Slim Jim is icky

From Slashfood today, serious grossness. You know how that old "What are little boys made of" rhyme? Snakes and snails and puppy dog tails? Turns out that's a Slim Jim through and through:

Perhaps not as appetizing as it seemed at first, the second ingredient on the list, "mechanically separated chicken," is, according to the USDA, "a paste-like and batter-like meat product produced by forcing bones with attached edible meat under high pressure through a sieve or similar device to separate the bone from the edible meat tissue.

Ah, yes, perhaps not as appetizing as it seemed at first, second, third, or 99th.