2006-08-27 14:18:25 · 25 answers · asked by precious 1 in Dining Out ➔ Fast Food
Chicken nuggets are made from chicken that is literally mashed up into a machine and then put in a template that is a particular size and shape, thus all chicken mcnuggets are shaped similarly.
2006-08-27 14:24:00 · answer #1 · answered by Mister Jay 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know when you buy fresh boneless chicken breasts or thighs in a market? Well, they take the de-chickened bones and a machine scrapes the little bits of chicken missed, off. They blend these scraplings with Texturized Vegetable Protein (and that's another story!), MSG, 'flavorings' (what tastes more like chicken than chicken?), chicken fats, sugar and corn syrup, extenders and excipients, FDA approved colorings, preservatives, chemicals that prevent ice crystals from freezing, chemicals that protect them from drying out during while frozen, and salt, lotsa salt. OK, all this is blended. Then they extrude the pieces, force thru a 'die' like for pasta into the nugget shapes. There are two shapes but they aren't for white and dark meat. After being extruded they're thickly coated with cheaper coatings and more salt and fat, frozen for months until it's fried in fat at your local MickyDs.
No, I'm not a vegetarian but when I read the list of ingredients I almost puked and stopped buying cute little McNuggets forever. Just one of those things.
Aren't you glad you asked?
2006-08-28 05:27:40 · answer #2 · answered by Freesumpin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess,when they started making them,the circle ones where all white meat,the weird shape ones where suppose to be dark meat. So, Last year, McDonalds started making their nuggets all white meat and and the Corporate Office just decided to keep the nuggets the same shapes.
2006-08-27 22:52:31 · answer #3 · answered by FELINELOVER 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chicken nuggets is made up of grounded chicken meat/parts and is molded into that shape by a machine.
2006-08-28 12:25:54 · answer #4 · answered by Art The Wise 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because without that all powerfull shape of the chicken nugget the entire world economy would shut down. That and it fits perfectly in the barbeque sauce container.
2006-08-27 15:21:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The were shapes in circles and boot shapes to distinguish between the white and dark meat. But now that they are all white meat its more of "just because". It's just what people are used to now.
2006-08-28 08:53:08 · answer #6 · answered by Terra T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because its shaped like a gold nugget
2006-08-27 14:23:37 · answer #7 · answered by ♤ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the way the chickens lay them
2006-08-27 21:22:46 · answer #8 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BECAUSE THEY ARE NUGGETS... WHY ELSE? DO U WANT THEM TO BE SHAPED LIKE A CHICKEN BREAST
2006-08-27 14:45:33 · answer #9 · answered by TANNER GIRL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they were marketed for kids and the shape fits their little hands better.
2006-08-27 15:34:58 · answer #10 · answered by nobadkids 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋