SC - chicken oysters?

[Philip & Susan Troy]

mermayde at juno.com wrote:
> 
> what
> are the corresponding bits farther up the backbone called?  They are very
> small, thin strips of meat that are connected  below the wings and above
> the thighs, right along the center of the backbone.  I had a friend many
> years ago tell me those were his favorite bits, so I think of him every
> time I bone a chicken, but wonder if they have a name as well?
> Christianna

By rights [i.e. anatomically speaking] they ought to be the tenderloins,
but that term is reserved for those muscles that run parallel to the
keel bone, under the main breast muscles. I have no idea what they're
called, but I always end up going for them, too... .
 
Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com
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