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Post by adamwarlock2099 on May 14, 2020 11:43:59 GMT -5
If you don't like beer, you just haven't tried the right one. Thus you should drink more and more and more until you do! Wait... This is incredible advice! Now, where did I put that bottle opener? "To alcohol; the cause of and solution to all of life's problems."
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Post by codystarbuck on May 17, 2020 10:51:52 GMT -5
If you don't like beer, you just haven't tried the right one. Thus you should drink more and more and more until you do! Wait... There is no excuse to go to KFC if there is a Popeye's in the remote vicinity.You mean apart from the grease that shoots out like an arterial spray when you bite in?
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Post by Icctrombone on May 17, 2020 11:54:20 GMT -5
If you don't like beer, you just haven't tried the right one. Thus you should drink more and more and more until you do! Wait... There is no excuse to go to KFC if there is a Popeye's in the remote vicinity. Sez you. Popeye's has a coconut taste to it that turns me off. KFC all the way!
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Post by beccabear67 on May 17, 2020 13:09:09 GMT -5
I wish KFC was the way it was in the '70s. We used to get a baking powder type of biscuit roll with it and it was replaced by a plain old yeast roll at some point, and now there is no roll at all. We do get gravy though (and poutine was available at the Quebec PFK I visited), and sometimes corn on the cob (do not eat this in front of relatives from Holland, they see it as something that is fed only to animals). I really think one or more of those 11 herbs and spices is missing from KFC these days. I think the comedian Sinbad had a routine about that a few years back ('dig up the Colonel, he must've taken something with him'), and he was right, it's just not the same, it used to be a huge treat to get KFC! Even so it's still the best out there, and the chips/fries are the best too.
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Post by Duragizer on May 17, 2020 18:26:20 GMT -5
I've often wondered what KFC was like "back in the day". As far back as I can remember, KFC's been some combination of mushy/greasy*.
*There've been exceptions, of course, and I don't remember what it was like back in the '90s.
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Post by hondobrode on May 17, 2020 21:07:09 GMT -5
I used to LOVE KFC before Pepsi bought them and ruined them. I don't what they did, or why, but crispy and original aren't nearly as good, and I try ever couple of years when I'm desperate hoping something will change, but it doesn't; if anything, it gets worse. Popeye's is the best I can get around here, but the BEST, which I can't understand why there aren't any anywhere close to me, with the nearest being 619 miles away, is the outstanding El Pollo Loco, marinated in fruit juices and grilled.
I swear if I ever wanted to get into the restaurant business, this is the franchise I'd pick.
Has anyone else here dined on this fantastic chicken ? Anytime I get to Phoenix I find one and go; no trip is complete without getting my El Pollo Loco !
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Post by impulse on May 17, 2020 22:03:36 GMT -5
If you don't like beer, you just haven't tried the right one. Thus you should drink more and more and more until you do! Wait... There is no excuse to go to KFC if there is a Popeye's in the remote vicinity.You mean apart from the grease that shoots out like an arterial spray when you bite in? That's a feature, not a bug. JK. I almost never have either these days except when it's a convenient stop driving cross state on the Interstate.
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Post by codystarbuck on May 17, 2020 22:26:44 GMT -5
You mean apart from the grease that shoots out like an arterial spray when you bite in? That's a feature, not a bug. JK. I almost never have either these days except when it's a convenient stop driving cross state on the Interstate. At my age, all that grease turns into a laxative.
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Post by codystarbuck on May 17, 2020 22:38:37 GMT -5
I've often wondered what KFC was like "back in the day". As far back as I can remember, KFC's been some combination of mushy/greasy*. *There've been exceptions, of course, and I don't remember what it was like back in the '90s. I haven't eaten it in years because it got so bad; but, back when Col Harlan Sanders was alive, it was pretty tasty chicken. My dad and my grandmother did better and I have tasted some amazing fried chicken at church suppers and funeral dinners. However, for a chicken restaurant, it was good. Certainly in the 1970s. I live in Bloomington, Il and my grandparents lived in this city, when I was a kid. They had a restaurant, Bob Johnson's, that was noted for its chicken and it was better than KFC. In the early 80s, we got Church's Chicken, which was also better and I always thought Hardees' chicken was better, after KFC seemed to go south, especially after Pepsi bought it so someone would carry their sodas in their restaurants. I think part of it is the cooking methods they use now, vs then, (it was pressure cooked, in the old days) plus the fact that the chickens are all steroid mutants. They also went cheap on the ingredients and substituted artificial flavorings. You can taste it in most mass produced food now, if you can recall what real food tastes like, especially before everyone added high fructose corn syrup. I used to love to just eat the icing off grocery store birthday cakes; but, now, there is nothing natural in most store cakes and it makes me sick to eat any of the icing. Pastries and cookies are the same. An ingredients list should not read like a chemical textbook. If I want chicken, I can go to any one of several grocery store delis and get better than KFC or Popeyes; not that they are anything to write home about, compared to real fried chicken. ps I don't know about anyone else, but I find these current KFC ads, with fake Col Sanders insulting. There is a radio ad that runs locally that starts out, "This is Col Sanders speaking to you..." and I usually answer, "Not unless you are speaking from beyond the grace!" He was an actual person, not a corporate mascot. The man fought in the Spanish American War, not to mention a few wars in Kentucky, with rivals.
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Post by brutalis on May 18, 2020 7:39:57 GMT -5
with the nearest being 619 miles away, is the outstanding El Pollo Loco, marinated in fruit juices and grilled.
Has anyone else here dined on this fantastic chicken ?Anytime I get to Phoenix I find one and go; no trip is complete without getting my El Pollo Loco ! No worry hondo, I eat plenty for you and me both. I am lucky that I live in Phoenix with 2, count em 2 El Pollo Loco's several blocks away from me. Been eating there for over 30 years now! It really is the BEST tasting chicken meal around. Remind me to send you a care package of bones so you can enjoy the smell at least. KFC is all too greasy anymore, the extra crunchy is more like extra soggy and falls off the chicken. The regular recipe literally drips a puddle of oil that you could lube your car engine with. AND NOTHING BEATS MY MOM'S AND GRANDMA'S HOME COOKED SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN! My grandmother grew up in Oklahoma, so she knows Okie fried cooking in and out and up and down and sideways. Along with fried Okra, cornbread, pie baking, collared greens, potato pancakes and chicken and dumplings you just can't beat granny's home cooking! Just ask Jethro, he will tell ya!!!!
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2020 8:58:17 GMT -5
If we do fried chicken out around here, we usually do Lee's Famous Recipe as it is what my wife prefers. The rare times we go to KFC I usually get their tenders or popcorn chicken and potato wedges rather than their fried chicken offerings because I haven't really liked their chicken in years.
-M
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Post by impulse on May 18, 2020 9:25:34 GMT -5
There was a local mom and pop joint near me that had been around for decades. They had THE BEST fried chicken I have ever had in my life, hands-down. I have no idea how they made it so much better than everyone else, but they did. It was expensive but worth every penny. They closed down unexpectedly and out of the blue a couple years back. So sad.
We've had a lot of beloved restaurants close down unexpectedly. Ugh.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 18, 2020 9:59:23 GMT -5
There is no place locally to get good fried chicken and it's one of those dishes I just have not managed to be able to master.
Also I seldom see cut-up fryers in the store any more. I see a lot of whole chickens and then packs of breasts, legs, etc. But seldom cut-up fryers. I remember my Dad cutting them up on the band-saw when I was young and he was a butcher. Yeah I can butcher a chicken, but it's generally more work than I want to put in if I can avoid it.
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Post by brutalis on May 18, 2020 10:00:01 GMT -5
There was a local mom and pop joint near me that had been around for decades. They had THE BEST friend chicken I have ever had in my life, hands-down. I have no idea how they made it so much better than everyone else, but they did. It was expensive but worth every penny. They closed down unexpectedly and out of the blue a couple years back. So sad. We've had a lot of beloved restaurants close down unexpectedly. Ugh. Same here in Phoenix with a lot of the "family" restaurants closing. Either the kids don't want to take over to maintain the shop or one of the owners passes away so the shops closes. Very sad. Hoping it doesn't occur for awhile to the wonderful family Chinese shop across the street from my house. Been there since the 60's and the best tasting meals around. The Husband/wife owners paid for all their kids college educations and the last one graduated last year and NONE of the kids want anything to do with restaurant business (can't say I blame them, lots of work/effort, little time off to pay your way) so when Mom/Dad say it's over then no more Chinese food for me in the neighborhood 5 years ago lost the best little Italian Restaurant for that very reason. An maybe 10 years ago a very nice Thai restaurant. Everything in my neighborhood anymore are franchises. So like I noted before, lots of El Pollo Loco and Chinese for me at the moment as my go to faves!
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Post by brutalis on May 18, 2020 10:54:26 GMT -5
There is no place locally to get good fried chicken and it's one of those dishes I just have not managed to be able to master. Also I seldom see cut-up fryers in the store any more. I see a lot of whole chickens and then packs of breasts, legs, etc. But seldom cut-up fryers. I remember my Dad cutting them up on the band-saw when I was young and he was a butcher. Yeah I can butcher a chicken, but it's generally more work than I want to put in if I can avoid it. I am a fully trained Journeyman Butcher (used to be licensed, but that was waaay 35+ long Years ago) and still know how to section off a chicken or cow or pig or fish and STILL don't want to put the effort into it. Unless otherwise necessary, it is far easier to just cook the stuff until it is so tender that it simply falls off the bone.
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