What is the dark meat on the turkey called?!

Question: My friend was doing a crossword and there is a 9 letter word.

the clue for the word is "dark meat on a turkey"

does anybody know? help? its bugging me!

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Answers: My friend was doing a crossword and there is a 9 letter word.

the clue for the word is "dark meat on a turkey"

does anybody know? help? its bugging me!

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drumstick

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Drumstick!

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dark-meat

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Leftovers

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myoglobin it's the chemical that caused turkey to have dark meat,


hope this helps

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dark meat? leg..

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Drumstick.

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There is only one part of the turkey with 9 letters..............drumstick!

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Myoglobin. (Muscle tissue with high blood content gives it that dark color.)

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I thought that the meat turns dark because it is in areas of active muscles therefore the meat gets more oxygen and turns dark. It contains myoglobin, which delivers the oxygen to the muscle.

In our terms, we just call them drumsticks and eat around them lol.

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