Re: Chickens coming home to roost?

Harry Lowes wrote:

> "Mike....." <mikexclothing@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>>Following up to Harry Lowes
>>
>>
>>>>so is this about texture or flavour?
>>>
>>>Reading the article, or even my extract, would have answered your
query. 
>>>To
>>>repeat:
>>>
>>>"a survey found that the cheaper birds had a better flavour and
texture."
>>
>>I read that to mean more tender?
> 
> 
> But flavour has nothing to do with tender. I personally think battery 
> chickens can be very - if not too - tender. I certainly would not
describe 
> the ones I have eaten as having flavour.
> 
> 
>>>I'm in no way saying I agree with their findings, for a start I'd have 
>>>liked
>>>more information concerning the tasters. There again if they used 
>>>"ordinary
>>>folk" as tasters and they all agreed in blind tests that the intensive
>>>reared birds were "better" it does raise some questions.
>>
>>about what people have been "educated" into liking.
> 
> 
> Or as I said, the blind tasting. I wonder how any one would fare in a
truly 
> blind taste test of many varieties of cooked chicken from various
sources. I 
> would not be surprised to find a few "experts" choosing Tesco's "2 for a

> fiver" birds.

There is only one way to do a true test and all you would need is your 
battery raised chickens, free range chickens, and organic chickens. Now 
cook them all the same way ...... poached them in water  ..... no salt, 
spices or herbs  .... there will be only one out come unless your taste 
buds are dead