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galoisien · 01-08-2009, 02:31 PM

So whole chickens are selling at the supermarket today for $0.59/ib after the rewards card discount! (Even cheaper than chicken backs.) I would have totally gotten whole chickens for like $2.50/each except I was trying to clear my fridge already and while I can toss chicken backs into the pot without much preparation, I'm not sure what to do to prepare whole chickens!

My friends and I are planning to have some sort of cooking party before school starts so I figured $2.50/chicken is quite tempting! But except for the bones (stock!! yum) I'm not sure what to do to fully make use of a whole chicken.

I don't think I want to bake the entire thing. That just seems like an awful waste of good meat since I'm sure the thing will cook unevenly and I'm not an awful big fan of baked whole chicken anyway.

01-08-2009, 02:31 PM	#1
galoisien Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: South Portland ME (born in Singapore) --> UVA 2012 Posts: 2,990	what should a college student do with a whole chicken? So whole chickens are selling at the supermarket today for $0.59/ib after the rewards card discount! (Even cheaper than chicken backs.) I would have totally gotten whole chickens for like $2.50/each except I was trying to clear my fridge already and while I can toss chicken backs into the pot without much preparation, I'm not sure what to do to prepare whole chickens! My friends and I are planning to have some sort of cooking party before school starts so I figured $2.50/chicken is quite tempting! But except for the bones (stock!! yum) I'm not sure what to do to fully make use of a whole chicken. I don't think I want to bake the entire thing. That just seems like an awful waste of good meat since I'm sure the thing will cook unevenly and I'm not an awful big fan of baked whole chicken anyway.
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