Answer me this...

[Sigarms]

We have been modifying livestock for 10,000 years, but, it gets creepy when you apply modern science.

You're over thinking it. If you don't know it's genetically modified food with all different kinds of God only know what kind of crap is in there from modern science, who cares as long as it tastes good and it puts more meat on the bone!

 

[MossRoad]

You're over thinking it. If you don't know it's genetically modified food with all different kinds of God only know what kind of crap is in there from modern science, who cares as long as it tastes good and it puts more meat on the bone!

So tasty!

 

[Sigarms]

So tasty!

I couldn't help but feel a little distraught if I were to have known someone like Jeffery Dahmer and was over his place having him make me a meal and I thought the meal tasted pretty good...

That said, at the end of the day, perhaps ignorance can be bliss.

 

[goeduck]

Those are mutant birds, bred to have the huge breast, grow real fast, ready to harvest by 7 weeks.

...Wwwwhaaattt? 7 weeks?

 

[GeneV]

...Wwwwhaaattt? 7 weeks?

Around that, yep. You could push it a couple more weeks, but at that point, they get too heavy to walk, so they just sit in their own filth, starving and dying of thirst. Science!

 

[/pine]

FWIW...Lots of chicken farms around here...(The poultry capital of the world is only 30-40 miles away)
the "farmers" only have to supply the housing etc..The producers bring out the chicks and the feed...six weeks later they come and get them...

There is a niche market for trained dogs that go through the chicken houses and remove the ones that die...

 

[Jstpssng]

Again, you guys are describing why I raise my own chickens. The Cornish cross birds will start to die off at 6-8 weeks if you don't have time to kill them. They literally will do nothing but eat if you let them.
The "Freedom Rangers" I grow also are fast growing birds, but they at least will get out, walk around and forage a bit. Yet you still can have a full grown bird at 10-12 weeks.

I started raising turkeys after my brother, who is on a strict cardio diet, lamented about all of the work he put into creating Thanksgiving dinner for his family but couldn't eat the turkey he cooked. Commercially grown turkey is one of the things his doctor told him to avoid.

The flavor of the animals I raise is also better... although somebody who is accustomed to bland commercial chicken might disagree.

I also raise my own eggs, and have had people refuse to eat them because "the yolk is too yellow."

 

[Root Cause]

I went to a semi-upsale restaurant in Portland, OR for work. At a friend's recommendation, I tried the peanut butter, pickle burger. So, it isn't mayo but it is a spread. And it was delicious. I make them now at home with chunky peanut butter, pickles, and Monteray Jack. Hmmmmmmmmmmm good.

 

[goeduck]

FWIW...Lots of chicken farms around here...(The poultry capital of the world is only 30-40 miles away)
the "farmers" only have to supply the housing etc..The producers bring out the chicks and the feed...six weeks later they come and get them...

There is a niche market for trained dogs that go through the chicken houses and remove the ones that die...

You are near Gainesville Georgia, correct?

I typically stay away from the "Tyson" type brands as much as possible. I think I will buy even more of the local "normal" red chickens. I would rather not eat frankenchicken.

 

[goeduck]

I went to a semi-upsale restaurant in Portland, OR for work. At a friend's recommendation, I tried the peanut butter, pickle burger. So, it isn't mayo but it is a spread. And it was delicious. I make them now at home with chunky peanut butter, pickles, and Monteray Jack. Hmmmmmmmmmmm good.

Who would come up with that recipe if they were not on dope? Oh, wait...... you were in Oregon.... and Portland, no less.