Why is duck meat red meat and can be consumed medium rare and chicken meat white meat which should be cooked thoroughly even though they’re both birds?

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Why is duck meat red meat and can be consumed medium rare and chicken meat white meat which should be cooked thoroughly even though they’re both birds?

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You can eat raw/rare chicken if the source is clean enough. There is a lot of raw chicken in Japan where they don’t use factory farming.

How we handle food is a product of how we farm.