Everything That's Actually In A Chicken Nugget

[@brj_han]

Having eaten spam, hot dogs and other sausages, luncheon meat and canned potted meat through my childhood, things like Nuggets and pink slime hardly bothers me, lol.

[@RoosterMontgomery]

Beware potted meat; it's made from lips and peckers. Stay away from pink slime too, it's made from negative human emotions.

[@robertspence831]

Ate smoked oysters for lunch. Yum.

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

Mmm, mmm, good. Pink slime!

[@christianhansen3292]

i think cold cuts are probaby higher quality than " luncheon" meat.

[@joel715]

No

[@lp-xl9ld]

As a 1984 graduate of Cornell, I'd heard of Robert Baker. But I didn't know he was responsible for *this*. Guess I owe you one, Prof.

[@AdoraBelle33]

Haha I graduated '08 and by then everyone knew and it was part of our silly Cornell pride. Did you know Harvard used to tie a live chicken to our hockey net during the annual game as a prank?

[@Bluefalcon6154]

@@AdoraBelle33oh you Cornell grads and gloating over your silly school

[@jamessmithson-br7rm]

The fact that Dino nuggets are made from descendants of dinosaurs always get’s me… eating chicken you are already basically eating the closest thing we have to a Theropod

[@Greenmachine305]

That's awesome. Dinos taste wonderful.

[@Mr.Helper.]

Dino nuggets are made of gator meat

[@nonamedpleb]

They are literally dinosaurs, taxonomically. Just like how primitive birds are still birds, you just have to go further back.

[@deadplthebadass21]

​@@Mr.Helper.I eat Gator and they do not taste the same... stop lying

[@dunhillsupramk3]

@@deadplthebadass21why?? is it by choice??

[@evolancer211]

Boot is definitely the best of the nugget shapes

[@comettamer]

That or the Ball

[@Greenmachine305]

The shapes all taste different to me. I bet it's because they add a little boot or ball in each one depending on the shape. No complaints here!

[@PongoXBongo]

Agreed. The little "toe" part makes the perfect handle for dipping.

[@Moskeeto]

​@@Greenmachine305Sounds like you have synesthesia or something.

[@Greenmachine305]

@@Moskeeto I wish I did.

[@NewMessage]

The instant this was uploaded, 9 year olds around the world suddenly went silent, spun their heads 360 degrees, and spoke in unison: "Weird History calls us, Mother...."

[@angelasnow01]

Only 260? 😅

[@amyrussell860]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🥰

[@hghtrfnko8634]

What?..

[@SnarkyRC]

Do what now?

[@twitchy_bird]

I have a 9 yo, I concur. This definitely happened.

[@spddiesel]

6:49 I like how you annunciated "fish sticks" there, Kanye 🤣

[@Sniperboy5551]

But does he like fish sticks in his mouth?

[@MartyMcFly88]

What is he a gay fish?

[@eichen97]

You got me with the 2013 journal including "a view from chatGPT" at 11:20

[@RaynmanPlays]

The move to all-white meat is so bizarre to me. "So you know how the most nutritious parts of the chicken that are most commonly consumed are the thigh and the skin? Well, we removed that. Isn't that great?" No. Give me my dark meat chicken nuggets.

[@Sniperboy5551]

Thighs have always been my favorite, damn shame they don’t use dark meat. I used to work there and McNuggets are divine when they first come out of the fryer, but if you let them sit for more than 5 minutes, they get pretty damn dry.

[@The_uglybastard]

Right? Dark meat is severely underrated

[@eclipsedbadger]

Man I understand this perfectly 😅 You can make them yourself if you want, which for some people it's too much hassle. I have tried and it's a bit of a day just cooking everything to freeze. Seems we have to do that OR you can find the cheapest nuggets in the market and read the labels. In my country (Argentina) the cheapest store-owned nuggets include brown meat and some skin, while most expensive nuggets are only breast meat. Chicken breast is always more expensive in my country because it's used for EVERY. DAMN. THING. We can think off with chicken 😂

[@libextremist]

They provide better texture for the nuggets as well.

[@Adanosiam]

You would actually eat that abomination???

[@randyhayden3159]

The chickens were less excited about this break through lmao😅

[@lindacoolbaugh962]

The clown having a fit at 5:20 My cheeks are still hurting from laughing so much!! So unexpected and "The Clown quickly shut down"

[@deannelson7027]

I used to work at Hardee's (Carl's JR for everyone else) and the chicken tenders there are hand made at the time.

[@B4nkShoTziNc]

I stopped working there about 6-7 months ago and they were still hand breaded i doubt it’s changed tbh

[@B4nkShoTziNc]

the chicken stars are definitely better tasting than mcnuggets too, tho. wendy’s has the best nuggets in my opinion, however.

[@ku8721]

The old dark meat McNuggets with the fake flavor was THE BEST EVER. The new ones are good just not the pure bite of joy the old ones were.

[@M.sami12]

They were filled with MSG and it was fried in ghee. No wonder it was addictive.

[@RR35031]

And now we get chicken tendons friend in seed oil. Shame

[@Donathon-qx8kq]

I agree... they were almost perfect

[@xpatsteve]

I've always liked Chicken McNuggets. The the perfect, one-handed road trip food. However, Long John Silver's Chicken Planks were my favorite fast food chicken.

[@Jihi2]

5:15 A pissed off Ronald McDonald is the best Ronald McDonald. I want to see this Ronald in all those retro Christmas McD's commercials.

[@LakeLyfe315]

I'm 40 yrs old and I can honestly say that Dino nuggets just hit different 😂

[@comettamer]

They sure do

[@taisadragneel]

When I'm having a bad week I do a dinner of dino nuggies, mac & cheese, and chocolate milk just to feel like a kid again. I'm 35 lol

[@SnarkyRC]

Hit different? Do you smoke them?

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

I'm 42, but my mom made her own chicken nuggets (that's one of the few things she used to make that was actually good, lol) that were far better, so I have no nostalgic love for dino nuggets or McNuggets.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

​@@SnarkyRCdamn

[@thedallastexan]

RIP Lynja

[@chobies5383]

Who?

[@thedallastexan]

@@chobies5383 did you watch the vid?

[@chobies5383]

@@thedallastexan Yup

[@thedallastexan]

@@chobies5383 at the end of the vid they talked about Nick DiGiovanni and Lynja making that huge nugget. Lynja passed on Jan 1, 2024.

[@sabriesabrie9971]

​@@chobies5383 Lynja is in this video at the end

[@velocitasfortis]

The original dark and white meat McNuggets were so much better than the modern all-white meat version, but I'll still go through 3 10-piece boxes once per year, just to feed that nostalgia.

[@michaelbaucom4019]

LOL, the " Young Frankenstein " intro. Glad the best narrator is back

[@deannelson7027]

He is allowed time off from work just like anybody else. Besides the female narrator isn't so bad. She needs to earn a paycheck too.

[@ehrgeiz5649]

@@deannelson7027 I personally cannot stand her voice.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

@@deannelson7027 No one's saying she shouldn't earn a paycheck. Even the people with terrible voices have to eat. Doesn't mean we have to listen to them. When I hear her voice, I skip the video. I'm not the only one.

[@stonerhino83]

@@deannelson7027 It's just an AI generated voice, it doesn't get paid at all.

[@btetschner]

A+ video! LOVE IT! Chicken Nuggets are such a classic, such a childhood favorite too!

[@Bishopspipes]

Coincidentally…Purdue university 🥴

[@jewelsgrl]

So close lol

[@GenericName4561]

10:39 Grant Imahara 😭

[@bocatcc]

Also lynja died this year. She made the the record nugget with nick at the end of the video.

[@coolcutiekitti17]

My husband and I both went “aww” when we realized it was him ❤

[@Backroad_Junkie]

He actually did a video on how Nuggets were made at the factory that makes McDonald's product. Probably why he was shown...

[@xSintex]

If you miss him, check out "small world tableton with wil wheaton", it was such a fantastic episode and Grant was hilarious.

[@whimsy0451]

👍

[@waldo1967]

The year was 1986. I was 18 years old and it was midnight. Just dropped off my then girlfriend and was hungry. McDonald's was open late and I got the twenty piece McNuggets. Naively, thinking I'd eat a few. I ate every last one. I was never the same since.

[@Mother2IsTheBestGame]

Only 20? I remember, I bet one of my band friends in high school that I could eat 40 McNuggets right before a football game that we were gonna march in, our junior year, 2012. I won the bet and I got through the field show in one piece. 💪🐔

[@sgtdude1110]

Fun thing about the end of WW2, tons of chicken farmers tried to export their chickens to Europe after the war (1963). But the proto EU didn't want their own chicken farmers to get beaten out by a foreign market. The decided to put a tariff on US chickens to keep their own markets safe. US lawmakers got so buttmad about this they created the Chicken Tax legislation. Which is still in place today, but doesn't touch upon any chickens, instead it makes small trucks impossible to sell in the US (even from US automakers) by imposing a 25% tariff on any "small" trucks (Which is defined REALLY badly). Functionally its still in place because the American big 3 auto makers just really suck at making vehicles lol.

[@RogueBagel]

Making things even dumber, Ford was getting around the chicken tax by importing their Transit Connect cargo vans (which were assembled in Turkey) with rear seats in them to avoid the light truck classification, then destroying the rear seats once the vans cleared customs.

[@dunhillsupramk3]

yup just imagine we saved them from Hitler and possibly the USSR for them to only tell us no to free trade... lol... they still taking money from us through NATO...

[@comettamer]

Yeh, it's pretty dumb that we couldn't understand how folks wouldn't want to buy our stuff if they had their own markets to buy from.

[@dunhillsupramk3]

@@comettamerwell considering we just saved their lives and country, yeah it was a slap in the face...

[@reservoirfrogs2177]

@@dunhillsupramk3 You didn’t save shit, America was dicking off in Japan, if anything it was Russia that saved Europe.

[@quibblegaze]

0:00: 🍗 Origin of chicken nuggets during food shortage in the US military. 3:16: 🍗 Innovation of a popular chicken dish in 1963. 5:16: 🍗 The Origin of a Popular Fast Food Item 8:17: 🍗 The Rise of Chicken Nuggets in Fast Food Industry 11:01: 🍗 Investigation into Chicken Nugget Composition and Fast Food Chain Meat Quality Timestamps by Tammy AI

[@michaelturner2806]

I haven't liked McDonald's nuggets nearly as much since they switched to all white meat. I've tended to go for home cooked non processed meats lately though, so I don't miss 'em. That much.

[@BeyondDaX]

You prefer dark meat chicken nuggets? Unless I am reading this wrong.

[@michaelturner2806]

@@BeyondDaX Yes, that is correct, I liked the old dark meat or supposed mix of all meat chicken nuggets over the current white meat only nuggets.

[@NBK1122]

McDonald's jumped the shark when they removed the thigh meat. With today's McNuggets, if you don't eat them when you first get them, by the time you get home, they're cold and taste like cardboard.

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

I've rarely eaten any american type fast food,and the one time I tried mcnuggets (quite cold), I thought they were absolutely terrible. I also semi-hated the big mac, though there it was more the disparity between the low quality and high price. mcdonalds offering less food in the big mac that's much less tasty and slightly more unhealthy for more money than single kebab shops despite mcD's scale advantage is absurd. I suppose the other fast food chains are similar, but mcdonalds certainly is a huge ripoff. it's also super obvious in the price of the fries, but tbh the taste of those does work on me.

[@JustJessee]

They recrisp wonderfully in a Ninja Steam and Crisp (or an air fryer with water)

[@ArtVandely85]

who puts water in their air fryer?@@JustJessee

[@grassfedmilkmomma]

@@JustJesseehow much water do you add?

[@THE-X-Force]

@@ArtVandely85People who understand what steam is.

[@muppetsretrofan8873]

Chicken Nuggets are delicious, but ever since I discovered Green Giant's dinosaur shaped veggie nuggets [specifically the cauliflower one], I just can't resist the veggie nuggets! I would like to see a Weird History Food video on Green Giant one day.

[@K7SniperX]

Now I want some chicken nuggets

[@EyeHeytEwe]

That photo of Robert C. Baker looked like David Harbour playing a "he was the quiet type... Until he wasn't" role in a movie.

[@Gungho73]

That guy eating a roast chicken in his car made me super uncomfortable for some reason! D:

[@GiraffeSweaters]

He's a Mukbang asshole. All those people are disgusting.

[@Mrchair905]

He’s just living his best life.

[@btetschner]

0:54 The McNugget Buddies are one of the most popular toys from Happy Meals.

[@justinmanser7525]

Reminds me of a story of a farmer who loved chicken legs for dinner, so he managed to breed a chicken with 8 legs. When an investor saw the birds he was excited and exclaimed ''This is great, we'll make millions!', the defeated farmer gave him a stoic look and repled ''Yeah, but good luck trying to catch the damn things!'

[@98167]

i saw the humor 😅😅🤣🤣🤣

[@SoulforSale]

Now do the history of people kicking in the drive thru at 10am because McNuggets are not served at breakfast

[@Raiya_ru17]

Lol I discovered this before. I was so pissed because it was early morning and all I want is mcnuggets. They should seriously do an all day menu for the hit stuff especially nuggets!

[@Einsteinbomb]

Wait a second…Robert Carl Baker got his doctorate from Purdue University which sounds identical to Perdue from Perdue Chicken. I knew big chicken was behind this! How high up does this conspiracy go?

[@giraffesinc.2193]

Awesome video, as always (with the best narrator ever), but I really despise factory farming.

[@B.H.56]

I hate that part at 7:32 with live animals being processed like so many potatoes.

[@BlindEyes89]

The picture of the " The American Journal of Medicine" is edited to change the date and picture, it is actually from March 2024.

[@redalchemy7322]

I had no idea that nuggets were intentionally shaped that way (or let alone had specific names), I just assumed it was part of the cooking process that they sometimes got a little smooshed in different directions

[@c.ladimore1237]

how exactly does a 2013 journal include insights on chatGPT? @11:20

[@BlindEyes89]

Because they edited the date and picture, volume 137 is from 2024.

[@rexstetson1717]

The old dark meat McNuggets were the best. As a kid, if I bit into a nugget and found it was dark meat, I'd set it aside to save for my last bite, so my last bite could be as pleasurable as possible. The best dipping sauce ever is Mcdonald's sweet and sour. It's so unique amongst sweet and sours. There's nothing else like it.

[@LivinMyJeffLife]

*R.I.P. Lynja* 🙏🏼😔

[@GiraffeSweaters]

Whoever she was.

[@LivinMyJeffLife]

@@GiraffeSweaters Is that really necessary? Very disrespectful. I've only ever seen a couple of her videos myself, but I still respect the dead...grow up...

[@GiraffeSweaters]

@@LivinMyJeffLife Been growing up for 50 years and won't stop until I'm dead. And I don't expect anyone to know who the hell I was either. So relax buddy, it's a comment section and I made a comment. Don't like it? Move along. No one forced you to reply.

[@LivinMyJeffLife]

@@GiraffeSweaters Noone forced you to comment in the first place or reply just now. Might want to spend less time on youtube at your age. Have a good one✌🏼

[@GiraffeSweaters]

@@LivinMyJeffLife Take care princess.

[@meggiebyerley4330]

I would love to find out the history of disco fries! We were looking it up and can't find the origin of the name and style of mozzarella, gravy and fries. Great content, keep on keeping on!

[@Sinsation27]

Loving the content WHF! Keep it up!

[@rupertcortes3980]

March 5, 2024 morning: This is my breakfast.

[@princessUSA2]

You guys should do a video about Hollywood food (the fake foods used in movies and tv shows)!

[@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts]

Entertaining and troubling at the same time. TFS!

[@Cygwin108]

This guy sounds like he belongs in a helldiver super destroyer

[@grantfreeman5327]

Like the editing a lot. Very entertaining and educational, new sub.

[@rhysm.5915]

I eat the frozen ones from walmart practically every day, because they're cheap and easy protein. "Processed" doesn't really scare me that much unless they're injecting baboon semen or something into them.

[@JustJessee]

Don't need to watch, I know everything I need to know about what's inside McNuggets: deliciousness

[@hiijjh100]

At my job we have an open market. Grab what you want and pay at the kiosk. They have this chicken and cheddar burger i cant get enough of. Not breaded either. . I put it in the toaster oven in my office, a dash of ketchup, mustard and hot sauce and im in business. Lol

[@btetschner]

0:27 Awesome voice acting!

[@kameljoe21]

I like the nuggets with the thigh meat the best. The older people who were around when nuggets first came about know that the taste was far better when they mixed the thigh meat and breasts. Now there are patties and nuggets that were made from whole chickens and their gizzards as well. I do not think any company processes the whole chicken in to an emulsion anymore. Those nuggets were far better because it contained everything from skin, bones, organ meat and the main chicken meat. I have tried to find recipe that uses everything yet commercial recipes really do not exist outside the companies that make them.

[@maxpowervideos5150]

I love how the narrator said “fish sticks” slowly. Do you like fish sticks, Kanye? 🤣

[@garrettboomerbender]

Chicken Crispy was my nickname in highschool

[@MU-go1fq]

Watch the full video of Jamie Oliver , he shows a bunch of kids the process of making chicken nuggets then asks them to put their hand up if they'd still eat nuggets thinking they'd be grossed out. They all put their hands up 😂

[@Jackpkmn]

A number of years ago mcdonald's changed the formulation of its breading on the chicken nuggets to make it the current hard crunchy shell it is today. The previous breading design was a little oilier and more crispy. Those were the best nuggets.

[@somexne]

His name being "Baker" just makes everything so much more... Poetic.

[@tremorsfan]

Many's a time I can remember biting into a chicken nugget and pulling out a tendon.

[@thegameshowgeek]

Joe Sedelmaier, for Wendy’s: “Those nibbits some hamburger places serve are actually processed chicken.” Weird History Food: In all fairness, they’re delicious 🤤

[@Arnoldtats]

The commentary was goated 😂

[@MartyMcFly88]

1:53 “Whole chickens were too big for individuals to eat on their own.” Uhhh no? Much like that guy in the video I often devour an entire rotisserie by myself.

[@shredz_2032]

3:27 Lmaooo Nhigą approved

[@justinwilliam6534]

I love the McNuggets since I was a kid that’s a great story.

[@timthegem]

You need a party size nugget platter from Chick Fil A to make a meal, they're so damn small and overpriced.

[@jeepdude7359]

It’s like watching a magic trick. Sometimes it’s better to just not know.

[@artman2oo3]

Wow. I'm really hungry for some chicken nuggets now.

[@The_Conspiracy_Analyst]

The chicken nuggets with the same name as one of the greatest boxers of all time are absolutely god tier

[@gtavstepfordcounty1733]

Steven spatula is the best mcdonald's manager of all time and shows what its like in taking orders assembly of your breakfast sandwiches the various burgers the chicken sandwiches to how they make your favorite mc flurry

[@twistedaxles9126]

Still to this day my familiy members frown upon the Mcnugget thanks to that one time a chicken head showed up on a box of Mcnuggets

[@clinteastwood4704]

I'd STILL eat Chicken Nuggets even if they were made out of Chicken Feet & Toenails!!!!! LOVE 'EM!!!!!!

[@disneybaker5165]

The nuggets of the 80s with feet and parts tasted better, than the current version sweetened with chicken flavoring and corn syrup

[@GarbageGamerz]

Eye lids and assholes are still meat....so yea id be right there with you.....If it taste good ill eat it You only live once yanno!

[@alexgeorge501]

A "McFrankenstein" as they would call it in "Super Size Me"

[@Nuttyirishman85]

My guy is back!!!

[@NicholasMoreau]

If two narrators alternating each week counts as someone departing, you must love peek-a-boo.

[@Nuttyirishman85]

@@NicholasMoreau hadn’t noticed each week, couple months.

[@maximusowo]

as a very wise man once said "bruh, macdonalds is the fucking bomb, you could make nuggets out of human feces and i'd still eat that"

[@paigemalloy4276]

I really appreciate the handy bar graphs

[@GreyKlouds]

RIP Lynja 😢

[@the_ghost_boy]

I never thought they made the shaped for chicken nuggets purposefully wtf

[@capnzilog]

The corporate story I read held that the Chicken McNugget recipe was derived from the battered, fried chicken chunks used in American Chinese restaurants. I suppose this kind of came full circle when the Mulan-tie in was released, but that was nothing more than a sauce served with a tiny packet of chow mein noodles for some reason.

[@krisfrederick5001]

Well, I always questioned what part of a chicken was a nugget, or dinosaur shape. But I loved them with honey. And the greatest memories

[@ezriderdznutztillyomomzcomhome]

RIP to the mentioned "Lynja", she had a great heart and open soul.

[@pablocasas5906]

I like to eat some chicken nuggets from time to time. I think they arrived here in Argentina in the late 90s, when the brand "Patitas" was created, the nuggets themselves were in the shape of chicken drumsticks, there also included spinach and pumpkin varieties for those who didn't want to eat meat

[@SeniterYT]

This is one of those videos I’m taking a risk in watching 😂

[@Pretty_Mess]

I miss dark meat chicken nuggets 😫

[@create-a-new-handle]

in my opinion nothing beats Chic-Fil-a’s secret menu Beef Nuggets. One of the best things i’ve ever eaten.

[@davejohnson5479]

Best narrator voice ever.😊

[@galanie]

"Everything that's' actually in a Chicken McNugget" doesn't list everything that's in them. Just that someone made something close with bread, chicken, eggs, and milk.

[@LatitudeSky]

The batter wasn't really never-before-seen. It's just a type of Tempura batter, common in Japanese cooking. My family used to love turkey ham. I tried to buy some the other day and nobody seemed to sell it any more. Still love chicken hot dogs and balogna. Thanks, Cornell scientist! That said, I have never liked McNuggets. The fact that the $5 meal comes with nuggets makes me ill. I don't want them. Won't eat them. I grew up in the 80s and should love them but no way. Never enjoyed them and absolutely do not want.

[@Lamort13]

I truly love the intro! 😂

[@jayson1505]

Eggos waffles/Kellogg's food ideas next, please?

[@Dingusdoofus]

Dino nuggets are a scam, since every chicken nugget is a dino nugget. Chickens (and every other bird species) are dinosaurs.

[@despacitodaniel801]

DINO NUGGETS BEST THING IN THE UNIVERSE. So glad it got a shoutout

[@wrenchmonkey3920]

Cornell recipe chicken is famous all over NY. Pretty good bbq 30m east of Ithaca.

[@K113-A]

I didn't expect Grant Imahara to make a cameo here! RIP legend

[@jakelecroy5553]

I love McD's nuggets with hot mustard. Chic filet nuggets with Polynesian and BK's neat - no sauce.

[@bloodzerox20]

Honestly... no one does nuggets better than McDonald's 🍗

[@midnighttornado22]

McD's and Wendy's got the best nuggies. They need to try and add seasonal dipping sauce flavors again, though. I remember back in the 80's McD's had a Mexican habanero sauce that was awesome.

[@jacktribble5253]

Stegosaur? Who would eat that? If you're not serving barosaur, I'm not buying.

[@darrellid]

Once again, we have Stephen Colbert on the mic for the Weird History Food channel! Chick-fil-A has the best nuggets but it's not really a fair comparison because CfA's are actual chunks of chicken. Of the Frankennuggets, I'd say McD's are better than the rest. The texture of the meat and breading are just superior to what anybody else is doing.

[@chobies5383]

*Tom Blank

[@MeloraCarabas]

@@chobies5383 Don't we all know that Tom Blank and Stephen Colbert are actually clones? Nobody has yet figured out who is the original though.

[@jenniferbethparishwhite688]

Wow, I always wondered how much chicken (and which parts) were in those things because of their weird texture. I really believed the pink slime thing, again, because of their weird texture. Thanks for the info.

[@BTScriviner]

Just like with hot dogs and sausages, we probably don't want to think too hard about what goes into chicken nuggets.

[@getoffmydarnlawn]

I was working a high school job at KFC shortly after McNuggets came out, I often closed my shift and headed right to McDonald's for McNuggets with Sweet & Sour. I'm not sure which I'd prefer today, I suspect my preference would be C. None of the above.

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

so you still wanted more fried fast food after smelling it on the job, and you paid for it even though you probably could have gotten some for free...

[@getoffmydarnlawn]

@@Ass_of_Amalek I can neither excuse nor defend my 15 year old palate.