Why are chicken nuggets shaped like that?

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Canny McTin-Face Jun 23, 2018 @ 2:30pm

And they do not taste like chicken either. Why.

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tmwfte Jun 23, 2018 @ 2:32pm

Ground chicken essentially pasted and poured into a mould.

Although, they do taste like chicken in Canada. They're white, not that bizarre cardboard brown/beige in the US.

Zaphyra Jun 23, 2018 @ 2:33pm

They are flavored plastic

Daxank Jun 23, 2018 @ 2:44pm

Originally posted by tmwfte:
Ground chicken essentially pasted and poured into a mould.

Although, they do taste like chicken in Canada. They're white, not that bizarre cardboard brown/beige in the US.

Yeah same in Switzerland, they taste like chicken...
Also OP. Shaped like what? They've got many weird shapes

B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t Jun 23, 2018 @ 2:54pm

Shapped like what? Mine are shapped into dinosaurs.

Leoandoreosmom Jun 23, 2018 @ 2:54pm

I think the original design was to make it easy for small children to pick up and eat. They do taste like chicken but you have to actually watch them pluck the chicken and then cook it first.

trousers Jun 23, 2018 @ 2:54pm

Depends where you are in the world and what you're buying/getting. E.g. cheap American fast-food nuggets are made from meat scraped off bones and formed into oddly footlike shapes, whereas bespoke handcrafted British nugs are made from breast meat and blessed individually by HRH Queen Elizabeth II of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in addition to being awarded a knighthood. That's Lizzie's side-gig anyways.

Last edited by trousers; Jun 23, 2018 @ 2:55pm

Canny McTin-Face Jun 23, 2018 @ 2:58pm

Originally posted by Daxank:
Originally posted by tmwfte:
Ground chicken essentially pasted and poured into a mould.

Although, they do taste like chicken in Canada. They're white, not that bizarre cardboard brown/beige in the US.
Yeah same in Switzerland, they taste like chicken...
Also OP. Shaped like what? They've got many weird shapes :goggles:

they are shaped like a fat cute little Africa.

Leoandoreosmom Jun 23, 2018 @ 2:58pm

Originally posted by coarse?:
Depends where you are in the world and what you're buying/getting. E.g. cheap American fast-food nuggets are made from meat scraped off bones and formed into oddly footlike shapes, whereas bespoke handcrafted British nugs are made from breast meat and blessed individually by HRH Queen Elizabeth II of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in addition to being awarded a knighthood. That's Lizzie's side-gig anyways.

Is a lowly American commoner allowed to eat them, then?

saranacX Jun 23, 2018 @ 2:59pm

Aren't those the types of questions one shouldn't ask about processed meats?

ROFLpl0x Jun 23, 2018 @ 3:01pm

Originally posted by tmwfte:
Ground chicken essentially pasted and poured into a mould.

Although, they do taste like chicken in Canada. They're white, not that bizarre cardboard brown/beige in the US.

Like everything else, it depends on where they come from. Get them from McDonalds and they look gross, get them from Ckik-Fil-A and that's not the case.

Or avoid fast food entirely and you'll never see another chicken nugget as long as you live. I don't see the point anyway. Chicken is as bland and boring as it gets. But of course it would be since it's the least unhealthy traditional meat. As far as I'm concerned it doesn't taste like anything except what you put on it.

Anyway, OP, they look like that because it's just random pieces of ground chicken shaped into something that looks marginally appetizing. It tastes like crap because it's essentially "floor sweeping", meaning it's the stuff left over from processing that isn't really good for anything but the lowest common denominator of poultry products, i.e., chicken nuggets.

Fish sticks are the same way but there was a time when fish sticks were really good. Now, it's just grey, greasy slime.

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Vince ✟ Jun 23, 2018 @ 3:04pm

They crossed the road

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Leoandoreosmom Jun 23, 2018 @ 3:38pm

Heading over to Chick-fil-a while is is still Saturday :)

I normally get the tenders - you can actually tell it is from the chicken breast. But, I really go for the waffle fries.....

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