn a kilt.
Now we're getting somewhere. My mother usually used crisco to cook chickens. But I had a black lady who took care of me and my sister and other kids) and she cooked chickin in lard. That lady KNEW about cooking. And if ya had a fried egg at her place it was cooked swimming in the bacon grease. She was a nice lady and only gave me a whupping when I needed it In later years she taught my wife about cooking turkey breast down
Texas Star
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I buy brown eggs because I like the color better. And they remind me more of the Red Jungle Fowl that supposedly was the ancestor of the domestic chicken.
I've read that brown chickens lay brown eggs and that white chickens lay white. Is that true?
Texas Star
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Do you mean a Chinese brand, Han Wei? No data. Depends on the product.
If you were trying to write, Hemingway, it depends on whether you meant Ernest, Mariel, or Margaux. I think Margaux was the best looking.
Tsk, tsk. And there are members here who don't think I have a sense of humor. I just hope this doesn't mean that I also have another ding...
Texas Star
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Rusty-
Thanks. So, it's not like whole wheat bread being better for you than white bread...
chopshopcop
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Heck yeah, and the chicken was cooked in a well seasoned cast iron skillet. The chicken gets a dark crunchy spot on the first side down from laying in the pan, that's the best. Both of my grandmothers kept a can of bacon grease on the stovetop for cooking and seasoning, that same skillet was used for just about everything, from eggs to cornbread.
Alpo
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Brown hens lay brown eggs and white ones lay white eggs?
Does a Dominique lay striped ones?
According to Google they lay brown.
Does a Dominique lay striped ones?
According to Google they lay brown.
Griswold made a unique cast iron chicken fryer, that was a deep skillet on the bottom and a regular skillet on the top, connected with a slot and tab.
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kwselke
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How many modern chicken parts can it handle at one time? Big chickens need big pans.
Yes I really miss my moms fried chicken ,gravy and biscuits . She would cut up two fryers too feed five of us . Dad had dibs on the gizzards and what he wanted first ,my favorite was drumsticks and thighs. The best was real yard bird from one of our relatives farms.
Texas Star
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When I'm looking to save money, I buy thighs. Usually much cheaper than breasts. I eat maybe four to six for a meal. Depends on the size.
These days, not wanting to bother with cooking, I tend to buy deli rotisserie whole birds. I can get two meals from one.
A post above may make me seem an overeater. I'm not: my astrological sign is Gemini, the Twins. So, I'm sort of eating for two. I think only a Gemini and a pregnant woman can say that.
I still weigh the same 160-165 pounds as I did in my 20's, so I'm not worried about eating half a chicken, salad, and vegetables in one meal.
These days, not wanting to bother with cooking, I tend to buy deli rotisserie whole birds. I can get two meals from one.
A post above may make me seem an overeater. I'm not: my astrological sign is Gemini, the Twins. So, I'm sort of eating for two. I think only a Gemini and a pregnant woman can say that.
I still weigh the same 160-165 pounds as I did in my 20's, so I'm not worried about eating half a chicken, salad, and vegetables in one meal.
Leslie Sapp
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I'm one of eight kids. Each child got a drumstick, thigh or breast. Dad always ate the backs.
My youngest brother recently observed, "I just now realized that Dad probably didn't care for chicken backs all that much..."
My youngest brother recently observed, "I just now realized that Dad probably didn't care for chicken backs all that much..."
The color of the hen's ear will tell you the color of the egg. (yes, they have ears). The difference in taste between brown vs white eggs depends on diet. Caged eggs, white or brown, will look and taste the same. Free ranging chickens produce the rich, dark yolks that we all remember from our childhoods. A few bugs and worms in your diet is good for you.
nachogrande
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FRANK PURDUE SPOKE AT MY COLLEGE COMENCEMENT???
He was a skilled gentetecist. I think the jumbo sized birds area result of them being exposed to gamma rays, (like the Hulk) & you won't like them if they are angry. :rolleyes I prefer thighs, the new breasts seem tasteless.
He was a skilled gentetecist. I think the jumbo sized birds area result of them being exposed to gamma rays, (like the Hulk) & you won't like them if they are angry. :rolleyes I prefer thighs, the new breasts seem tasteless.
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