Someone Sparks A Heated Discussion After Sharing A Chicken Wing Eating Scale On Twitter
The National Chicken Council (why are you laughing? It’s a serious non-profit trade association!) has come out with some statistics regarding meat consumption per capita in the US. And it turns out that chicken, specifically broilers, are on the top of the list.
In 2018, the average American consumed around 92.4 pounds of chicken throughout the year, with forecasts hinting at a 2-pound increment in 2020. That is almost double the amount of beef (57.2 lbs) and pork (50.9 lbs) that your average Joe would eat in a year.
The easy breeding, keep-up, and maintenance as well as the vast variety of end products make chickens the most popular animal to farm. Besides, chickens are delicious and nearly any chicken dish is easy to prepare. Sorry vegetarians and vegans.
So, it should come as no surprise that chicken-related posts are also gaining popularity right off the bat. Twitter user ImpHolla has recently posted a picture of 5 chicken wings on a plate, each numbered and eaten to a varying degree. The caption reads “I’m a 3 1/2”, hinting at the internet to give its own thoughts on where it lands in the spectrum. And that’s how it went viral.
Twitter user asked the internet where it falls on the chicken wing scale…
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Apart from answering where they are on the scale, some Tweeters also started coming up with their own names for each point on the scale. This inevitably led to forming social norms and explaining the line where normal ends and disrespectful (and even crazy) begins. Yet some even suggested this scale can also be used to determine friends and even partners.
Bored Panda invites you to get acquainted with the new 5-point chicken wing scale. Let us know how you eat your chicken wings in the comments!
… and it quickly became project to develop a formal social acceptance measuring tool
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We’d love to hear how you eat your chicken wings based on this scale in the comments below!
Yes but it's like eating melon too close to the skin: 4 is all the way enjoyable, 5 you go too far and get scrapy bone and rubbery cartilage etc and you regret thats the aftertaste/afterthought you end up with. At least a melon you can skin and eat from bad to good.
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I'm 4.5, my brother is 3 or 2.5 and I hate it. I hate throwing away food so I'm grateful we have a cat (I may have fished food out of trash after him a couple of times -and not just chicken, he's very wasteful when it comes to food- , washed it, and gave it to her or if she didn't want it, go outside and call the neighbor's cat and throw it so he or other animals can have it)
Yes please. I'm from the Caribbean so, it's a must. But if I'm out, I can either be a 5, a 5 with the two ends chewed off or a 6. Depending on whom I'm with. Sometimes I'll pop the whole thing in my mouth and leave nothing to throw away.
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4, because I'd rather finish with good memories of the wing....not picking a bit of gristle out with my fingers when I go too far!
#1, I just cant do it, the veins, the questionable tissues.. I just cant. I like the flavor, so I will pick out that one piece of pristine white meat sitting in there, but then they go to my husband.
LOL! Your husband is just sitting these waiting for the wing left overs XD
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Anyone else notice how they left out 6 through 10? I mean, I eat the bone and I know people who do it as well (I'm about a 10), It might be considered "weird" but it should be on here, right?
I'm very picky. Texture is off ONE time, I'm now cautious around that food. I also get very squeamish around food that is even a bit red/pink, especially because my school chicken sandwich were served under cooked occasionally so I would bite into the chicken and get crunchiness where I wasn't supposed to. Sooooo while I LOVE LOVE LOVE wings, I physically can not eat more than a 3 because it makes me feel too sick to continue :(
The cartilage bits at the ends are the tastiest parts. Why leave them on the bone?
0 because I don't order, let alone EAT wings, I'm a chicken breast kinda girl... But to those of you that do eat wings and eat anything less than a three, you are all heretics in society!!! Shame Shame!!!
Im something between 3-4, i rellly dont like cartilage and that weird not fleshy "rubber fibers" I just hate to bite into it, brrrrr... but I love the fried crust and chicken.... When im at village, I always cleaned the bones from all leftover flesh and cartilages, and put it into a bowl and feed stray cats outside
There is nothing wrong with being #1, we simply do not like the taste of anything other than the meat. The rest goes to neighbour cats/dogs, even though most of the time I prefer to avoid the wings alltogether, simply because of the fact that I am a #1. And no, I am not a serial killer in case you wonder :D
Yes but it's like eating melon too close to the skin: 4 is all the way enjoyable, 5 you go too far and get scrapy bone and rubbery cartilage etc and you regret thats the aftertaste/afterthought you end up with. At least a melon you can skin and eat from bad to good.
Load More Replies... I'm 4.5, my brother is 3 or 2.5 and I hate it. I hate throwing away food so I'm grateful we have a cat (I may have fished food out of trash after him a couple of times -and not just chicken, he's very wasteful when it comes to food- , washed it, and gave it to her or if she didn't want it, go outside and call the neighbor's cat and throw it so he or other animals can have it)
Yes please. I'm from the Caribbean so, it's a must. But if I'm out, I can either be a 5, a 5 with the two ends chewed off or a 6. Depending on whom I'm with. Sometimes I'll pop the whole thing in my mouth and leave nothing to throw away.
Load More Replies... 4, because I'd rather finish with good memories of the wing....not picking a bit of gristle out with my fingers when I go too far!
#1, I just cant do it, the veins, the questionable tissues.. I just cant. I like the flavor, so I will pick out that one piece of pristine white meat sitting in there, but then they go to my husband.
LOL! Your husband is just sitting these waiting for the wing left overs XD
Load More Replies... Anyone else notice how they left out 6 through 10? I mean, I eat the bone and I know people who do it as well (I'm about a 10), It might be considered "weird" but it should be on here, right?
I'm very picky. Texture is off ONE time, I'm now cautious around that food. I also get very squeamish around food that is even a bit red/pink, especially because my school chicken sandwich were served under cooked occasionally so I would bite into the chicken and get crunchiness where I wasn't supposed to. Sooooo while I LOVE LOVE LOVE wings, I physically can not eat more than a 3 because it makes me feel too sick to continue :(
The cartilage bits at the ends are the tastiest parts. Why leave them on the bone?
0 because I don't order, let alone EAT wings, I'm a chicken breast kinda girl... But to those of you that do eat wings and eat anything less than a three, you are all heretics in society!!! Shame Shame!!!
Im something between 3-4, i rellly dont like cartilage and that weird not fleshy "rubber fibers" I just hate to bite into it, brrrrr... but I love the fried crust and chicken.... When im at village, I always cleaned the bones from all leftover flesh and cartilages, and put it into a bowl and feed stray cats outside
There is nothing wrong with being #1, we simply do not like the taste of anything other than the meat. The rest goes to neighbour cats/dogs, even though most of the time I prefer to avoid the wings alltogether, simply because of the fact that I am a #1. And no, I am not a serial killer in case you wonder :D
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