Fowl!

In the dim and distant past I seem to remember that we rarely ate chicken as it was more expensive than beef, lamb and pork. The exception would be Christmas when the butcher delivered a capon – a male chicken which was neutered to improve the flavour of the flesh. Fast forward to today when chicken is probably the cheapest meat available, especially to people on a tight budget. It’s so versatile and definitely a favourite of our family, which was convenient when we lived in Italy and meat was so costly – a chicken was on the shopping list every week! Even now I’m happy to roast one on Sunday, have it cold on Monday, make Paella on Tuesday and then soup from the carcass and lots of veggies on Wednesday. Such a shame that “Gen Z” don’t know how to cook, they would be able to live much more economically if they knew about chickens… 😉