Mon, May-20-24, 09:15
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Senior Member
Posts: 19,359
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Plan: atkins, carnivore 2023
Stats: 225/224/163
BF:
Progress: 2%
Location: Massachusetts
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"That's where I'm at, because a suspicious softness in the chicken is a sign of just how much their diet might be straying from health on their part, too. We know it matters!
Chicken that squishes instead of shreds. My cats won't eat it either!"
I see this in commercial strains of chickens, and at the young age of up to 8 weeks. Older birds, like 10-12 weeks starts to get stringy.
When I raise old style chickens, not Cornish Cross, the birds mature at 16 plus weeks and the flavor is richer and stringier.
Older chickens, 2-4 yrs old is very rich and the meat is tough.
We look at commercial chicken and farm raised as two different meats for cooking purposes.
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I noticed at university, the meat portions are managed: server at those stations. Other food stations, rice, veggies, drinks, pizza ( whole wheat) is self serve.
My children did not get school lunches. Poor quality. Mostly carbs and sugar.
We need to push back. Growing brains need meat proteins and animal fats.
Last edited by Ms Arielle : Mon, May-20-24 at 09:20.
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