When You Eat Turkey, Do You Avoid Eating the Dark Meat?

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When You Eat Turkey, Do You Avoid Eating the Dark Meat?

November 15, 2007

We all have our favorite part of the bird and on Thanksgiving day we get to have our fill of it. Turkey meat is super high in protein and super low in fat, especially the breast meat. I am wondering if you avoid the dark meat because it is considered fattening.

So tell me...

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41 Comments

3 years 2 weeks

I eat white meat... but I do eat the skin. Its all about the texture and flavor.

Giasbash6260 5 years 26 weeks

I never really liked dark meat and skin is kinda funky tasting...although I have never really sat down and ate it...I hear it is not too good for you: but I do like all fish skins so maybe I would like turkey skin?

Allytta 5 years 26 weeks

what about an option "i don't eat turkey"? :) cause i don't. i love chicken.

insanitypepper 5 years 26 weeks

When I was a kid, I loved dark meat. I spent my teenage years & early twenties as a vegetarian, and when I started eating meat again I discovered that as an adult I only like white meat.

twenties girl 5 years 26 weeks

I tend to like drier meats, so I usually go for the breast.

JessBear 5 years 26 weeks

I seem to remember that my family never ate dark meat growing up. I always thought it was the gross part of the turkey, and that you weren't supposed to eat it. I never realized until I read this post that it was even edible. But, cut me some slack, I've been a vegetarian since I was 10.

mherzog 5 years 26 weeks

I don't think eating meat is moral. The way animals are raised and slaughtered is inhumane. See this video: http://meat.org

yoyankbmars 5 years 26 weeks

I dont like turkey i'm more of a ham or chicken person. I like turkey from a deli but not turkey straight from the bird. Yeah I know deli turkey isnt good for me but i think it tastes better

chakra_healer 5 years 26 weeks

I eat it all. Giblets in the gravy, white, dark, skin, the stuffing, etc.

chakra_healer 5 years 26 weeks

I eat it all.Giblets in the gravy, white, dark, skin, the stuffing, etc.

thirtythreezero 5 years 26 weeks

Hooray for vegan thanksgivings!

AMP 5 years 26 weeks

I'm really weird about poultry. The ligaments and veins and bones and everything in a whole bird kinda creep me out. That's the reason I like only white meat. It doesn't really contain all that other gunk, just pure meat.

Soniabonya 5 years 26 weeks

Mmmmm breast. :drool: Turkey breast and stuffing. I'm not a big fan of the dark meat, but I'll give it a try this year.

Soniabonya 5 years 26 weeks

Mmmmm breast. :drool: Turkey breast and stuffing. I'm not a big fan of the dark meat, but I'll give it a try this year.

jkat 5 years 26 weeks

I only like the dark meat too. It is Thanksgiving, so who cares? I am going to be eating whatever I want that day, and as much as I want of it. It's not like I eat turkey legs for dinner 4 nights a week.

CaterpillarGirl 5 years 26 weeks

I only eat the dark meat, and at thanksgiving I eat some of the skin...its a holiday! According to Wikipedia:Dark meat is that way because those are the muscles that are used more. They are full of myoglobin proteins which are responsible for moving the oxygen into the cells. When the myoglobin proteins are cooked, they turn into metmyoglobins, which contain a lot of iron. Dark meat also has more vitamins, saturated fats and omega oils (both 3 and 6) than white meat.Yay for Carnivores!

CaterpillarGirl 5 years 26 weeks

I only eat the dark meat, and at thanksgiving I eat some of the skin...its a holiday! According to Wikipedia: Dark meat is that way because those are the muscles that are used more. They are full of myoglobin proteins which are responsible for moving the oxygen into the cells. When the myoglobin proteins are cooked, they turn into metmyoglobins, which contain a lot of iron. Dark meat also has more vitamins, saturated fats and omega oils (both 3 and 6) than white meat. Yay for Carnivores!

sammyli 5 years 26 weeks

I LOVE dark meat! Seems like I'm one of the fewer ones...

DeviousMuse 5 years 26 weeks

I'm a white-meat girl. I only eat breast meat on the turkey (no skin). The same goes for chicken - breast or wing only! And the only time I eat the skin is if its on some buffalo wings.