Lynn from Fargo wrote:
> [snip interesting history]

> .... Now I'm back to whole chickens - from the deli rotisserie,
> juicy, tender, well-done and perfectly seasoned. Take one home for
> about six bucks and you're twenty minutes away from darn near any
> kind of cuisine you fancy.
>
[snip recipes]

Here in the L.A. area there is a restaurant chain called Zankou which
sells really good rotisserie chickens with an outstanding garlic paste
to spread all over them. Armenian, I think. But I have had no luck
whatsoever with supermarket-deli chickens. I've tried them maybe half
a dozen times from as many different places over the past ten years and
every single one has been very overcooked, and most of them dry and
badly seasoned. Not to mention that I believe they only use old birds
about to be out of date. They certainly would be a great convenience
if I knew how to pick out a good one. What do you look for?

-aem