A mother was completely in sh0ck when the poultry she was preparing for dinner separated into stringy pieces of spaghetti.<\/p>\n
Explaining pasta was not on the menu that night, the mom shared a Facebook post that shows the raw chicken she was washing, coming apart in her hands.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s that fake meat,\u201d she writes on her now viral post, that\u2019s inspiring online users to go vegan.<\/p>\n
Keep reading to learn more about the stringy chicken!<\/p>\n
Alesia Cooper from Irving, Texas, shared a disturbing photo of a chicken breast protesting its future position on a dinner plate on March 21.<\/p>\n
Cooper writes: \u201cI been debating on posting this but since I had to see it so do yall.\u201d The post, which also shows an image of chicken shredding into spaghetti-like strands, continues: \u201cI was cooking my kids dinner a couple of weeks ago and was cleaning my meat like I normally do and when I went back to start cooking it turned into this (SIC).\u201d<\/p>\n
The mother of two, who shares she purchased the chicken breast from the budget supermarket Aldi, adds: \u201clol I think it\u2019s that fake meat but I\u2019m not sure anyways\u2026I ain\u2019t made chicken off the bone since.\u201d<\/p>\n
Netizens jumped into the comments section, offering their opinions on the matter, some suggesting the chicken was 3D printed or grown in a petri dish.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s lab grown chicken, it\u2019s a new way they make chicken because of the last few years with the bird flu and resource shortages they didn\u2019t have produce so last year they announced that they found a way to make chicken in a lab and that\u2019s what\u2019s in stores now.\u201d, one argues.<\/p>\n
GMO lab meat,\u201d writes another.<\/p>\n
A third decides it\u2019s \u201cfake i don\u2019t buy it anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another user offers a more logical explanation to the shredded chicken breast: \u201cIt\u2019s not lab-grown meat or 3D printed meat. It comes from real chickens. The problem is when greedy chicken producers force-feed their chickens growth hormones so they grow way too fast.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bigger breasts<\/p>\n
According to The Wall Street Journal, along with hard, chewy meat called \u201cwoody breast,\u201d \u201cspaghetti meat\u201d is allegedly the result of breeding to make big-breasted chickens grow faster.<\/p>\n
So, there is more meat per bird and more profit to be made.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is proof that these abnormalities are associated with fast-growing birds,\u201d Dr. Massimiliano Petracci, a professor of agriculture and food science at the University of Bologna in Italy, tells the WSJ.<\/p>\n
\u201cWoody breast\u201d and \u201cspaghetti meat\u201d might sound unsettling, but according to industry experts, eating them won\u2019t hurt you.<\/p>\n
But it will hurt the chickens, whose big bodies are too large for their little legs to hold.<\/p>\n
Chubby chickens<\/p>\n
Judging by numbers released from the National Chicken Council, broiler chickens \u2013 chickens grown for meat \u2013 grow a lot faster than in the past. In 2000, the average bird went to market at 47 days old, weighing 5.03 pounds, and in 2023, the average chicken still goes to market at day 47, but now the chubby chickens weigh in at 6.54 pounds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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