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Chicken Nipples
Chicken Nipple Background
Chickens are the only fowl, in the modernized world that still naturally has nipples. All other fowl through evolution and natural selection had lost their nipples tens of thousands of year ago. The Fowl nipple (latin. Foeda papilla) dates back to the cretaceous period in which early foul were still nursing their young. Evolution has slowly ended this capability, except for 2 species, the chicken and the duck billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). The duck billed platypus in the only remaining egg laying animal that still nurses its young.
Effect on flavor and breeding to remove
Traditional chicken, those with nipples, has what has been described as a gamier flavor. Researchers have learned, that even though the nipples are not functional, the meat tends to be stronger in flavor. Returning GI’s from the second world war in Europe came back to the United States and sung praises about the French chicken meat. They discovered that the French farmers had bred nipples out of the animals. Many GI’s were farmers and realized the differences while in Europe and immediately began breeding the nipples out of the species.
Traditional uses
In many countries, that still have nipples present in the species, traditional culinary uses still exist. Asian countries still serve the nipples dried and salted, some with a variety of spices. African cultures typically garnish soups with the removed nipples. Western European countries vary drastically from salted to pickled and fermented. South Americans celebrate the slaughter of the animal by eating them raw. In certain tribes, pregnant women wear necklaces made of strung together dried chicken nipples in order to ensure a successful birth. Many countries in Eastern Europe will serve them as bar fare, often salted with pickle slices, a common pairing with vodka.
In Modern culture
Given the vast presence of chicken nipples in many countries, westerners have grown wary of consuming what has become to many as unappetizing. Therefore when travelling in areas where the nipples are served and the consumer wants to avoid their consumption, foreigners are advised to order “Clean chicken,” which has become broadly accepted as the polite manner for avoiding chicken nipples. Often local chefs will preemptively remove nipples in Western Style restaurants, or restaurants popular with Western tourists (i.e. hotels), either reserving them as a bar snack or taking them home for personal consumption.
Cultural resurgence
Organic farmers are attempting to re-introduce the nippled birds into the American palette citing that the animal is healthier and more resistant to disease.
References in Popular Culture
- In the video game Grand Theft Auto V there is a minor character, a prostitute referred to as Chicken Nipples.
- In the uncut version of Archorman, Ron Burgundy, "Oh for the love of chicken nipples!!"
- In the Scottish sitcom A Wee Mae Bitter, the main character FitzHugh has a catchphrase "tough as chicken nipples".
- Season 3 Episode 2 of Iron Chef featured chicken nipples as the surprise main ingredient.
- Cadbury distributes a licorice based candy in Northen Europe called Chick Nips, ostensibly for there rough approximation in Size and Shape to actual Chicken Nipples.
- In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, a plate of salted chicken nipples can be seen plainly in the foreground during Indiana Jones' dinner with the Maharaja.
Countries that have not made the broad change to remove the nipple
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- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
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- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burma
- Burundi
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- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- Congo, Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curacao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
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- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
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- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
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- Fiji
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- Gabon
- Gambia, The
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
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- Haiti
- Holy See
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
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- Iceland
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
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- Jordan
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- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, North
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
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- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
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- Macau
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
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- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
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- Oman
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- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestinian Territories
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
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- Qatar
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- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
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- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Syria
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- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
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- Uganda
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
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- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
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- Yemen
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- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
See also
- Battery Hen Welfare Trust, a UK charity for laying hens
- Chicken eyeglasses
- Chicken fat
- Chicken hypnotism
- Chicken or the egg
- Chicken manure
- Chook raffle – a type of raffle where the prize is a chicken.
- Feral chicken
- Gamebird hybrids – hybrids between chickens, peafowl, guineafowl and pheasants
- List of chicken breeds
- Rubber chicken
- Symbolic chickens
- Tastes like chicken
- Unihemispheric slow-wave sleep
- "Why did the chicken cross the road?"
Further reading
- Green-Armytage, Stephen (October 2000). Extraordinary Chickens. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 0-8109-3343-8.
- Smith, Page; Charles Daniel (April 2000). The Chicken Book. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 0-8203-2213-X.
- Siddharth, Biswas (2014). "Gallus gallus domesticus Linnaeus, 1758: Keep safe your domestic fowl from your domestic foul". Ambient Science. 1 (1): 41–43.
- Andrew Lawler (2014). Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?: The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization. Atria Books. ISBN 978-1476729893.
External links
The dictionary definition of dr. martin halesworth/sandbox at Wiktionary
Media related to Chickens (category) at Wikimedia Commons- Chickens at Curlie
- Dr. Martin Halesworth/sandbox at the Encyclopædia Britannica
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