Chicken 14: Triple Threat

I still have very little semblance of what day of the week it is. I could have sworn that I had already worked two days already this week when I woke up, but would have believed that it was Monday again had someone told me. I may be losing my mind. Too much chicken on the mind maybe.

Options for chicken are thinning as we approach just a week and a half of chicken to go. Still at it though, and maybe even venturing out to new spots are in order. Chicken must go on, and it shall.

Also everyone is getting diseased now. That is pretty weak.

Chicken 14: Nuggets, McNuggets and Tenders

So while we were bouncing around ideas today, we initially figured it why not hit up the diner that we never go to but is attached to our building. That idea was dropped, which backfired cause apparently they had chicken pot pie today at the diner. Damn I wanted me some chicken pot pie.

Instead, I come up with the idea of chicken nuggets. Not just McDonalds McNuggets, not just Wendy's Nuggets, not just Burger King tenders (they're nuggets, just shaped different!), oh no. We're doing all three today.

So the plan was set. Me, my conspirator and the observer to chicken all agreed to the terms. We split up, each hit up a fast food joint and return back with the spoils to combine into an epic meal. We split up, make the purchases and return for greatness.

This meal consisted of 10 McDonalds McNuggets, 10 Wendy's Nuggets and 8 Burger King tenders for a total of 28 pieces of delicious.

Everyone knows what these things taste like, so lets just compare/rank them

Lowest on the ladder are the McDonalds version of chicken. Not greasy, no real flavor and this strange unnaturalness to them. The nuggets are the crunchiest of all the nuggets, but the chicken is in this strange shell encasement. Adding to the artificiality of the nuggets is the fact that the nuggets come in exactly two shapes and sizes with no variation, one of the shapes looking like a boot. Actually the nuggets do have a taste, grease. I am very familiar with that taste and this is actually the first time I've had any McNuggets since the NFL draft this year where I consumed 50.

Second place would go to the Burger King tenders (which I'm just gonna call nuggets). Not crispy at all really, but with seasoning that makes it taste like food, more so than McDonalds did. Burger King also shapes their nuggets like little crowns or, if you prefer, dinosaur footprints. The shape has a bit of a negative effect in that it compromises the structural integrity of the nuggets, making them come apart while dunking in your sauce of choice.

Little aside here. All nuggets I consumed were dunked in honey mustard sauce from BK and Wendy's. Both tasted fine for the most part, however there is just something weird about the consistency of the Burger King honey mustard. There were two different densities in the same container, making it just not stick to the chicken quite right.

Finally the best of the batch obviously is Wendy's Chicken nuggets. Nuggets are crispy, taste great (little on the salty side). Nuggets were roundish and looked like a nugget, as opposed to a footprint or boot. What can be said, they're the best. That was already a pretty well known fact amongst fast food aficionados though.

Might have gone a bit overboard with 28 nuggets. That is a lot of nuggets, and nuggets are not exactly the greatest culinary treat. Hooboy, today was quite an undertaking. The month is almost over though, the march of chicken goes on