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My cheap roommate in college told me to buy chicken leg quarters instead of breasts, and 8 years later I still feel dumb for arguing with him
Back in 2016 I shared a place in Akron with a guy named Dave who grew up broke and cooked every meal himself. I was buying $5 packs of boneless skinless breasts every week and complaining I could not afford to eat, and he just looked at me and said the leg quarters at the bottom of the meat case were 79 cents a pound. I rolled my eyes because I thought dark meat was gross and cheap for a reason. Then he roasted a tray of them with salt, paprika, and a squeeze of lemon, and I ate four pieces standing over the stove like an animal. I did the math later that month: I went from spending about $40 a week on chicken to around $11, and the meat actually tasted better in soups and rice. The bones make stock too, which I was throwing away for years like a sucker. Now I am the annoying person telling everyone in the store to skip the breasts unless they are on sale under $2 a pound. What is the one cheap cut you used to turn your nose up at before someone set you straight?
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blair_hill5918d ago
We trust what we grew up with over what is actually true.
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