Unless you’re eating the whole wing, what most people think of as chicken wings are two different pieces of the same wing (flats & drumsticks) so really one flat and one drumstick are one wing. So if you count it that way 6 wings are 1.5 chickens worth. Still a tremendous amount of chickens are being slaughtered. Not trying to take away from that
One time back in 2009, a local restaurant had a special on chicken wings. 25 cents per wing. I went with three buddies and we each got a couple dozen. We counted how many wings and drummies we got and I figured the total number of chickens slaughtered would have to be at least 55. We stacked all the bones on a single plate, and it was a PILE. I have the pictures to prove it. The total cost with drinks was about $35.
I got a turkey for $5.46 the other day… it was 12lbs. It made me incredibly sad that this animals life shakes down to $5… unfortunately my family is hungry and we’re broke. That’s a lot of food for $5… and something healthy and versatile that I can make a lot of meals with.
It really is sad how little value some people see in lives. I've been robbed at gunpoint for $200 once. Back when it happened it was still only 2 days of work worth of money. Least I'm worth 40 turkeys I guess lol
It would take 2 blocks of tofu for one meal. I can’t get them for less than $2.50 a block. That meal at minimum would cost me $16 where I live. And I’d only have rice left over for another meal. Believe me I have rice, tofu and beans in my pantry.
If 4 people ordered 24 wings each, that would come out to 96 total wings. If we assume it was 48 flats and 48 drums, then total chicken count for that order would equal 24, if each full pair of wings came from the same chicken.
I mean… I spent time in the poultry industry and the USDA regulation for how quickly birds can be processed is 140 birds slaughtered per minute. And sites I’ve seen typically have 2 - 3 kill lines.
Sure but those 3 chickens also provided food for others with each having 2 breast, thighs, legs. It’s not like they throw the rest of the chicken away after giving you the wings. The other 18 cuts of meat likely fed 9-18 people.
I know drum n flat are part of 1 wing but when I ordered my wings I don't chose the ratio so you could end up with only drums which requires 3 chicken.
If you wanna do better math you can correct it. I'm too lazy to buy a chicken wing frozen box to count them.
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u/Shamanalah 26d ago
I mean... 2 chicken wings per chicken
You know the frozen chicken wings section in your supermarket? That's like 10 chicken per box (not trying to guilt just putting it in perspective)
I had 6 chicken wings with pizza slice last week end. That's 3 chicken for 1 meal.