Fudge wrote:

I eagerly look forward to each episode of Cooks Tour. I consider it =
one
of the better shows on the TV Network. I enjoy his dry, warped sense of=

humour. He definitely shows extremes of emotion. One week he is in some=

third world toilet bowl consuming absolute shit only to be followed by =
some
of the finest cuisine in the world cooked by fabulous chefs. He looks l=
ike a
burned out rock star. His comparison of the reproductive practices of
oysters and club med members was brilliant.

Up to here, I agreed completely.

Oh, by the way, chicken
McFuggits are made from compressed chicken skin.

Puhleeze. It's white meat chicken, "chopped and formed" (as the=20
industry tech talk goes). Not gourmet stuff, but certainly not=20
"compressed chicken skin." But even if it were, chicken skin is still=20
food that most people would consider perfectly edible. Think fried or=20
roasted chicken.

Here's the legal description from McD.

Chicken McNuggets=AE:
Chicken, water, salt, modified corn starch, sodium phosphates, chicken=20
broth powder [chicken broth, salt, and natural flavoring (chicken=20
source)], seasoning (vegetable oil, extracts of rosemary, mono, di-=20
and triglycerides, lecithin).

Battered and breaded with water, enriched bleached wheat flour=20
(niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yellow=20
corn flour, bleached wheat flour, modified corn starch, salt,=20
leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum=20
phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium lactate), spices, wheat=20
starch, dried whey, corn starch. Batter set in vegetable shortening.

Cooked in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, (may contain=20
partially hydrogenated soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated corn=20
oil and/or partially hydrogenated canola oil and/or cottonseed oil=20
and/or sunflower oil and/or corn oil). TBHQ and citric acid added to=20
help preserve freshness. Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an anti-foaming=20
agent.

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