Food If you eat a lot of chicken, here’s how to save a lot of $$

Fear not the whole chicken — it’s easier to break down into parts than you think. (Deb Lindsey/For The Washington Post)

You could go your whole life without cutting up a whole raw chicken. But if it’s one of your favored proteins — and America eats more chicken per person than any other nation on Earth — learning how to do so is a smack-your-forehead, no-brainer endeavor. It’s even a little empowering.

We have gotten awfully used to the convenience of buying cut-up chicken parts, which found a place in retail markets more than five decades ago. Today, two-thirds of the chicken we consume has been dismantled by someone else, and we are paying dearly for the service. Some peg the parts’ rise to our penchant for lean breast meat, while others say it’s because we shudder at the thought of carving up a pink, fleshy body.

To read the rest of Bonnie S. Benwick story, follow this link.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/reclaiming-the-lost-art-of-cutting-up-a-whole-chicken/2017/08/14/a98bf046-7959-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html?utm_term=.956384b70635