# What part of the chicken do you prefer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851 "2015-05-12T13:24:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851/41 "2015-05-12T21:12:52Z")
dupe ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851/42 "2015-05-12T23:56:37Z")
Another vote for the skin. Crispy and batter-fried. Peel it off and go nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851/43 "2015-05-13T00:11:51Z")
Yes. I am an equal opportunity chicken eater, Love it all. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851/44 "2015-05-13T00:35:10Z")
Dark meat preferred, especially drumsticks. But, honestly, I’ll eat pretty much any part of a chicken. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851/45 "2015-05-13T00:38:25Z")
Depends on how its cook. I like the leg if it is fried. I like the breast most other ways. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851/46 "2015-05-13T00:53:39Z")
Legs for almost everything except soup. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851/47 "2015-05-13T01:28:02Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Another vote for the skin. Crispy and batter-fried. Peel it off and go nuts. I made a Buffalo chicken sandwich a year or so ago in which I saved the skin from some chicken I was cooking up for broth and fried it crispy. (Basically, _gribenes_, if you are familiar with Jewish cooking.) It finally made a Buffalo chicken sandwich worth eating. I’m surprised more places don’t do this. (Probably a pain in the ass to source all that chicken skin.) ETA: The chicken skin cracklings were used to top the thinly cut breast, in case it’s not clear. It’s like chicken bacon! ---
**Author:** ![funky\_little\_lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851/48 "2015-05-13T02:19:25Z")
Assuming the chicken is fried or roasted and still warm–the skin. MMMMMM!!! ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851/49 "2015-05-13T05:03:06Z")
Thighs. Grilled and barbecued with the back portion attached so the oyster is there, too. Seems less wasteful to me, to include the back with the thigh, too. I’ve also been known to boil whole chickens to make a huge pot of soup with, and when I take it all apart I’ll put all the skin on a baking sheet and bake it with salt and pepper to make crispy (bacony) skin cracklins. I do not share. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851/50 "2015-05-13T06:44:29Z")
One which doesn’t seem to get much attention in the west is breaking open the bones and sucking out the marrow. It’s like the poor man’s foie gras. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851/51 "2015-05-13T06:53:25Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > You forgot the cook’s treat - the oysters. QFT Then thighs then drums Breasts are dry as hell 99% of the time. I worked at a place that really got them right and we have a place not to far away called Caveman Kitchens that does them right as well. Literally the only 2 places I have ever enjoyed chicken breast. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851/52 "2015-05-13T15:56:34Z")
The oyster is really the thigh. When people say they like the thigh what they probably like is the oyster. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851/53 "2015-05-13T16:05:14Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > The oyster is really the thigh. When people say they like the thigh what they probably like is the oyster. Why would you say that? Most thigh I come across doesn’t even include the oyster. When I say I like the thigh, I mean the whole thigh. The only time I really get at the whole oyster is if I get a whole bird intact. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851/54 "2015-05-13T16:16:22Z")
I should add, I do sometimes see them on the leg quarters, but when I buy supermarket thighs (and I buy about 5-8 pounds a week to make broth and as part of my dog’s food), they are butchered such that the oyster is not included. Good lord, do I wish they were there, so I could make a dish of just chicken oysters. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851/55 "2015-05-13T18:27:29Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Why would you say that? Most thigh I come across doesn’t even include the oyster. When I say I like the thigh, I mean the whole thigh. The only time I really get at the whole oyster is if I get a whole bird intact. I don’t think I ever had a thigh piece that didn’t have the oyster unless it had been skinned or de-boned. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851/56 "2015-05-13T19:10:36Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I don’t think I ever had a thigh piece that didn’t have the oyster unless it had been skinned or de-boned. Maybe I should look for another butcher. Seems they cut 'em too close where I go. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851/57 "2015-05-13T19:16:30Z")
As finger food, legs. As a fork-and-knife meal, breasts. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851/58 "2015-05-13T20:51:44Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Maybe I should look for another butcher. Seems they cut 'em too close where I go. 🙂 You mention using a supermarket and it’s my experience that they do cut the thighs down to exclude the oyster. You might have better luck if you buy “leg quarters” there. Or you can always find a new source or buy whole chickens and cut up your own. ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851/59 "2015-05-13T21:16:46Z")
My favorite part is the skin. I’ve been wanting to ask the butcher if he can save up a big bag of skins for me so I can make [gribenes](http://toriavey.com/toris-kitchen/2010/06/schmaltz-and-gribenes/), but so far I’m too…chicken. The rest, I’ll eat all of it except the drumsticks. Too awkward and gristly. And I only use the offal for dressing, gravy, or dirty rice. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851/60 "2015-05-13T22:00:10Z")
I love chicken skins, too, despite how bad they are for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-chicken-do-you-prefer/719851.md?page=4)