What are we/ or our children eating?

jupiter00

My children love chicken gougons now and again. I have tried making my own but 'they don't taste as good', so I buy various brands. I have bought the party pieces chicken gougons in the pink boxes in Dunnes but I did see China on the inside plastic bag of gougans! So I decided I'd buy good old Irish brands like Glenhaven brands and could see no food source on the packet, just 100% breast of chicken but not where its sourced. Big Als at least say 'produced in Thailand in an eu approved facility' what that means I don't know! ' Birds eye' chicken have no info on where their chicken is sourced on the box either! I am just saying here is it not a minimum for the customer to know where the chicken is sourced from? At least on the packet? Why not? We can decide for our selves. Why isn't all this chicken sourced in ireland? I'm not even talking about intensively raised chickens here just the information put on the packets so at least we know!

silverharp

it always comes down to the fact that you are the parent you choose. my kids get home cooked meals 99% of the time, they eat what we eat. So if its chicken, its real chicken, not mush out of a machine. We dont have fizzy drinks in the house and normally their "treats" would be the equivalent of one to 2 squares of chocolate a day.

metamorphosis

TBH, maybe it's just me but i would be more concerned about the ingredients and whether it is actually food rather than where it is sourced. I wouldn't really consider Fricken chicken though

teacosy

Have you tried using dried breadcrumbs?
Dry leftover bread in the oven at a low heat, until its totally crisp....then whizz to make crumbs- looks a bit like sand.
then make in usual way - dip chicken pieces in flour, egg, then crumb.
drizzle a bit of oil over them and cook at about 200 until golden. very tasty.
the crumbs keep for ages in a sealed container - so i usually make the crumb in bulk.
works well for fish too,for homemade fish fingers.

jupiter00

I have tried the breadcrumbs on the chicken pieces and added a little parmesan but the children didn't like them and we loved them. My point was there should legally be more info on the packet.
To silverharp I make all our own meals most of the time perhaps not always 99% like you but only 98%! We make all our own pizzas and the kids put their own toppings on, we make our own pasta which they roll out and put thro the pasta machine, we have or own hens, 3, so we have our own organic eggs.........so maybe I have the odd slip up, I'm not as perfect........perhaps it more a consumer issue, won't be judged by you anyway.

Torakx

Im suspicious of anything that comes in a plastic pack lol
Even potatoes get the odd look from me
On a serious note.It is nice to see parents looking out for their kids like this(doesnt have o be 99-100% perfect! your doing better than most at 60% you know!).I honestly dont blame parents when i see them in fast food places with their kids.
I would of been the same if i hadnt of been taught a very hard lesson.So its totally understandable imo.
I didnt have a clue about food as i had grown up eating what i was given and people automatically presume what their parents give them is ok to eat and the cycle goes on,partly thanks to advertising for keeping that cycle going too i think.

Turn off the tv i say its a box that controls the whole families perception of the world and its rather scewed in favour of the corporations for the most part.Sad thing is people are paying the government for a licence to be brainwashed.
There needs to be way way more awareness about food and health in schools to break this cycle(tv is coming along better,big shout out to jamie oliver and co between the adverts) .It isnt going to happen at home unless one of the parents experiences something like i did.And even then docs wont diagnos what i had so they will probably go untreated and die young(while paying for useless medications along the way) because of it.
I find the dulling down of irish professionals and the media to be infuriating.

Ciaramb92

The only gougons I like are my mammys..! They're nicest done in the deep-fat fryer but they are still yummy cooked in the over.

Cut the chicken into strips, roll in flour, then egg then breadcrumbs. Cook. Enjoy!

I don't know if that's the 'recipe' you use though. Alot of the shop bought stuff is water, rusk and then chicken! Maybe try your butchers for some?

Catari Jaguar

My Mam used to make "Bang the Meat" so did my aunt, so whenever myself or my cousins were staying in each other's houses, this is what'd be for dinner. I think it was pork that we banged with the spikey meat mallet, dipped in egg and then in flour and breadcrumbs. It was really tasty and we loved being involved in the process. You could use chicken in the recipe and I'm sure the kids would get a real kick out of it. Kids will generally devour anything they make themselves!

deisemum

This is one of 3 chicken dipper/nugget recipes that I have but it's the favourite in my house

Chicken Dippers

4 Boneless, skinless chicken breasts about 600gms in total
2 tbsps sesame seeds
2 tbsps golden linseeds
75g/3oz fresh breadcrumbs
2 tbsps ready-grated Parmesan cheese
2 medium eggs
2 - 3 tbsp sunflower oil

1. Rinse the chicken with cold water. Drain and pat dry with kitchen paper, then cut into long thin strips

2. Mix together the seeds, breadcrumbs and cheese on a large plate. Put the eggs into a shallow dish and beat. Dip the chicken strips into the egg, then roll in the breadcrumb mix.

3. Heat a little of the oil in a non-stick frying pan, add as many chicken strips as will fit in a single layer and fry for 6 - 7 mins turning once or twice until golden brown and cooked through. Remove from pan and keep warm then add remaining oil and cook the rest of the chicken.

I don’t fry mine. I just bake them in the oven and they’re lovely.

I use this recipe with fish and normally replace the chicken with salmon or cod.

The seeds are a good source of potassium, calcium and vitamins B and E. Sesame seeds also contain zinc which boosts the immune system.