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Frozen vs fresh chicken

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Hi
Following on from teh thread about Kwik save selling frozen chicken 3 kg for 2.99. Asda do 2 for 5 on 1.37kg chickens and Smoerfield have a similar fresh chicken offer on.

Has anyone ever worked out how much frozen chickens are water and what do people think is the best deal on chiken at the moment?

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  • flea72
    flea72 Posts: 5,392 Forumite
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    ive never found a difference between a fresh chicken and a frozen chicken - although given the choice i would rather buy fresh and then freeze it myself, but whichever is the cheapest dictates my buying

    as for chickens i find i get more use from one chicken that weighs 3kg, than i would from 2 chickens that weigh 1.5kg - i think its just that the bigger bird, means you have bigger portions you can deal with. one big drumstick always looks more impressive than 2 small ones, and also i tend to find smaller birds dry out quicker

    ive never really thought about how much of a frozen chicken weight is made up of water, hope im not gonna be the only daft !!!!!! to try and find out either lol

    Flea
  • Afternoon

    I usually buy frozen from Asda...I think £2.96 for a large one (does a sunday roast for the 3 of us, plus a HM pie and maybe a sarnie if lucky LOL). Ive never had a problem with them and taste fine.

    Im all for buying organic etc, but at an average price of £10-£12 a chicken (same size as I buy above)...me dont think so! Although, if they are greatly reduced I will purchase.

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  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
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    I cant tell the difference between one or another. Of course the big difference is the price, frozen are a lot cheaper.
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  • Sorry I didn't clarify the Asda chickens are fresh.
    I usually buy fresh these days, because when I used to buy frozen they always seemed to have a lot more water.

    It would seem that frozen chickens nowadays don't contain as much water as they used to , from your feedback.

    Grandma always bought larger chickens because she said you get more meat per pound- I suppose old style is all about doing what our Grandma's did and she was a wise old bird!
  • Ticklemouse
    Ticklemouse Posts: 5,030 Forumite
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    You will get proportionally more meat from a larger bird, because the skeleton will not increase as much, IYKWIM. At Xmas, my butcher always tells me to buy a bigger bird as you get more weight of meat to bones on a larger turkey.

    I personally don't like frozen birds - they never taste the same IMHO and I always assumed there was a percentage of water in - otherwise how could they make all the birds weigh the same? :D
  • thriftlady_2
    thriftlady_2 Posts: 9,128 Forumite
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    Personally,I would say any chicken that cheap is bad value.To sell chicken this cheap it will have had the most miserable life possible in appalling conditions :( .Look at these chickens' legs,are there dark marks on them? These are hock burns.Battery farmed chickens are bred with large breasts which cannot be supported by their legs,they go lame and have to kneel in their own excrement which burns their legs.

    I don't mean to preach-well,yes I suppose I do,sorry! But I would rather eat a free-range chicken costing £10 once a month than a battery farmed bird every week.Barn-raised birds are available and get a slightly better lot than the battery bird,but aren't as expensive as free-range.
    HTH,sorry to rant :)
  • bektoria
    bektoria Posts: 120 Forumite
    I share the same opinions as you Thriftlady. I will buy organic chicken when it is reduced and stock my freezer up. However if I run out I either go without or will see if my butcher has a free range chicken. After buying these I would never go back to cheap chicken as the taste is far better.

    Bek x
  • shammyjack
    shammyjack Posts: 2,685 Forumite
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    For anyone in the Halifax area, Micheal & Arthur, 2 trained Butchers with over 30 years experiance betwween them took over the ownership of Grosveners in The Borough Market and have totally revamped the business .

    Top quality Bacon. Ham , Cooked Meats ( many done on the premises ), an excellant Deli selection and 1.2 1.5 KG SPIT ROASTED IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES CHICKEN for £ 1.99p !

    This is cheaper than buying and cookin one !


    shammy
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