Health Checkup: Who Needs Organic Food?

Organic free-range chicken from D'Artagnan vs. nonorganic supermarket chicken from D'Agostino

Marco Canora, Hearth

"The organic one has a sense of meatiness to it — it's dense, flavorful. It's got character. It sounds weird to say, but it tastes like chicken. This other one, when you bite it, your teeth almost stick together. It's cottonbally. Honestly? This one almost doesn't seem like meat. Look at the color of the thigh. It's so white! That's pretty white for dark meat, right? And the bigger commodity bird has a lot more moisture. Look at the plate. Look how much liquid spit out of this bird. Ugh."

Winner: Organic

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