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Shred chicken into bite sized pieces, discarding skin and bones.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2025

"I told myself before the game, 'he's made of skin and bones, just like everyone else'. But I was wrong."

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2022

“I told myself before the game, he’s made of skin and bones just like everyone else — but I was wrong.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2022

Geltor is producing forms of collagen they say are identical to the proteins extracted from skin and bones.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2022

She was peeling back my skin and bones and looking into my heart, splitting it wide for me to see, and what I would soon find there terrified me.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin




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