Ohio Supreme Court Ruling on Definition of “Boneless”

[Alex]

War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. Boneless is Skeletal.

 

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Restaurant patrons who order chicken wings marketed as "boneless" can't expect them to actually be boneless, according to a Thursday ruling from the Ohio Supreme Court. 

 

 

[gfweb]

If boneless wings need not be boneless then what meaning do words have?  

 

The court is an ass. 

[AlaMoi]

oh, it's funnier than that.

 

a recent resto chain was advertising...

 

"All white meat boneless wings!"

 

I'm wondering if we can survive this 'new generation' . . . .

[Maison Rustique]

Good gravy Marie!

[pastrygirl]

Apparently we aren't the boneless wing demographic and breaded chunks of chicken breast have been faux "wings" for years.  Fried bites to dip in sauce at a lower cost than actual wings.

 

https://apnews.com/article/super-bowl-boneless-wings-culinary-lie-7bae0f861af227f53318e5ddfcce771f

 

It's not that the words don't have meaning, it's allowing for error.  The plaintiff had eaten the dish before, presumably without encountering bones.  Whether machine cut en masse or hand trimmed, some very small percent will contain bone, because chickens have bones and nothing is perfect. 

 

So should the restaurant have a warning that various dishes may contain bones, pits, seeds, shells etc depending on the meat or produce used?  The court says no, eat at your own risk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

1 hour ago, pastrygirl said:

 

So should the restaurant have a warning that various dishes may contain bones, pits, seeds, shells etc depending on the meat or produce used?  The court says no, eat at your own risk.

 

Some years ago I was having lunch at a nice restaurant.   The waiter admonished me that the olives in the salad had pits.    I paid careful attention with exception of missing one that hid in a bite of lettuce.   "Crrrrrunch!"     Resulting in a $1000 crown.  

 

 

[gfweb]

10 minutes ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

Some years ago I was having lunch at a nice restaurant.   The waiter admonished me that the olives in the salad had pits.    I paid careful attention with exception of missing one that hid in a bite of lettuce.   "Crrrrrunch!"     Resulting in a $1000 crown.  

 

 

 

 

One cannot make the world perfect, but one can make damn sure that olives are pitted if they might hide in a salad. I mean at least give a shit about your customers and use pitted olives.

[liuzhou]