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[Diver]

Mechanically Separated Chicken Warning

snopes.com: Pink Slime and Mechanically Separated Chicken

[hyperD]

Mechanically Separated Chicken Warning

snopes.com: Pink Slime and Mechanically Separated Chicken

Well d000gh, we'll be exchanging pedantic cuisinary pleasantries all night, but if you're happy with diced, slurried, hydrocially inflated and reconstructed chicken meal, then please be my guest.

Not saying anything is wrong with that, it's salty and chewy and supposedly nice, but to be honest, it's still shyte.

And all high valued chicken breast and not mechanically recovered? Hmmm...

[mudskipper]

Mechanically Separated Chicken Warning

http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/msm.asp

[d000hg]

Erm, no.

Think high pressure water cannon and a chicken carcase, frying it to oblivion, adding bulking agents, adding loads of salt and flavourings, and that's your Happy Meal of Chicken MacBollocks.

Citation needed - it definitely used to be like that but they have made changes in recent years although to what extent I do not know. And quite possibly they serve different variants in different places according to regional laws for what counts as food.

[hyperD]

I believe both nuggets and chicken-burgers now use actual chicken breast pieces.

Erm, no.

Think high pressure water cannon and a chicken carcase, frying it to oblivion, adding bulking agents, adding loads of salt and flavourings, and that's your Happy Meal of Chicken MacBollocks.

Bon appetit!

I see your reconstituted kentucky-fried-bollocks, and raise you one norrahe fantastic Michelin starred home made delight, made before you can say "When is Strictly Come Lap Dancing Zombiefest on tonight, dear?"

[norrahe]

How anybody can eat that tastless carp is beyond me.

I'd rather starve or better still pay 10 times as much for decent food.

WDS

[d000hg]

Funny how a lot of Americans see family owned restaurants as inferior the heavily advertised chains.

Bryson goes on at this in his books but makes the point it's not that they consider it better, but a case of "better the devil you know"... you exactly how bad a McD will be and you know how the menu works.

It's still chopped and shaped mechanically recovered bollox though.

That's what I meant - I'm fairly sure this is no longer the case though it certainly used to be. I believe both nuggets and chicken-burgers now use actual chicken breast pieces.

Anyway I don't GAS, I still like eating them.

[DaveB]

[NotAllThere]

...Funny how a lot of Americans see family owned restaurants as inferior the heavily advertised chains.

Not really. Septics are quite thick, generally.

[Bumfluff]

Big mac, fries and diet coke to start, then a double cheese burger then a mcflurry, may be do this couple times a year.

[gingerjedi]

Snob

Their nuggets ain't bad, actually made of chicken these days!

It's still chopped and shaped mechanically recovered bollox though.

[oracleslave]

How anybody can eat that tastless carp is beyond me.

I'd rather starve or better still pay 10 times as much for decent food.

WHS

[d000hg]

How anybody can eat that tastless carp is beyond me.

I'd rather starve or better still pay 10 times as much for decent food.

Snob

Their nuggets ain't bad, actually made of chicken these days!

[gingerjedi]

If you work in any city there's no excuse for eating tulipy chain food, I occasionally have a subway if I'm in a hurry but there's plenty of family owned places to try.

Funny how a lot of Americans see family owned restaurants as inferior the heavily advertised chains.

[SimonMac]

Large coke has 210 calories, so equivalent to half a bottle of wine. I know which I'd choose.

K2P2 in two drinks and I'm anyone's mode