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Also chicken wings. In the EU, nobody wants to eat chicken wings, just the bigger chicken meat parts. So the chicken wings end up for almost free in Africa and

Also chicken wings. In the EU, nobody wants to eat chicken wings, just the bigger chicken meat parts. So the chicken wings end up for almost free in Africa and also destroyed every chicken farm, because the where more expensive than the chicken from EU.

samarama 5y ago
Ok but then don’t make a chicken farm, there are numerous other animals you can farm and it provides a baseline of food for the poor.
Ekaros 5y ago
Looking at the Chinese cuisine one starts to wonder about other parts. Wings are relatively popular, but what about things like feet, neck, head and organs? What we do with all of them? As clearly they are not even on the full birds. Same goes for pigs. You can buy some, but the ratio is entirely off.
- 317070 5y ago
  A lot of it is turned into processed meat and sauces (burgers, sausages, jars of pasta sauce). A lot of what is left over after that actually becomes animal feed again! Since BSE (mad cow disease) we need to feed animals to different animals though, so we no longer feed cows to cows, but e.g. turn cows to pig or dog food. The parts which are thrown away are usually mandatory for hygienic reasons. The spinal column, remaining gut contents, ... Source: worked at a pig abattory.
  - NullPrefix 5y ago
    Yes. Meat recursion is a difficult area.
- riffraff 5y ago
  Chicken entrails are traditionally used in Europe too, but just like other entrails they have been slowly phased out of the average person cuisine. Chicken feet used to be a standard chicken soup ingredient too. Honestly I don't even see "chicken backs" much in Europe, tho they're still easy to find at butchers here in Hungary.
- polshaw 5y ago
  Interesting factlet; in Thailand chicken feet sell for over twice the price by weight compared to chicken breast (which is the cheapest part!). Despite a tiny amount of that weight being actual edible meat. I have also seen them sold in supermarkets in Portugal, to my surprise.
- stubish 5y ago
  IIRC China imports chicken feet from places like Australia at a premium, which I think started with lack of supply due to a bird flu. This required the foreign chicken farmers to dramatically improve the conditions of the chickens so that their feet were in good enough condition to sell. All the chicken gets used, even if just turned into stock powder or fertilizer or chicken feed. I imagine the same goes for all the pig heads.

samarama 5y ago

Ok but then don’t make a chicken farm, there are numerous other animals you can farm and it provides a baseline of food for the poor.

Ekaros 5y ago

Looking at the Chinese cuisine one starts to wonder about other parts. Wings are relatively popular, but what about things like feet, neck, head and organs? What we do with all of them? As clearly they are not even on the full birds. Same goes for pigs. You can buy some, but the ratio is entirely off.

317070 5y ago
A lot of it is turned into processed meat and sauces (burgers, sausages, jars of pasta sauce). A lot of what is left over after that actually becomes animal feed again! Since BSE (mad cow disease) we need to feed animals to different animals though, so we no longer feed cows to cows, but e.g. turn cows to pig or dog food. The parts which are thrown away are usually mandatory for hygienic reasons. The spinal column, remaining gut contents, ... Source: worked at a pig abattory.
- NullPrefix 5y ago
  Yes. Meat recursion is a difficult area.
riffraff 5y ago
Chicken entrails are traditionally used in Europe too, but just like other entrails they have been slowly phased out of the average person cuisine. Chicken feet used to be a standard chicken soup ingredient too. Honestly I don't even see "chicken backs" much in Europe, tho they're still easy to find at butchers here in Hungary.
polshaw 5y ago
Interesting factlet; in Thailand chicken feet sell for over twice the price by weight compared to chicken breast (which is the cheapest part!). Despite a tiny amount of that weight being actual edible meat. I have also seen them sold in supermarkets in Portugal, to my surprise.
stubish 5y ago
IIRC China imports chicken feet from places like Australia at a premium, which I think started with lack of supply due to a bird flu. This required the foreign chicken farmers to dramatically improve the conditions of the chickens so that their feet were in good enough condition to sell. All the chicken gets used, even if just turned into stock powder or fertilizer or chicken feed. I imagine the same goes for all the pig heads.