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Lemon and Thyme Roasted Chicken
Recipe serves
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6
A Little Background
When it comes to organic food, I don't think I would be able to tell you the difference between an organic piece of parsley and a non-organic piece of parsley. However when it comes to chicken the difference is night and day. Organic chickens are more tender, the skin crisps better and the flesh tastes 100% like chicken. Non organic chickens are fed copious amounts of antibiotic growth promoters and the end result is unnaturally large birds with bland tasteless meat.
Organic birds, even though usually twice as old when slaughtered are often still smaller than these unnaturally oversized counterparts. Having to feed and house the animals twice as long obviously adds a great deal of cost for the organic poultry farmer and explains the higher price when we go to buy them at the poultry shop, but I believe the taste difference is well worth the extra cost. Plus, unless you're sick why would you want to consume antibiotics every time you feel like some chicken. Go on, go organic and start roasting!