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You can almost always tell woody breast by looking at it. We stopped buying chicken for awhile because our stores were.plagued by it. Seems to have settled down now
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When you guys are talking about woody chicken, I'm assuming it's just a mealey texture? I don't think I've ever bought chicken where that's been an issue. I also don't buy frozen chicken but on rare occasions when I catch it on sale maybe.
I'm guessing it's also boneless skinless stuff?
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Is it just like a weird texture or something? I just don't think I've ever had chicken that's been that way other than like maybe old freezer burned chicken or something. I guess the whole woody aspect that's not something I've ever gotten when Ive bought chicken.
What exactly is it, kisses very screwed up texture?
I got all my chicken from HEB, I don't know where they get their stuff from but by any of the other brands like Tyson or Pilgrims. Maybe it's just in a certain area of the country like other people said coming from certain farms.
Maybe it's crazy bird flu related.
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Not really mealy. Imagine if you bit into a raw piece of chicken. You've probably never done it, but you can imagine how your mouth would feel biting into the texture. That's exactly what it feels like, but the chicken is fully cooked.
You can usually identify them by looking at the breast. If a lot of the muscle fibers are white it's usually a good sign it's woody.
You can usually identify them by looking at the breast. If a lot of the muscle fibers are white it's usually a good sign it's woody.
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Cutlery
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It's kind of - almost crunchy? It's like it squeaks on your teeth when you chew it
It's a huge problem these days with almost all brands of chicken, but the easiest way around it is you just don't buy the dinosaur chicken breasts.
Also helps a lot if you tenderize them before cooking
It's a huge problem these days with almost all brands of chicken, but the easiest way around it is you just don't buy the dinosaur chicken breasts.
Also helps a lot if you tenderize them before cooking
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Modern chicken is nasty. Illegal to import in all of EU for a reason.
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That's bizarre. Like I said, I've not ever experienced that before, but I'll keep my eyes out for it. Luckily if it starts happening at HEB they're really good about returning stuff that's bad. They also really seem to monitor the quality of their suppliers or at least the two locations I shop do.
Thanks for the heads up though.
Thanks for the heads up though.
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you know how you roast bake a chicken and you cut it
we all know how it looks and even feels before and after
a woody chicken boob is like "tubular"?
like i think i remember when i sliced it, it felt like i was cutting tubes of plastic
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Holy shit, yeah I definitely not ever had that with chicken we've purchased. That's bizarre.you know how you roast bake a chicken and you cut it
we all know how it looks and even feels before and after
a woody chicken boob is like "tubular"?
like i think i remember when i sliced it, it felt like i was cutting tubes of plastic
I wonder what that cause is? So maybe farm-raised chickens that are getting pumped with hormones or other chemicals?
I know HEB has a line of chicken that's supposed to be hormone free, chemical free, blah blah blah, and that's typically what we get. But I also buy there cheap thighs, skinless and skin w/bone. I'm just going to cut it up or throw it on the grill, it's always been fine.
Does it just happen with the breast meat?
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Man you get butterfly those, pound them out, probably will make a really good schnitzel or chicken parmesan.
I'm not made either in a long time and the white brought home some frozen chicken breast that were on sale. I think that's what I'm going to do later this week.
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They weren't really thick enough for butterflying though that was the weird thing. Like it was a truly massive breast that had already been cut in half or something.
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It got a chuckle out of me, I was just more curious if they really were almost the size of a turkey breast.
Occasionally I'll buy bone-in skin on chicken breast from the store, and sometimes they're pretty gargantuan. It's a really good for stuffing them with cheese, spinach, mushrooms or whatever else.
My mom used to make bone-in chicken breast with some sort of Italian herbs, and then sprinkle parmesan cheese on top and you squeeze lemon and butter on it, and just bake in the oven.
Just constantly brush some more butter and lemon juice on it, but between the skin and the parmesan cheese you get a really nice crust. Pretty simple and cheap, and serve with whatever you want, but some alfredo pasta always seem to be what she make with it.
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Hormones are not legal in any poultry in the US. Even Tyson advertises "no antibiotics ever" on most of their chicken now. I've never seen this either and I wonder if people who say it's rampant everywhere have just read about it and convinced themselves that they are getting it all the time. It's generally thought to just be a side effect of breeding chickens to grow as fast as possible.
Cracking the code on chicken meat: Why woody breast and white striping are a sign of poor farming practices
Posts on Reddit and Facebook are exposing some of the negative sides of the chicken industry.
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