Robert C.
Baker (December 29, 1921
– March 13, 2006) was an inventor and Cornell University
Robert Baker traveled the world innovating how people eat and view chicken. He spent his entire academic life atCornell University Institute of Food Technologists
Accredited to him are more than 40 poultry, turkey and cold cut innovations, making him the "George Washington Carver of poultry". In addition to creating the chicken nugget, he is also responsible for a revolutionary way to bind breading to chicken, co-invented the machine responsible for deboning chicken and created the chicken and turkey hot dogs and turkey ham.
McDonald's is often falsely credited with the invention of the chicken nugget. In fact Baker published his chicken nugget recipe in the 1950s as unpatented academic work, while McDonald's patented its recipe for Chicken McNuggets in 1979 and started selling the product in 1980.
Baker's famous recipe for Cornell Chicken was actually innovated while Baker was atPenn State
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Robert Baker traveled the world innovating how people eat and view chicken. He spent his entire academic life at
Accredited to him are more than 40 poultry, turkey and cold cut innovations, making him the "George Washington Carver of poultry". In addition to creating the chicken nugget, he is also responsible for a revolutionary way to bind breading to chicken, co-invented the machine responsible for deboning chicken and created the chicken and turkey hot dogs and turkey ham.
McDonald's is often falsely credited with the invention of the chicken nugget. In fact Baker published his chicken nugget recipe in the 1950s as unpatented academic work, while McDonald's patented its recipe for Chicken McNuggets in 1979 and started selling the product in 1980.
Baker's famous recipe for Cornell Chicken was actually innovated while Baker was at
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