"Pete C." > wrote in message
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> Janet Bostwick wrote:
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>> On Fri, 06 Dec 2013 16:28:06 -0500, "Pete C." >
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>> >I've heard the buttermilk thing in southern recipes. My suspicion is the
>> >real difference is/was very fresh, very high quality locally raised
>> >chicken.
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>> You ought to try it. Then you would know instead of suspicion.
>> Janet US
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> I have tried it. I have also noted the huge difference between low grade
> cheap "up to 18% retained solution" chicken and more expensive "less
> than 3% retained water" chicken.

I don't know what my mom bought when we lived in Wichita but here she would
only buy "Grown in Washington" chicken.

As an adult, I went to pick a friend up and his mom sent us to the store for
chicken. I wasn't paying attention when my friend bought it. And not being
a cook, he opted for the cheapest thing. I can still remember his mom's
roar from inside the house. We went back to the store and got the grown in
Washington bird.