McDonald's Mighty Wings

ninerbuff
ninerbuff Posts: 49,029 Member
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I had them for lunch today (5 piece is 480 calories without sauce). I didn't need the sauce and just peeled off the chicken from the bones and threw it into a bowl with some salad. Not bad.

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  • CookNLift
    CookNLift Posts: 3,660 Member
    I still to this day cannot go to mc donalds without making sure that I have an order of 20 mcnuggets in kcals available in my total intake for the day. they're like crack
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,029 Member
    I still to this day cannot go to mc donalds without making sure that I have an order of 20 mcnuggets in kcals available in my total intake for the day. they're like crack
    Yeah, I like nuggets too with Hot Mustard sauce. I alternate what I feel like eating when I trek there once a week.

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  • CookNLift
    CookNLift Posts: 3,660 Member
    where do you live that has hot mustard sauce?! lol I usually just get BBQ and Sweet and Sour it's like my hangover cure
  • swhiteism
    swhiteism Posts: 71 Member
    I had them the other day, they are GROSS and I was pissed I wasted calories on them. Just McNuggets for me from now on.
  • benol1
    benol1 Posts: 867 Member
    You may want to reconsider eating mcnuggets. They are truly the most disgusting things you could eat.
    Recently, Mississippi researchers found out why: two nuggets they examined consisted of 50 per cent or less chicken muscle tissue, the breast or thigh meat that comes to mind when a customer thinks of "chicken."

    The nuggets came from two national fast food chains. The three researchers selected one nugget from each box, preserved, dissected and stained the nuggets, then looked at them under a microscope.

    The first nugget was about half muscle, with the rest a mix of fat, blood vessels and nerves. Close inspection revealed cells that line the skin and internal organs of the bird, the authors write in the American Journal of Medicine.

    The second nugget was only 40 per cent muscle, and the remainder was fat, cartilage and pieces of bone.

    "We all know white chicken meat to be one of the best sources of lean protein available and encourage our patients to eat it," says Dr Richard deShazo of the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

    "What has happened is that some companies have chosen to use an artificial mixture of chicken parts rather than low-fat chicken white meat, batter it up and fry it and still call it chicken," he adds.

    "It is really a chicken by-product high in calories, salt, sugar and fat that is a very unhealthy choice. Even worse, it tastes great and kids love it and it is marketed to them."

    -- http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/10/07/3863678.htm
  • CookNLift
    CookNLift Posts: 3,660 Member
    You may want to reconsider eating mcnuggets. They are truly the most disgusting things you could eat.
    Recently, Mississippi researchers found out why: two nuggets they examined consisted of 50 per cent or less chicken muscle tissue, the breast or thigh meat that comes to mind when a customer thinks of "chicken."

    The nuggets came from two national fast food chains. The three researchers selected one nugget from each box, preserved, dissected and stained the nuggets, then looked at them under a microscope.

    The first nugget was about half muscle, with the rest a mix of fat, blood vessels and nerves. Close inspection revealed cells that line the skin and internal organs of the bird, the authors write in the American Journal of Medicine.

    The second nugget was only 40 per cent muscle, and the remainder was fat, cartilage and pieces of bone.

    "We all know white chicken meat to be one of the best sources of lean protein available and encourage our patients to eat it," says Dr Richard deShazo of the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

    "What has happened is that some companies have chosen to use an artificial mixture of chicken parts rather than low-fat chicken white meat, batter it up and fry it and still call it chicken," he adds.

    "It is really a chicken by-product high in calories, salt, sugar and fat that is a very unhealthy choice. Even worse, it tastes great and kids love it and it is marketed to them."

    -- http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/10/07/3863678.htm

    other parts of the chicken have to be used in my opinion....I'd rather eat the leftovers put into an edible form than have animal meat being wasted. Plus, they're still damn delicious.
  • benol1
    benol1 Posts: 867 Member
    cranshinibon,

    I hear what you are saying.
    But in my humble opinion - there are far better, more nutritious things, we could be putting into our bodies.
    I respect your decision to continue eating them.
    kind regards,

    Ben
  • CookNLift
    CookNLift Posts: 3,660 Member
    cranshinibon,

    I hear what you are saying.
    But in my humble opinion - there are far better, more nutritious things, we could be putting into our bodies.
    I respect your decision to continue eating them.
    kind regards,

    Ben

    Your humble opinion is absolutely correct lol chicken nuggets are in no way, shape, or form my primary source of protein, fat, carb, or calorie intake and is in no way healthy for me to consume outside it being burned as fuel. I actually watched a thing of jamie oliver trying to do a study on kids and mcdonald's nuggets - I found it hilarious because of the end result, but it was actually really interesting. check it out by youtubing something like jamie oliver chicken nugget fail or something
  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
    You may want to reconsider eating mcnuggets. They are truly the most disgusting things you could eat.
    Recently, Mississippi researchers found out why: two nuggets they examined consisted of 50 per cent or less chicken muscle tissue, the breast or thigh meat that comes to mind when a customer thinks of "chicken."

    The nuggets came from two national fast food chains. The three researchers selected one nugget from each box, preserved, dissected and stained the nuggets, then looked at them under a microscope.

    The first nugget was about half muscle, with the rest a mix of fat, blood vessels and nerves. Close inspection revealed cells that line the skin and internal organs of the bird, the authors write in the American Journal of Medicine.

    The second nugget was only 40 per cent muscle, and the remainder was fat, cartilage and pieces of bone.

    "We all know white chicken meat to be one of the best sources of lean protein available and encourage our patients to eat it," says Dr Richard deShazo of the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

    "What has happened is that some companies have chosen to use an artificial mixture of chicken parts rather than low-fat chicken white meat, batter it up and fry it and still call it chicken," he adds.

    "It is really a chicken by-product high in calories, salt, sugar and fat that is a very unhealthy choice. Even worse, it tastes great and kids love it and it is marketed to them."

    -- http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/10/07/3863678.htm

    I don't get this. Do you feel like anything that isn't the white meat of the chicken should just be tossed out? Seems wasteful to me.
  • swhiteism
    swhiteism Posts: 71 Member
    Eh. I don't eat them for their nutritional value, and wasn't under any impression that I was. I eat them because they taste good.
  • QuincyChick
    QuincyChick Posts: 269 Member
    I was curious about these- but I am weird about bone-in wings, I prefer boneless. I might just stick to the nuggets!
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    cranshinibon,

    I hear what you are saying.
    But in my humble opinion - there are far better, more nutritious things, we could be putting into our bodies.
    I respect your decision to continue eating them.
    kind regards,

    Ben

    I don't think anyone in the thread said chicken nuggets were "nutritious" it was a treat that they make room for because they like them ...geez ....
  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
    You may want to reconsider eating mcnuggets. They are truly the most disgusting things you could eat.
    Recently, Mississippi researchers found out why: two nuggets they examined consisted of 50 per cent or less chicken muscle tissue, the breast or thigh meat that comes to mind when a customer thinks of "chicken."

    The nuggets came from two national fast food chains. The three researchers selected one nugget from each box, preserved, dissected and stained the nuggets, then looked at them under a microscope.

    The first nugget was about half muscle, with the rest a mix of fat, blood vessels and nerves. Close inspection revealed cells that line the skin and internal organs of the bird, the authors write in the American Journal of Medicine.

    The second nugget was only 40 per cent muscle, and the remainder was fat, cartilage and pieces of bone.

    "We all know white chicken meat to be one of the best sources of lean protein available and encourage our patients to eat it," says Dr Richard deShazo of the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

    "What has happened is that some companies have chosen to use an artificial mixture of chicken parts rather than low-fat chicken white meat, batter it up and fry it and still call it chicken," he adds.

    "It is really a chicken by-product high in calories, salt, sugar and fat that is a very unhealthy choice. Even worse, it tastes great and kids love it and it is marketed to them."

    -- http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/10/07/3863678.htm

    You obviously have never had the chicken livers from Lee's...next best thing closest to McDonald's nuggets.
  • escloflowneCHANGED
    escloflowneCHANGED Posts: 3,038 Member
    where do you live that has hot mustard sauce?! lol I usually just get BBQ and Sweet and Sour it's like my hangover cure

    The only reason I ever have nuggets is to have some of that hot mustard...it's crack!
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    I was curious about these- but I am weird about bone-in wings, I prefer boneless. I might just stick to the nuggets!

    Giggity. *snickers*
  • luvJOJO
    luvJOJO Posts: 1,881 Member
    I had them for lunch today (5 piece is 480 calories without sauce). I didn't need the sauce and just peeled off the chicken from the bones and threw it into a bowl with some salad. Not bad.

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    I had them yesterday for lunch & I liked them. 3 for 290 calories.
  • thinklivebefree
    thinklivebefree Posts: 328 Member
    I love Ingredients: Chicken Wing Sections, Water, Salt, Rice Starch, Sodium Phosphates, Spice Extractives, Maltodextrin, Extractives of Garlic and Onion. Battered and Breaded with: Water, Bleached Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Modified Food Starch, Yellow Corn Flour, Wheat Gluten, Salt, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Rice Flour, Spices, Spice Extractives, Extractives of Paprika, Sugar, Onion Powder, Yeast, Xanthan Gum.....Oops I mean Mighty Wings
  • nena49659
    nena49659 Posts: 260 Member
    I love the mighty wings. But, wings and breasts are my favorite part of the chicken anyway.
  • QuincyChick
    QuincyChick Posts: 269 Member
    I was curious about these- but I am weird about bone-in wings, I prefer boneless. I might just stick to the nuggets!

    Giggity. *snickers*

    Oh my god, i posted this before coffee and didn't even notice my own dirty joke!!
  • nikkylyn
    nikkylyn Posts: 325 Member
    AMEN!! Lol Im with ya...hot mustard yumm
    Eh. I don't eat them for their nutritional value, and wasn't under any impression that I was. I eat them because they taste good.
  • RenewedRunner
    RenewedRunner Posts: 423 Member
    I didn't notice in the research posted there where they mentioned McDonalds specifically. I remember reading this article. And it wasn't a representative sampling either...

    The whole squeamishness about "other" parts is hilarious to me. That is how you know a society has not been hungry or poor for a long time. Many cultures would be astounded at what we waste because we are "too good" to eat it. While I am not a huge fan of haggis, there is something to be admired about not wasting edible bits.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,029 Member
    Eh. I don't eat them for their nutritional value, and wasn't under any impression that I was. I eat them because they taste good.
    Yep. If I only ate for nutritional value, then everything would be bland and pretty tasteless since I've done precontest diets several times. Super high nutrition, but there's no way in the world I'd be able to eat that way for life unless it was just for survival.


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  • SemperAnticus1643
    SemperAnticus1643 Posts: 703 Member
    Never had the Mighty Wings but I do love the commercial. I actually burn a calorie or two from laughing at it. :tongue:
  • slpaul100
    slpaul100 Posts: 46 Member
    Don't get me wrong, I love me some McDonalds....which is part of the reason I now need to lose weight. However, every time I see this pink slime picture, it makes me shudder. There's also a link in this article to the You Tube video referenced above (I think it's that one).

    http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/01/31/10282876-mcdonalds-drops-use-of-gooey-ammonia-based-pink-slime-in-hamburger-meat?lite
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    However, every time I see this pink slime picture, it makes me shudder.

    My grandpa always said, "Use every part of the animal."

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