Social networking sites in Egypt were filled with publications criticizing the Egyptian media’s “simultaneous talk” about the “benefits of chicken legs”, which they saw as a prelude to “further price hikes”.
The official page of the National Institute of Nutrition “Hukoomi”, on the social networking site “Facebook”, published a list of protein-rich food alternatives, and said they “reach plenty in the budget”.
Looking for food alternatives that are high in protein and save your budget at the same time? 💸 There are many foods known worldwide…
Posted by Official page of the National Institute of Nutrition up Friday 23 December 2022
The institute talked about several “protein-rich food alternatives that can provide the budget,” including “chicken legs.”
Simultaneously, several Egyptian media outlets published, including:Cairo 24” AND” Echo of the country” “MasrawyThere have been reports of the “benefits of chicken legs,” which have caused a stir among activists on social networking sites.
I imagine that the Egyptian press, instead of pulling the skin on the government and its superiors, due to high prices and the deteriorating economic situation, are two houses…
Published by Mohamed Eisa Up Saturday 24 December 2022
Activists in Egypt have released leaflets simultaneously monitoring “the talks of different Egyptian media” on the “benefits of chicken legs” and their prices, and some of them believed that they provide “solutions for Egyptian families” to overcome the high prices , while others “mocked” the circulation of those news that pave the way for more economic measures.
Praise be to God we are in the chicken thigh stage, we will reach the stage of eating bugs as they are the food of the future and the best source of protein,…
Published by Hosam Diab Up Saturday 24 December 2022
For his part, the head of Egypt’s Peasants’ Union, Hussein Abu Saddam, criticized the invitation to eat chicken legs as one of the solutions after the price of a kilogram of poultry rose to £47, saying: “It’s not the Egyptian who eats chicken (chicken) legs,” according to the website.Egyptian today“.
He said inviting someone to eat chicken legs “is not valid” in a country as big as Egypt, which has self-sufficiency in poultry and no one sleeps there “without dinner,” as he put it.
After the outcry, the head of the domestic trade sector of the Egyptian supply ministry spoke about the “benefits of eating chicken legs” in a speech on the “On My Responsibility” program broadcast by the satellite channel “Sada El Balad”.
He said, “There is no problem eating it, and I can tell from my experience that chicken (chicken) legs have a very strong gelatinous substance to cure back pain, and we export large quantities of chicken legs to China.”
In the phone call, he confirmed that “Egypt exports large quantities of chicken legs”, adding that it is “one of China’s best and most luxurious dishes because it contains a substance rich in protein and its trade is not prohibited” .
Egypt has received several severe blows following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as rising grain prices have severely hurt it as it is one of the world’s largest grain importers, and has also lost much of its production Ukrainian and Russian tourists who made up 40% of the eight million tourists in 2021.
The economic crisis in Egypt continues due to the lack of resources and foreign investment, which has led to the devaluation of the local currency by about 57 percent, with the growth of the external debt to over 150 billion dollars and the increase in the amount of interest and installments that Egypt has to pay in the short term, according to “Agence France Presse”.
Egypt’s central bank raised overnight interest rates 300 basis points more than expected on Thursday evening, warning of mounting “inflationary pressures.”
A rate hike could indicate that the central bank may be preparing for further depreciation of the pound, according to Reuters.
