What is the organ in chicken thighs?

[Yllaria]

@Pullet

What you saw is a kidney. The kidneys in birds are much longer, proportionally, than they are in humans, and they sit in pockets right along the inside of the pelvis, along either side of the spine.

You should trust your relatives more

Well, it’s a good thing I kept my skepticism to myself, then. No need to apologize. In my defense, my Mom thinks that drinking soda will make your sweat sticky, among other things.

Hey, puddleglum. It’s a kidney!

And you’re right, they taste yummy.

[hellpaso]

OMG–I just quoted a response by “Pullet”. Of course you would know!! So do you just peck at the keyboard?

[Szlater]

@hellpaso

That’s interesting to know–for whatever reason, I remember them being called “lights” in my family.

“Lights” in terms of meat, usually refers to lungs.

[Great_Dave]

@Pullet

Mangetout:
I’m 80% sure the oysters are remnant glutteal muscles. The location matches with other mammals, and their function (extending the hip) would explain why they are dark meat. (Chickens spend most of their time standing, so they need muscle with lots of myoglobin to provide a long-term oxygen supply. Myoglobin makes the muscle dark. Conversely, chickens don’t spend a lot of time flying, so their breast muscles don’t have myoglobin and are therefore white in color. Ducks, by comparision, have dark meat on their breasts and white meat in their legs.)

Did Pullet just call chickens mammals??

[Szlater]

@Great_Dave

Did Pullet just call chickens mammals??

Yes! :eek:

[gaffa]

I’m going to go with the oyster as well. You can see one being removed and savored 6:30 into this scene from the lovely film Amélie. My wife and I buy roasted chickens from our local market (at $3.99 for an already cooked bird, it makes no sense to roast your own). She’s a perfectly fine cook, but I’m the one who always cuts the chicken up. I don’t insist on it, but it seems to be my responsibility. But it means I get the oysters. Yum!

[Szlater]

@gaffa

at $3.99 for an already cooked bird, it makes no sense to roast your own

How well do you think those chickens were treated for them to be cheap enough that a shop could turn a profit at that price?

[devilsknew]

It’s the kidneys tucked under the bottom ribs. So nicely crusted and a nugget to extract from its bed. You must like bottom of the bucket chicken… The Colonel doesn’t even do kidneys.