Cooked chickens

[RevArkwright]

Morrisons used to be two for £7. Now £5.49 each. Ridiculous.

I understand a VAT increase has been applied.
Good news. ASDA two for £6. £4.50 each, a bargain.

Thought I would share that.

[ummmm]

I wouldn't eat one if you paid me. Poor things probably spent their sorry little lives in a tiny cage...

[RevArkwright]

Sadly so. The chicken population worldwide must be enormous.

I love lamb chops but hate to think of the poor little mites.

[DTCwordfan]

0 to 3 lbs in six weeks versus a freerange that takes 8 months. Welcome to the wonderful world of water, hormones and steroids, Rev A.

When are you buying your bra?

[tonyav]

LOL.^^^^^

[RevArkwright]

I have read that DT. six to eight weeks before their demise.

All down to profits really.

Cannot see things getting any better for the little birdies, shame really.

[ummmm]

OMG are baby sheep kept in cages that they can barely move in. I did not know that!!

[RevArkwright]

I thought "caponising" was no longer practised, must look it up.

[DTCwordfan]

remember being told that on the day they announced Mad Cow. I was in the Tesco's Head Office and one of their senior managers imparted that gem of information. Have eaten free range ever since (when I have known).

[tonyav]

Some calf's are, ummmm.

[RevArkwright]

I thought it was just battery hens kept in cages.

Roastings chickens, so I understand, are subjected to light on, feed, light off, perch.

That way they put max weight on for min effort, all rather cruel, but, I love roast chicken at a reasonable price.

[DTCwordfan]

Rolling on the floor here, laughing, ummmmm

http://www.thelope.co...ages/06-09-11-161.jpg

they even keep goats in cages too.

http://4.bp.blogspot....sU/s1600/IMAG0114.JPG

[RevArkwright]

I will never eat veal.

A friend of a friend at a restaurant declined veal as she did not want to eat a young animal. She opted for the lamb.

[tonyav]

Hey, leave the goats out of this. DT.

[RevArkwright]

I believe that goats meat was sold as lamb during the last war.

[DTCwordfan]

Agneau au sel is delish, Rev, lamb that is brought down to the estuary and fed on the sea grasses.....Northern France and the Solway Firth for such lamb. Then there is Agneau du Lait, lamb fed solely on milk (much younger than calves), the meat white.............

[RevArkwright]

That sounds mouth wateringly good.

[DTCwordfan]

worth tracking down....

[humbersloop]

Veal calves are born in dairy herds, so would go straight for slaughter otherwise - and probably end up as feed for battery roasting chickens

[Old_Geezer]

I'd have thought it was worth at least £5:49 for a chicken that has not been abused but enjoyed a decent life up to the point it's time was up and it became food. Heck, that's a veritable bargain. Don't know how they'd do it.

[RevArkwright]

http://www.marmiton.o...u-gros-sel_16434.aspx

OK. French dictionary needed.