# Dark meat or White meat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605 "2010-11-23T01:25:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605/1 "2010-11-23T01:25:26Z")
Dark meat is obviously the only meat on a turkey worth eating, but I wonder what others think. ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605/2 "2010-11-23T01:39:17Z")
Dark meat all the way. But I’m quite happy that white meat tends to be the “popular” option - just means more delicious dark meat for me! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605/3 "2010-11-23T02:03:31Z")
White for sandwiches. Both for soup, curry, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605/4 "2010-11-23T02:44:40Z")
White, please. Absolutely nothing finer than Turkey breast meat. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605/5 "2010-11-23T02:51:37Z")
A mixture. Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605/6 "2010-11-23T03:01:07Z")
Dark. Organ meat is the best, but thighs are a very close second. This goes for poultry in general, in fact, and likely for lizards as well. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605/7 "2010-11-23T03:14:34Z")
And skin … dark meat and skin. My brother doesn’t like the skin, so I get his. We will part out the turkey as soon as it finishes standing, so it is all nicely arranged on the platter so we in the kitchen get our pick of the skin and certain little special nuggets of meat off the carcass before we toss the carcass in the pot to simmer into stock while we eat. Our family has always carved the bird in the kitchen so we can bring out completed serving dishes of food. Makes clean up easier as we tend to wash up as we go so we can all enjoy a relaxing evening without worrying about a huge pile of dishes in the kitchen. Buffet style is definitely the way to go. Toss everything out at once and let the ravening horde chow down. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605/8 "2010-11-23T03:25:37Z")
Dark meat. It has some flavor and is more likely to be moist, whereas white meat is blah and apt to be dry as dust. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605/9 "2010-11-23T03:43:16Z")
white meat. this is an amurrrrican holiday and it’s all about excess. white meat can be carved into poultry steaks! 8 oz of bird ready to be cut into. who’s got time to fiddle with BONES? ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605/10 "2010-11-23T03:54:01Z")
> [@Tanbarkie](#): > > Dark meat all the way. But I’m quite happy that white meat tends to be the “popular” option - just means more delicious dark meat for me! Oh yes, what a happy state of affairs, especially since dark meat is cheaper. Let the white meat people happily pay extra for their dry, bland meat. I’ll continue to happily pay less for the juicy, delicious dark meat. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605/11 "2010-11-23T04:13:54Z")
You can buy a whole white-meat turkey? I would pay extra for that, but I’ve never seen one. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605/12 "2010-11-23T04:17:43Z")
Can’t believe I have to worry about a child dying!!! (You must pick one or a CHILD WILL DIE!!!) I like both! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605/13 "2010-11-23T05:42:06Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Can’t believe I have to worry about a child dying!!! (You must pick one or a CHILD WILL DIE!!!) I like both! Is there white meat in a child? ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605/14 "2010-11-23T06:44:47Z")
dark meat for soup and sandwiches. white meat for plated dinner with all the trimmings. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605/15 "2010-11-23T06:46:12Z")
Definitely dark. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605/16 "2010-11-23T07:27:47Z")
So far, a perfect 30/30 split. I usually get a mix of dark and white, favoring the dark. Obviously white meat has its uses, and my leftover turkey sandwiches are either all white meat or mostly white. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605/17 "2010-11-23T07:29:40Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > You can buy a whole white-meat turkey? I would pay extra for that, but I’ve never seen one. You can buy a turkey breast, and you will pay extra for it. It won’t make drippings that are as rich in flavor as the whole bird, though. Personally, I prefer white meat, if it’s roasted, but dark meat if it’s smoked. The cats have not indicated a preference, other than “want MORE”. I’ve started eating quite a lot of ground turkey, rather than ground beef, as it doesn’t seem to upset my IBS as frequently. I can panfry turkey patties with some poultry seasoning, and they’re good, or I can make turkey loaf, and it’s good. As long as you treat it like poultry and don’t expect it to taste like beef, it’s really pretty tasty. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605/18 "2010-11-23T12:54:26Z")
White all the way. Dark is just nasty, though the pets do enjoy it. If you find white too dry, that’s why God invented gravy. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605/19 "2010-11-23T13:05:00Z")
Yet another thread with a deceptive title. I could make a whole thread about them. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605/20 "2010-11-23T13:12:24Z")
I didn’t know which parts were white and which parts were dark until I got married. I could still care less. If it’s on my plate I’ll eat it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-meat-or-white-meat/561605.md?page=2)