Dark and White meat - Random Fact of the Day

What's the shameful origin of the terms white and dark meat?

The terms "white meat" and "dark meat" come from the Victorian era when people were too embarrassed to use the words "leg" and "breast"! Victorians were a bit uptight to say the least. There were many taboos and words that were rude to use. The words breast and leg were a bit of a taboo. So, to specify what part of the fowl they wanted to eat, such as chicken or turkey, they would say “dark meat” or “white meat.” To this day we use these terms, but in all actuality we are following the Victorian era faux pas.
The euphemisms used by the Victorian era people are still used and we don’t even realize why we use them. Today, they’ve just been integrated into the way we talk about meat and the parts of it. They no longer denote the leg or breast, but the color or part of meat we want to eat. The origins of the terms nonetheless are from the Victorian era people who were too embarrassed to say breast or leg in the presence of others.

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