In article >,
"Julie Bove" > wrote:

> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 15:25:54 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On Sunday, September 14, 2014 4:28:13 PM UTC-5, Tara wrote:
> >> > On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:38:05 -0700, sf wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:29:35 -0500, Tara >
> >> >
> >> > > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >>
> >> >
> >> > >> http://www.budgetbytes.com/2014/09/s...dijon-chicken-
> >> >
> >> > >> thighs-sweet-potatoes/
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > > Thanks for posting, that is my kind of dish - I have all the
> >> > > ingredients
> >> > > on hand.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Looks good, doesn't it? Please report back if you make it.
> >> >
> >> What kind of f-ing idiot pays >$2.80/# for chicken thighs?
> >> >
> >
> > The kind that doesn't live where they dump chicken on the market for
> > under $1 a pound. Boneless, skinless thighs are now $2.99 lb and I
> > think it's a good deal.
> >
> Chicken was not cheap when I lived in CA. At least not on Alameda.

you had to pay extra for the veterinarian (yes, they require a vet to
check the meat at all commissaries) but of course since California is
one of the largest poultry producing states, I doubt that what you said
was true


And
> when you looked at the meat cases, far more space was dedicated to chicken
> than any other meat. It was quite popular there. My dad said they could
> get away with the high prices because there was such a demand for it.
>
> Years ago I used to talk to a woman online who lived somewhere in the South.
> I want to say TX but not sure. She would bulk buy chicken thighs when they
> were really cheap. I was living on Cape Cod at the time. I was amazed at
> how much cheaper her meat was than what I could buy.
>
> I also will never forget something that I once saw on one of those court
> shows. The just gave a scenario to a low income woman about what she would
> do if she had one chicken thigh. She had two small children. The correct
> answer was to take that chicken thigh and pad out the meal with some cheaper
> things like potatoes and divide the chicken between the three people. The
> woman then looked at the judge like she was an idiot. And then said since
> there was only one, she would just eat it herself and the kids would never
> know!
>
> Always amazes me when people can't think things through. One of the people
> who commented on the chickpea recipe said that he only had dried chickpeas
> and he didn't know how to covert them to the given recipe. Did he just have
> to soak them? Okay, maybe he didn't buy the chickpeas. Maybe they were
> given to him. But he obviously has the Internet. He could have looked up
> how to cook them.