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There was actually a movie made in 1949 entitled "Chicken Every Sunday", about a newlywed couple who owned a home with extra bedrooms. The husband was always failing at "get-rich quick" schemes and the wife started taking in boarders in order to make ends meet. The movie was set in 1943, and back then, yes, chicken was a treat sometimes reserved for Sunday.
Decades ago, my husband was a butcher and later owned a meat packing house. He tells me that he couldn't give chicken wings away except, occasionally, to someone who wanted to make stock. Boy has THAT changed!
And in England my Uncle used to get soft shell crabs and use them for bait! He couldn't believe I would eat them.
Decades ago, my husband was a butcher and later owned a meat packing house. He tells me that he couldn't give chicken wings away except, occasionally, to someone who wanted to make stock. Boy has THAT changed!
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There is always the classic dish of "city chicken" which was pork cubes on a stick, usually breaded. It was a lot cheaper than chicken well into the 1960s.
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Who remembers when chicken was served at Sunday dinner, if then? And was often a hen no longer able to lay eggs?
Are you confusing the election slogan "A chicken in every pot" for chicken being a luxury? That slogan dates back to the Depression. Any meat was a luxury then.
I guess I'm not quite old enough to remember chicken being a luxury. I recall back in the 70's as a newlywed that chicken was about the cheapest meat one could buy. Not anymore it seems. I bought a chicken yesterday to make soup and it costs $6.47 for a little over 3 pounds. According to the wrapper it is $1.69 a pound which I guess is still reasonable.
Are you confusing the election slogan "A chicken in every pot" for chicken being a luxury? That slogan dates back to the Depression. Any meat was a luxury then.
Very good point: yes, chicken was often the Sunday dinner special for many but never was it considered a luxury or at least since I was raised and I am much older than most of these posters. Yes, as mentioned chicken wings were anything but a a luxury.. I still shutter when I see the price on them today. Mom used to be the only one in the family that would even eat them. I think was only because she grew up very poor and they ate whatever grandma fixed.
Who remembers when chicken was served at Sunday dinner, if then? And was often a hen no longer able to lay eggs?
Some politicians campaigned for office with the pledge, "A chicken in every pot on Sunday".
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