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Who Invented Chicken Nuggets?
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2782" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-chicken-nuggets-mcdonalds" target="_blank"><strong>Who Invented Chicken Nuggets? - History</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Before McDonald's pioneered McNuggets for fast food consumption, a Cornell University researcher developed bite-size breaded chicken sticks that could be easily fried and frozen.</p><p></p><p>Chicken nuggets are a quintessentially American food: easily mass produced and a quick, convenient protein source that can be eaten on the go. A staple of fast food restaurants and grocery freezer aisles for decades, they weren’t always on America’s dinner plates and children’s menus. It would take war, laboratory experiments and changing U.S. dietary guidelines before chains like McDonald’s catapulted chicken nuggets to a household name.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>World War II’s Chicken Problem</strong></p><p></p><p>During <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history" target="_blank">World War II</a>, chicken became many Americans’ primary source of protein after the U.S. military commandeered red meat for soldiers, creating a beef shortage at home. The massive chicken demand incentivized businesses to produce the birds more cheaply, says anthropologist Steve Striffler, author of <em>Chicken: The Dangerous Transformation of America’s Favorite Food: </em>“World War II encouraged the spread, modernization and industrialization of chicken on a much larger scale.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2782, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-chicken-nuggets-mcdonalds'][B]Who Invented Chicken Nuggets? - History[/B][/URL] Before McDonald's pioneered McNuggets for fast food consumption, a Cornell University researcher developed bite-size breaded chicken sticks that could be easily fried and frozen. Chicken nuggets are a quintessentially American food: easily mass produced and a quick, convenient protein source that can be eaten on the go. A staple of fast food restaurants and grocery freezer aisles for decades, they weren’t always on America’s dinner plates and children’s menus. It would take war, laboratory experiments and changing U.S. dietary guidelines before chains like McDonald’s catapulted chicken nuggets to a household name. [B] World War II’s Chicken Problem[/B] During [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history']World War II[/URL], chicken became many Americans’ primary source of protein after the U.S. military commandeered red meat for soldiers, creating a beef shortage at home. The massive chicken demand incentivized businesses to produce the birds more cheaply, says anthropologist Steve Striffler, author of [I]Chicken: The Dangerous Transformation of America’s Favorite Food: [/I]“World War II encouraged the spread, modernization and industrialization of chicken on a much larger scale.” [/QUOTE]
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