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FerretLady · Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Posts: 27 Location: Ballymoney (ni)

just to ask about how you shop and why you shop that way etc

with other you can say if you buy chicken alot but buy free range or organic etc

and please say why you buy those options

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quarryman · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 417 Location: Sligo

When we do buy chicken we usually get an organic one. While we are not fully vegetarian [we had goose the other day] we have cut back on red meat and eat more fish, organic white meat and veg these days.

Moonwaves · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 80 Location: Dusseldorf

I've chosen sometimes. I don't buy chicken or chicken products (which I used to use [i]all[/i] the time when I first started 'cooking' for myself) from the supermarket or other shops anymore. I do buy a chicken every month or two from an organic farmer (he's a cow and pig farmer but sells chickens and ducks for a neighbouring farmer as well) at the market.

However, my downfall is still the occasional takeaway. During a good patch (admittedly most of the time these days) I won't get any but if I'm having a bad time I do fall back on my old comfort food of chicken balls and curry sauce. I'd like to think that's only rarely but after the year I had last year have to admit sometimes is more accurate. Keep on trying though!
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admin · Site Admin Joined: 13 Dec 2006 Posts: 227

I know the question refers to free-range vs factory-farmed but here is a slightly different take on it :
We rear our own birds but still eat more from the shop than we do from our own stock . One of the ( sad ) reasons is that however good the RIR's , LS and suchlike taste they simply aren't the same as the Sunday roast we know and love so well . I have only recently discovered that the answer is to raise "Broilers" for the roast . They give you the type of meat / joints you get from a commercial bird , but with all the improvements you get from home rearing . No need to buy anything from the shops Very Happy

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For some reason I had thought that broiler meant tough . It doesn't !

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