June 18, 2009

Brooke vs. the Chicken

Two weeks ago while I was at the store, I saw that Kroger had their chicken leg quarters on sale for $0.59 a pound. Since I normally buy boneless skinless breasts for $1.99 a pound, the bargain price jumped out at me.

Jay and I love buffalo wings, so I got the chicken and used my $0.40 Frank's hot sauce coupon (that doubles at my Kroger) to buy some buffalo sauce. I put the legs in the freezer to deal with at a later date.

Last night Jay was out late showing property to a client, so I had a date with that chicken. Who knew that chicken with the bone in and covered in skin was that gross.

Thankfully I was getting it ready to marinate over night, cook tonight, and not eat until tomorrow night. I would have rather thrown up and gone hungry than eat that chicken last night.

But sure enough I riped the skin off that sucker with all my might. I didn't realize a knife would be handy till I already had my hands in chicken carcass. And the news was on reporting a little kid that just died in our town of E Coli.

I'm paranoid any way, but that news story made me wash my hands 4 times, and spray everything down with anti bacterial cleaner twice. I just hope baked buffalo chicken is worth it.

I may not being a cooking diva, but Jay better realize what a wonderful frugalista wife he has. I should get major wifey points for doing battle with a chicken to save $1.40 a pound. Just don't remind me that some of that weight got thrown out with the skin and will get thrown out with the bones later...

11 comments:

  1. Love chicken but not sure I would tackle one to that degree! LOL You have done so good on your running and weight-loss.....I am trying my best to catch-up with you!!!! I think you are too far ahead!

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  2. I hate chicken with the skin and then trying to pull it off or even cut if off. I would rather pay the higher price for the ease! Thanks for the shred advice. I have pulled the plastic wrapper off, now I have no excuse.

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  3. Yeah...you are a better woman. I dislike touching raw chicken. Hope it was yummy.

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  4. LOL!! Loved this story, Brooke! You cook that chicken, lol!!

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  5. Ugh! I once bought chicken thighs with bone and skin and that was my last time! I will do bone and skin chicken breasts but I bake them and pull off all the meat to freeze. I can handle that :)
    ~ Katie

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  6. I do NOT do bone in chicken--I am too chicken or lazy myself!!

    wtg girl!! lmk how it tastes!!

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  7. You are something! I hate doing battle with chicken - yuck!

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  8. I hate skinning and deboning chicken thighs. It is gross, gross, gross! I recently found a great coupon deal on boneless, skinless frozen thighs and had to grab them - way easier!

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  9. How funny! I know skin can be a problem for me also, so I to cook it in either the crock pot of the oven, then remove the skin later (its easier). Also the bones do add tons of flavor.

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  10. I'm so proud of you! Now you're one step closer to trying a whole chicken in the crock pot and making Dead Bird Soup! ha ha. I wear latex gloves when I work with chicken. (The kind the doctors and nurses wear.) They I just toss them when I'm done. And still scrub my hands a few dozen times.... lol

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  11. You are so brave! I have yet to tackle a whole chicken... chicken skin gives me the willies. lol

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what up yo?