why you should buy bone in, skin on chicken:
meat: obvious
skin: season and air fry for snacks
bones: season and roast for soup bones (or more snacks, depending on meatiness)
also, I think seeing the bones and sinew and sometimes the blood reminds you that your food was alive. It was an animal, and being grateful for all the hands involved in its raising, growing, culling, and processing makes you think about not only yourself but for the many steps it took to get on your table and God’s provision in letting you have it. It makes you slow down and think about food preparation either in restaurants or in fast food or grocery store freezer aisles, and it makes you ask why things are done one way or if it’s worth the extra time to make stuff on your own.
cooking really should make you grateful, I think.
As someone who has raised and butchered chickens, goats, and sheep for most of my teenage years and the better part of my 20s, yes.
I hate wasting food now that I've seen where it comes from. It hasn't made me like meat less, but only appreciate it more.
