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Hot take: that $5 rotisserie chicken at Costco is the best deal in food and people sleeping on it are wild
I was in line at the Costco in Garland last Friday and this lady behind me grabbed two chickens and said to her friend, quote, "I'm not cooking all week, this is cheaper than the ingredients." I laughed at first, then did the math in my head on the drive home and felt dumb. I used to buy a raw whole chicken for around $8 to $10, then spend 90 minutes roasting it and still have half the meat I get from the $4.99 bird. One chicken feeds me and my roommate for 3 dinners if I stretch it, tacos one night, chicken salad the next, then I boil the bones for stock that would cost me $3 a carton at Kroger. I get it, some folks want to cook from scratch and I respect that, but acting like it's lazy or fake cooking is just pride talking. If your whole thing is eating cheap without living on rice and beans, this is the cheat code nobody wants to admit. Where do you all draw the line on store bought shortcuts, is rotisserie chicken a real meal or a cop out in your house?
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ray_burns12d ago
My wife used to give me crap about buying the rotisserie bird instead of roasting my own, then one week I timed it. Between the raw chicken, the seasonings, the gas for the oven, and the two hours of my Saturday I wasn't getting back, the math was not even close. Now we grab one almost every Sunday and I pull the meat for the week, sandwiches Monday and Tuesday, then I toss the rest in a pot with the bones and some celery tops for soup. That stock alone saves me a few bucks a week and tastes better than the boxed stuff anyway. Some shortcuts are just smart, no shame in it.
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