I used to do this for my cat. He had advanced kidney disease so whatever I could get him to eat was good. He really really liked chicken nuggets specifically, but was mildly allergic to the breading (would give him breakouts leading to scabby sores) so I’d remove it and give him the inside bits. I’d make nuggets for him at least once a week.
Some people just want to see the world burn
Submitted 5 weeks ago by MacNCheezus@lemmy.today to [deleted]
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ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
kadup@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
[deleted]ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
He had advanced kidney disease when I started spoiling him, which inhibits eating. The healthiest food I could give him at that point was literally anything he’d eat, and there was just something about frozen white meat chicken nuggets from Costco that he just really liked.
He was on a very low phosphorus diet for years, and it was a constant struggle to get him to eat, even though I found a ton of things that were ok for him outside of the Rx diet food (which he refused to eat for every meal). My vet ended up asking me what I was feeding, because he wasn’t supposed to make it more than a year based on his kidney function labs, and he made it another 8, and was pretty healthy for most of it getting all the way up to a chubby 9 lbs at one point (small cat). He passed last July, and my vet was sad to see him go (he was a charming lover boy who adored strangers). It turns out, Rx kidney food for cats isn’t actually optimal because cats are obligate carnivores and need protein, but low protein is recommended for omnivores with kidney disease and that was just assumed to be true for cats as well, and the Rx foods are low phos and low protein, so cats waste away over time.
I don’t eat nuggets (or a lot of meat) normally, myself, and I usually don’t give my cats people food either, but I appreciate the suggestion all the same if I come across that need again :)
M1nds3nd@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
I did this as a kid. I ate both but I felt a need to separate the skin from the meat and eat it first. I also did it with KFC and the like. I’m a vegetarian now but I still get a small urge when I see a nicely coated drumstick.
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 5 weeks ago
Any chance you might be on the spectrum?
M1nds3nd@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Possibly. I’ve wondered about that but I’ve never been tested.
schizolol9@lemy.lol 5 weeks ago
That person must be executed for such a heinous crime! Baby chicks and chickens died to be eaten with dignity!
0ops@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
What are those sauces? Mashed potatoes and gravy?
TheOakTree@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Looks like McD’s sweet & sour and honey (?) mustard.
bstix@feddit.dk 5 weeks ago
Mustard sauce (brown and rémoulade (grainy yellow).
SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You can just buy chicken and bread separately.
Maalus@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Implying that mc donalds nuggets are chicken. Also, I want my chicken to be drenched in ammonia thankyouverymuch
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 5 weeks ago
Of course they’re chicken. The garbage parts of the chicken is still chicken.
SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Sauce?
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
Right there in the picture, are you blind or what?
DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Wasting food 101
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
Who said he throws it away?
DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
True, he give it to the birbs, they working hard for the bourgeoisie
tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 5 weeks ago
username checks out 👍
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I can see this from the perspective of eating skin, then eating a nugget, then skin and so on. But peeling the nugget with your teeth while eating is like half the fun
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
You guys should be roommates at the clink.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Do you just bite into the nugget like some sort or thoughtless animal?!?