The McNugget Under The Microscope
McDonald’s Canada puts out some interesting videos. The last McD’s Canada video we posted here on GrubGrade revolved around food photography and advertising. Their latest involves the McNugget and what exactly is in it. Some info for your pink slime debates.
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Let’s be fair, they didn’t go into exactly what’s in it. I’m not saying there’s anything horrific about them, but they avoided even the mention of cartilage as if chickens don’t have that in the breast area. Bones+White meat or Dark meat (including whiteners) was their test.
I’m not saying it’s horribly awful, but when I eat chicken wings I eat meat and skin exclusively (oh so delicious!)… I know people who get down on the cartilage too in the same scenario (I can’t consume that solid texture straight on it’s just not right)… and in the end I am just irked by the lack of mention of this component. FTR, no, I have seen no pink slime = mcnuggets crap that has convinced me cartilage is in there, it’s just softer than bone and that stuff tends to get included when the chickens are “machined”.
I didn’t think many people were questioning bones and the like, it was more the mechanical separation that results in stuff that looks like this: http://bit.ly/H7aJNc
…they’re still delicious
MMMM, looks like strawberry ice cream!
McNuggets really do get made from pink(ish) goop. That’s what raw ground chicken looks like. Sometimes these overreactions to “omg, look what they use to make this!!” stories just show that the people getting all bent out of shape simply don’t know how food works.
I love McNuggets, doesn’t bother me a bit.
Nice and succinct, I agree.
loving these videos. obviously one sided but still cool.
“I read it on the internet”
Don’t always believe what you read on the internet.
The process really isn’t very different from how most lunch meat loafs or dogs or sausages are made. Take meat, chop or grind finely, add spics (for hot dogs and sausage) and form into some kind of shape. There is less waste and uniform cooking size using this method, as well as portion control. When you get the homestyle chicken strips, which are whole breast meat, you see the size inconsistency and they are not always cooked evenly (with the tendancy to be overdone). The McNugget is still great.
I actualy preferred McNuggests back when they had some dark meat in them, the chicken was tastier.
I don’t eat McD’s anymore (too many bad experiences) but I miss the old mystery meat McNuggets from back in the day. Dark meat is where the flavor is anyway.