CostCo whole chickens

[Retrograde]

Every few months I buy a 2-pack of chickens at CostCo, since their chickens are considerably cheaper than any other place around here. I'd cut them up, and freeze the breasts, legs, thighs, wings - and livers - and use the remaining parts for stock. Lately, though, the chickens don't have the necks/hearts/gizzard/livers packed with them. Is this a nation-wide trend, or just here in California? And how am I going to make my cheap chicken liver pate if chickens don't have livers anymore?

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. Yeah, it's been going on for quite some time.

Sucks, doesn't it?

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. I get local chicken livers

from pasture raised chickens, but you can get them at Kroger from time to time, where they're still pretty cheap.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Some retailors have found that many chicken buyers just...

toss the gizzards and cut up the white meat, so why give it to them for free when you can sell the livers seperately for a buck a pound.

[intrepidity]

4. Sort of off topic, but I loooooooove Costco's roasted chickens

as for livers, I get them at Safeway, $3 per container....

[SharonClark]

5. I buy chicken livers for about $2.50 for

a 24-oz container. I make Spaghetti Caruso or liver mousse piped in a deli ham cone. Delicious!