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December 29, 2012

The Food Scientist Behind the Chicken Nugget

Maryn McKenna, Slate


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We think we know the chicken nugget: small, salty, and spongy, derided by Michael Pollan and reviled by Jamie Oliver, who recreated them on camera by whizzing a chicken in a food processor and forcing it through a sieve.

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TAGGED: chicken, food, food science, McDonald's

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