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Fri. 09/11 - Why Do Americans Love Rotisserie Chicken?

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

News, Science, Tech News, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Why the cheap rotisserie chicken is ubiquitous in American grocery stores. The new, true proportions of the megalodon. Unpacking the enormous size of Houston, Texas and its highway interchanges, as compared to a tiny Italian city center. And the 2020 finalists of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. Links: The Convenient Truth of Rotisserie Chicken (Taste) Palaeontologists Reveal What Could Be The True Proportions of The Fearsome Megalodon (Science Alert) Yes, This Interchange in Houston Is the Same Size as an Entire City Center in Italy (Texas Monthly)  As If You Needed It, Further Proof That Houston Is So Much Bigger Than Most Cities (Texas Monthly) Gallery of Winners and Finalists 2020 Finalists (Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:42.0

Why the cheap rotisserie chicken is ubiquitous in American grocery stores.

0:47.9

The new true proportions of the Megalodon, unpacking the enormous size of Houston, Texas and its highway interchanges

0:57.3

as compared to a tiny Italian city center, and the 2020 finalists of the Comedy Wildlife

1:05.2

Photography Awards. Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

1:12.6

It's Friday night, the end of the work week.

1:14.6

You're trying to figure out what to do for dinner.

1:17.6

Maybe you stop by the grocery store because, let's be real,

1:20.6

it's basically the only place that you can go to that isn't your house these days,

1:23.6

when suddenly you see the solution.

1:26.6

A rittissory chicken, fully roasted, no cooking required,

1:30.7

and for just $5. When did these roasted chickens start appearing in our grocery aisles,

1:37.2

and why, besides the obvious, are they so appealing? Luckily, Kathy Irway, author of the upcoming

1:42.9

book Sheepan Chicken, has the answers.

1:46.0

The modest reticeroid chicken first started appearing in U.S. grocery stores in 1980s, quickly

1:51.2

becoming a staple of many a dinner table.

1:53.9

This year, according to the National Chicken Council, the nation is expected to eat one billion

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