What's INSIDE a Chicken "Nugget", ANY "Nugget", even the "Healthy" ones?

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I was sitting in the lunch room, waiting to hear from one of our school administrators about the new lunch program. One of the other moms brought up Jaime Oliver's television program, I had seen some passing commercials about Jaime Oliver's Food Revolution, but I hadn't yet watched the show. She said something like, "I hope that's not what is really in a chicken nugget. My kids eat chicken nuggets all the time." I remember responding with something like, "I am sure it is."

When I got home, I googled the episode. If you haven't seen in, here it is:

Now I know that this exactly what's is inside a chicken nugget anymore, but the fact is, we don't really KNOW what is! I don't know a label that reads chicken skin, tendons and cartilage, but the sad thing is that some of the bloody Cuisinart contents look frighteningly familiar if crusted in the perfect hue of golden brown.

Still, isn't that clip leave you stunned? We train our kids (and possibly ourselves) to only eat food that tastes good, no matter how disgusting the ingredients are. If I had known what I was doing when I served my boys that first chicken nugget, I would like to say emphatically that I wouldn't have done it. The real question is whether I will do it again.

Now YOU know, will knowledge change what you do? 

Eat Wisely and Be Well,

Alyson

Comments

[greta]

I had heard about this and have to say the bag of nuggets in our freezer will not be consumed by this family! If we want "ck nuggets" we'll make them from ck breast ourselves. Thanks for the post

[Ashley Hoopes]

Tell me about your new school lunch program! We are trying to overhaul ours. It is so awful!