Will never look at chicken nuggets the same....

[J_is_my_initial]

I saw the pic and article on another website I go to and showed hubby. He sd that would not make me quit eating chicken mcnuggets. He is prob right. Gotta have my fast food fix.

[Darlene68]

I never eat the stuff, gross!

[ladyjane]

Wow! Is that for real?? I am not exactly a nugget fan, but eat them on occasion....that is pretty gross.

[celstu1]

Originally Posted by AprilLove

I can't look at the link. Fast foods give me the heeby jeebies, you NEVER really know what goes in them.

Has anyone ever seen the movie, Supersize Me????
Super Size Me (2004)
You want to really see what eating at Macdonalds can do to you watch the movie

Ironically McDonalds does not use that pink goop! But yeah I saw that movie. I am not a big fast food eater so the movie did not make me think twice but definitely reaffirmed WHY I don't eat fast food often at all. I have a once a month Taco Bell weakness.

[Cha Cha]

The article says it is soaked in ammonia to kill bacteria, flavored with artificial flavor, and dyed .......... and this is a popular kids food! And, I watched a show on TV not too long ago, and it looks like processed lunchmeats are made a very similar way.

[TomSuper]

Yes — it’s true. Poultry is sometimes mechanically separated and when it is, the resulting product is called mechanically separated poultry (MSP). It is NOT true, however, that this is how chicken nuggets are commonly made. The vast majority do not contain MSP. Nuggets are usually made from pieces of white meat and sometimes from a combination of white and dark meat.

Some processed meat products, like hot dogs and lunch meat, do contain MSP and this is stated on the ingredient label by law. This process is regulated and inspected by USDA, and if used, is included in the ingredient statement.

Even Snopes.com has an entry about the claims in this piece. Anyone who took the time to read this post should also visit http://bit.ly/b7zg2t and http://bit.ly/cSALAM for the facts.

Using technologies like this helps prevent the waste food, plain and simple. It is just a more technological and economical way of cutting the remaining chicken meat off of the bone.

[jencar98]

Originally Posted by TomSuper

Yes — it’s true. Poultry is sometimes mechanically separated and when it is, the resulting product is called mechanically separated poultry (MSP). It is NOT true, however, that this is how chicken nuggets are commonly made. The vast majority do not contain MSP. Nuggets are usually made from pieces of white meat and sometimes from a combination of white and dark meat.

Some processed meat products, like hot dogs and lunch meat, do contain MSP and this is stated on the ingredient label by law. This process is regulated and inspected by USDA, and if used, is included in the ingredient statement.

Even Snopes.com has an entry about the claims in this piece. Anyone who took the time to read this post should also visit http://bit.ly/b7zg2t and http://bit.ly/cSALAM for the facts.

Using technologies like this helps prevent the waste food, plain and simple. It is just a more technological and economical way of cutting the remaining chicken meat off of the bone.

Hi and welcome to YT....I'll certainly read the info on snopes. I'm curious, you being new and this being your first post, did you join YT just to educate us? Also, are you with McDonalds?

[ladyjane]

Originally Posted by jencar98

Hi and welcome to YT....I'll certainly read the info on snopes. I'm curious, you being new and this being your first post, did you join YT just to educate us? Also, are you with McDonalds?

Took the words right out of my mouth.

It does appear that he is correct, though. At least I can now go eat nuggets if I ever get a willy for them. Probably not going to happen any time in the near future.

Anyway...welcome to YT Superman! Stick around and we will educate you about yorkies if you don't already have knowledge about them.

[Rachael x]

It looks like strawberry ice-cream

[nana911]

When trying to get schoolkids to eat more healthy, Jamie Oliver did a segment where he showed kids how nuggets were made. Had these little kids watch him while he combined all the crap that is left over from cutting the chicken and adding other stuff to make an emulsified mixture. Looked revolting. The kids are all making ack sounds....until...he then made them into nugget shapes, fried them and the kids..KNOWING what they had just watched going into these things, clamoured for them. Jamie Oliver was dumbfounded. So was I. He was hoping to turn the kids off nuggets...not so much... As soon as it was a familiar shape and appearance, they didn't care what was in it.. He probably could have put worms and other things...they just didn't care... I thought it was pretty funny, and yet sad....

[QuickSilver]

Originally Posted by Rachael x

It looks like strawberry ice-cream

Totally! Maybe it's because I don't eat nuggets, but that didn't make me totally sick. Yes, it looks super-weird, but that's what I would expect a bunch of mashed-up raw chicken meat to look like. I would assume it turns white when it's cooked, like normal chicken?

Anyway, just one more reason not to eat them beside the fact that they are terrible for you.

I do love hotdogs! I choose not to find out what's in them. I eat kosher ones, though.

[Rachael x]

Originally Posted by nana911

When trying to get schoolkids to eat more healthy, Jamie Oliver did a segment where he showed kids how nuggets were made. Had these little kids watch him while he combined all the crap that is left over from cutting the chicken and adding other stuff to make an emulsified mixture. Looked revolting. The kids are all making ack sounds....until...he then made them into nugget shapes, fried them and the kids..KNOWING what they had just watched going into these things, clamoured for them. Jamie Oliver was dumbfounded. So was I. He was hoping to turn the kids off nuggets...not so much... As soon as it was a familiar shape and appearance, they didn't care what was in it.. He probably could have put worms and other things...they just didn't care... I thought it was pretty funny, and yet sad....

I watched the show on that too...
The thing I thought was the most sad was when the kids didnt know what a tomato was.

[dexterandalana]

not only is the "goop" disgusting, so is the way that McDonalds raises and slaughters their chickens. They are one of the largest meat corporations in the world and have their own factory farms and slaughter houses, which gives them the ability to change their ways, but they refuse and still use out of date, inhumain slaughter practices.

PETA Takes On McDonald's | McCruelty.com

[Belamia]

I find these processed foods very "disgusting " sorry for the strong word, but it has been a while since i saw a special show "how sausages and hot dogs are made" i can no longer eat sausages, nuggets, hot dogs, Bologna, Pastrami, canned meat , etc, my list is very long. I get nausea and feel sick just of the thought of putting that into my mouth. There was a scene of a lot of "fats" and leftover shavings processed into it that comes to my mind every time i see these foods and it was very nasty.
I have tried a "Kosher" hot dog a while back in a friends house who shares some of my repulsiveness towards those processed meats, according to her Kosher hot dogs were made different. The taste was strong, not bad, but my mind could not get over it , i ate it and had a "ton" of Tums all night , could not sleep , felt very sick .
For the ones who eat : Bad for you !
For the ones who do not eat : Good for us !

[nana911]

Originally Posted by Belamia

I find these processed foods very "disgusting " sorry for the strong word, but it has been a while since i saw a special show "how sausages and hot dogs are made" i can no longer eat sausages, nuggets, hot dogs, Bologna, Pastrami, canned meat , etc, my list is very long. I get nausea and feel sick just of the thought of putting that into my mouth. There was a scene of a lot of "fats" and leftover shavings processed into it that comes to my mind every time i see these foods and it was very nasty.
I have tried a "Kosher" hot dog a while back in a friends house who shares some of my repulsiveness towards those processed meats, according to her Kosher hot dogs were made different. The taste was strong, not bad, but my mind could not get over it , i ate it and had a "ton" of Tums all night , could not sleep , felt very sick .
For the ones who eat : Bad for you !
For the ones who do not eat : Good for us !

Kosher law by the strict orthodox standards, require that slaughtering be done painlessly and all facets of processing and packaging is scrupulously clean. In order to have a Kosher stamp, there are supposed to be Rabbis at several stations throughout a factory at all times in order to maintain compliance. There are alot of things that non-kosher would mix into a meat mixture that Kosher absolutely would not.