I got a bucket of chicken...

[Raxacoricofallapatorius]

Halo said
If you buy a chicken in the supermarket, chances are it is a female chicken. That is fact. Of course you can eat males, it's meat like any other meat - usually as capons after they've been castrated (and therefore develop similarly to females.) But having just looked this up, it appears that female chickens are preferred and are the ones generally sold in supermarkets and such, due to better meat quality (and other, more logistical reasons.)

People castrate chickens?

[Drakel]

Halo said
If you buy a chicken in the supermarket, chances are it is a female chicken. That is fact. Of course you can eat males, it's meat like any other meat - usually as capons after they've been castrated (and therefore develop similarly to females.) But having just looked this up, it appears that female chickens are preferred and are the ones generally sold in supermarkets and such, due to better meat quality (and other, more logistical reasons.)

I was going to argue with you further than I realized that we are arguing about a fucking bucket of chicken and it's contents. As I said though it's both.

[Drakel]

Halo said
If you buy a chicken in the supermarket, chances are it is a female chicken. That is fact. Of course you can eat males, it's meat like any other meat - usually as capons after they've been castrated (and therefore develop similarly to females.) But having just looked this up, it appears that female chickens are preferred and are the ones generally sold in supermarkets and such, due to better meat quality (and other, more logistical reasons.)

I was going to argue with you further than I realized that we are arguing about a fucking bucket of chicken and it's contents. As I said though it's both.

[Frizan]

Drakel said
I was going to argue with you further than I realized that we are arguing about a fucking bucket of chicken and it's contents. As I said though it's both.

I'm surprised it went this far.

[Drakel]

Frizan said
I'm surprised it went this far.

After realizing it I laughed my ass off. We're all fucking dumb as shit.

[Raxacoricofallapatorius]

I still hate chicken

[ActRaiserTheReturned]

Azarthes said
Meat off

[genghismike]

Raxacoricofallapatorius said
I've butchered deer, skinned coons, filleted fish.

You are awesome.

[Raxacoricofallapatorius]

genghismike said
You are awesome.

Skinned a road-killed deer, tanned the hide, entered it in the county fair my first year in 4-H and got Grand Champion in the conservation and wildlife category.

Also we made it into a stew and it was delicious.

[genghismike]

Raxacoricofallapatorius said
Skinned a road-killed deer, tanned the hide, entered it in the county fair my first year in 4-H and got Grand Champion in the conservation and wildlife category.Also we made it into a stew and it was delicious.

I'm guessing you guys hit it yourself, right?

Please tell me you hit it yourself.

-edit-

Also, tanned the hide yourself.

I need you in my life.

[Raxacoricofallapatorius]

genghismike said
I'm guessing you guys hit it yourself, right? Please tell me you hit it yourself.-edit-Also, tanned the hide yourself.I need you in my life.

Naw some woman hit it with her little car. My parents were on their way home and they stopped to make sure she was all right, because it was the middle of February and dark. They decided to wait with her for the police to show up, and my mom calls home to let me and my sister know they'd be late and why. Naturally I ask if the deer was still in good shape and if so could we have it. My mom just hands the phone to my dad, who proceeds to consider my request. He explains that he'll have to ask the woman who hit it, since she technically would have first claim to it.

So he goes to ask her if she wants the deer, and this poor lady is just like "No no no no…" and my dad is thinking that she's thinking the only reason they stopped to help her was to get the stupid deer. Anyway, long-story-short the cop gave my dad a permit, he comes home to swap the van for the truck, and my sister and I (in our pajamas) throw on our boots and coats and hop in the truck with him to go get it. When we brought it back and gutted it we made a game of trying to name all the internal organs.

We skinned it the next day, and it's pretty neat that this happened in the winter because the doe had a really thick winter coat, which deer don't have during the hunting season, so I wouldn't have ordinarily had the chance to get a fur like that. It's hanging up in our basement right now. Also only the front shoulder was bloodshot where it was hit, so we got a good amount of meat off it.

[genghismike]

Raxacoricofallapatorius said
Naw some woman hit it with her little car. My parents were on their way home and they stopped to make sure she was all right, because it was the middle of February and dark. They decided to wait with her for the police to show up, and my mom calls home to let me and my sister know they'd be late and why. Naturally I ask if the deer was still in good shape and if so could we have it. My mom just hands the phone to my dad, who proceeds to consider my request. He explains that he'll have to ask the woman who hit it, since she technically would have first claim to it. So he goes to ask her if she wants the deer, and this poor lady is just like "No no no no…" and my dad is thinking that she's thinking the only reason they stopped to help her . Anyway, long-story-short the cop gave my dad a permit, he comes home to swap the van for the truck, and my sister and I (in our pajamas) throw on our boots and coats and hop in the truck with him to go get it. When we brought it back and gutted it we made a game of trying to name all the internal organs.We skinned it the next day, and it's pretty neat that this happened in the winter because the doe had a really thick winter coat, which deer don't have during the hunting season, so I wouldn't have ordinarily had the chance to get a fur like that. It's hanging up in our basement right now.

sounds like a hell of a night.

Also, you're getting very useful skills.

I was real young when I lived out in the country, so it's been a long time since I've been exposed to such things as hunting and skinning game. Makes me wonder if I'd even remember any of the things I was taught as a kid.

[ActRaiserTheReturned]

And no one understands my joke.

[Raxacoricofallapatorius]

genghismike said
sounds like a hell of a night.Also, you're getting very useful skills.I was real young when I lived out in the country, so it's been a long time since I've been exposed to such things as hunting and skinning game. Makes me wonder if I'd even remember any of the things I was taught as a kid.

I always loved the idea of living off the land, so hunting and foraging and stuff were always really fun for me, especially since I grew up in a rural forest area. I've kinda fallen away from it though, since life got busy through high school and now college, I was much more competent at it all as a younger child. I was better at a lot of things as a child actually, makes me miss childhood. Don't grow up kids, it's not worth it.

ActRaiserTheReturned said
And no one understands my joke.

Meatballsy

[genghismike]

ActRaiserTheReturned said
And no one understands my joke.

sorry, I'm fauning over Clirkus and the deer skinning story.

[Raxacoricofallapatorius]

genghismike said
sorry, I'm fauning over Clirkus and the deer skinning story.

Did you mean fawning my good sir?

[genghismike]

Raxacoricofallapatorius said
Did you mean my good sir?

either or. Pun works all the same xD