Perdue's new marketing gimmick: No need to thaw the frozen chicken before cooking

[JEDI]

i saw this on their bags while shopping.

i dont know why, but it just seemed like a marketing gimmick to me.

Do you think it's a gimmick? why/why not?

 

[techs]

Just increase the cooking time till the outside is burnt and the inside is just right.
Theoretically you don't need to thaw anything. After all, you could just roast an alternator sized cut of frozen beef for 12 hours or so.

 

[lokiju]

That's what I buy from Costco.

Boneless skinless chicken breast frozen hard as a rock in a huge bag.

It's great, they cut every single bit of fat off of it also, which I love cause I was before this stuff buying fresh chicken breast, trimming every bit of fat off then sealing them with a food saver and freezing them.

This cuts all that out and cost less and taste just as good.

But they seem to flatten them out and make them thinner as a result so it cooks faster and more evenly straight from frozen.

I use a Foreman grill, takes all of 10 mins total to cook.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

How is this a marketing gimmick? I cook frozen chicken all the time.

 

[biggestmuff]

YAJT

Gimmick not found.

 

[Q]

how is this a marketing gimmick? I cook frozen chicken all the time.

qft

 

[QueBert]

frozen chicken breast + Foreman grill = win. No need to thaw as the chicken comes out very moist.

 

[Poulsonator]

...and taste just as good.

The rest of your post is spot on, but this is simply just not true. While I've eaten the hell out of some frozen chicken breasts, they're nowhere near as good as fresh.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

The rest of your post is spot on, but this is simply just not true. While I've eaten the hell out of some frozen chicken breasts, they're nowhere near as good as fresh.

But they taste just as good as frozen and then thawed chicken, which is what we're talking about.

 

[FoBoT]

thaw?
the only thing we thaw is the turkey at thanksgiving

 

[Poulsonator]

But they taste just as good as frozen and then thawed chicken, which is what we're talking about.

That may be what you're talking about, but it's not what lokiju said. Re-read his post.

 

[JEDI]

How is this a marketing gimmick? I cook frozen chicken all the time.

exactly

all the other frozen chicken companies dont say this.

ok..so gimmick might be the wrong word. it's a marketing ploy since they're stating the obvious?

 

[nerp]

The rest of your post is spot on, but this is simply just not true. While I've eaten the hell out of some frozen chicken breasts, they're nowhere near as good as fresh.

People on this board love fast food. You'll never win this argument. But keep in mind that I get you. I eat fresh whenever I can. On occasion, the bird in my fridge is there to COOL since it was alive the day before. . . .George Foreman? Ugh. Sad. I know.

 

[SunSamurai]

Its gunna thaw when you cook it!

The part that effects taste most is how it was frozen.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

That's what I buy from Costco.

Boneless skinless 1) chicken breast frozen hard as a rock in a huge bag.

2) It's great, they cut every single bit of fat off of it also, which I love cause I was before this stuff buying 3) fresh chicken breast, trimming every bit of fat off then sealing them with a food saver and 4) freezing them.

5) This cuts all that out and cost less and taste just as good.

But they seem to flatten them out and make them thinner as a result so it cooks faster and more evenly straight from frozen.

I use a Foreman grill, takes all of 10 mins total to cook.

That may be what you're talking about, but it's not what lokiju said. Re-read his post.

1) Lokiju is talking about frozen chicken breast
2) He thinks that the frozen chicken breast is great
(because)
3 + 4) Previously he had been buying fresh and freezing them till he needed them.
5) Buying frozen chicken breast tastes just as good (as 3+4) and takes less effort.

So godless is correct.

/facepalm
Yet again.

*breathes and counts to 10*

 

[Poulsonator]

1) Lokiju is talking about frozen chicken breast
2) He thinks that the frozen chicken breast is great
(because)
3 + 4) Previously he had been buying fresh and freezing them till he needed them.
5) Buying frozen chicken breast tastes just as good (as 3+4) and takes less effort.

So godless is correct.

/facepalm
Yet again.

*breathes and counts to 10*

You cannot be serious. You proved me right TWICE in your ridiculous post.

5) Buying frozen chicken breast tastes just as good (as 3+4) and takes less effort.

Tell me what 3+4 was again????


I said fresh chicken breasts will always taste better than frozen. lokiju said his frozen breasts from Costco taste better than the fresh ones he used to buy.

Godless wasn't correct when he quoted me, and he's still NOT correct because thawed breasts, especially those from Costco, Sam's, etc., still don't taste as good as fresh.

 

[spidey07]

Those "fresh" chicken breasts or parts are just frozen that is prethawed by the way.

 

[Miramonti]

That's what I buy from Costco.

Boneless skinless chicken breast frozen hard as a rock in a huge bag.

It's great, they cut every single bit of fat off of it also, which I love cause I was before this stuff buying fresh chicken breast, trimming every bit of fat off then sealing them with a food saver and freezing them.

This cuts all that out and cost less and taste just as good.

But they seem to flatten them out and make them thinner as a result so it cooks faster and more evenly straight from frozen.

I use a Foreman grill, takes all of 10 mins total to cook.

I don't know how $3/lb costs less, which is what costco sells them for here. At the same time, Alberton's has chicken breast sales for $1.69/lb with a minor amount of fat. You're paying for convenience at the sacrifice of cost.

And using a Foreman grill with frozen breasts (from a chicken) shows that you're not all that interested in cooking quality any more than you are in cooking.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Originally Posted by PlasmaBomb
1) Lokiju is talking about frozen chicken breast
2) He thinks that the frozen chicken breast is great
(because)
3 + 4) Previously he had been buying fresh and freezing them till he needed them.
5) Buying frozen chicken breast tastes just as good (as 3+4) and takes less effort.

So godless is correct.

/facepalm
Yet again.

*breathes and counts to 10*

You cannot be serious. You proved me right TWICE in your ridiculous post.

5) Buying frozen chicken breast tastes just as good (as 3+4) and takes less effort.

Tell me what 3+4 was again????


I said fresh chicken breasts will always taste better than frozen. a)lokiju said his frozen breasts from Costco taste better than the fresh ones he used to buy.

Godless wasn't correct when he quoted me, and he's still NOT correct because thawed breasts, especially those from Costco, Sam's, etc., still don't taste as good as fresh.

Frozen food != fresh

He freezes them and then defrosts them.

You are comparing chicken that has been frozen and thawed to chicken that has been frozen and thawed.

You are not comparing fresh chicken to chicken that has been frozen and thawed.

The act of freezing the chicken for later use prevents them from being "fresh" chicken breasts.

a) Lokiju did not say that frozen chicken tasted better than fresh chicken, he said that chicken that he had frozen himself tasted as good as store bough frozen chicken (when both had been cooked).

So both Lokiju and Godless were talking about chicken which had been frozen and thawed and then you turned up and failed at reading...

 

[nerp]

You can buy not-previously-frozen chicken where I live. There is more in this world than White Gem and Perdue. . .

 

[sjwaste]

You can buy not-previously-frozen chicken where I live. There is more in this world than White Gem and Perdue. . .

Same here.

Although anyone raving about ANY kind of boneless, skinless chicken breast probably isn't much of an eater. We're talking about the single most boring animal protein on the planet. Popping a frozen chicken breast directly onto the foreman is basically saying, "Man, I love steamed chicken!" Come on.

Convenient, yes. Tasty? Not really, it's just a medium to deliver seasonings. Chicken can be great, but boneless and skinless, fresh or frozen is nothing but a convenience food.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

but it's not what lokiju said.

Yes, yes it is.

 

[clamum]

People on this board love fast food. You'll never win this argument. But keep in mind that I get you. I eat fresh whenever I can. On occasion, the bird in my fridge is there to COOL since it was alive the day before. . . .George Foreman? Ugh. Sad. I know.

lol, "love fast food"? Not from what I've seen. There's always a ton of whiny bitch comments ("Taco Bell makes my tummy hurt", "I'd rather eat a dog's feces than a McDonald's cheeseburger" etc) in any thread related to fast food.

 

[nerp]

Same here.

Although anyone raving about ANY kind of boneless, skinless chicken breast probably isn't much of an eater. We're talking about the single most boring animal protein on the planet. Popping a frozen chicken breast directly onto the foreman is basically saying, "Man, I love steamed chicken!" Come on.

Convenient, yes. Tasty? Not really, it's just a medium to deliver seasonings. Chicken can be great, but boneless and skinless, fresh or frozen is nothing but a convenience food.

Yep. Dark meat is much better. But I'll choose duck over chicken any day.

 

[bobdole369]

No need to thaw the frozen chicken before cooking

Its because they do not freeze the chicken. YOur supermarket might, or you might, but the gimmick is that since it was never frozen, it's fresher.