Chicken Nuggets All Around

I just came back from one of those late-night indulgences where you buy food and gorge, even though you know that it's not in the least bit healthy. It doesn't help that what I ate was Chicken McNuggets and fries.


Ah, chicken nuggets. I can't help but like their crispy exteriors and the way the oil diffuses throughout your system. Okay, so maybe that's a little weird. But doesn't fat help to make the gustatory response more full?

I got to thinking about McNuggets and one of my Chinese fast food favorites--sweet and sour chicken. That's right, the chicken bits that may as well be called nuggets, even though you're supposed to dip them (not too much sauce, per favore--I really love Italian) and (hopefully) eat them with rice.


There are two noticeable differences between McDonald's and Chinese-y chicken, though: the oil and the amount of batter. In sweet & sour chicken, there's just way too much oil (surprise, surprise--McDonald's doesn't have the most grease). It forces you (well, at least me) to eat a lot of rice, and to get just enough sauce to cover up that oil and forget about it. The batter, on the other hand, just covers up those blobs of chicken and makes it extra crispy.

My preference? I really have none, though I must say I do enjoy things with rice.


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