Robert discusses the history of chicken with John Steele Gordon, a contributing editor for "American Heritage." Gordon wrote "The Chicken Story," an article in the September issue of American Heritage. Gordon says chicken was considered a luxurious meal as recently as 60 years ago and cost about 10 dollars a pound in today's terms. Industrialization brought chicken prices down. Now there are eight chickens for every person in the US.
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