It's one of the oldest bits of kitchen advice in the books: If you want to save money, skip convenience foods and cook from scratch. This is true for a batch of brownies (39 cents for homemade but more than $2 for a boxed mix) and cut fruit (a pineapple is only $2.75 per pound vs. $4.28 if it's precut), and especially for ready-to-eat meals, which tend to cost nearly twice as much as the ingredients you need to make them. But there's one food where this rule doesn't apply: rotisserie chicken.
That's right: In most grocery stores, the average whole, raw chicken is actually more expensive than its spit-roasted equivalent. Savings aside, it seems to be a much better deal for any busy shopper to invest in a finished dinner—one that doesn't need to be cleaned, stuffed, seasoned and roasted at home. So why are rotisserie chickens so inexpensive?
Well, it turns out there's a secret behind your preroasted poultry. According to an articlepublished by the California educational television channel KCET, the golden, juicy rotisserie chickens in grocery stores are often the unsold raw chickens that are about to expire. By selling them at a lower price, grocery stores make less money than they would on raw birds, but way more money than they would if they tossed the chickens out. We've rounded up the best rotisserie chicken available at the grocery store.
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We are living in an era where profit is the motivation for doing business. I am celebrating age 88 and continue to cook and eat healthy foods as required for the body such as fruits, vegetables, protein, grains, and dairy in small portions. You will learn in science that the body makes glucose and sodium commonly called sugar and salt, therefore it is best to cut back on sweets and salty items for good health. The more junk you put into your body, the more money you will spend on health care because you will get sick and more drug stores and hospitals will get build, and the less you know about healthy eating, the sicker you will become. That’s how it works.
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother lived to age 98 and ate food servings that fit into a saucer. She said food is medicine with lots of chemicals and that too much will kill you. Do the research!
The hormone located in the kidney called Renin produces Sodium Chloride which we call salt. We only need to eat a teaspoon of salt daily to prevent excessive amounts. Ask the computer how many milligrams of sodium in a teaspoon of salt. The answer will be 2,300 milligrams of sodium in a teaspoon of salt. Sodium is the white chemical element that’s a part of the earth’s crust and located on the periodic table of elements. You should have learned that in elementary school science. Sodium is also in our bodies. Too much sodium causes high blood pressure and other health problems. Your snacks, processed foods, lunch meat, canned foods and so on are loaded with too much sodium plus you add more from the salt box. Shame on you!
ReplyDeleteLots of people are suffering from kidney disease mainly because of their diet and lifestyles. An elderly man had normal kidney functions until the young cardiologist prescribed cholesterol lowering medication that listed kidney and liver damage as side effects of the drug. It is sad that the cardiologist did not tell the patient that he could have lowered the cholesterol problem with changes in his diet and handed him a copy of foods to avoid.
ReplyDeleteAll people must self educate on how to treat your body to prevent health problems and research information to verify that what the doctor tells you is correct. Get more than one opinion. There is a shortage of doctors in America and too many sick people with more arriving across the borders each day. Start reading your medical books.