A whole chicken roasted on a rotating spit is a glorious thing. The cooking method has been around for thousands of years, but these days most people don't have a rotating spit, nor do we have a place to build a fire. You can get a rotisserie oven, but that takes up a lot of kitchen space. Lucky for us, a lot of grocery stores have very large kitchens, and make rotisserie chickens every day, often offered for a lower price than a whole raw chicken. When I worked at a grocery, I had to smell those things as they cooked, and it was heavenly. I often took a $5 rotisserie chicken home, cooked and still hot. For a single person, that's four or five meals. They aren't $5 anymore, but they still sell for less than raw chicken. How do they do that? Weird History Food tells us everything we need to know about rotisserie chicken.
Wednesday, January 01, 2025
How Can Stores Sell Rotisserie Chickens So Cheap?
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The real facts around these cheap birds is factory farming. I've read how Costco is actively looking to buy up factory farms in an effort to keep their prices low. But that comes with a, pardon the pun, price. These hens are raised in some of the most cruel conditions. Not to mention the way they get that terrific taste: tons of salt in the brine. Not a plan for us oldsters. Like every other option for the budget conscious, the side effects are life long damaging. Roll your own.
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