Went to the supermarket....thought I might make a good chicken stock for soups etc.
So there was chicken necks $4.50 kg, good.
But next to them where whole birds, $4.00 kg and I get the "Premium necks" included.
So where did we go wrong?
Mince was poor mans meat until it became popular. Now it's expensive/ kilo.. Same as chicken thighs.. Cheap until all these reality TV shows banged on about how moist they stayed... Bingo, a few dollars more per kilo..
They charge more for necks as richies with little dogs buy them for snookum's dinner.
I think frames are better for soups
Select to expand quoteMark _australia said...
They charge more for necks as richies with little dogs buy them for snookum's dinner.
I think frames are better for soups
My old pooch is 14yrs
About 10yrs ago
Frames and necks were
40c a kilo
Then they went to 79c/k
Then $2/k
Then nearly $5/k
Where they've stayed for about 10yrs
That price jump happened really quickly
Select to expand quoteToph said..
Mince was poor mans meat until it became popular. Now it's expensive/ kilo.. Same as chicken thighs.. Cheap until all these reality TV shows banged on about how moist they stayed... Bingo, a few dollars more per kilo..
Dude I've been taking thighs over dry, yucky breast since the 80's at Kentucky Fried Chicken (as it was once known).
...I think they should rename it back to Kentucky Fried Chicken. Health be damned. We all know what it is and KFC sounds like a food additive.
Since Coles & Woolies insist on "plumping" breasts I don't buy them anymore.
It used to happen in Europe until people started catching on and demanded it stop.
It didn't happen here when I got back in 2007, then I noticed it more & more.
Ever wonder why the breasts are slimy looking and in a pool of water in the tray at the deli counter, when the thighs and legs aren't?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumping 
I used to use necks as crab bait... but the bait costs more than the crabs these days 
Ewww, I can just imagine a spotty Coles / Woolies worker plumping those chooks in the back room. 
