Ohio Supreme Court: boneless chicken wings are a cooking style and chicken obviously has bones

[SemiLazyGamer]

Chicken wings advertised as 'boneless' can have bones, Ohio Supreme Court decides

The Ohio Supreme Court says consumers can't expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones.

apnews.com

In a 4-3 ruling, the Supreme Court said Thursday that “boneless wings” refers to a cooking style, and that Berkheimer should’ve been on guard against bones since it’s common knowledge that chickens have bones. The high court sided with lower courts that had dismissed Berkheimer’s suit.

“A diner reading ‘boneless wings’ on a menu would no more believe that the restaurant was warranting the absence of bones in the items than believe that the items were made from chicken wings, just as a person eating ‘chicken fingers’ would know that he had not been served fingers,” Justice Joseph T. Deters wrote for the majority.

 

[Farm Boy]

Just order them with the bones in?

 

[amadeus]

We know chickens have bones, that’s why you order boneless wings.

 

[Plains-Cow]

They're called chicken fingers because of the shape, not because people think they're made of fingers. The impossible burger doesn't defy space and time, it's because people think it's impossible for a plant-based burger to taste like an authentic one. What is boneless meant to imply to the judge? I'd love to hear their explanation as to what ordering "boneless" wings should entail.

 

[Farm Boy]

How many spiders do you think come in a jar of peanut butter?

 

[Plains-Cow]

How many spiders do you think come in a jar of peanut butter?

I'd hope as many as could fit.

 

[Farm Boy]

Adventurous soul.

They don't list them in the ingredients.

 

[Plains-Cow]

Adventurous soul.

They don't list them in the ingredients.

"Peanut Butter" can refer to what is on the label of said jar, and consumers should be on guard against spiders since it’s common knowledge that most spiders are small enough to fit inside of jars.

 

[danjuno]

Will there be an appeal to the federal level?

 

[Farm Boy]

That would seem a realistic allotment for food processing. Like chicken.

Now I wonder what the spider content of boneless wings is.

 

[Plains-Cow]

Will there be an appeal to the federal level?

Too early to tell; most legal pundits on YT (retired and otherwise) are saying that it is unlikely.

That would seem a realistic allotment for food processing. Like chicken.

Now I wonder what the spider content of boneless wings is.

I mean, they aren't called spider-free wings, just spider-less wings. I'd wager at least three spiders per one bone per boneless wing.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

This is ridiculous. Boneless means there aren't supposed to be any bones.

 

[Ajidica]

Boneless wings are just a fancy way of saying you want chicken fingers.
Nothing wrong with that, just be honest with what you are asking for.

 

[Plains-Cow]

Boneless wings are just a fancy way of saying you want chicken fingers.
Nothing wrong with that, just be honest with what you are asking for.

....which reasonable customers should expect to contain bones, as it is common knowledge for fingers to have bones inside of them.

 

[Farm Boy]

I would wager there are way more spiders in them than that.

 

[Yeekim]

After reading the article itself... stupid clickbait.
("Boneless wing" is actually finger-shaped nugget of breast fillet. One such had a thin slice of bone left in and some unfortunate guy scratched his esophagus with that. In that context, perfectly sensible ruling).

 

[sylvanllewelyn]

After reading the article itself... stupid clickbait.
("Boneless wing" is actually finger-shaped nugget of breast fillet. One such had a thin slice of bone left in and some unfortunate guy scratched his esophagus with that. In that context, perfectly sensible ruling).

In that context? The ruling went far beyond the context.

The court is ruling on the common-sense understanding of words and phrases. This is about consumer rights.

For example, the common sense understanding of "Rocky Mountain Oysters" is that they are not literally made from oysters in the ocean. Chicken fingers are not literally fingers the fingers of human-sized mammals.

The problem is, variations of meat dishes with bones removed exists in many parts of the world. In all cases, boneless = no bones.

 

[amadeus]

“Boneless.”

-less means “without”
• bone means bone

The reasonable conclusion one would therefore reach is that boneless wings will be … sans-bone.

 

[Gorbles]

("Boneless wing" is actually finger-shaped nugget of breast fillet. One such had a thin slice of bone left in and some unfortunate guy scratched his esophagus with that. In that context, perfectly sensible ruling).

I've had a lot of chicken nuggets in my time. None have had bones in. Nobody has ever been suggested that they should in fact, have bones in.

Heck, you can replace "nugget" with "breast" in that sentence (and it's safe for work!). The only cuts that tend to have bones are thighs, actual wings and, well, drumsticks. Emphasis on the stick.

 

[Yeekim]

In that context? The ruling went far beyond the context.

The court is ruling on the common-sense understanding of words and phrases. This is about consumer rights.

For example, the common sense understanding of "Rocky Mountain Oysters" is that they are not literally made from oysters in the ocean. Chicken fingers are not literally fingers the fingers of human-sized mammals.

The problem is, variations of meat dishes with bones removed exists in many parts of the world. In all cases, boneless = no bones.

Well, the bones had been removed, except by accident some small shard remained. The court decided that this is not a danger that a reasonable person needs to be explicitly pre-warned about and I agree. It is not as if the guy was server regular chicken wings.

Or do you think the world would be a better place if restaurants started to include fine print warnings in their menus: "As a result of industrial de-boning process, boneless wings might rarely have shards of bones remaining inside them - please exercise appropriate caution when chewing and swallowing" ?

Berkheimer sued the restaurant, Wings on Brookwood, saying the restaurant failed to warn him that so-called “boneless wings” — which are, of course, nuggets of boneless, skinless breast meat — could contain bones. The suit also named the supplier and the farm that produced the chicken, claiming all were negligent.