Schumer: Chicken Slaughtered, Raised In China Could Pose Major Risk

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11. Several of our Farmer's Markets here

have locally-grown, free-range chickens that they slaughter and process on the ranch, then bring to market. The ranchers and facilities are inspected regularly by COUNTY inspectors. Yes, you're going to pay $20.00 per chicken but it's a whole lot better to have peace of mind knowing your chicken has been processed cleanly.

When you take a Restaurant Safety Course, the one thing you learn right off is that chickens are filthy little suckers, even when you do everything right. When you store them they have to be stored on the bottom shelf so if their blood happens to leak it's leaking onto the floor and not on other meats/produce. Chickens are more likely to carry botulism and contain e-coli more than any other meat/poultry.

So, yeah, I might pay $20.00 for a chicken but if you do it right, you can get a LOT of meals out of one. For example: Roast the chicken an get at least 4 meals out of that. Save the carcass, clean it (separate the junk from the bones from the meat) and make chicken broth by adding the carcass, water, onions, carrots and celery, then render them down a few hours. From there you can use it to make chicken soup, chicken and dumplings or whatever you choose. That will give you several more meals. That's how you can make a $20.00 chicken pay for itself.