"Judy Haffner" > wrote in message
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>
> Julie Bove wrote:
>
>>I remember the day that my daughter
>> found out that the "stick" in her
>> drumstick was in fact a bone and not a
>> stick. She has never eaten them again
>> or anything else with a bone for that
>> matter. And I am the same. The bone
>> serves to remind us that we are eating a
>> dead animal. Yes, I know that a
>> hamburger patty or meatloaf is still a
>> dead animal but somehow it just doesn't
>> seem the same.
>
> For me the flavor of meat cooked with the bone is always far more
> tastier...I never buy boneless anything (well, except hamburger, of
> course or other types of ground meat). Never buy boneless chops, ham,
> roasts, or chicken. I prefer chicken with the skin on it too, but I do
> remove it from the bigger pieces, such as thighs, because of the fat,
> and we both have to watch our cholesterol now.
>
> I think in my "other life" I was a dog, as love chewing around the
> bones, especially ribs, chicken and pork chops--yum!

I don't think I've ever seen/had a roast with a bone. Yes, I have seen
pics.

My husband and my dad and I think maybe even my nephew like to chew meat
from bones. Me? Not a meat lover. I do like lean crispy bacon though.
And what does removing chicken skin have to do with cholesterol?