Scarcer Than Hen's Teeth!

Are you old enough to remember that expression or am I just totally dating myself here? LOL I have been to three big-chain grocery stores here, plus the military commissary and none of them have ground chicken. One told me that if I special ordered it they could get it within three days. WHAT???? Am I the only person in this city who wants to purchase ground chicken? Must be. You can get ground turkey everywhere but frankly, I am a little tired of that taste. And after making tacos for my family yesterday with ground beef and looking at the numbers on Sparkpeople it just isn't worth wasting my calories and fat grams on it. Frustrated! And no, I don't want to grind my own. I do have a meat grinder that I'll be using soon to make summer sausage for DH out of his deer but I really don't want to grind my own chicken. Yup, I'm lazy. Molly....ground chickenless

I honestly don't care much for the white meat ground turkey, so dry and its really the only way you save cals, I get the extra lean beef and rinse the heck out of it under ho****er b/c the seasonings for tacos or chili is gonna provide flavor. You rinse away 1/2 the fat by doing this!!! Keep the beef I say!

Ground beef and I haven't been friends for the last 8 years. It is a totally hit and miss thing and anymore I'd rather not try it than spend the next three hours trying to throw it up. TMI...sorry! And honestly, I'm tired of the taste of ground turkey and really would like to make some meatballs or something different with the chicken. I'll keep looking. There are still a few more places to try but it just amazed me that major grocery chains didn't have it.

Wow Molly.. whenever I hear of food intolerance I just can't believe it because I have none myself, I eat it all and never thrown up.. something must be wrong with me or that I am lucky, I am not sure which. That is really too bad. I have lived off my homeade chili 2 a week since surgery, I can't imagine not having it. good luck finding your ground chicken, surely someone has it!

Melissa, You're so lucky! I still have problems with some meats and last week it was with baked cod. In the earlier months, I would cook (poach) cod in Health Choice New England Clam Chowder. The baked cod was cooked just right and I could only eat 1.5 oz before I had signs to STOP. I was able to keep the cod "down", but felt like I had eaten 2 plates of a Thanksgiving dinner. I love chili, but go with the turkey. I use my wrought iron grill to cook the seasoned turkey. I use Goya beans in sauce, adding it into the chili. The chili seasoning is McCormick's Tex-Mex Chili seasoning. I veg-up my chili, too! Yummy! Have a good night... Ro

Duh! If you want to try the cod in NE Clam Chowder, first use a collander and pot to remove the clam, potatoes, etc by pouring some water (1/2 can?) over the soup. Reserve these until the fish is poached, add some reduced milk, and check seasonings. Enjoy. Ro

WTH.. the deli won't grind up chicken breasts for you? Now, I have to go check with my local nice Deli man here.

Here the deli section of the grocery store is where they sell you precooked meats and specialty cheeses...they don't handle raw meats. There is an expensive meat store here in town that I should probably try...they are the place with the very best turkey breakfast sausage. Usually my mom picks up several packages for me when she goes and I freeze them. You know how long it takes us folks to eat meat! My family absolutely will not eat ground turkey or chicken so any of those foods last me forever. It just amazed me that there wasn't anything by a major chicken manufacturer in pre-ground (even frozen!) meat the way there is for turkey. I can find at least four different brands of ground turkey but NO chicken. Pooh. Molly

Peyton Place has ground chicken. Can you believe it? I pulse meats in my food processor, after I've cut it into 1.5 pieces, but just a few taps or you'll have pate! I've done this a lot with chuck and sirloin to get the mix that my family likes, but lately they've been eating a lot less red meat. I can only get ground beef here by %; not ground sirloin, etc. Go Figure? Just a point... I don't go crazy washing chicken. The birds have salmonella; all the way to the bone. Why spread it around? I dry off the chicken and toss the paper towel and cook it until done, usually grilled. BTW, I've had the best results washing chicken off of my hands by using soap, then lotion, then soap. Baby wipes for some messes & white vinegar kill the rest. Not a clean freak at all, but salmonella is bad news. Happy Hunting! Ro