What has happened to the chicken breasts?

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GoingBackToNOWHERE · 01/04/2025 09:26

I know how this is gonna sound but please hear me out, I’ve been thinking about this since last night!
I pretty much only eat chicken breasts over any other part of the chicken, obviously been buying them for years and recently I have noticed that they have so much more tendons and parts that you have to cut off compared to how it was before? I’m talking like years? I don’t remember being like this before? And after that you are left with maybe a half of breast. Seriously it’s been bothered me! Before I could maybe cut off a small side piece of tendon and that’s it but lately like I said I noticed there’s so much fatty bits and tendons and everything.
Am I crazy?

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TY78910 · 01/04/2025 09:35

Yeah I’ve noticed that too! Also worked out that the ‘chicken filets’ are the stringy part of the breast which is nuts because you pay more for them to be ‘cut up’ for convenience but it’s the worse part of the meat. I switched to thigh filets. More flavour and they keep well when stewing in a sauce.

randomchap · 01/04/2025 09:34

The food industry is struggling for suitable workers. It used to rely on seasonal workers from Eastern Europe but brexit has fucked that

https://www.thesterlingchoice.com/blog/the-food-manufacturing-industry-has-a-major-talent-problem-heres-why/

Farage didn't put that on the side of a bus did he. Fucking charlatan

The Great Food Manufacturing Labour Shortage | The Sterling Choice

With around 500,000 vacancies out of 4.1 million food industry roles - there is a crisis looming, and we have distilled the reasons why. It's ugly.

https://www.thesterlingchoice.com/blog/the-food-manufacturing-industry-has-a-major-talent-problem-heres-why/

Vallmo47 · 01/04/2025 09:27

I agree OP. Chicken breast used to be “just” the meat, easy to slice up and could use everything. Recently I’ve had to cut off quite a bit too. I would say it’s been getting worse since around Covid?

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