Which came first: KFC or the Chicken McNugget?

[Boojatta]

Poll question: Which came first: KFC or the Chicken McNugget?

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[HopeHoops]

1. Both are disgusting.

That's true even if you EAT meat.

[bigwillq]

3. I like KFC

Their grilled chicken is pretty decent.

[HopeHoops]

7. It is gross. KFC is also a GOP company (YUM).

Same owner as Long John Silver's and Pizza Hut.

[Sebastian Doyle]

11. Don't forget Taco Hell and Frito Lay.

All of them used to be part of Pepsico, which has some rather nebulous right wing ties itself (see "Prescott Bush & Cuban sugar plantations under Batista" or "Where was Dick Nixon on 11/22/1963")

Whether YUM is really seperated from Pepsico or whether it's just a shell company for tax purposes is the real question. Because it's funny how all these YUM junkfood brands still promote Pepsi products.

[Kali]

13. to you

good to see you Hope Hoops, I was just wondering where you had gone and there you are ripping on food you don't even eat again.:hi:

[HopeHoops]

18. I spent two weeks in the hospital. I'm back, but not quite repaired.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

2. The Chicken McNugget is merely a renaming of the venerable Japanese dish

Tori Kara-agé.

That was my reaction the first time I ever encountered a Chicken McNuggets: "Oh, look, it's Tori Kara-agé!"

Given the antiquity of Japanese culture, I'd say that Chicken McNuggets have to be older.

[KamaAina]

5. Kara-age chicken is widely available in Hawai'i

even at 7-Elevens!

The difference is, out there, it's made from actual chicken.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

6. As it is in Japan

:-)

[TommyO]

17. So simple, so tasty sounding (Tori Kara-agé, not the McNuggets)

http://www.bento.com/trt-torikara.html

[jp11]

4. Q: Which came first: KFC or the Chicken McNugget? A: Chicken McNugget.

The Chicken McNugget existed before KFC, KFC was manufactured after Kentucky law dictated there was a fee required with a company using 'Kentucky' in its name for profit.

[Ahpook]

8. Refuse came first

The fast foodie industry made it taste edible:)

[Taverner]

9. You need to try my Casual Fire Chicken Fingers

take a mix of whole wheat and white flour, add just a touch of baking powder. Then break an egg and beat it.

Add some cayenne pepper to the flour, and just a touch of tabasco to the egg

dip the chicken fingers in the egg first, then flour then deep fry

Dip in some hot sauce :)

[pokerfan]

10. largest number of McNuggets one cannot buy

A McNuggets come in boxes of 6, 9, and 20 nuggets.

For example, one can buy 15 nuggets (6+9) but one cannot buy 16.

1. Is there a largest number of nuggets that one cannot buy?
2. If so, what is this number?

[petronius]

14. I can't come up with a non-brute-force way to do this, but I think the answers are

1. Yes
2. 43

Interesting question... :)

[pokerfan]

15. Yep

I'm working through a series of lectures by Paul Zeitz and that was one of the problems. The proof is very interesting. There's a pretty good explanation on wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin_problem#McNugget_numbers

[petronius]

21. Very cool! I'd never heard of 'relative primes' before, or coin problems

Thanks for the tangent! :)

[pokerfan]

22. I'm master of the geeky threadjack

I was the only kid in elementary school who loved story problems.

[underpants]

12. 1:54 what IS a Chicken McNugget?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKSoiDtdi9s

[TreasonousBastard]

19. Did he really say...

"I want to show them what's in their fucking nuggets"?

[Crystal Clarity]

16. Have you ever noticed all thise pidgeons

hanging around every Mickey D's? That's what your 'Chicken' McNuggets are really made of. I still haven't figured out how KFC makes their chicken though. :shrug:

[edbermac]

20. The Egg McMuffin of course!