Topic: Quick question

[Clark Kent]

Why are people so anti dark meat, i.e., in chicken mcnuggets.
Personally I think the dark meat tastes great.

[Iceman]

It's different and unknown. People hate that.

[Don Karnage]

because people think its bad meat, the don't like the color of the meat and thinking its like roten meat, its just in there mind.

[Clark Kent]

But it's not, it's just a different type of muscle tissue, or mostly differet from the white areas.  Besides, people like drunsticks, right?  That's dark meat?  Dark meat is often softer and juicier.  Why must people be so retarded?

[J. Carney]

Dark meat is a more gamey taste- this is why chicken and turkey are more popular than duck and goose. The waterfoul have more dark meat, and taste 'stronger' than landfoul. Also, the 'dark meat' of a yard chicken is more pronounced than in a house bird, because the muscles get used more.

I like dark meat, but only from turkey and waterfoul- chicken I prefer to taste the spices, since it has little taste of it's own.

[drb]

Hoi Folks,
 
 Dark meat is "dark" due to the chemical structures in the tissue that allow long term use, i.e. muscles marathon runners use to run the distance. These "dark" structures allow for aerobic respiration. White meat is "white" due to its chemical structures that allow anaerobic cellular respiration, i.e. breast muscles in chickens that do not get used except for postural motion, quick burts of motion.

 The "dark" meat has fat stores throughout, allowing a ready supply of fuel. This fat is considered bad, I am not shore why. Most of our health problems are caused by how we use ourselves, not so much by what we eat. The body does seem to have the ability to communicate what it "needs" to eat, and via these mechanisims a proper diet may be achieved.

Hope that helps.

Take care

drb