Unusual Bone in my Favorite Chinese Chicken

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<p>Does a chicken have any bones that are as thin as a toothpick, at least 1" long, and slightly curved at one end? While enjoying Sesame Chicken the other night, I was stabbed in the mouth by this small bone. Please tell me it could have come from a chicken, as I love this Chinese restaurant. This is haunting me.</p>

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<p>Maybe you can locate the unusual bone here?</p>

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<p>A rib? I don’t know, I fail at anatomy.</p>

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<p>Here are more images:</p>

<p>[skeleton</a> of chicken - Google Images](<a href=“http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=SUNA,SUNA:2006-33,SUNA:en&q=skeleton%20of%20chicken&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi]skeleton”>http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=SUNA,SUNA:2006-33,SUNA:en&q=skeleton%20of%20chicken&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi)</p>

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<p>I lean toward vegetarianism more everyday
;)</p>

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<p>^^^^Funny!!!</p>

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<p>Most likely it wasn’t a whole bone but a sliver off a larger bone created during the cutting/chopping process. I wouldn’t worry about it.</p>

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<p>And this is the parents’ forum?</p>

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<p>^^ I was all set to suggest that the OP consult a rat skeleton illustration.</p>

<p>But i guess that wouldn’t be mature. :D</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t worry about it. It was probably something from the wings. I know when I make chicken stock I often find skinny sharp bones that sound like what you are describing.</p>

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<p>Watch the movie “Food Inc.” and you probably will never eat meat again. When I saw it, I was so glad that I already was a vegetarian. :)</p>

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<p>It appeared to be a whole bone, not a sliver and it was thinner than any of those chicken bones appear, even the wing bones.</p>

<p>mathmom, have you really had bones as thin as toothpicks in your broth?</p>

<p>Consolation hit on my biggest fear. What is smaller than a chicken?</p>

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<p>Sounds like a piece of the wishbone, a y-shaped bone that (I think) connects the two breasts.</p>

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<p>Sounds like a bone shard, or a chicken with a wicked sense of humor.</p>

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<p>that’s the ulna, I believe. You can check the diagram of the wing on this page: [How</a> to Draw a Bird’s Wing | eHow.com](<a href=“http://www.ehow.com/how_2110938_draw-birds-wing.html]How”>http://www.ehow.com/how_2110938_draw-birds-wing.html)</p>

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<p>Yes definitely as thin as a toothpick. They are easy to miss when I am fishing out bones.</p>