{"id":571,"date":"2009-04-26T20:48:54","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T03:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=571"},"modified":"2015-01-02T12:31:12","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T20:31:12","slug":"letters-to-len-another-state-chicken-nugget-submittal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id571-letters-to-len-another-state-chicken-nugget-submittal.html","title":{"rendered":"Another State Chicken Nugget Submittal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in February I found <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id509-letters-to-len-fun-with-chicken-mcnuggets.html\">a Chicken McNugget that was the spitting image of Connecticut<\/a>.  At the time I asked my dear readers to be on the look out for other chicken nuggets that resembled US states, Puerto Rico, Guam and\/or the Canadian provinces.<\/p>\n<p>To be honest, I was beginning to lose hope that I&#8217;d ever see another state chicken nugget.  Can anybody really blame me?  After all, it had been close to two months since my request first went out.<\/p>\n<p>Then, lo and behold, I got a surprise in my mail bag the other day from an actual reader who was kind enough to send in this picture of a chicken nugget that is a fairly decent facsimile of Michigan&#8217;s lower peninsula.  I&#8217;ll let the nice lady who took the time to get this picture tell the rest of the story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fellow chicken nugget connoisseur, Jill, writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc02015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-572 alignleft\" title=\"dsc02015\" src=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc02015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"153\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The other day my family and I came across this chicken nugget.  My son had them all spread out on the table in order from biggest to smallest.  I couldn&#8217;t help but notice one in particular that looked kind of special.  As soon as I saw it I told him he had to wait to eat this one until after mommy took a picture of it!  Doesn&#8217;t it look a lot like lower Michigan?  There was no sign of the (upper peninsula).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Good catch, Jill!  I figured that the next state to be submitted was going to be an easy one like, Wyoming or Colorado.   But to find a very complex chicken nugget like Michigan&#8217;s LP is quite a treat!  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Oh, sure.  There are naysayers and skeptics out there who will vehemently question this photo&#8217;s authenticity.  Yes, it is a bit blurry, but I believe the image has not been tampered with and is the genuine article.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the photo, Jill!<\/p>\n<p>Readers:  Please stay on the lookout for additional chicken nuggets masquerading as a state or Canadian province, and send in your photographic evidence.  I&#8217;ll post them as I get them.  I won&#8217;t rest until we collect photos of nuggets representing all 50 states, and the 10 Canadian provinces.   Hey, at this rate we&#8217;ll have the whole collection in about 30 years!<\/p>\n<p>And remember, nuggets that show signs of tampering <em>will<\/em> be disqualified.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><em>If you liked this article, please be sure to <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds2.feedburner.com\/LenPenzo\">subscribe to my RSS feed<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in February I found a Chicken McNugget that was the spitting image of Connecticut.  At the time I asked my dear readers to be on the look out for other chicken nuggets that resembled US states, Puerto Rico, Guam and\/or the Canadian provinces. 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