CHICKEN DILEMMA:


Ok so I went to the butchery this past weekend and stocked up on marinated steak tips and chicken breasts since it's grillin season baby!

here's the dilemma - last night I made cajun marinated chicken and it was kind of weird 'cause hubby kept looking at me strange while I was cutting the chicken up and putting it on the grill. Then when it came time to eat he ate the rice, the salad and the green beans but didn't touch the chicken.

I said, "do you like the chicken?" and he had this weirdo look on his face and *gingerly* cut it up and put it in his mouth. I went back to watching the news and after a while he said, "honey I have to tell you something..............I donnot like this chicken".

Well this was suprising considering he puts 1/2 a bottle of tabasco sauce on all the other types of chicken I make so I figured cajun would be right up his alley. He went on and on about how he cannot get out of his head how big this chicken was and how much I had to cut it and what do they feed this chicken here and how do they get it so big, etc. etc. etc. He actually tried to visualize how big the actual chicken must have been in real life before it went to the butchery!!!

He did NOT eat the rest of it which soooo isn't like him since he believes it's sunnah to finish your plate. He's afraid of this leftover chicken because he thinks that it's like a super chicken or something...i dunno.


So..........I'll toss the leftovers...of which there's a LOT but now I'm freaked out about it and I have to wonder....what DO these butchery type places feed these freakin' chickens to make their breasts so HUGE?



Other thoughts I had last night since he got me thinking:

1) do people who work at restaurants for a living order take out?
2) are there turkeys in Turkey and are they like ours?
3) do the James Bond movies have the most number of sequels?

I had more but that's all I remember. I need a mountain dew refill.

OMGGGGGGGGGGG this is sooo funny doods. My husband also refuses to eat chicken here. I usually keep my freezer stocked with cornish game hen because that is more the size he is used to. However they don't taste good in stews, you can't really boil it. If you do it changes the texture dramatically.

Bridget..i think its possible that it has the most sequels but nightmare on elm street may give it a run for its money... weren't there like 13 or so of them?

U see, the way around that is to buy chicken breast tenders. That way they can't see how big the actual breast was to begin with and all is well with the world

U see, the way around that is to buy chicken breast tenders. That way they can't see how big the actual breast was to begin with and all is well with the world

I bought those once, he didn't like them either. He prefers it to be on the bone.

well .. for the love of.... geeeeez... we aren't a little picky are we??? hehehe

Mine prefers the taste of chicken on the bone but hates the struggle to get all the meat off so he opts for boneless skinless.

Ooo ooo ooo there's smaller chicken booobeeees in a blue bag and they're lemon seasoned...they're fantabulous.

He actually isn't that picky...only two things he is adament about. Cornish game hen and lamb. He will only eat 2 cuts of lamb, leg and chops. Other than that...he eats everything. Since he came here, baby back ribs have been his most favorite thing. He orders them whereever we go.

nom nom nom *drool* riiiiiiiiibs

Doods, yes, about the chicken - American factory farm chicken is the absolute worst. It is PUMPED w/ hormones & steroids (not to mention antibiotics and other crud) to make it bigger faster... Isn't that just the American way *WE WANT IT BIGGER AND WE WANT IT YESTERDAY!*

That being said, haven't you noticed all the children coming up in the last 20 or so years who are growing ginormous breasts at the age of like 12? Where do you think that's coming from, eh? It's all the flipping hormones & steroids pumped into our food. Why do you think viruses are getting harder to fight? Antibiotic resistant from all the flipping antiobiotics we consume in our food!!!
Solution??? Go mostly veggie and eat organic free range (antibiotic, hormone & steriod free) meats.

That being said, I wish I could 100% follow my rant... yeah, I pick up the boneless skinless breasts and tenders at Sam's Club too.

I buy organic chicken sometimes. I don't really see a difference in size, it just has less fat.

JP...Your hubby came to america and drinks heinekin? isnt the beer of choice in jordan Amstel...YUCK! lol...I was always a miller lite kinda person..

exactly i was going to say, organic chicken is the same size!
i thought the issue is they were used to cornish hens and pigeons not that our chickens are huge.
my husband only likes chicken thighs or legs he thinks that chicken breast is really tasteless and hard not to overcook.

Ok I'll do a mushy one. Every night I make dinner, hubby makes the salad, we sit and eat, he says alhumdulilah and thanks me for another wonderful meal, gives me a nice kiss while the kids squeal "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwww", then he takes all the dishes into the kitchen and brings us both a cup of tea, then he goes for a "puff" (my kids' expression) while I do the dishes.

I'm thankful for our dinnertime routine.

when i buy whole halal chickens, they're always much smaller than the ones i see anywhere else. the halal ones i buy here are grown in canada.

thankful we had a good day of posting..........

All this thankfulness is making me want turkey with all the fixins. And I prefer my cranberry sauce to be in the shape of the can.

Doods, yes, about the chicken - American factory farm chicken is the absolute worst. It is PUMPED w/ hormones & steroids (not to mention antibiotics and other crud) to make it bigger faster... Isn't that just the American way *WE WANT IT BIGGER AND WE WANT IT YESTERDAY!*

That being said, haven't you noticed all the children coming up in the last 20 or so years who are growing ginormous breasts at the age of like 12? Where do you think that's coming from, eh? It's all the flipping hormones & steroids pumped into our food. Why do you think viruses are getting harder to fight? Antibiotic resistant from all the flipping antiobiotics we consume in our food!!!
Solution??? Go mostly veggie and eat organic free range (antibiotic, hormone & steriod free) meats.

That being said, I wish I could 100% follow my rant... yeah, I pick up the boneless skinless breasts and tenders at Sam's Club too.

For me halal is much more than just the method of slaughter. It's just as imporant (if not more important) how the animal is treated while it is raised.

Hang in there Noura. I struggled for years to be totaly free from the hormone, steroid and antibotic meats and it was always so tempting to choose convenience (and I did many times). If you want to get there you can, but in the mean time don;t be so hard on yourself when you pick up that bag at sam's. Eating one meal a week is better than none at all.

Ewwwww.....

On a completely different note: CALLING ALL TECHIES!

How easy is it to transfer all information stored in Palm Desktop to Outlook (ie: calendar, contacts, to-do lists, memos, etc)? What is required (special software)?

anyways you know those whole chickens that you get at the stores? The small ones....they are cheapest in price I think. But how much meat can you actually get off of them? And are they de-gutted? Never bought one before but I want to learn how to roast whole chickens like the arabs do because they do it the best I ever had!:)

I haven't been around much today, but I just wanted to let you all know I have really enjoyed Thankful Tuesday.

jp you ready for your Camel Hump Day suprise ?

jJ

JP...when i was lookin to snack i would cut up apples, strawberries, and grapes and toss some strawberry yogurt on it...it would hold me over and it tasted fantastic

Ya know...I am the fattest person you will ever see with an eating disorder. Today, I had coffee and a bagel w/creme cheese. Thats all. Just a bagel and coffee. I worked, I measured, I came home...and here I sit. I have no urge or desire to eat. None.

Now as a rational adult, I see this as not good. But in my head, I don't think I could eat a thing. Will this go away?

j

I think I'm heading out. echo echo echo........ where is everybody?

j

First off Aimee, have a safe trip and I will be praying for you and Badr. Palilover have a safe trip also and I do hope this is almost over for you and your love.

Rajaa, congrats on the hubby's work visa to Spain. I pray he has a safe trip and enjoys his work there.

I am very thankful for my husband and children. My husband is an extremely patient man and I will never be able to thank him enough for the sacrifices he has made to be with myself and our son. He is always there when I need him whether it is for a laugh to brighten my day or a shoulder to cry on when things are going wrong. My children are God's blessings! They have been through a lot in their little lives and I am so thankful that they have taken to their new step father. I am thankful for our health and I pray that good health continues. I am thankful for our home because we still have a place to lay our heads at night. I am also thankful for my job because without it I have no idea where in the world I would be financially or emotionally because I am blessed to work with wonderful people. I am also thankful for my parents whom to me are heroes. They are raising my sister's two very young children because of the way she chose her life and without my parents the girls wouldn't have stability.

God bless everybody and have a great Tuesday!