The Chicken Parmi Is Just Chicken Nuggets for Adults

randomvis on 09/07/2024 - 00:57
Last edited 10/07/2024 - 06:49 by 1 other user

I'm going to cop flak for this— but I don't care.

I don't even care if I ruin this pub favourite. The truth is more important.

This has gnawed away at me ever since I sat eating a chicken parmi and realized my son's kid's meal, nuggets + chips + salad and sauce is just a miniaturized concept. Rather, the parmi is just the 'adultified' version of the nuggets. You can @ me if you want to argue about the nuances about additional mozzarella, the difference between the sauces or even the number of nuggets versus the size of parmi, but I won't respond. You and I both know now you are eating a kids meal and you need to grow up.

One thing remains constant, crumbed chicken, sauce, chips and salad.

You can't run from it, you are eating a kids meal dressed in an adult's name.

EDIT:

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Comments

  • crentist on 09/07/2024 - 01:05
    +56

    you need to grow up

    No.
    The rest makes sense but your conclusion is bad.

    • El cheepo on 09/07/2024 - 10:46
      +51

      The rest makes sense

      No, it doesn’t.

      Op is just rambling on about what should of just stayed his own shower opinion.

      Chicken nuggets barely contain any actual real chicken, while a parmy is an actual piece of chicken coated in breadcrumbs and layered with other toppings.

      Thats like saying a donkey is actually a horse…
      Yeah you can ride both, but they ain’t the same.

      Op is fixated on the wrong thing and making a flawed argument.

      One thing remains constant, crumbed chicken, sauce, chips and salad.

      Having similarities doesn’t make something identical.

      • filmer on 09/07/2024 - 11:33
        -4

        You can't have a blanket statement that chicken nuggets don't contain real chicken when even McDonalds nuggets are all chicken breast

        • El cheepo on 09/07/2024 - 12:10
          +6

          Taken from McDonalds website:

          McDonald's Chicken McNuggets®® are made from 100% chicken breast meat. However, as a percentage of the total recipe when the batter, seasoning and oil to cook the nuggets are taken into account, chicken meat constitutes 45% of the total Chicken McNugget®, the other ingredients account for the additional 55%.

          Chicken is less than half of a nugget - even according to their own claims.

          The key point is in italics… nuggets are made from chicken.

          • jaejae69 on 09/07/2024 - 13:38
            +1

            @El cheepo: You said "chicken nuggets barely contain any real chicken", I guess this can be interpreted two ways where you're either saying the meat itself is mystery meat or the meat content of a nugget only constitutes a small portion of the full nugget.

            If we use the former interpretation, your assertion has been completely debunked and the meat is real 100% chicken breast. This would mean nuggets and parmis are in fact the same thing.
            Now you backtrack as if you meant the latter, which means you're conceding the fact that if a parmi had enough breading then it would be a nugget?

            • El cheepo on 09/07/2024 - 13:58
              -1

              @jaejae69: It is most certainly the latter of the two, which was inferred but not directly stated.

              which means you're conceding the fact that if a parmi had enough breading then it would be a nugget?

              To quote this great legend: “If my grandmother had wheels then she would be a bicycle”

              Reference: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A-RfHC91Ewc

              • filmer on 09/07/2024 - 16:04
                +6

                @El cheepo: Come on now. You know very well the going theory is nuggets are made up of nothing but the offal and scraps of chicken.

                It's disingenuous to try to say you were implying that nuggets are mostly breading. Especially given your provided proof is the nugget is 45% meat - very close to half is not 'barely' and that you said 'actual chicken' when the meat in a parmi is no more chicken than what's in a nugget.

                You don't infer when you say/type something - you imply. The reader/listener infers.

                • El cheepo on 09/07/2024 - 19:58

                  @filmer:

                  Come on now. You know very well the going theory is nuggets are made up of nothing but the offal and scraps of chicken.

                  I do indeed know of it, but that doesn’t mean i agree with it.

                  It's disingenuous to try to say you were implying that nuggets are mostly breading.

                  I implied that the majority % of a chicken nugget is in fact not chicken- what you deduced from that statement is on you.

                  Especially given your provided proof is the nugget is 45% meat

                  Personally, I wouldn’t call a McDonalds statement hard proof, more a claim.

                  very close to half is not 'barely'

                  So is 55% (claimed) a majority chicken?
                  And thats best case scenario, im sure your average supermarket nuggets etc are probably similar to meat pies - that is closer to 20-30% of the product is the meat.

                  when the meat in a parmi is no more chicken than what's in a nugget.

                  Whens the last time you got a parmy that was 45% chicken and 55% misc?

          • greatlamp on 09/07/2024 - 21:44
            +2

            @El cheepo: The surface area of a nugget makes it impossible for that to be any other way. If the nuggets were bigger there would be more % chicken.

            A chicken nugget being 50% real chicken is evidence that they are the are exactly what is advertised. I'd rather eat McDonald's nuggets than the average pub parmigiana

            • El cheepo on 09/07/2024 - 22:44
              -3

              @greatlamp:

              The surface area of a nugget makes it impossible for that to be any other way. If the nuggets were bigger there would be more % chicken.

              Not really, the components and mixture that makes a nugget is what differentiates a nugget from a parmy.

              If you were to increase the size of a nugget to the same size as a parmy, it would yield the same result as it is a different mixture of things that make it.

              Its not because its a small piece that only x% is chicken, its that way for saving money by replacing chicken realestate with what ever mix they use.

              A chicken nugget being 50% real chicken is evidence that they are the are exactly what is advertised.

              Well McDonalds claims at least 45% chicken.
              But other producers will vary in what is acceptable and what they use.
              Im sure in many cases it will be less than that and perhaps other parts of a chicken.

              It’s worth noting i have no dispute with chicken nuggets been chicken nuggets.

              My disagreement is with the op that they are the same thing as a parmy.

              I'd rather eat McDonald's nuggets than the average pub parmigiana

              Im a fan of both and would have them side by side 🤷🏽‍♂️

        • stedmaster on 09/07/2024 - 17:34

          What about the chickens—are they free-range or battery? It makes a difference to the yolks, so no doubt the breast as well. Does McDs and other nuggets use good chicken breast? What's the difference between an average Parmi vs. nugget, or is Parmi simply a more premium or gourmet large nugget?

          Who would eat mini parmis or are these more like popcorn chicken or mcbites…

      • pinkybrain on 11/07/2024 - 17:08

        Thats like saying a donkey is actually a horse…
        Yeah you can ride both, but they ain’t the same.

        Too much information!

        We don't need to know about your sex life

    • Polska Kielbasa on 10/07/2024 - 14:55

      Agreed. Its a good point shower thought, but no need to yuk other peoples yum's.

  • AustriaBargain on 09/07/2024 - 01:07
    +73

    That's right. And gravy is just adult dipping sauce. And beer is just adult juice box.

    • Cluster on 09/07/2024 - 10:33
      +5

      I thought wine was the adult juice box? They both come in a cask.

      • 0806449 on 09/07/2024 - 18:53

        Even more fun when drinking through a straw

      • danred on 10/07/2024 - 09:44

        They are both liquids, are both made from the juice of fruit, you drink them, and you can get both at the pub! Grow up if you drink glorified juice you babies!

      • SarcasticEmu on 11/07/2024 - 22:34

        And it's purple/red flavor.

  • theHMASfriendship on 09/07/2024 - 01:11
    +32

    Let me put it to you this way.

    Chicken nuggets is just the kid’s version of a good honest parmi.

    • coffeeinmyveins on 09/07/2024 - 07:18
      +32

      By OPs logic none of us should be driving a car because it's just an adult version of a kids ride on toy

  • morse on 09/07/2024 - 01:15
    +31

    Nugs are generally ‘formed’ chicken. The schnitzel part of the parmi should be chicken breast butterflied and crumbed.

    Those reconstituted schnitzels that Woolies etc sell aren’t the real deal, and yes are just nuggets in a different shape. But what’s your problem with nuggies?

  • MS Paint on 09/07/2024 - 06:17
    +13

    @Nugs

    Is this true
    ?

    • Nugs on 09/07/2024 - 06:57
      +161

      I've spoken to my lawyers, we might have a case against big parma
      .

      • DashCam AKA Rolts on 09/07/2024 - 09:03

        Will eating one improve my 5g? Asking for a cooker mate.

      • El cheepo on 09/07/2024 - 10:48

        I hope this reply gets the notoriety it deserves, well played 😂

      • smartazz104 on 09/07/2024 - 10:51
        +1

        we might have a case against big parma

        It's actually Big Nug.

      • maverickjohn on 09/07/2024 - 12:42

        Nugartis are likely to respond with. Their latest research studies.

  • coffeeinmyveins on 09/07/2024 - 06:23
    +20

    Makes sense to be honest

    But your idea that therefore adults need to grow up is wrong and just plain dumb

    Kids menus also have fish and chips which are cocktail fish. I assume therefore I'm not allowed to have fish and chips by your logic?

  • timthetoolman on 09/07/2024 - 06:46
    +32

    You should try a chicken parma. They're substantially better

    • mapax on 09/07/2024 - 06:50
      +11

      Yeah, real men order a parma at the pub…

  • Loot N Plunder on 09/07/2024 - 06:59
    +5

    There is no meat glue in a chicken schnitzel

    • Nugs on 09/07/2024 - 07:04
      +1

      Never had the I&J special then…..
      .

      • Loot N Plunder on 09/07/2024 - 07:16
        +1

        If its production made it has meat glue how else do they get the same weight, size and shape

        • Nugs on 09/07/2024 - 07:27
          +2

          I was referring to the el cheapo schnitzel night schnitzels that are in fact oversized nuggets
          .

    • Cluster on 09/07/2024 - 10:34

      You haven't eaten in cheap pubs. They're all weirdly glued mismatched random pieces of chicken.

  • melancholykeith on 09/07/2024 - 07:02
    +1

    I have been trying to get my son to try a schnitzel when we go out by saying it is a big chicken nugget but he won't have a bar of it.
    So what if you're right? Are you expecting everyone to stop having schnitzels and Parmi/Parma's beacuse you say so?, cause it ain't gonna happen.
    Stick to your liver and onions and leave the rest of us to eat what we want, okay.

  • Stuj on 09/07/2024 - 07:07

    I dont see bacon/ham and cheese on the nuggets, Bssically the same is NOT the same, as you say truth is important

  • onetwothreefour on 09/07/2024 - 07:10
    +13

    Definitely sounds like fowl play.

    • holdenmg on 09/07/2024 - 07:31
      +7

      This whole thread is clucked.

      • DashCam AKA Rolts on 09/07/2024 - 09:07
        +5

        O.P. is too chicken to have a grown up nugget.

  • mskeggs on 09/07/2024 - 07:53
    +4

    I’m old enough to remember chicken nuggets coming to Australia as a fried chicken substitute at McDonald’s (pour one our to a real one, the actual fried chicken pieces that were replaced).
    Michael Pollan mentions them as the epitome of American fast food, they can be eaten while you cruise down the highway. But chicken schnitzel and it’s pork and veal cousins is the dish of Austria and southern Germany, and has been for generations.
    I suppose if you ate a lot of nuggets as a kid you might think it happened the other way and the parmi was invented as a grown up nug.

    • mapax on 09/07/2024 - 07:55

      How long ago was that?

      • mskeggs on 09/07/2024 - 07:56
        +1

        Circa 1980

  • Aldonis on 09/07/2024 - 08:04
    +6

    A schnitzel is a staple counter meal but once you add the parmigiana topper I agree that you've ruined it

    • mskeggs on 09/07/2024 - 15:27
      +1

      This is true, with the way most are served in Oz. If the ham and cheese is inside a folded fillet and the whole thing breaded so you don't have a doggy mess on top, it is pretty good.

    • JimB on 10/07/2024 - 10:55

      100% agree.

      Goes from crispy to soggy.

      I'd love a pork schnitzel and bratwurst right now.

  • Drpepper666 on 09/07/2024 - 08:37
    +3

    L take

  • CodeXD on 09/07/2024 - 09:09
    +4

    You and I both know now you are eating a kids meal and you need to grow up.

    No way a kid can finish a chicken parma

  • freefall101 on 09/07/2024 - 09:31
    +6

    Kids meals are just regular meals with simplified flavours.

  • jv on 09/07/2024 - 09:55
    +2

    Parmi ????

    • smartazz104 on 09/07/2024 - 10:53
      +19

      Give OP a break, he's from Perth; they just got chicken nuggets there, hence his "revelation".

    • BewareOfThe Dog on 10/07/2024 - 00:46
      -5

      Parmi vs parma.
      Schooner/midy v Pint/pot
      Mall vs Mull
      Potato Scallop vs potato cake
      Devon vs bung fritz
      Pluto pup vs dagwood dog
      Pancakes vs flapjacks
      Coriander vs cilantro
      Scones vs biscuits
      Burgers vs sandwiches
      Metric vs imperial

      The ones on the left are correct and all states and other counties should adapt.

      • Usernames on 10/07/2024 - 04:57
        +1

        Every Aussie loves a Vegemite burger in their lunch box.

  • LanceVance on 09/07/2024 - 10:11
    +6

    Ok, and?
    Some kids food is awesome, I love when I score an invite to a kids birthday party and get to relive the glory of fairy bread.
    Btw the whole problem that you have is with a 'parmi', be a real man and have a parma.

    • JimmyF on 09/07/2024 - 10:35
      +2

      and get to relive the glory of fairy bread.

      You don't need a kids party to make this! Just saying……

      I served it at a 'adult' party once, went retro themed, so after all the laughs of being kid food, oddly it all went and I had to make more 🤔

      • LanceVance on 09/07/2024 - 11:07

        Very true, we're usually having people over for dinners rather than parties. So I haven't been daring enough to serve fairy bread as a desert :D.
        My wife is also an avid baker so it'd be a waste of her talents, but will keep it in mind for whenever we end up hosting a shindig :)

        • JimmyF on 09/07/2024 - 12:55

          Well yes a avid baker might be horrified, but then maybe its a great way to show off their baking skills with some amazing white bread :)

          Or just whip some up for yourself as a snack!

  • JimmyF on 09/07/2024 - 10:33

    You and I both know now you are eating a kids meal and you need to grow up.

    Lets say you're right….. What do you think a real 'adult' should be eating instead?

    But the way I see it, the kids are eating miniaturised version of a adult meal that works for them, not the other way around.

  • Gdsamp on 09/07/2024 - 10:42

    Reasonable assessment

    • digitalbath on 10/07/2024 - 15:17
      -1

      OP needs a psychiatric assessment. Clearly gets “triggered” by the most irrelevant topics and one day will see an adult eating a chicken parmi and go all Bondi Junction on the patrons at the pub.

  • smartazz104 on 09/07/2024 - 10:50
    +1

    you are eating a kids meal dressed in an adult's name

    Only a kid would call it a parmi.

  • djsweet on 09/07/2024 - 10:52
    +3

    news flash: kids and adults both eat chicken, tomato, and cheese.

  • godofpizza on 09/07/2024 - 11:01

    is parmi or parma the correct naming convention?

    • randomvis on 09/07/2024 - 11:46
      -2

      According to the eastern staters it's parma; like most of these large chicken nuggie defenders, they are also wrong.

      It's parmigiana… where does the "a" come from unless you contract the word in a weird way.

      • JDearyMe on 09/07/2024 - 11:48

        It's just Melbourne that wrongly says parma

        • randomvis on 09/07/2024 - 11:49

          That explains my work colleagues from Vic defending it.

      • OZKap on 09/07/2024 - 14:00
        +3

        Cannot - can't

        Parmigiana - parm'a

        • randomvis on 09/07/2024 - 20:09
          -1

          It's not Parm'a is Parmi.

          Case and point

          Cardigan: Cardi or Cardan

    • Mikeer on 09/07/2024 - 13:45
      +7

      Well if a "service station" get shortened to a "servo", then a "parmigiana' should be a "parmo"

      • Aleigh123 on 10/07/2024 - 08:35
        +2

        That's some rock solid logic right there.

  • Duckie2hh on 09/07/2024 - 11:17
    +2

    I like chicken nuggets…

  • Benoffie on 09/07/2024 - 11:18
    +3

    Im more interested to spot those from the east by 'parma' vs 'parmi'

    Ps, it's parmi. Nothing out of Vic is correct.

    • R4 on 09/07/2024 - 14:49

      Indeed. They contribute nothing to Australia apart from dead end socialism.

      Passengers.

    • hamroll on 09/07/2024 - 15:58

      Victoria, in my opinion is an incredible epicentre for multicultural food. We have really got an incredible food scene that rivals the best in the world.

      • CommuterPolluter on 10/07/2024 - 19:43

        What does that say about diversity? The only thing going for it is the food?

  • SoapyWooder on 09/07/2024 - 11:24
    +1

    This is the result of human brain's creativity

  • filmer on 09/07/2024 - 11:34
    +2

    I suppose you don't like having fun either

    • randomvis on 09/07/2024 - 11:41
      -1

      I'm having fun right now 🫡

      • Crow K on 10/07/2024 - 09:53
        +4

        "ha ha oh they are all so angry at my spicy take"

        Reddit-tier fun

  • ChickenParmiMan55 on 09/07/2024 - 11:49
    +4

    I find this post absolutely disgusting!!! Probably just another one of those woke, spiced latte lovers posting anti-Australian B.S!

  • ChickenParmiMan55 on 09/07/2024 - 11:53
    +3

    The chicken parmi is a meal for REAL MEN. You wouldn’t understand that. I guarantee this bloke is in the pub ordering a ceviche and lime followed by some white wine your grandma would enjoy. You are what is wrong with this country mate! Thumbs down

    • quick-dry on 10/07/2024 - 17:13

      forget the white wine, that ceviche sounds pretty good! Sure you can say it is a delicate girlyman meal, on the other hand it's raw fish for the savage carnivore, like a grizzly bear tearing into a leaping salmon.

      I prefer a schnitzel to a parmi, but I'll give side eyes to someone who can only order the parmi/schnitty and is just an adult version of that difficult kid who can't cope if the mnu doesn't have their nuggies and chippies.

  • Brick Tamland on 09/07/2024 - 12:31
    +1

    Have you recently eaten a chicken nugget?

    The meat in a chicken nugget is usually highly processed chicken meat. Whereas a parmi is or should be actual non-processed chicken that is flattened.

    So in theory what you say makes sense but in reality it's a very different product.

  • Spootage on 09/07/2024 - 13:05

    And? I see no issue with this.

  • teacherer on 09/07/2024 - 13:08

    lol

  • Breno785au on 09/07/2024 - 13:55
    +2

    Imagine telling people you don't eat parmas because you're a grown up lol

    • hamroll on 09/07/2024 - 15:56

      imagine being a grown up and not being able to make your own decisions lol

  • chiuy on 09/07/2024 - 14:01
    +3

    real adults eat what they like without any qualms

  • Ughhh on 09/07/2024 - 14:06

    Can't believe this is what a 33M is stressing about.

  • Bunnyburger on 09/07/2024 - 14:12
    +3

    The difference is that the nugget uses reclaimed meat, I don't think the parmi does.

    Is katsu a kid's meal?

  • Cheaplikethebird on 09/07/2024 - 14:17
    +1

    Sausages are just cheerios for adults.

  • R4 on 09/07/2024 - 14:48

    I like the Irish parmy from the Irish pub near the office - chicken schnitzel with curry sauce - $18 on Thursdays.

    Nice.

    • dingleberries on 09/07/2024 - 16:34

      Do the Irish do the Chicken Parmo? or is that just the English?

      • R4 on 09/07/2024 - 17:17
        +1

        I think it's one of those things that you can pretty much get anywhere - It's basically fake Italian food

        • dingleberries on 10/07/2024 - 09:29
          +1

          my favourite type of Italian

          • R4 on 10/07/2024 - 10:00

            @dingleberries: I like a parmy but so many places don't do it well. There's two pubs where I live and one does a great parmy but the other place's parmy is shit.

            • dingleberries on 10/07/2024 - 15:19
              +1

              @R4: Yeah, to be honest I make my favourite at home, you're welcome any time haha

  • rumblytangara on 09/07/2024 - 15:22

    You and I both know now you are eating a kids meal and you need to grow up.

    You say this like it's some sort of problem?

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