The chicken nugget or the egg?

My Millie, she's a hoot. Just for fun, here's a little recap of a conversation we had yesterday.

Many of you may know that Millie is a self-taught vegetarian. Even when she was a baby she would never eat baby food with meat in it. Introduce: the chicken nugget. And she ate it. But not just any chicken nugget. A Tyson chicken nugget. Yes, she eats Tyson chicken nuggets. Wendy's? Yes. Burger King? Maybe on a a good day. McDonald's? NO WAY! Chick-fil-a? this one phases in and out but she'll normally eat them when bribed. Any other restaurant? Nope. How about a chicken tender? She'd rather you cut off her arm. Those Mickey Mouse shaped ones? Poison. She WILL NOT EAT any other piece of meat. I've heard all of the, "she'll eat if she's hungry enough," "she won't go hungry," etc. It's not true. Or maybe it is true but I wouldn't know because after about the third time that she threw up when I forced her to eat meat, I stopped.

So, I've always wondered why she'll eat (some) chicken nuggets and no other meat. Yesterday I think I got my answer. Well, it still doesn't explain why she didn't eat it when she was younger but it makes sense for why she doesn't eat it now.

She's been talking about farms in school. She was swinging last night and Kevin asked, "Millie, where does bacon come from?" "A pig, yuck " she answered. "What about hamburger?" "A cow, yuck." And so on. Steak, pork chops, sausage, etc. So then I asked her where eggs come from. "A chicken." "And what about chicken nuggets?" "An egg." I asked again, and again she told me that they come from eggs. I didn't push further because I NEED her to eat chicken nuggets. But at least I might have a little glimpse into why she'll eat them. It isn't made out of an animal, after all :)