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Robert C. Baker (December 29, 1921 - March 13, 2006), was the inventor of the chicken nugget, and a member of the American Poultry Hall of Fame A chicken nugget is a piece of chicken, either whole or composed from a paste of finely minced meat or chicken skin, which is then coated in batter or breadcrumbs before being cooked. ...
Bachelors in Pomology Degree from Cornell University in 1943. Pomology (from Latin pomum (fruit) + -logy) is is branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruits. ... Cornell redirects here. ...
Career
Worked in the food science world for fourty years with over 40+ different innovations to poultry, cold cuts, and turkey products.
Traveled to different countries to display his new innovations making him the 'Thomas Edison' of the poultry industry.
Published 290 research papers.
Founded Cornell's Institute of Food Science and Marketing in 1970.
A fixture of Cornell University for 40 years.
Trivia
When Baker invented the chicken hot dog, naming was difficult. Men prefered the name 'bird dogs' and women prefered 'chicken franks'.
McDonald's is often credited with the invention of the chicken nugget. Baker's chicken nugget recipe was 1960s academic research, free to all, while McDonald's patented its recipe in 1979. What made Baker's work so revolutionary was that he was the first to find a reliable way to bind breading to chicken.
Co-invented the machine responsible for deboning chicken. With Dr. Baker's new innovations it was possible to form chicken nuggets in all shapes, even dinosaurs.
McDonalds Sekime national route store (Osaka, Japan) McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants. ...
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