So Much For Thrift...

I bought an enormous chicken in Tesco's yesterday for a real knock down bargain price and it said on the label that it was bred and packed in Ireland...not a foreign chicken then.

And I decided the time has come to be thrifty...chop its legs off...and its wings and then the breasts...cook the rest of the carcase and pick the bits off for sandwiches. So that'd be three suppers and a couple of lunches.

But...our knives are blunt. So I ferreted about in the drawer and found the steel and sharpened away with great enthusiasm...it hadn't made a great deal of difference actually but it did manage to cut the breasts off...more or less.

Then the legs...for heavens sakes...there was I, sawing away, while gripping the slippery slimy skin and getting absolutely nowhere...so back to the steel and another session of sharpening and it helped a bit but then there was this sort of sinewy part that refused to part company from the body...so I tried the kitchen scissors. They're not sharp either and after squeezing as though my life depended upon getting the feckin' leg off, I gave up and shoved the remains into the oven...

[redted]

Once again,it's the punch line it has me in stitches every time, but I can imagine how you felt,We try to do our best but it always turns out to be too much bother,I would have done the same as you. Lol

[Jolyn]

Lol....all round your house for tea then Vashti...lol

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hahahaha that's some workout xx

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Ha ha,completely understood how you were feeling,loved it! xxx

[pollyjj]

I know exactly how you feel Vashti, I can't sharpen by carving knife to save my life have to ask hubby, bearing in mind he can't see I give him the oven gloves to wrap around his hand to hold the steel in and the knife in the other, I retreat to the other room and hold my breathe till he has finished.

I am sure the chicken will taste just as good, enjoy.

polly xx

[Azure_Sky]

A hacksaw or axe might have been more use! Easier to cook the whole thing before cutting it up. You can after all, freeze some for later.

[Lyd12]

Itoo have been lured into buying a large chicken, and although you can Get many meals and then some good soup using chicken stock, it does involve a fair bit of work. Imostly buy chicken breasts and an easy meal for us is sweet and sour chicken with a jar of sauce and microwave rice, it only takes 15 mins at most and husband enjoys it so it's a winner.