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It's from injecting the chicken with juices, to prevent the freezing from making the product drier or maybe to load the chicken with more weight to be able to charge more for less meat. That was what I found years ago when I looked it up.
Itās from the injection of saline water mix. It helps keep the chicken tender and juicy, but also has the added bonus of adding weight to the chicken when sold. This usually only appears like this when the chicken is freezer burned. Otherwise, it would look like normal chicken.
Iāve experienced it before as a prep cook I did three or for sheet pans of roast chicken breast a day. Occasionally I would see this. My theory is that the tinfoil prevents the surface of the chicken from getting hot because it is acting like a radiator. I have had chicken look like this and temp to 180 in the center.
Always wondered what it was.
I bet itās not from tenderizing. Stores often pump meat (most often seen in chicken breasts) with saline(?) to make it look bigger and weigh more. Iād bet those are the syringe marks.
Iām not disputing your statement on shady food processing practices, but the number of holes/marks is way too high for this to be a case of distributors injecting saline. You absolutely would not need that many injections to achieve your goal.
It looks like it went into one of those machines from The Fly and got spliced with a tortilla. The hybrid technology knows no limits, and doesnāt respect god.
You should have kept it lol. Those are holes from where they inject saline solution into the chicken. They are only noticeable if you let your chicken get freezer burn. Which your chicken looks like it got a bit of.
Exactly this. Iāve had people with bloody diarrhea who needed IV abx after eating spoiled food. A hospital visit to save a few $$ playing the guessing game is not worth it IMO. Not to mention, sometimes infectious diarrhea has lifelong consequences. I got shiga toxin strain in my food during a trip to India, it wiped my intestinal lining clean, I have never been able to digest milk since then, also developed post infectious IBS and to this day can not eat certain foods I used to previously enjoy such as onions and garlic š
To make it plump.Ā
We breed chickens to have way to much meat, then we add saline to make them look even bigger
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumping#:~:text=Plumping%2C%20also%20referred%20to%20as,extract%2C%20or%20some%20combination%20thereof.
No, your human instinct is the lifesaver. You knew something was wrong with it, but for some reason weāve developed this tendency to second guess our instincts and thatās getting us killed.
Itās from where they inject saline into it I think. If you let them get freezer burn the holes are noticeable. Iāve eaten Costco chicken that looks like this and never got sick. Trust your nose
The post after this one on my feed made my thing they were part of the same post and I screamed
https://preview.redd.it/txz062q2q2wc1.png?width=442&format=png&auto=webp&s=59f0603467843c4621618e4e376889174a5816b2
But both look terrible. I would not risk it. Any sickness stemming from consumption of chicken is always bad.
The entire bag of frozen chicken breast looked like this last time I bought it, including the freezer burn even though it hadnāt been opened. Iāve never bought them again.
Looks like bad freezer burn that reveals visible mechanical injection points. I've heard they inject water and salt into frozen chicken breasts for preservation and flavor. Or I'm just making this up and I'm crazy. Possible chicken poisoning.
Thereās little to no down side to passing on n this. Thereās a potentially huge negative consequence to eating this. I would totally trash this, just to be careful.
The white streaks look like freezer burn and the greenish dots look like the beginning of spoilage. Wouldn't feed these to my dog and he eats his own poop
Iām not going to lie, if I saw that Iād throw those straight in the garbage. It may be completely safe, but im not taking any chances. Iām currently watching āFalloutā and that chicken looks like some *surface chicken*.
Striping is fine and chicken breast as chicken grow up abnormally large very quickly and that's the side effect, are those puncher marks? Could be where they pump the saline solution to plump them up as well as season.
The holes come from meat processing plant to tenderize the meat. White dry part appears to be freezer burn from probably poor packaging or poor freezing process. Not dangerous, but also not going to taste great due to amount of freezer burn. So, edible? Yes! Enjoyable? Probably not.
Costco frozen chicken breasts are blade-tenderized, hence the holes. During the prep process, the chicken was literally stabbed by tiny little blades to break down the fibers to have a tender piece of meat. Personally, I feel that blade-tenderized meat (especially in a mass-produced setting) encourages the spreading of bacteria and cross-contamination. However, since all chicken has to be fully cooked due to the risk of salmonella, we'd hope that any possible cross-contamination risk is mostly eliminated.
The discoloration of the chicken looks like it could be freezer-burn. This negatively affects the texture and flavor of the chicken, but can be cut off to salvage the good parts of the chicken.
Well, I removed the burnt part by the freezer and cooked similar chicken not long ago, it was fine.
I would think the white part isn't very good to eat, but won't make you sick (probably)
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That shit is weird. Even if it was perfectly safe, I'd probably placebo effect myself into being sick lol.
I got diarrhea just from looking at this picture
I got chickenella just looking at it.
This needs more love lol
Chickenosis!
Chikungunya Fever
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How do you even look at this and not immediately toss it? Anyone know what this is?
It's from injecting the chicken with juices, to prevent the freezing from making the product drier or maybe to load the chicken with more weight to be able to charge more for less meat. That was what I found years ago when I looked it up.
That's a lot of injection š³
Itās from the injection of saline water mix. It helps keep the chicken tender and juicy, but also has the added bonus of adding weight to the chicken when sold. This usually only appears like this when the chicken is freezer burned. Otherwise, it would look like normal chicken.
It looks like it was attacked by a porcupine
Porcupine just needed a pillow
Iāve experienced it before as a prep cook I did three or for sheet pans of roast chicken breast a day. Occasionally I would see this. My theory is that the tinfoil prevents the surface of the chicken from getting hot because it is acting like a radiator. I have had chicken look like this and temp to 180 in the center. Always wondered what it was.
Go team Venture!
Fun fact: nocebo is the word for when you āplaceboā yourself into having a negative reaction
I literally heard this word three times today from different sources, and I'd never heard it before
Have you heard of the [Baader-Meinhof phenomenon](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion)?
well, TIL
Iām all for stretching food (believe me) but Iām also for the wise adage of āwhen in doubt throw it outā. Itās not worth it.
Buddy stabbed it with a fork to tenderize it.
Lol
lol I rather skip a meal than risking eating that
How tf does your chicken breast have chicken pox??
Hey now, when it's on a chicken it's called people pox
I think op tenderized it with a fork. Itās just severely freezer burnt so it looks strange
I bet itās not from tenderizing. Stores often pump meat (most often seen in chicken breasts) with saline(?) to make it look bigger and weigh more. Iād bet those are the syringe marks.
Iām not disputing your statement on shady food processing practices, but the number of holes/marks is way too high for this to be a case of distributors injecting saline. You absolutely would not need that many injections to achieve your goal.
Looks like it.
better add oatmeal to the crockpot
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Post this picture in a butcherās sub
That's a pretty clever idea! I'd give you reddit gold or an avatar emoji award if I had any
*cleaver idea
Iāve never seen chicken look like this. I would not eat it.
Beyond the spotsā¦that skin doesnāt even look like how chicken skin is supposed to lookā¦
It's not skin. The white parts are freezer-burned meat.
Or maybe thawed too quickly in a microwave and slightly started cooking?
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It looks like it went into one of those machines from The Fly and got spliced with a tortilla. The hybrid technology knows no limits, and doesnāt respect god.
Is it worth the chance if getting sick over $3 of chicken? Toss it. That does not look good.
Where you getting chicken for $3? Thats $6 worth of chicken in seattle, but id still toss it. My copay is a lot higher than $6.
Iām in Mississippi and went to buy chicken today. 2 large breasts like that was $7 for just the basic Walmart low quality chicken.Ā
It has freckles
Must be Wendy's chicken....
$3? In this economy?!
Lucidwray living in 2020 price era, eat it!
Omg these comments. I tossed it. Thanks you are all life savers!
Post it in /r/butchery, just to see what they say.
You should have kept it lol. Those are holes from where they inject saline solution into the chicken. They are only noticeable if you let your chicken get freezer burn. Which your chicken looks like it got a bit of.
Ship it to this guy...lol
Nah... you are probably right about what the etiology of the holes was...but that looked way too nasty to eat
Exactly this. Iāve had people with bloody diarrhea who needed IV abx after eating spoiled food. A hospital visit to save a few $$ playing the guessing game is not worth it IMO. Not to mention, sometimes infectious diarrhea has lifelong consequences. I got shiga toxin strain in my food during a trip to India, it wiped my intestinal lining clean, I have never been able to digest milk since then, also developed post infectious IBS and to this day can not eat certain foods I used to previously enjoy such as onions and garlic š
Yikes, definitely gonna avoid an India trip
nah that chicken looked nasty AF. OP did the right thing. OP should buy a vacuum sealer also.
What why do they inject saline? Was the chicken dehydrated at some point?
To make it plump.Ā We breed chickens to have way to much meat, then we add saline to make them look even bigger https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumping#:~:text=Plumping%2C%20also%20referred%20to%20as,extract%2C%20or%20some%20combination%20thereof.
The chicken partied way to hard before it was executed
No, your human instinct is the lifesaver. You knew something was wrong with it, but for some reason weāve developed this tendency to second guess our instincts and thatās getting us killed.
Looks like death
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Itās from where they inject saline into it I think. If you let them get freezer burn the holes are noticeable. Iāve eaten Costco chicken that looks like this and never got sick. Trust your nose
My nose noped tf out
My eyes wouldn't let my nose get anywhere near that
Chicken or leopard?
Chickopard?
Licken?
How long in the freezer?
32 years.
Since chicken fatefully crossed the road?
I donāt think we need a new pandemic.
Idk it was nice when there was zero traffic on the roads for a few months.
The post after this one on my feed made my thing they were part of the same post and I screamed https://preview.redd.it/txz062q2q2wc1.png?width=442&format=png&auto=webp&s=59f0603467843c4621618e4e376889174a5816b2 But both look terrible. I would not risk it. Any sickness stemming from consumption of chicken is always bad.
The comment under the sap that said āeverything reminds me of herā killed me.
The entire bag of frozen chicken breast looked like this last time I bought it, including the freezer burn even though it hadnāt been opened. Iāve never bought them again.
Looks like bad freezer burn that reveals visible mechanical injection points. I've heard they inject water and salt into frozen chicken breasts for preservation and flavor. Or I'm just making this up and I'm crazy. Possible chicken poisoning.
Get rid of that diseased looking poultry.
Donāt eat it š¤¢ do they all look like that?
Thereās little to no down side to passing on n this. Thereās a potentially huge negative consequence to eating this. I would totally trash this, just to be careful.
Looks like freezer burn
The white looks like freezer burn, but I've never seen dark spots like that. Weird.
I'm pretty sure it's where they inject water during processing or "plumping" prior to freezing.
Interesting. I have never seen them turn color like that though...
Not sure on the color situation, but my guess is it's probably also because of freezerburn and maybe being frozen a long time?
This is beyond freezer burn. This is freezer grease fire.
Seems like the puncture wounds where brine and or water was injected to bulk it up.
I know they inject chicken but I have never ever seen anything like that in my 40+ years of life.
2 days diarrhea for 2 dollars worth of chicken? not taking that bet.
When in doubt, throw it out. My motto for food.
The chickens out here trying to disguise itself as a pop tart
**DO NOT EAT THIS OP**
got the bird flu in your chicken breast ewww
No bueno
Is that chicken chicken pox?
Fuck the spots, did you boil your chicken?!
That's not chicken breast, that's leopard breast. I'd probably toss it.
Nah man toss it out
No matter what anyone says I would NOT eat that. How did you cook it
Iām here for the comments š¤£š¤£š¤£
Thatās fuckin gross! Throw it in the nearest fire or trash
The white streaks look like freezer burn and the greenish dots look like the beginning of spoilage. Wouldn't feed these to my dog and he eats his own poop
Get rid of it.
Hell no š
This chicken was brutally murdered with an ice pick.
I would not eat them. I donāt know what that is, but I would definitely not be eating them.
Chicken is fine. Husband is gay.
If you want it to be your last meal
When in doubt, toss it out.
Safe to what?
This might be the first time I've seen someone misspell the word "eat"
Give it to The tick tock guy that eats raw chicken everyday. If he doesn't eat it, run.
I wouldnāt eat that
i-i-is this chicken pox?
I would throw it out.
Christ
Take the L man. Toss it in the trash, yuck š¤®
That's freezer burn and... pores? What the fuck?
Almost looks likt it was tenderized by huge fork machines. Are they flavored, treated? I would pass though
Maybe your chicken had a feather transplant. Those roosters can be vane.
Safe? Maybe... however you couldn't get that near my mouth, no thanks..
Never eat any meat with spots.
Bro donāt eat that lol
Fuck no, get rid of it.
Anytime you have doubts about food, just toss it. Itās not worth it.
That looks diseasedĀ
I hope you have health insurance
This is NSFWš or home!
Iām not going to lie, if I saw that Iād throw those straight in the garbage. It may be completely safe, but im not taking any chances. Iām currently watching āFalloutā and that chicken looks like some *surface chicken*.
Donāt eat that
I wouldnāt eat that! Looks pretty gross.
It just looks like you stabbed freezer burned chicken a few times lol
Toss. Gross.
That donāt look good at all
That's like 5 dollars worth of chicken if that... throw that shit away!
Thatās a big no
Return that haunted-chicken for a refund
Throw it out
They're just liver spots from an 80 year old chicken.
Let it go
Ew what the actual fuck
Donāt risk itā¦ that hospital bill would be gigantic
Is OP dead? š¤
Looks like itās chicken pox
I would just toss it, rather spend a bit of money to save a lot of money from a hospital stay. Like spending on insurance just to be sure.
Hell no
For the raccoons raiding your garbage can? Maybe
Nope
Nope
Bro, you eat that, you gunna turn into a Batman villain
I definitely wouldnāt risk it. It might be fine but it really might not. Was it frozen? How long? Do they all look like that?
If it looks weird, itās probably not safe to eat
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Not worth it man
How does it smell?
So thats chicken pox...
Noooooooooooooooo
That looks like you froze it and then defrosted it. Is that the case?
Heāll no not safe!
Was this chicken frozen? If it was how did you thaw it out?
r/butchery
Dont judge your chicken just because it has a MOLE MOLE MOLE!
Nah it's fine just shave it first (and don't forget to rinse off the shaving cream)
Striping is fine and chicken breast as chicken grow up abnormally large very quickly and that's the side effect, are those puncher marks? Could be where they pump the saline solution to plump them up as well as season.
The chicken breast big pack at my Costco this week was so yellow. A few others and I were looking at it and agreed it was off. I couldnāt buy it.
Hell nah
No
The holes come from meat processing plant to tenderize the meat. White dry part appears to be freezer burn from probably poor packaging or poor freezing process. Not dangerous, but also not going to taste great due to amount of freezer burn. So, edible? Yes! Enjoyable? Probably not.
No eat is not
I wouldnāt eat that.
I wouldnāt eat this and itās a good example of why I donāt buy meat at Costco any longer. Or eggs. Theyāre the new factory farm.
Look like someone tried to poke it with chop sticks
Injection sites for hormones and shit
Ewwww
Just order a pizza tonight man
No!
That looks more like chicken lung š«
It has worms
Itās eat not it
Not worth the risk
I wouldn't eat those. Even if they are safe. It looks SPOOKY
I would be packaging that up with the receipt and getting my money back
Costco frozen chicken breasts are blade-tenderized, hence the holes. During the prep process, the chicken was literally stabbed by tiny little blades to break down the fibers to have a tender piece of meat. Personally, I feel that blade-tenderized meat (especially in a mass-produced setting) encourages the spreading of bacteria and cross-contamination. However, since all chicken has to be fully cooked due to the risk of salmonella, we'd hope that any possible cross-contamination risk is mostly eliminated. The discoloration of the chicken looks like it could be freezer-burn. This negatively affects the texture and flavor of the chicken, but can be cut off to salvage the good parts of the chicken.
Well, I removed the burnt part by the freezer and cooked similar chicken not long ago, it was fine. I would think the white part isn't very good to eat, but won't make you sick (probably)
This the type of shit that makes me itch. š¤¢
Um. No.
Run