Why do people say that chicken tastes like everything?

[HAL9000]

It doesn't. For example chicken doesn't taste like the following meats:

Beef Steak
Bacon
Pork Sausages
etc.

 

[SonnyDaze]

cuz it do

 

[darkxshade]

everything tastes like chicken... not the other way around

 

[Dirigible]

People don't say that. They say other things taste like chicken.

 

[Dirigible]

*Dirigible shakes his fist at darkxshade.

 

[HAL9000]

everything tastes like chicken... not the other way around

Steak doesn't taste like chicken? Neither does bacon... Or salt an vinegar crisps... Or Chocolate... Or...

 

[darkxshade]

*makes a gun with thumb & index finger
*blows into barrel

too slow

 

[bignateyk]

Nothing tastes like chicken. Not even other birds like duck, turkey, pheasant, quail, etc...

The only thing that tastes like chicken is chicken. You have major palate fail if you can't differentiate chicken and anything else.

 

[HAL9000]

Nothing tastes like chicken. Not even other birds like duck, turkey, pheasant, quail, etc...

The only thing that tastes like chicken is chicken. You have major palate fail if you can't differentiate chicken and anything else.

This.

 

[fatpat268]

 

[DaveSimmons]

To reach the other side.

 

[fatpat268]

Nothing tastes like chicken. Not even other birds like duck, turkey, pheasant, quail, etc...

The only thing that tastes like chicken is chicken. You have major palate fail if you can't differentiate chicken and anything else.

It's a figure of speech to say something (meat) tastes bland.

Chicken on it's own (let's assume there's no brine and seasonings involved) is one of the most bland foods most people eat.

To say something tastes like chicken implies that that certain food doesn't have much of a flavor to begin with. Of course, this only applies to meats though.

 

[dullard]

Chicken is fairly bland (no strong flavors, or off flavors, or fishy flavors, or gamey flavors, etc.) Plus chicken is appealing to nearly everyone.

Thus, when you want to convince someone to try something unusual, then as long as it doesn't have any strong or off flavors you can tell that person it is like chicken. Of course, nothing tastes exactly like chicken. That is why you say it is "LIKE" chicken instead of "EXACTLY THE SAME AS" chicken.

 

[dullard]

It's a figure of speech to say something (meat) tastes bland.

Chicken on it's own (let's assume there's no brine and seasonings involved) is one of the most bland foods most people eat.

To say something tastes like chicken implies that that certain food doesn't have much of a flavor to begin with. Of course, this only applies to meats though.

Beat me by a few seconds.

 

[HAL9000]

everything tastes like chicken... not the other way around

People don't say that. They say other things taste like chicken.

Also in the Matrix there's that scene where "mouse" says "Maybe the machines couldn't decide what chicken tastes like, which is why chicken tastes like everything" So they do say it that way round....

 

[zinfamous]

Steak doesn't taste like chicken? Neither does bacon... Or salt an vinegar crisps... Or Chocolate... Or...

that's why they don't say "this steak tastes like chicken!"

they say something that they haven't had before, and have not developed a palate for, tastes like chicken.

it's the default taste response.

 

[HAL9000]

It's a figure of speech to say something (meat) tastes bland.

Chicken on it's own (let's assume there's no brine and seasonings involved) is one of the most bland foods most people eat.

To say something tastes like chicken implies that that certain food doesn't have much of a flavor to begin with. Of course, this only applies to meats though.

Chicken is fairly bland (no strong flavors, or off flavors, or fishy flavors, or gamey flavors, etc.) Plus chicken is appealing to nearly everyone.

Thus, when you want to convince someone to try something unusual, then as long as it doesn't have any strong or off flavors you can tell that person it is like chicken. Of course, nothing tastes exactly like chicken. That is why you say it is "LIKE" chicken instead of "EXACTLY THE SAME AS" chicken.

I would have said that chicken is no more bland than beef on its own, they both have distinct flavours, if someone made me eat chicken with a blind fold on, I'd instantly know what it was...

It's seems to me, a very weird illogical American phrase.

 

[zinfamous]

Also in the Matrix there's that scene where "mouse" says "Maybe the machines couldn't decide what chicken tastes like, which is why chicken tastes like everything" So they do say it that way round....

that's the Matrix. Which is littered with fucking horrible writing.

go figure.

 

[jupiter57]

To reach the other side.

Since this is a neckbeard thread, we shall now change it to a chicken joke thread:

Why did the chicken cross the road?





To show the opossum that it COULD be done.

 

[HAL9000]

Since this is a neckarb thread, we shall now change it to a chicken joke thread:

Why did the chicken cross the road?





To show the opossum that it COULD be done.

If you want to discuss that please PM me. So we don't derail the thread.

 

[zinfamous]

I would have said that chicken is no more bland than beef on its own, they both have distinct flavours, if someone made me eat chicken with a blind fold on, I'd instantly know what it was...

It's seems to me, a very weird illogical American phrase.

if they had given you alligator meat, you would have said "this is chicken!" b/c alligator meat tastes like chicken.

having not had it before, that would be your default, your assumption, especially being blindfolded. the texture is almost identical. if you have functioning eyes, you use them to taste, as well. without them, your sense would readjust.

you expect chicken to taste like chicken when you see it before eating it. something you haven't had before, you aren't sure, but may be more sensitive. being blindfolded, your brain will want to make more sense of it using the alread-stored info. the closest approximation would be chicken.

of course, you're going to keep arguing this, b/c you're trolling

 

[fatpat268]

I would have said that chicken is no more bland than beef on its own, they both have distinct flavours, if someone made me eat chicken with a blind fold on, I'd instantly know what it was...

It's seems to me, a very weird illogical American phrase.

Eat (and cook properly) a good cut of steak, and you wouldn't think beef is bland.

 

[HAL9000]

if they had given you alligator meat, you would have said "this is chicken!" b/c alligator meat tastes like chicken.

having not had it before, that would be your default, your assumption, especially being blindfolded. the texture is almost identical. if you have functioning eyes, you use them to taste, as well. without them, your sense would readjust.

you expect chicken to taste like chicken when you see it before eating it. something you haven't had before, you aren't sure, but may be more sensitive. being blindfolded, your brain will want to make more sense of it using the alread-stored info. the closest approximation would be chicken.

of course, you're going to keep arguing this, b/c you're trolling

Hmm... I hadn't considered that, maybe that's true, it's been a long time since I've tried a meat I didn't recognise so I can't comment, particularly with a meat that actually tastes like chicken... Hmm... I don't believe If I had tried bacon for the first time I would have said tastes like chicken though, as it doesn't not even a bit.

 

[jupiter57]

If you want to discuss that please PM me. So we don't derail the thread.

Sorry Dude, but your threads are never on a track to be derailed from!

And we still want to know WWYBYWB?

 

[zokudu]

Chicken sucks