Just curious but why isn't chicken meat red? It had red blood going through the tissues...?

Question

so shouldn't there be "reside" from it? So, what makes beef red then if it isn't the blood (like the chicken)?

ok, I don't know where you guys buy your chicken, but mine isn't red before I cook it. There is a signifigant difference between the colour of blood and the colour of raw chicken. It's kind of pink...but why isn't it red-red like blood? And why is beef, then, so red-red

Answer 1

its the type of muscle in the bird.

The two tyopes are red and white, red is "sitting" meat, like ducks who sit around. excellent Long distance runners have genetically strong red muscles compared to other people.

The second type is white muscle "sprinting" meat, like chickens who run around quickly, never slowly. Excellent sprinters have genetically stronger white muscles.

meat is the muscle of the animal.

Answer 2

Simply the fact that meat appears to be very red or even has red fluid on the surface does not mean that it has not been bled. There may remain in the meat some very small amounts of blood even after proper bleeding has been done. Then, too, the fluid that runs out of the meat may simply be interstitial fluid. The important thing is that respect has been shown for the sanctity of blood, regard has been shown for the principle of the sacredness of life. What God’s law requires is that the blood be drained from the animal when it is killed, not that the meat be soaked in some special preparation to draw out every trace of it.

Answer 3

Just guessing, I wonder whether i has anything to do with density/weight and the fact that birds fly (chickens, to a fashion) whereas mammals have a lot more weight to carry around.

Answer 4

When the butcher chops off the chicken's head with his wonderfully sharp knife, he then hangs the now decapitated chicken upsidown to let the blood drain out. Less blood = less bloody meat.

Answer 5

The muscle type is responsible for the color. White meat is fast twitch muscle used for short bursts of energy like wing flapping. Dark meat is slow twitch, used for sustained effort, like walking.

Answer 6

raw chicken meat is red. it turns white when cooked. just like non smoked pork it is red when raw, but white when you cook it. the smoking of the pork or chicken turns it red. of course if you wash it really good then all the blood will be drained.then even cow beef is not red.

Answer 7

Iron content has a lot to do with it. Red meat is generally richer in iron than white meat.

Answer 8

The name of the meat color is what color the MUSCLE is not that it had blood flowing through it!

Has anyone told you yet that meat is dead animal muscle?
They drain the blood from the dead animal before they sell it!

Answer 9

The difference between a bird and a mammal. That's the way God made them. He knows what He's doing.

Answer 10

It is red/pink before it is cooked.