"aem" > wrote in message
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> Ben wrote:
>> We bought a fresh free range chicken from our usual butcher. We roasted
>> it
>> and carved enough for our meal. We later carved the rest and found that
>> meat
>> from the shoulder area was green. The bone cavity under that part was
>> also
>> green, it did not smell any different. We put the carcass and the green
>> meat
>> in a box in the fridge until we could show it to the butcher. His
>> explanation was "Air". He said that if air gets into the area between the
>> bone and the meat that it can turn green. Has anyone come across this
>> phenomena.
>> Ben
>
> Sounds unlikely to me. Never heard that the place "between the bone
> and the meat" had any special properties. I hope he refunded your
> money. You say you found this when carving the rest after having your
> meal. How much later? -aem
>
We found it about an hour later. We fed the green bits and the carcase to a
flock of sea gulls that were sitting on a grassy area. Strange when I passed
the place this week they took to the air and followed us swooping around.
Were they complaining or askin' for more.
Ben.