# I'm done with chicken

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-done-with-chicken/1017915>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [May 5, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-done-with-chicken/1017915 "2025-05-05T18:00:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-done-with-chicken/1017915/6 "2025-05-05T18:16:44Z")

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> [@solost](#):
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> What are ‘woody breasts’? Are ‘woody’ breasts dry chicken breasts?

A link from [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-chicken-breasts/993078) on the topic.

> **[Chicken breasts have been more 'woody' than usual. Here's how to avoid buying...](https://www.today.com/food/woody-chicken-breast-t258881)**
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> If your chicken breasts have been more tough than usual, you're not alone.

> [@solost](#):
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> This may be the answer for the OP

Nope. Family refuses to eat dark meat.

> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> Maybe avoid shopping back of the bin at Food Lion?

No need for insults. Like I said, we’ve tried organic. Also tried online and Whole Foods.

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