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Only In America: Chicken Nuggets Evolve Into Dip Scoops

I thought I’d seen a lot in my 24 years on this planet. Some shocking things. Startling things. Things that’ve given me a home, then taken it right away. But I’ve never seen anything like this: the Popeyes Dip’n Chick’n. Revolution.


October 10, 2010
Science

Behind The Chicken Goop: The Truth And Science Of Chicken Nuggets

The twisting pink mass that looks like frozen yogurt infected with ectoplasm might look disgusting. It might be mechanically separated chicken, chicken nuggets in their primordial form. And it is perfectly okay to eat.


October 3, 2010
Science

Chicken Nuggets Are Made From This Pink Goop

This is mechanically separated chicken. Chickens are turned into this goop so we can create delicious chicken nuggets and juicy chicken patties. It’s obscenely gross and borderline alien, but it’s not going to stop me from eating nuggets. They’re too good.