America is often portrayed as a country of steak-eaters; of avid consumers of big, fat, juicy, barbecued hunks of beef. Although a great deal of beef is indeed consumed, the meat of choice surprisingly turns out to be chicken.According to some estimates, 23 million chickens a day are slaughtered to satisfy America's hunger for poultry. In fact, so much chicken is served (primarily breaded) in the country which invented Chicken McNuggets and Kentucky Fried Chicken, that my wife has become positively averse to the stuff.
To give you some idea of the phenomenal prevalence of chicken in American cuisine, allow me to offer you an unadulterated list of the poultry-related items on this month's menu at our children's elementary (junior) school, where they have a choice of three main dishes:
- 1.12. Chicken noodle soup, chicken Caesar wrap
- 2.12. Sweet-and-sour chicken with rice, diced chicken with rice
- 3.12. Grilled chicken sandwich, baked chicken rings with rice
- 6.12. Chicken fajita salad
- 7.12. Chicken tacos, baked chicken tenders with fruit cup
- 8.12. Chicken corn dog with potato wedges
- 9.12. Chicken patty sandwich
- 10.12. (No chicken on menu)
- 13.12. Grilled chicken salad
- 14.12. Chicken fajitas, chicken pasta al fredo
- 15. 12. Chicken nuggets with hot corn
- 16.12. Grilled chicken ranch wrap
- 17.12. Chicken tenders with mashed potatoes
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