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What is the horrible see-through bit of chicken called in tesco pasta salads? |
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What is the horrible see-through bit of chicken called in tesco pasta salads?
I like the chicken and basil pasta salads that you get from sainsburies, tesco and co-op. they seem to be roughly the same flavour so I imagine they are the same product supplier.
However, the bits of chicken all have some kind of circular blob in the middle that goes right the way through, it's transparent and chewy. And disgusting, obviously. I have eaten many whole chickens before, but I've never come across this bit. What is it, fat? Sinew? Has anyone else noticed it. |
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It's most likely cartilage.
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Really? That's disgusting. Is it even edible.
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lol sounds like cartilage to me as well.
Was it kinda crunchy? |
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I would be taking it back if I bought such a product.
I make my own. That way, there are no nasty surprises. |
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lol sounds like cartilage to me as well.
Was it kinda crunchy? Quote:
I would be taking it back if I bought such a product.
I make my own. That way, there are no nasty surprises. |
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You can take it back and probably get a refund but I doubt there's anything illegal. You could just register a complaint that you are unhappy with the chicken in the product.
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You can take it back and probably get a refund but I doubt there's anything illegal. You could just register a complaint that you are unhappy with the chicken in the product.
would it even make a difference. Has anyone else seen similar then? |
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Look at the consumer info on the pack or just go into your local store.
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I like the chicken and basil pasta salads that you get from sainsburies, tesco and co-op. they seem to be roughly the same flavour so I imagine they are the same product supplier.
However, the bits of chicken all have some kind of circular blob in the middle that goes right the way through, it's transparent and chewy. And disgusting, obviously. I have eaten many whole chickens before, but I've never come across this bit. What is it, fat? Sinew? Has anyone else noticed it. |
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That sounds disgusting
I can't say I've ever seen that before (and I'm the type to inspect chicken before eating it!)
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I make my own. That way, there are no nasty surprises.
Had to order a cooked duck from a local takeaway as a replacement. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why I say I can't cook.
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type '' eating cartilage from chicken'' into google, and loads come up on it
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How do I do that?
would it even make a difference. Has anyone else seen similar then?
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Hm. I once cooked a chicken ~ alllll by myself ~ and cut it open like a proper hostess in front of hungry diners, and found a partly melted plastic bag of giblets inside.
Had to order a cooked duck from a local takeaway as a replacement. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why I say I can't cook.
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Is the chicken free range? If not, serves you right....if you buy in to horror, be prepared to eat horror
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Hm. I once cooked a chicken ~ alllll by myself ~ and cut it open like a proper hostess in front of hungry diners, and found a partly melted plastic bag of giblets inside.
Had to order a cooked duck from a local takeaway as a replacement. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why I say I can't cook.
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Is the chicken free range? If not, serves you right....if you buy in to horror, be prepared to eat horror
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Good thing that free range chickens don't have cartilage, then.
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It probably isn't chicken in the normal sense. More likely to be bits of sinew, feet, beaks and eyeballs, mechanically blasted off the skeleton, then bleached and steam pressed into a nugget shape.
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the contact lense description sounds like it's that part of the socket where the leg attaches to the body. Much like our knee caps or our sockets which provide cushioning during movement.
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It probably isn't chicken in the normal sense. More likely to be bits of sinew, feet, beaks and eyeballs, mechanically blasted off the skeleton, then bleached and steam pressed into a nugget shape.
It looks a bit like this if you use your imagination a little. In between the main label and the circular green one theres a darker bit in that piece of chicken that could be what I'm talking about. |
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I can't say I've ever seen that before (and I'm the type to inspect chicken before eating it!)