# Your favorite chicken part? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 13, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224 "2011-04-13T13:59:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jennmonkye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@Jennmonkye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennmonkye)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224/21 "2011-04-13T21:29:48Z")
Oyster, oyster, oyster! I sneak it before the hubby does. It is definitely the best part. But, since it wasn’t listed, I voted for the wing. When I was a kid, I loved dark meat, but can’t stand it now… (Insert vague Shakespeare quote here…) ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224/22 "2011-04-13T21:54:39Z")
Incomplete poll. No “crispy skin” option. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224/23 "2011-04-13T21:59:40Z")
Ooh crispy skin. deliciously bad. Which part has that little organ that you can dig out an eat? Isn’t that the breast? I love doing that. I used to like the drumstick because that’s what my dad ate and he grew up among 7 other kids so getting the drumstick used to be pretty special for him. I still like it, but it’s not my favorite now. ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224/24 "2011-04-13T22:22:30Z")
Loves me some giblets. Heart, liver & gizzard. Since nobody else in the family likes them, I always grab them when the bird first comes out. Rinse, dump a little olive oil & minced garlic in the skillet, heat to high temp and saute giblets until well-browned. Nothin’ better! ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224/25 "2011-04-13T23:27:26Z")
Thighs for stews, curries or anything else were that texture and stronger flavor benefits the dish. Favorite to gnaw on, fried or otherwise, would be the wing, then the breast. Not a fan of the drumstick for some reason. I voted for wings above. By a slight margin. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224/26 "2011-04-13T23:33:55Z")
Too hard to pick. Crispy skin does need to be on the list. Most often bought: thighs, which I use in the crockpot as the starting point of a variety of different crockpotty concoctions. I also buy skinless, boneless breasts when they are on sale, as they regularly are: as **pulykamell** notes, can’t beat 'em as useful animal protein. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224/27 "2011-04-13T23:59:47Z")
Breast or thigh depending on what I’m cooking. Breast mostly though. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224/28 "2011-04-14T00:07:12Z")
You left off the skin, not that I eat it, but I know others that do. One dirt bag at work would sometimes strip all the chicken skin off all the chicken pieces and leave the rest at the table. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224/29 "2011-04-14T00:09:10Z")
The skin. But actually I like the breast. I’ve never understood the assumption that everyone wants the drumstick, and these statistics don’t even support that idea, so I wonder where it stems from. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224/30 "2011-04-14T01:05:45Z")
Yet another for the oyster, but the first to mention the scene in the film [_Amélie_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/) where [an oyster is eaten](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4SJD-DWM1A&feature=related#t=6m20s). ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224/31 "2011-04-14T01:22:20Z")
Thighs. Lots of skin, lots of meat between the bones, not much left after nomming. I don’t eat much meat anymore, I’m mostly vegetarian aside from very select meat bought for home. I do miss those chicken thighs! ---
**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:** [April 14, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224/32 "2011-04-14T01:47:18Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > You left off the skin, not that I eat it, but I know others that do. One dirt bag at work would sometimes strip all the chicken skin off all the chicken pieces and leave the rest at the table. Did you all pretend you couldn’t see or hear him until he though he had become a ghost? ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224/33 "2011-04-14T03:32:45Z")
No love for the [Parson’s Nose](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygostyle)? Deliciously fatty with crispy skin when cooked well. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224/34 "2011-04-14T03:36:07Z")
Thigh, nothing else is even close. Wings are always lacking in meat; I prefer turkey wings. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224/35 "2011-04-14T03:54:20Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > Thigh, nothing else is even close. Wings are always lacking in meat; I prefer turkey wings. No, no, no. Wings are perfect in the skin:meat ratio. Almost 1:1! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224/36 "2011-04-14T03:56:08Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > However, my wife made the fatal mistake of introducing our small children to crispy chicken skin. So you killed her? Harsh, dude. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224/37 "2011-04-14T04:13:29Z")
I love a chicken leg. I’ve almost given up on all other parts. Wings are okay, though. I’ve never heard of the oyster and am not sure what you all are talking about and I was afraid to click the link. I thought maybe it was that little flap of skin and fat that hangs over the hole. \ ---
**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:** [April 14, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224/38 "2011-04-14T04:15:28Z")
> [@robardin](#): > > I like dark meat better, so my preference is for whole chicken legs - drumstick and thigh. Given a choice I’ll take the thigh, if only because my kids always grab the drumsticks now and I’m used to it. > > I do like wings but they’re mostly skin and bone. Back in the day I used to love fried chicken skin, but I find all that fat a bit hard to digest now. So I take it you buy the leg quarters when they go on sale? If you like the dark meat, and watch out for sales, that can really save you money. I usually just eat the breast, occasionally the wing, if I’m eating parts of a whole chicken, or if I buy chicken parts. I prefer to roast chickens, have roast chicken the first day, and then make chicken soup. And chicken pot pie, and chicken’n’dumplings. If I have my druthers, though, I’ll take turkey over chicken any day. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224/39 "2011-04-14T05:05:17Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > I love a chicken leg. I’ve almost given up on all other parts. Wings are okay, though. I’ve never heard of the oyster and am not sure what you all are talking about and I was afraid to click the link. I thought maybe it was that little flap of skin and fat that hangs over the hole. \ No that’s the “parson’s nose” that Noel Prosequi referred to. The “oyster” is a small muscle at the top of the leg. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224/40 "2011-04-14T08:51:27Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > No that’s the “parson’s nose” that Noel Prosequi referred to. The “oyster” is a small muscle at the top of the leg. If you turn a roast chicken over and strip the soggy skin away you’ll see two, roughly circular discs of meat either side of the centreline. If you apply gentle sideways finger pressure to them they will slide straight out. So next time, flip that baby over and experiment to your heart’s content. Even if you don’t find the oyster first time it is all good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chicken-part/578224.md?page=3)