To think that pork is not red meat??

[RevoltingPeasant]

DH and I have an ongoing debate about this.

I say pork is white meat because, er, it's not red when prepared to eat. When I was growing up, there used to be ads on tv promoting pork as "the other white meat" (as opposed to chicken).

DH argument is that chickens can fly and pigs, along with cows and lambs, can't . I pointed out that on this logic, salmon, broccoli and breakfast cereal could also be considered "red meat". His counter argument is that it just is.

Please come and tell him he is wrong settle this!

Always a school day on MN

Just checked the NHS plate...eggs are in with meats on there so I definitely made up what I said a minute ago . Not uncommon when I'm half asleep. Night!

calm down you two!
I know eggs are not dairy!

but every time I say "xyz can't eat dairy" people ask "so no eggs either"?

and that lead to several discussions about them trying to convince me that milk etc and eggs are part of the same industry or whatever bollocks they came up with, so when you say "dairy products" many people default that to mean all milk based foods & eggs.
in England. (or UK? I forget)
maybe it's to do with that milkmen (or milkpersons if you prefer) would deliver eggs too? I don't know. but I heard that some children when asked what foods we get from cows would include eggs nice one, if true

Easter eggs = bunny shags chicken
Cow eggs = ?!

But what do I know. I never saw a chicken fly

I've always considered it red meat and never even questioned that! Definitely don't see how it is a white meat

Pork is red meat, ask any certified nutritionist! I had to prove it to dh as well.

Chickens are descended from jungle fowl which can fly. My understanding is that chickens can fly enough to hide in a tree but usually have their feathers clipped to stop this. Might be worth asking in whatever the chicken section is here.

Chickens can fly but in a flappy rubbish way to get themselves over fences or up a tree, rather than gracefully swooping across the sky.

What about crocodile then? Has four legs but tastes like chicken - acc the label on the fancy box of mixed exotic burgers I just bought from Iceland.

For fun.

But I think I'll wait til I'm over this chest virus thingy before I dare try any....

Crocodile is white meat. .. She says confidently

Because according to this sea mammals have 100 x more myoglobin than crocodiles - case closed

Hmm, all right you lot - what about flightless birds, then, eh?

Would the dodo have been red or white meat?

Zing - Easter eggs = bunny shags chicken Easter in your house sounds MUCH more interesting than in mine, that's all I'll say

Alice

I thought it tasted more like tuna when I ate it in Texas.

Alis

Thanks - I shall bear that in mind when I eventually get around to eating it!

Crocodile meat is a white colour, similar to chicken or turkey. I ate crocodile rolls in South Africa. Funnily enough they were fed on chickens from the local poultry farm. I had always thought you should avoid eating carnivores, something to do with an escalation of toxins.

I've always thought pork was white meat. I am ignoring all the arguments on here and can confirm your DH is wrong .

Eating dodo, OP? I think NOT.

Dido

the last dodo I ate tasted delish. but you can't find them anywhere. discontinued perhaps?

Huh. I wondered where my leg had gone.