# Chicken drumettes: What is the little piece of meat?

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**Created:** [January 14, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-drumettes-what-is-the-little-piece-of-meat/567597 "2011-01-14T14:49:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-drumettes-what-is-the-little-piece-of-meat/567597/1 "2011-01-14T14:49:14Z")

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That doesn’t just pull away from the bone. There’s a little piece that sticks out a little that stay stuck. What makes it adhere more strongly?

And if you don’t know what I’m talking about, I’ll come back in a day or so with pics.

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**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-drumettes-what-is-the-little-piece-of-meat/567597/2 "2011-01-14T15:25:12Z")

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I’m guessing it’s a ligament, the attachment/transition between muscles and bone. Similar to clams, steamers, mussels that little part stuck to the shell.

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**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-drumettes-what-is-the-little-piece-of-meat/567597/3 "2011-01-14T15:31:17Z")

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I thought it was a bit of chicken wood glue to stop it falling off the stick.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-drumettes-what-is-the-little-piece-of-meat/567597/4 "2011-01-14T17:37:33Z")

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> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#):
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> And if you don’t know what I’m talking about, I’ll come back in a day or so with pics.

I don’t know exactly what you mean by chicken “drumettes.”

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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-drumettes-what-is-the-little-piece-of-meat/567597/5 "2011-01-14T17:47:21Z")

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He means the portion of the wing that’s attached to the body at one end and the other joint of the wing at the other end. [Like](http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/savory_chicken_drummettes/)[these](http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/asian-honey-bbq-chicken-52779.aspx).

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**Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-drumettes-what-is-the-little-piece-of-meat/567597/6 "2011-01-14T18:03:47Z")

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> [@kanicbird](#):
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> I’m guessing it’s a ligament, the attachment/transition between muscles and bone. Similar to clams, steamers, mussels that little part stuck to the shell.

Ligaments connect bone to bone (like the anterior cruciate ligament). Tendons connect muscle to bone.

I believe the OP is describing tendon.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-drumettes-what-is-the-little-piece-of-meat/567597/7 "2011-01-14T18:04:56Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> I don’t know exactly what you mean by chicken “drumettes.”

Yes, as **purplehorseshoe** says, they are the “upper wing” portion of the wing, what would be the humerus bone and related muscles on a human arm, so called because they resemble small drumsticks.