Dark meat has more blood vessels. Birds that fly have all dark meat. Non-flying birds have white meat - some of them can fly, but only a short distance, as not enough blood makes it to the muscles for continuous flight.
It's my estimation that... every man ever got a statue made of him, was one kind of sumbitch or another.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Dec 12, 2007 12:07:46 pm PST #6921 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
-t - Dec 12, 2007 12:08:00 pm PST #6922 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think meat:bone might be highest for breast, though I think the price difference between breasts and thighs is more than the meat % difference.
Eta: also, white meat has a greater tendency to be dry and tasteless, but people still want it. Because they're more sure it's really chicken and not pigeon or something? I don't know.
sarameg - Dec 12, 2007 12:08:06 pm PST #6923 of 10001
More fat, too. Mmmm.
Freezing rain suddenly is in tomorrow's forecast. And possible nor'easter this weekend.
I really hate winter.
Kathy A - Dec 12, 2007 12:13:21 pm PST #6924 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I think that white meat has a lot more actual meat-meat than dark does--compare a chicken leg to a chicken breast. Even the thigh has less meat than the breast does.
I just had my review; a decent one, but the raise was piddling at best (1 1/2 percent). Everyone's jobs are on tenterhooks right now, so I'm not gonna complain.
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2007 12:13:45 pm PST #6925 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Huh. I just got asked to sushi. But it's not the symbolic sushi crew.
Even the thigh has less meat than the breast does.
But does a thigh and a leg have less than a breast and a wing? Still--not enough to overcome the drop in flavour. I'll have to find a white meat lover and ask them why they're so weird.
tommyrot - Dec 12, 2007 12:20:03 pm PST #6926 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'll have to find a white meat lover and ask them why they're so weird.
Ooh! Ooh! Ask me!
Typo Boy - Dec 12, 2007 12:21:20 pm PST #6927 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Some unsupported specuations on reasons for preferring white meat:
A) - less fat - healthier even if not as good tasting.
B) White mean, having less flavor of its own can be a better carrier for intensely flavored(often fatty) sauces. And yes, the parentheses contradict reason A. When it comes to food preferences, captain logic seldom drives this tugboat.
Connie Neil - Dec 12, 2007 12:23:02 pm PST #6928 of 10001
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Kathy A - Dec 12, 2007 12:24:31 pm PST #6929 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I love marinated/brined/sauced chicken breasts over chicken legs. Brining/marinating takes care of the overly dry problems, as does poaching--cooking them in wine, beer, or fruit juices, especially pineapple juice, works excellently.
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2007 12:27:47 pm PST #6930 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ooh! Ooh! Ask me!
::looks around blankly::
Chicken breasts barely justify themselves to me. Especially if you take the skin off. They're just sauce transmitting media. Contrast that to a simply done pork chop which tastes good just grilled in its own juices--dark meat is the closest a chicken gets to that built in numminess for me.
As for Ike, my reaction is "Oh" and I'm not sure what that means.