Raise your hand if you know who invented the chicken nugget

Who knew?

I heard it here:
[www.npr.org]

(Recipe for special Cornell BBQ Sauce included)

"Ken Dryden."

"Common mistake. Brian Cropper."

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(Recipe for special Cornell BBQ Sauce included)

"Makes enough for 10 chicken halves"

Yarrr...I'm only one man.

At the end of that NPR piece, there's mention that there's a Chicken BBQ in Lansing, NY on Sunday featuring his sauce. This triggered something, and dug this up:

[www.spiedie.com]

[Q]Unlike anything you've seen or tasted before, but maybe the
best you'll ever have! This is a legendary delicious sauce that has its roots, according to some locals, to Cornell University. We knew him to be Professor Bob Baker. He sold chicken barbeque every summer at the NY State Fair at a booth just a few yards down from Rob's original Spiedie Stand. Many Volunteer Fire Departments use this for fund raising chicken barbeques.[/Q]

A few years ago, I tried this chicken sauce, and I can't tell you how much I liked it. I even brought some down to Virginia with me when I moved there (along with some Spiedie sauce). If you have a chance, give it a try. It's sold at Tops, Wegmans, P&C, and all over Central & Western NY. Absolutely delicious.

The chicken nugget was really invented when somebody at a processing plant realized that all the crud that coats the assembly units after a few days can be collected, compressed, and sold.

Taking Damn Yankee, Ivy League barbecue sauce south of the Mason-Dixon line, then arguing its merits, is not a recipe for living out your allotted 78 years. No matter how good the sauce.

I did, but then again, both my Cornell degrees are in food science.