Bought Seven whole uncut chickens, each missing one wing???

amother

Fri, Jan 18 2008, 10:27 am

What is the reason? Anyone who is a Shochet's wife can shed some light on why each chicken is missing a wing (it's been cut off)?

MahPitom

Fri, Jan 18 2008, 10:29 am

Um I would really double check that. I think the wing is where they put the hechsher clips on it. Sounds fishy to me.

chocolate moose

Fri, Jan 18 2008, 10:30 am

Perhaps they took them off to sell separately. If I'm ordering chicken at the butcher, I always ask them to remove the wngs.

You should be happy. Less fat for you, and you pay less for more quality.

amother

Fri, Jan 18 2008, 10:36 am

chocolate moose wrote:

Perhaps they took them off to sell separately. If I'm ordering chicken at the butcher, I always ask them to remove the wngs.You should be happy. Less fat for you, and you pay less for more quality.

One wing, and they left the other one seven chickens? Rolling Laughter

greenfire

Fri, Jan 18 2008, 10:40 am

butcher is making more money $$$ - who is flying now ... What

Clarissa

Fri, Jan 18 2008, 11:45 am

Don't the poor chickens who are born with deformities deserve to become dinner? First they don't get a telethon to raise money for them, now they're considered inferior by home cooks.

So unfair.

chocolate moose

Fri, Jan 18 2008, 11:50 am

Clarissa wrote:

Don't the poor chickens who are born with deformities deserve to become dinner?

Deformities = not Kosher.

greenfire

Fri, Jan 18 2008, 11:51 am

Clarissa wrote:

Don't the poor chickens who are born with deformities deserve to become dinner? First they don't get a telethon to raise money for them, now they're considered inferior by home cooks.

So unfair.

I know it's a joke Nervous

but ... broken bones and deformaties are actually not considered kosher ...

amother

Fri, Jan 18 2008, 11:55 am

OP here, these chickens are all considered on of the best Hashgachas in existence (name starts with a "V", what did they do with the wings before/after Shechita? I tried calling the company, no answer, no machine. Interesting.

amother

Fri, Jan 18 2008, 12:04 pm

Do some stores buy "seconds" (chickens missing limbs) cheaper?

amother

Fri, Jan 18 2008, 12:14 pm

amother wrote:

Do some stores buy "seconds" (chickens missing limbs) cheaper?

I just got though to the company. They say the chickens that get damaged in processing (missing something), are sold at a slight discount to the supermarket. It's the supermarket's responsibility to advise the customer. Nevertheless, they are 100% kosher.

Clarissa

Fri, Jan 18 2008, 12:15 pm

Hey everyone, I was kidding, I am not endorsing the use of unkosher chickens by you fine frum ladies.

Which reminds me of something. When I was on a kibbutz (not kosher) many of the chickens we got were the ones that couldn't be sold, due to broken legs or deformities. You should see some of the weird-looking birds that wound up on our Shabbos dinner plates. Yum.