Fried chicken from the supermarket deli is affordable. $16 for 12 pieces of dark meat. Enough to give me at least two meals, probably three.
Responsible adulting, requires fried chicken.
Every time the family orders out trays of wings, I can’t help myself from commenting “what a lovely tray of death!”, pointing out that it cost one chicken for every four “wings” (two drummets and two flats) . It doesn’t hurt to remind ourselves where food comes from and to be appreciative and grateful for their sustenance.
There’s always leftovers too, which I hate going to waste. Very easy to incorporate into other foods (fried rice, soup, salads, etc).
Meat processing plants aren’t wasting the chickens.
For every 4 “wings” there are two breast and two thighs going into their own separate packs, the rest of the carcass gets boiled, the cooked meat on the carcass goes to shredded cooked chicken, the broth from the cooking process goes to be sold or dried into Bouillon cubes. The bones likely go to a secondary market.
I never said anything about wasting other parts of chickens. I was referring to leftover wings going uneaten and going to waste. Incorporating the chicken meat from the wings into other dishes I’m quite good at.
Part of being an adult is making wackadoodle decisions and eating things you later regret.
Embrace your inner child.
Part of being an adult is knowing that satisfying your cravings shouldn’t come at the expense of another’s suffering.
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Don’t worry I just remove the wings and release the chickens to enjoy a fulfilling life.
How long does it take for them to grow back?
Six to eight weeks but they grow back smaller and tougher.
Then why are you satisfying your craving to be a dick at the expense of our mental suffering?
Not OP but:
The frustration you feel from being condescended to by a vegan is not comparable to the suffering produced by the meat industry.
So much so, that any frustrations you feel are beneath my consideration; I don’t give a fuck if you are annoyed by my proselytization.
why are you satisfying your craving to be a dick
This is a strawman. As a vegan I believe I have a moral imperative to argue against bad faith arguments like yours.
Cool. Ima go order a bit more meat for lunch today. Cheers.
Very original response lol, you sure are clever for thinking of a unique way to project spite.
Didn’t claim it was unique or original, but it makes me happy. Hope it does you too!
I wasn’t implying that you thought your opinion was unique or original.
My implication is that your quip is trite and I hear it often from carnists who are attempting to get in one final jab before retreating from the argument.
You are very bad at arguing, and even worse at rage baiting lol. I wonder if all that meat has gone to your head.
There’s no ‘rage baiting’ involved, I’m not trying to make you mad. I’m just applying some incentives / disincentives to the vegans who like to proselytize.
My lunch would normally be more carb based, but, like I said…
The frustration you feel from being condescended to by a vegan is not comparable to the suffering produced by the meat industry.
You’re right, the former actually affects human so it matters!
And that’s what we call speciesist
Absolutely. Also often just called common sense.
[It’s] common sense.
Specisism ≠ common sense.
Suffering is not exclusive to humans.
Right, but the mattering is.
I get no pleasure from being reminded that I’m surrounded by those that choose to inflict suffering.
So you’ve chosen to inflict your own suffering too, got it.
I also get no pleasure from being surrounded by morons…
You participate in capitalism you don’t get to complain about “choose to inflict suffering”.
“Curious…”
Based. Completely unnecessary harm.
Why the fuck not? I’m not switching to breast. Breast meat sucks.
I believe the idea is fried chicken wings. Fried food is not a good daily meal.
It’s actually pretty good if you give it some maillard and seasoning. Don’t just boil it and expect Popeyes.
It still ain’t better than the wings and thighs when they’re made the same way.
Not better, but it doesn’t suck.
Very limited by choice here if I want frozen chicken. 99% is ultra processed crap. Went through an entire aisle the other day in Iceland and not one raw or even plain cooked option for chicken. Everything was battered or covered in what ever sauce and more expensive because of it.
Aldi had chicken breast and that was the only option.
Yes, but also XKCD 150
This. In my case, it was realizing that I can have potato chips every day of the week.
That’s why I only eat them twice a week.
I know it’s not the healthiest of the foods but being Finnish chicken it’s at least not seasoned with literal poison and considering that I airfry them it’s at least better than deepfryed. Let me have my wings and comforting lies. Cooking and eating is such a struggle for me.
I kind of think along the lines of knowing I could eat a whole dozen donuts and knowing I shouldn’t eat a whole dozen donuts … all bets are off if they’re warm Krispy Kreme
I don’t get the appeal of chicken wings. The amount of work involved vs the meat payout is way lopsided.
- protein
- crispy crunchy
- flavourful (whether from being nicely cooked or from all the optional extra stuff)
- takes some time to eat, slowing me down (so I don’t overeat as easily, and can sit down and actually watch the game recap without finishing 20% of the way through)
also, chicken wings come in sizes from “this looks like it was a baby” to “there is no way this chicken was healthy before slaughter”
I like a good midsize crispy wing with spices and just a dab of sauce.
eating slop bowls gets boring
Sometimes I prefer food that takes work to eat because I know I’m not actually all that hungry, just bored.
I never understood the difficulty argument. It’s not like these people would be open to just slamming a glass of Soylent because it’s easy.
Funny you mention that. I absolutely went through a DIY Soylent phase, but I was playing around with the recipe(s) via nutrition tracker apps, aiming to hit targets via “real” foods, not supplements, and aiming for “different” recipes. It’s actually not as difficult as you might expect, and I don’t even mind eating the same meal for a good chunk of my meals, but it just… didn’t… work… Maybe it’s the lack of chewing?
What do you mean by “didn’t work?”
I was still “hungry”. I was definitely getting calories, macros, etc., but I think it being in liquid form, no chewing, meant that some of the biological processes weren’t getting the expected feedback.
Chicken wings are only food on medium difficulty. Whole crabs take more energy to open than you gain from meat.
I don’t intentionally eat bugs so that’s a non issue for me.
No bugs? I enjoy most of the sea bugs (with butter). Also eaten crickets, meal worms, and ant eggs/larvae.
I’m cool with someone else enjoying it, it’s just not for me. 🤷
Trick is spear the meat and pull it out, instead of trying to open the leg.
The same with drum sticks!
Cooking is supposed to be the difficult part and once I sit down to eat I don’t want to work for the food any more! Just let me eat it.
- wings: too much work
- drumsticks: too easy
- thighs: perfection
Finally, a kindred soul. Everyone I know I’m high school and college was obsessed with getting wings all the time. I don’t get it
Sometimes it’s not all about how easy it is to eat something. Sometimes if something tastes good enough, I’m willing to put in the smallest amount of effort.
Every time I’ve had it I taste whatever was put on it, zero chicken taste. At that point you may as well just make little dumplings with batter and the seasonings and keep it boneless.
That’s on the wings you choose.
If you have a Publix within range, for example, their “naked wings” are quite tasty. While they do season them lightly with salt and some sort of spice, they’re basically just fried wings, but very tasty.
I miss my pub subs :(
That’s why I go boneless “wings” instead. I make sure it’s actual dark meat pieces and not just nuggets though.
Whole chickens. Taste the rainbow.
Well the appeal basically boils down to they’re fucking delicious; particularly when compared to other chicken parts seasoned in the same way.
Your focus on the meat of it all is probably your downfall. Fat brings the flavor and chicken skin is packed with it. Wings, far and away have the best skin to meat ratio of all the chicken parts.
I don’t really like chicken wings. Too much messy work for too little reward.
Hold onto the side of the flat with the knuckle cartilage and twist the small bone and pull it out, now you can mouth the whole flat and pull the meat from a single bone or if you twist and pull the bigger bone out you can eat the thing whole except the cartilage.
It is still a lot of work vs reward but the crispness of the skin and sauce holding ability make them worthwhile.
I can absolutely destroy a plate of wings in like just a couple minutes using this technique and my reckless abandon for devouring cartilage. This is just basically a skill issue
I remember saying to my roommate at the time, 30+ years ago, something like, “I can just buy and eat cake whenever I want. What the hell?”
This was just before my realization that pie is superior to cake in every way.
pie is superior to cake in every way.
For me, that depends. I have had both shitty cakes and shitty pies. The cake needs to avoid butter cream or frosting in favour of whipped cream, and the pie needs to NOT be mostly sugar in the filling/topping.
I’ve had a sweet tooth since childhood, and the only foods which have ever turned that sweet tooth against me (in terms of having an expected sugar presence) have been both pies and cakes.
I stand by my statement without offering evidence, or citations.
Absolutely fair where personal preferences are concerned!
Why would you eat cake without butter creme frosting? That’s the entire point of cake. Hand me a piece of cake with WHIPPED CREAM, and I’m gonna, gonna, gonna…well, I’m gonna eat it, but I’d rather have buttercream frosting.
Why would you eat cake without butter creme frosting?
I know you’re just ribbing me, but if I may be neurodivergently serious - despite having an unrelenting sweet tooth, it comes down to two things:
- Too heavy
- Too sweet
Either one by itself is okay, the two together is just a major hell naw.
The heaviness is also why I am not a fan of most cheesecakes. A super-light one, fine. But I frequently cannot finish most slices of cheesecake unless they’re particularly narrow slices, far thinner than usual.
Hear hear 🤝
reminds me of the saying - the difference between wisdom and knowledge is, knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit and wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
All fruits are vegetables.
Other way around
Neither of the above.
I like the hot sauce lol
