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Safe Chicken Cooking Tip

My strategy for cooking chicken was born out of an indoctrinated fear of  salmonella. It’s taken me an adult lifetime to overcome the tendency to overcook my meat, especially chicken. Free tip –  If your chicken lacks juice, it’s overcooked. I’ve started using a meat thermometer to tell when my chicken reaches 165 degrees Fahrenheit […]

The Value of One Chicken

How far does a four-pound chicken go? For a family of 2-1/2 people, it stretches to four meals. We recently made a chicken for Sunday dinner. Over the next day or two, we made two or three chicken sandwiches for lunch and breakfast – I’ll eat anything at breakfast. From the Sunday dinner, I created […]