Further call to wings...

Hi Winter08,

Thanks for your thoughtful response.

I'd not considered the term "white meat" for chickens, though that's pretty much what it is, I guess.

Yes, we have KFC here in Australia. Along with just about all the other fast food franchises. I tend to avoid fast food franchises for chicken - cooked a bit too much, I generally find.

I like your idea of using "keel" for the duck - if that's how it is spelt (couldn't find "keal" in my dictionary). Might not be too many aquatic chickens, but then there's not too many chickens feeding their kiddies on milk either.

I wonder if any but the English-speaking world worry so much about what is said in the kitchen.

Maybe you can start using the "b" work again. I just saw a discussion where they are using the "b" work. Will it stay or will it go? Maybe myLot has updated their monitoring system. Of course, the discussion is only hours old so it may be pulled by tomorrow.

Hi again Winter08,

Well I found out today that myLot considers a pus-sy cat to be a VERY naughty animal, and will block any such reference from the forums.

Meanwhile, it's OK to say boobies, but not that OTHER titular term...

I'm thinking to myself, maybe the myLot censor needs to lighten up a little?

Out of curiosity, I was looking at a number of your discussions. I didn't respond to them because, frankly, your style intimidates me ... a sharp intellect coming out in "strange" topics. And they phrasings you come up with ... how about creating your own new word for the "b" word? With the power of myLot, it could eventually become an offical dictionary word. And, eventually, banned by myLot ... which would make it even more official.

Hi Modestah,

The thought of chicken milk verges on Twilight-Zonish!

I personally think the term "bre*st" can legitimately refer to the flesh at the front of a creature's rib-cage, at least in a generic sense, so that any animal with a rib cage might be considered to have a "bre*st" according to the same sense that labeled the "bre*st plate" on a medieval knight's armor.

But the logical tendency to extend the specific analogy of mammalian nurturing organs yields some warped images (for me, at least).

If I had to take a leap, in some other parallel dimension where peculiar notions merge with reality, I'd imagine chicken's milk would be yolk-colored and banana flavored.

I'd have to think a long time before I decided to buy a bottle of chicken milk from the local supermarket, though. I can't imagine it complementing the coffee, though it might add a wholesome flavor to the breakfast pancakes.

hi dodo,

you have given me something to ponder.

Hui thedaddym,

I agree, calling it the "white meat" seems to be the best and most civil solution to what otherwise might prove to be a sticky situation.

It's unfortunate that the colloquial terminology is victim to multiple interpretations, one of which is frowned upon in the forums here (and hence by default, all of which are excluded).

So apparently, "white meat" it is!

Although I still like "boobies", partly because there IS a bird by that particular name...