Wishbone Italian dressing
The wishbone.
The clavicle of a chicken is actually called a furcula. It is more commonly referred to as "the wishbone" when eating chicken.
No. It can be easily removed after you cook it.
Make a wish if you want; if not, throw away.
When the pulling of a chicken's wishbone breaks equally, it is commonly believed that both parties will have their wishes come true. This tradition stems from folklore where the person with the larger piece of the wishbone gets their wish.
The chicken's wishbone is homologous to the CLAVICLE of a human.
WishboneThe forked furcula bone which lies between the breast and neck of a chicken, or other fowl, is popularly called the wishbone.
Finding the wishbone traditionally refers to the breaking of the wishbone from a roasted turkey or chicken. It is a superstition that if two people break it and make a wish, the person with the larger piece will have their wish come true.
A wishbone is a bone that is found in a chicken and turkey. People use the bone to make a wish. Two people hold one side of the bone and whoever gets the smaller piece of bone is the winner and gets to make a wish.
This bone is called wishbone because of an old tradition in western countries. If two people find a wishbone when they are dining, they pull on each side of it. When it breaks, the one who gets the larger part is supposed to have a wish granted.
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