"As she measures out scoops of pulverized chicken meat, dredges them in her own breading mixture, and fries them in schmaltz, she's acting out one of the biggest contradictions in contemporary food culture."
"Everybody eats or feeds their families chicken nuggets, but the ubiquitous little blobs of protein have also become widely reviled as a lazy shortcut, an ultraprocessed food."
"Parents have plenty of valid reasons for feeding their kids nuggets - they're cheap, they're fast, and kids tend to like them - but the shame that seems to adhere to their crunchy, golden crusts says a lot about the expectations placed on parents."
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