Boiling Chicken

Some time ago, I cannot even remember when in 2013, when Sake became ill with stomatitis, I started boiling chicken, freezing it in serving sizes, so I would have chicken available for her every day. She would often, but not always eat it, but that was a staple food she would eat, even when she was not eating well.  There are some canned foods she may or may not eat. She may or may not eat chicken liver, which I also cooked, put in small containers, and froze, to have some available every day.

Cooking liver, packaging and freezing it did not seem to be a problem or chore.  But, when I first started cooking, packaging and freezing chicken, it seemed to be a real chore. But now, it is not.  It is not that it takes that much less time.  It is just that I am that more organized about how I do this:  I cook the chicken, often, while I am doing other things.  I let it cool while I am doing other things  I am prepared with enough heavy duty aluminum foil pieces to wrap the chicken.  I have the tools to cut and slice the chicken into pieces to wrap and freeze. 

I am glad I can do this to have food available for Sake to eat.  If she will

Cooking Chicken

Sake has indicated an interest in eating yesterday and today, but all the cooked chicken I had left was dark meat. She just does not seem to like it.  She has eaten some soft canned food, so that is good.  Tonight I am cooking another chicken, but it was totally frozen, and not finished cooking after an hour and a half.

I need to plan better.  I can eat the dark meat and plan for having white meat for her.  I really like the new microwave.  The Hamilton Beach microwave I had did not defrost even when I used that setting.  It cooked and dried out the food.  The Emerson microwave I have really does defrost the meat and leaves it moist.  Sake and I are both much happier with this microwave.

I have also started watching for sales on chicken.  For example, Lowe's Supermarkets http://www.lowesmarket.com/ has fryer chickens on sale for $.87 a pound.  I will buy a couple this weekend and freeze them until I need them.