How many breasts does a chicken have?

Gnomon

Two. The chicken has a breastbone with a big ridge on it which clearly separates left from right. Nov 05 02, 8:25 AM

Lotsaletters

Reference: Erin Cram, Grad student, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of CA, Berkeley A chicken has one anatomical breast. Not only do we eat them split, we buy them that way. When our eyes detect two pieces, it's an easy leap to human anatomy and to conclude that a package of 4 chicken breast pieces contains 4 chicken breasts (which are really 2 cut in half). So common is this confusion that the mistaken amount is now accepted usage in retail chicken dialect. That's why the recipes here have shelved the clumsy "2 chicken breast halves" and opted for "2 chicken breasts." When a whole breast is requested the term is "1 whole chicken breast, unsplit." Nov 17 07, 8:35 PM

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