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Bob Loblaw Apr 10, 2012 01:25 PM  Note: I am NOT actually
planning on roasting a chicken. I'm writing an essay and want to
use chicken roasting as a metaphor.  My understanding is that
the tricky part of roasting a chicken is that one part cooks
faster, the other slower. Dark meat v. white meat, somehow.  So,
my question: which is it that cooks faster? If you cook until
the thighs are done, are the breasts a) undercooked, or b)
overcooked?  I've eaten many fine roast chickens, I'm sure that
there are ways around this, but, again, the goal is to use this
as a metaphor in an essay.    1. c     CDouglas Apr 10, 2012
07:19 PM      If you roast a chicken until the thighs are done
the breasts would be overcooked.      2 Replies     1. re:
CDouglas       Bob Loblaw Apr 11, 2012 03:33 AM        Thanks
everyone!        1. re: CDouglas         magiesmom Apr 11, 2012
05:03 AM          not if you cook it in a preheated skillet,
then they are both done perfectl