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I had bought about 5 lbs of free range foster farms chicken thighs and every thigh was covered in feather quills. It was in 4 different packages so I'm not really convinced it was a one off.

I usually buy a different brand and have never had this problem before.

Do you guys usually spend the time to pluck the feathers yourself or just bin it?

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[-] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 40 points 1 year ago

Mechanical pluckers are not perfect, probably had a few too many fingers break off and nobody caught it until after the batch was finished

I'd pluck them and cook it anyway. No need to waste the meat over what's ultimately a cosmetic only problem.

[-] bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

I would never just ‘bin’ 5lbs of chicken that’s insane! Either deal with the feathers, take it back where you got it or give it to someone else. That’s like $40 worth of chicken

[-] Travalanche@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

It's one chicken Michael, what could it cost, $800?

[-] AdamHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

Here's ten dollars, go see a Star War.

[-] Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

It was actually about $700

[-] Moghul@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

OP has never slaughtered and plucked a chicken so he doesn't know that's not abnormal for a chicken. That's how chickens be, that's just how it do. Whatever mechanism (or employee) they have doing this, didn't do a good job this time.

Either pluck the feathers with tweezers, or just rip off the skin and eat the chicken without skin. I know the skin is delicious, but hey, better than binning the whole thing, right? By the way, if the fat is yellow, and/or the meat is dark, that's also normal for a full-on farm chicken. IMO it tastes better.

[-] Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

I've butchered chickens before, admittedly a long time ago. I've never bought chicken with pinfeathers on it still though.

[-] Moghul@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Then you gotta know, that's gonna be some good chicken. Don't chuck it over some feathers...

[-] strangerloop@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago

It's happened to me before, but I would just pluck the feathers. Can't waste meat like that. As annoying as it might be to hear, do remember those chickens were alive before.

[-] Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I couldn't bring myself to pluck the thighs. There was just too much to do and it was going too slow.

[-] jellyka@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

Can't you just skin them and throw away only the skin?

[-] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

You could have frozen them until you do have time to either a) fool with it yourself or b) find someone to give them to. I get wanting to be mindful of how our time is used, but binning them is wasteful of money, of resources, and of those lives.

[-] dreugeworst@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Just pull the skin off, it takes just a few seconds

[-] Renacles@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago

A bunch of chickens died for you to throw them away over some feathers, shame on you.

[-] Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

🤷‍♂️ oh well. Wont happen again.

I mean it's not ideal, but at the end of the day its just chickens. You don't expect me to lose sleep over it do you?

[-] Renacles@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

Wasting a bunch of food, especially meat is pretty shitty.

[-] Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

we disagree on how shitty it is.

[-] null@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Takes like these are why climate change will kill us all.

[-] Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

My 5 lbs of chicken is a drop in the ocean. It'd be different if you caught me zooming around in a private jet.

[-] null@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, exactly, that's the selfish attitude I'm talking about.

[-] null@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

What did you do with them?

Oh, you know what they did.

[-] Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Chicken fleshlight. Bit prickly still

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago

Not a "bad" batch, just imperfectly plucked.

Just pluck the pin feathers yourself. It's not that big a hassle.

[-] MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

Don't throw away good food! Pluck it or give it to someone else.

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 14 points 1 year ago

If you don't want to pluck the feathers and you are still considering binning it- please give it to someone else instead. A neighbour, a relative, a friend, etc.

[-] kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

That's a lot of birds that had to die for you to toss perfectly good meat. Just pull them yourself and switch brands next time.

[-] Doxanarchy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Get a pair of tweezers and pull them out, just like your ancestors did!

[-] Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

My ancestors had more time than i do ig.

[-] dandroid@dandroid.app 4 points 1 year ago

And yet you waste your time here.

[-] Fosheze@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I can't speak for OP but the only time I waste here is my employers time or time I'm also spending on the toilet. Plucking feathers from chicken instead durring either situation wouldn't be ideal.

[-] Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I'm not a beacon of morality, I'm just a dude.

[-] dandroid@dandroid.app 2 points 1 year ago
[-] iiVy 9 points 1 year ago

You're buying the corpses of animals. Don't be grossed out when your corpses are dead animals.

[-] vashti@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Just cook the chicken and eat it. You won't notice the feathers.

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