Abby Spinach

Valancy's probably never had a tender chicken in her life.

These days, we think of "chicken" as a relatively inexpensive meat that comes with woody, flavorless breasts the size of a dinner plate. it took a lot of chicken breeding to get to that.

In the 1910s and 1920s, chickens were raised for eggs. A chicken became dinner only after it had ceased to lay in a satisfactory manner. Since we don't hear about collecting eggs as one of Valancy's chores, it's most likely that the Stirlings had no chickens. They would instead have purchased mutton or maybe veal at the grocery store -- both of those being popular cheap-ish meats.

It's possible that the Chinese restaurant is raising chickens for its menu. Or it's possible that the "velveting" technique for keeping chicken meat tender while it's being fried did wonders for an old hen.

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