Have You Ever Cut Up a Chicken Fryer?

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09-27-2013, 05:21 AM

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kydeb

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I've not only cut them up but have pulled feathers and cleaned (gutted) them as well! Not a fun job necessarily but, oh my, they taste so much better than "grocery store" chickens!!

09-27-2013, 06:05 AM

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mjhaess

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I always cut up my own chicken..My mom taught me to do that years ago. It is so much cheaper to buy it whole. If you know what you are doing it is fast and easy and lets not forget, cut the way it should be.

09-27-2013, 06:12 AM

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y.morman

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We used to clean 250 chicken every Friday night for the local hospital. (I'm showing my age) I can still do this with my eyes closed.

09-27-2013, 08:01 AM

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MargeD

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Growing up on a farm, we raised our own chickens, as well as pigs and cattle. Mom taught me how to cut up a chicken, although I must admit that the very first time I cut up an entire chicken, some parts did not look like chicken parts. LOL. I got better with time, however, DH only likes breast meat, so I haven't cut up a chicken in years.

09-27-2013, 08:57 AM

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happy grandma

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The memories this brought back. When my Mom would cut up a chicken it was called surprise chicken. She never was able to get it done right. Dad could do it with his eyes closed.

09-27-2013, 09:03 AM

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AngeliaNR

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Originally Posted by Karen1956

I only use whole chickens. Rarely do I get already cut up chicken. I will buy extra legs or wing drummettes, but that's only if someone is coming for dinner. I can cut up a fryer in no time flat. I was watching one of those cooking shows the other day and the chef was showing how to cut one up. I was yelling, "Not like that!" It took him forever to cut that thing up. And then he thew the wings away!! The best part!!

I think whole chickens just taste better for some reason.

I can cut a ten pound bag of leg quarters into drums, thighs, and backs in under six minutes! My husband timed me once, because he couldn't believe it could be done!

09-27-2013, 09:41 AM

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gramma nancy

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I used to cut my own all the time because whole chickens were so much less expensive. Lately, however, I just buy boneless skinless breasts.

09-27-2013, 09:48 AM

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misseva

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I like dark meat so I seldom buy whole chickens. But I know how to clean & pick one straight from the pen after mother killed it. I cut up a whole chicken by the KFC method: cut chicken in half, cut that half in half, cut out pully bone, cut off wings with some of breast meat with it, cut off leg from thigh with back attached. You get 9 pieces that way - 4 dark, 5 white meat.