Chicken breast cartilage (bbq, health, pork ribs, consume)

[Dirt Grinder]

When I was younger I had three friends who lived next door and they would literally fight over who would get to eat the chicken breast cartilage when they had roast chicken for supper.

I recently did a web search for this unappetizing tidbit and found that many like to eat the cartilage and there are actually some dishes where the entire chicken is consumed - bones and all .

Does anyone here like to eat the breast cartilage and/or has anyone tried a fried "soft bone chicken dish?"

[elnina]

Originally Posted by Dirt Grinder

Does anyone here like to eat the breast cartilage

Yep! Me!!!
And since your talking about that stuff, yeah I eat the bones/marrow as well.
When I order Pho, I always ask for double serving of tendon.
Cartilage contains collagen, elastin, glycosamine, chondroitin sulfate, keratin sulfate and hyaluronic acid. Foods containing collagen and elastin are beneficial for overall tendon health as well as for promoting skin elasticity. Bone gristle is also high in calcium, phosphorus and magnesium if the bone is cooked along with the bone gristle to extract its nutrients.

[Dirt Grinder]

Originally Posted by elnina

Yep! Me!!!
and since your talking about that stuff, yea I eat it, I eat the bones/marrow as well.

I'm sure it's quite nutritious, I just can't stand the texture of that cartilage thingie. As for the bone marrow - I used to eat it when I was young, I just can't be bothered now.

I suppose I eat enough collagen because I always render the cartilage/tendons/fat when I BBQ chicken and pork - it adds a bit of "body" and flavor to the meat.

[elnina]

^^^ It sure does!

[George Chong]

I eat all kinds of cartilage. You don't need to be around me and a friends of mine when we are eating pork ribs

[mainebrokerman]

Ive cut up thousands of chickens and boned thousands of breasts, and have consumed alot of chicken thru the years, but never ate this cartilage or gnawed on the bones....maybe im missing out- ill have to try it,,,might be a natural teeth whitener

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by Dirt Grinder

When I was younger I had three friends who lived next door and they would literally fight over who would get to eat the chicken breast cartilage when they had roast chicken for supper.

I recently did a web search for this unappetizing tidbit and found that many like to eat the cartilage and there are actually some dishes where the entire chicken is consumed - bones and all .

Does anyone here like to eat the breast cartilage and/or has anyone tried a fried "soft bone chicken dish?"

I absolutely love the cartilage as well as chewing on bones and eating grizzle. That is how I grew up, the problem, I am afraid, at my age, I am going to start breaking even more teeth if I don't stop acting like a dog or wild animal.

[Nomadicus]

I eat all kinds of cartilage. I eat pork cartilage from the spare ribs too.

[ovi8]

i hate it - it's just as bad as having the feeling the chicken itself isn't cooked enough.

[CDJD]

I've never heard of purposefully eating cartilage. When I was young, all of us kids would just spit it back out onto our plate if we accidentally got a piece in our mouths... that is a practice that I've continued into my adulthood.