# Chicken tenders or Ribs? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 11, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-tenders-or-ribs/798533 "2017-10-11T01:59:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-tenders-or-ribs/798533/21 "2017-10-12T01:56:45Z")
What are their respective side orders? If one had fries and the other onion rings, I say go for the ring guy. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-tenders-or-ribs/798533/22 "2017-10-12T02:32:59Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > (1) Becauseā€¦ ? > > (2) What fast food restaurant has ribs? KFC did but years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-tenders-or-ribs/798533/23 "2017-10-12T02:50:52Z")
Iā€™d say either is fine. Ketchup on steak on the other hand? Heā€™s right outta there! eta: Fast food ribs. Grandyā€™s did it years ago. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-tenders-or-ribs/798533/24 "2017-10-12T04:28:48Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Do chickens have ribs? They have ribs. What they donā€™t have is nuggets. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-tenders-or-ribs/798533/25 "2017-10-12T10:15:31Z")
> [@hyltonjean](#): > > Just daydreaming that you had influence over your adult daughterā€™s choice of a potential husband. You go to a fast food restaurant for lunch. There are a few young men eating alone and you let your mind wonderā€¦then realize, could it really be that simple? Iā€™d rather her choose the man eating ribs or a burger than chicken tenders!:dubious: no matter how hard you try, you canā€™t force your kid to be your clone. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-tenders-or-ribs/798533/26 "2017-10-12T10:30:30Z")
I would assume this is about perceived ā€œchildishā€ food (chicken tenders) vs. perceived ā€œadultā€ foods, and thus using the foods as a proxy for how mature the prospective suitor is. People have even brought up Trumpā€™s eating habits of proof of how childish he is. Iā€™d want my daughter to be with someone who is confident in himself, and thus wouldnā€™t feel bad about ordering chicken tenders despite them being seen as ā€œkidā€™s food.ā€ I would, however, like him to be more mature than notā€“but he also has to know how to drop the maturity occasionally and just have fun being a kid again. At least, thatā€™s what I want for myself, as I think itā€™s the best. If my daughter has different ideas, thatā€™s fine. Just as long as heā€™s good and wonā€™t hurt her. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-tenders-or-ribs/798533/27 "2017-10-12T11:37:12Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Do chickens have ribs? Of course. Ever pick apart a roasted chicken? Ever have turkey ribs? They are delicious, but they arenā€™t literally turkey ribs. They are the scapula/shoulder meat processed in a way to resemble a rib. Very cool. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-tenders-or-ribs/798533/28 "2017-10-12T12:35:03Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I would assume this is about perceived ā€œchildishā€ food (chicken tenders) vs. perceived ā€œadultā€ foods, and thus using the foods as a proxy for how mature the prospective suitor is. People have even brought up Trumpā€™s eating habits of proof of how childish he is. > > Iā€™d want my daughter to be with someone who is confident in himself, and thus wouldnā€™t feel bad about ordering chicken tenders despite them being seen as ā€œkidā€™s food.ā€ I would, however, like him to be more mature than notā€“but he also has to know how to drop the maturity occasionally and just have fun being a kid again. > > At least, thatā€™s what I want for myself, as I think itā€™s the best. If my daughter has different ideas, thatā€™s fine. Just as long as heā€™s good and wonā€™t hurt her. I took it to be about perceived masculinity but either one would be a silly generalization if the OP isnā€™t joking, which I believe he is (?) With that being said, Iā€™ll choose the dude with the ribs, but only if they look like [this](http://myktem.com/files/2013/05/Flintsones-YouTube.jpg) . ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-tenders-or-ribs/798533/29 "2017-10-12T12:53:42Z")
I assume any male eating lunch alone in a fast food restaurant is probably a serial killer. No workmates to eat with, maybe no job at all. Eating somewhere anonymous, probably paid cash. Didnā€™t use the drive-thru because he needed to clean himself up in the bathroom. Heā€™s sitting there eating that stuff with a body in the trunk of his car out in the parking lot. Donā€™t worry about future nuptials, just call the cops. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-tenders-or-ribs/798533/30 "2017-10-12T13:35:39Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Go for the chicken tenders guy, because any place that serves both probably has really crappy ribs. Truly. If I am fantasizing about the who _Iā€™d_ pick for my daughterā€™s lifelong partner (or more accurately who Iā€™d hope sheā€™d pick), Iā€™d hope it would be someone who, when eating ribs ate _ribs_, and when eating chicken ate _chicken_. Iā€™d hope she the person she someday picks does not routinely go into a fast food restaurant for lunch at all, honestly. A stop on a long interstate drive or in an airport as the exception. Or the fast food that is worth eating: an Italian beef from Johnnyā€™s, or a hot dog from Flukeyā€™s. Seriously though, to me the _simple_ test in my fantasy will be if she is usually smiling or laughing (and her real smile and laugh, not ones that people sometimes do to make someone else happy) when she is with him. If that is someone who has a thing for Happy Meals or even puts ketchup on hotdogs ā€¦ sigh ā€¦ so be it. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-tenders-or-ribs/798533/31 "2017-10-13T03:59:38Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > They have ribs. What they donā€™t have is nuggets. Wait ā€“ I thought that was how they got capons ā€“ making the nuggets? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-tenders-or-ribs/798533/32 "2017-10-13T04:53:21Z")
Itā€™s entirely dependent on seasoning. Iā€™ve had tenders which blow some of the ribs Iā€™ve had out of the water, and Iā€™ve definitely had amazing ribs. On the other handā€¦ yeah, I doubt any chain fast food place will ever serve edible ribs. The cooking model is all wrong for that kind of establishment, and trying to paper over the differences with pre-made meat isnā€™t going to result in an edible product. And Iā€™m not the kind of person who oh-so-virtuously retches at the mere _mention_ of ā€œfast foodā€ or ā€œchain restaurantā€ or similar. (Nor do I pretend it isnā€™t really food. The stuff that isnā€™t really food is stuff like hĆ”karl, the mostly-rotten remains of a fish too toxic for us to eat normally. The fact itā€™s a delicacy and an important cultural tradition doesnā€™t contradict the fact itā€™s improperly-stored toxic waste.) As for trying to pick my offspringā€™s mate, I have a rule: If it sounds like something a character in a multi-camera sitcom would do, I donā€™t do it. That is definitely sitcom behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-tenders-or-ribs/798533/33 "2017-10-13T13:45:52Z")
The real question is whether or not heā€™s the kind of guy who would put ribs on a burger. > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > (2) What fast food restaurant has ribs? Hardees/Carl Jr has ribs on a burger: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6vTij9iop4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6vTij9iop4) ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-tenders-or-ribs/798533/34 "2017-10-13T14:34:55Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > (snip)On the other handā€¦ yeah, I doubt any chain fast food place will ever serve edible ribs. The cooking model is all wrong for that kind of establishment, and trying to paper over the differences with pre-made meat isnā€™t going to result in an edible product. And Iā€™m not the kind of person who oh-so-virtuously retches at the mere _mention_ of ā€œfast foodā€ or ā€œchain restaurantā€ or similar.(snip) Iā€™ve given this some thought. The best ribs Iā€™ve made were cooked sous vide at 152 degrees F for 24 hours, then finished over charcoal for 5 minutes per side. This could lend itself to fast food, youā€™d have to have the cooked ribs ready for grilling and finish them as ordered, but as I gave it more thought I realize that rib eaters probably donā€™t want fast food. Ribs arenā€™t a fast meal to eat, you take your time and savor them. It likely wouldnā€™t work as a business model. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-tenders-or-ribs/798533/35 "2017-10-13T16:41:18Z")
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