Neck and Neck

How’d you like the chicken cooked? 

Neck. 

What’s your favorite chicken dish? 

Neck. 

Should we order fried chicken? 

Neck.

However you rephrase a question about a chicken dish, my answer would be “neck.” It matters not how a chicken is served or cooked—broiled, roasted, grilled, poached, braised, sauteed, steamed, fried, boiled, etc.—I’d go for the neck. 

You can have all the other parts, but leave me the neck is an unverbalized plea at home that my family knows so well. 

Consider these facts: 

    • Chicken necks have high levels of phosphorous, which is vital for bone health, as well as moderate levels of zinc, copper, magnesium, and iron. They likewise  contain glucosamine and chondroitin which are both linked to healthy joints. 

      

    • A stretch of land (about 22 kilometers) around the city of Siliguri in West Bengal, India is called Siliguri Corridor, but more popularly known as Chicken's Neck. It connects the seven states of northeast India to the rest of India.

      

These astounding data have nothing to do with my astounding love for chicken neck. 

So why indeed do I love chicken neck? Because.    

“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8 NKJV

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