Los Angeles Times Sure, it's a rundown of the best rotisserie bird joints in Los Angeles, but everyone can benefit from the tips this article lays out on what to look for in a spinning chicken. Golden Chicken Rule No. 3: Go at peak hours. Be there when the place is operating at full tilt even if you are not planning to eat your chicken right then. Don't go at 3 in the afternoon to find two lonely birds circling the chicken Ferris wheel probably since 11 a.m. You won't catch me clucking about this advice. Related: I Like to ______ With Leftover Rotisserie Chicken... More

Photograph from Katie@! on Flickr Chlorine is a nifty chemical often used to ensure swimming pool hygiene. Other times, it keeps chicken carcasses bacteria-free. After being defeathered and eviscerated, 80-percent of American poultry takes a chlorine bath. Europe doesn't support the chlorine presence, and has banned American poultry since 1997. Now Slate wants to know: does chlorine really make our chickens taste funny? In 1999, University of Georgia researchers noticed a difference between treated and un-treated chicken, but only after cooked patties sat in the fridge for four days. If the chlorine is used correctly, according to Slate, people won't detect any traces of chlorine after cooking. Good to know. Because I was hoping my chicken wouldn't taste like... More

That's too many seeds for a normal McDonald's bun. Spotted in Taiwan, the "Grilled Chicken Multi Grains" demonstrates the fast food industry's attempt to make us healthier—and what better way than with big, fat seeds. The sandwich isn't currently available in the United States, where the closest alternative is a Premium Grilled Chicken Classic Sandwich on a "toasted honey wheat bakery roll." (No seeds involved.)... More

The disturbingly huge wings in this ad are probably due to someone getting too carried away with Photoshop rather than New York being a vendor for gigantic mutant chickens. But $6.99 for 10 giant chicken wings—each piece large enough to feed two people—would've been such an awesome deal. [via Photoshop Disasters and Boing Boing]... More

Opening this past weekend in New York City, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead is the latest film by the schlock B-movie studio Troma, makers of classics such as The Toxic Avenger, Cannibal: The Movie, and Class Of Nuke 'em High. Set in a fast-food outlet built on top of a Native American sacred burial ground, the zombie chickens emerge and things get ugly. This is a vulgar, gory, zombie chicken B-movie (with musical numbers) to beat all past zombie chicken movies to date. If you don't know Troma films, think South Park but live-action. The New York Times says it best in their review: Within the context of its genre - the satirical sexploitation zombie chicken gross-out musical... More

Chicken fights usually involve a swimming pool, two teams, sitting on shoulders and slipping. Pretty harmless. But what happens when an actual chicken gets hold of a razor-sharp knife and wants to start something? All those times we stuffed him (and his kind), basted them, sizzled them, drowned them in herbal marinades. Nightmarish poultry revenge! [Via SwissMiss]... More

Cinco de Mayo is a day of national pride for Mexicans around the world, commemorating Mexico’s victory over French forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. We join in the celebration with our favorite Mexican food and drink. Leo Maya's Chicken with Green Sauce: Mario Batali's Acapulco-born babysitter makes this dish for his family once a week. Nigella Lawson's Mexican Chicken Salad with Black Bean Salsa: Quick, easy, and light–not the traditional mayo-based chicken salad. Chicken Fajitas: Grilled, marinated chicken strips on warm four tortillas provide a base for all the guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo you can pile on top. Essentials: Easy Enchiladas: Although this recipe may not be authentically Mexican or even authentically... More

As the blog Midtown Lunch pointed out, one difference between Chick and Mick is bag vs. box. -->McDonald's Southern Style Chicken Sandwich hit New York City recently, and since it's designed to compete with the Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich, right down to the two--and only two--sliced pickles, we thought we'd grab both and do a head-to-head comparison. The results, after the jump.... More

As an alternative to the popular energy-boosting drink Red Bull, Asian moms whip out their trusty stand-by to help their kids study into the late night hours: chicken soup. But not just any chicken soup—chicken soup made without any added liquid, the very essence of chicken itself. Just one rice bowl worth of pure chicken (slightly more than a cup) is extracted per bird. More

Street preacher Michael Sucec and his wife Sheri of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were so offended by a billboard advertising Sheetz's new Crispy Frickin' Chicken sandwich that they complained to Sheetz and contacted the advertising firm to have the billboard taken down. Sucec describes the word "frickin'" as a "euphemism for fornication," devoid of any humor when paired with "chicken" as a rhyme and intensifier. I can't say that "Crispy 'Euphemism for Fornication' Chicken" entered my head when I first read the billboard, but maybe my mind is too corrupt to notice. [via So Good]... More