# chicken

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken/71095>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 3, 2001, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken/71095 "2001-07-03T15:41:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken/71095/21 "2001-07-04T09:19:32Z")

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I like to add a little Chronos bouillion to my otherwise bland chicken.

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**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken/71095/22 "2001-07-04T12:54:02Z")

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I’ve found that chicken tastes a lot like gator tail!

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**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken/71095/23 "2001-07-04T12:57:33Z")

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I was in a restuarant in Florida and, for the first time, decided to try gator tail.  
I asked the waitress “what does it taste like?”  
and, you guessed it, she said “Chicken”.

I couldn’t resist…

“Then why would I pay $7.95 for this when I can have the chicken strips for $4.95?”

her response?..

\<blink blink blink\>

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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:** [July 4, 2001, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken/71095/24 "2001-07-04T13:16:54Z")

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just a wag here but using:

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> Chicken has a fairly neutral flavor. You’ve got your proteins, and not much else. Beef and pork both have specific substances that overwhelm the basic protein taste, but in chicken, that’s all you’ve got

I would say that chicken is lower fat then beef, pork and lamb which are the other regular meats we buy. Those other meats have been domesticated for many years and bread to increase the mass of meat which would lead to higher fat content.

Chickens were most likely bread to be ‘plumper’ (more plump?) but didn’t have the same increase of fat. So when you eat chicken as stated above you are eating a high % of protein and not much more. Other domesticated meats have more fats and oils in them that I would guess have the flavors in them.

Other meats all together (snake, bear, dear, duck billed platapi, etc.) are more in their natural state as such they have lower fat content. So you are getting a simular protein % as the chicken and a simular taste.

Also I think that dark meat chicken tasted better - I think it is due to the oils. But white meat is more popular.  
\*\*\*\*\* NOTE this whole post is a wag\*\*\*\* Don’t even think of asking me to prove any of the above - don’t ask for links to support my argument - you will NOT get any\*\*

\*\*\*\* WAG = Wide @$$ed **GUESS**

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**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken/71095/25 "2001-07-04T14:03:52Z")

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All of you people are weird.:rolleyes:

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