11 hours ago, KennethT said:soft, flaccid cooked chicken skin is loved all over Asia... I've never seen chicken cooked without its skin, and most of the time, it's in some kind of stew or sauce that keeps the skin soft. I've also never seen it discarded or not eaten. In my experience, it's also rare to see boneless chicken as well (although the bones are discarded - typically after being chewed and cleaned). So I think the judge's aversion is more of a cultural thing, or maybe the judge being an a$$hole thing*
* I didn't watch the episode or the clip, so I can't make a statement about the judge, but it seems like an a$$holic thing to say...
Exactly. I agree with everything you say, although I do have a few Chinese friends and colleagues who, like me, don't particularly care for soft skin. One close friend's mother, now sadly departed*, always liked to sit beside me at dinner and grab the bits of skin I discarded. In exchange she would give me the white meat, which she thought worthless**. It became a family joke. And yes, everything on the bone. I prefer that, too.
I've never seen the show nor wanted to, but the guy does sound a bit of a dick.
* The departure was not at all chicken skin related.
** It's not my favourite. I'm a leg man. But not worthless. I mean the white meat is not worthless; I may be.