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Curiously, in the U.S., chickens are bread for breast meat. Growing up here, I never really got a taste for dark meat until I was in my 20s. My grandmother alwa
by bane 11y ago
Curiously, in the U.S., chickens are bread for breast meat. Growing up here, I never really got a taste for dark meat until I was in my 20s. My grandmother always preferred it.
My wife, from South Korea, also grew up with non-U.S. chickens and also likes dark meat. She'll pretty much refuse to eat white meat unless there's no other option.
Now that my tastes have grown and become more sophisticated, I have a strong preference for dark meat now and I love to cook with it. I had a chicken breast sandwich recently, for the first time in years, and almost didn't finish it it was so dry and bland.
- minikites 11y agoI'm hoping people at large don't figure this out so thigh meat stays cheap.
- rayiner 11y agoWe get dark meat free range chicken thighs from a food delivery service in Baltimore. A bit expensive at $5 per pound, but unbeatably flavorful marinated in curry powder + brown sugar or garlic + red chili paste and grilled (with thai peanut sauce obviously). I don't even get the point of white meat chicken unless it's fried.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoChicken thighs are definitely the best. Don't know about 'free range $5' - I get them at WalMart and they're yummy.
- bane 11y agoCostco sells huge packages of deboned chicken thighs cheap. I use them these days instead of breasts, pan fried in salted butter and rosemary. About $2.50-3.50/lb. Probably not as good as your free range, but cheaper for a dinner party.
- sliverstorm 11y agoThe white meats can still be delicious, but they are definitely harder to cook properly.