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America’s ‘Fried Chicken War’

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Re: America’s ‘Fried Chicken War’

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I moved to SF last year from SC and it has been a royal pain to find a good fried chicken joint. Friends, if you find yourselves in the southeast do your best to get into a Bojangles. Any suggestions for a good chicken joint in the Bay Area?

Not a lot of good fried food here.

I have only found one reasonably good fried fish place and most of the french fries in the area aren’t great.

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> To keep her family from starving, Annie began selling ham and veal sandwiches for a few pennies to miners passing the front of her house. It seems like an editor at the BBC missed something here. This should have probably read "To keep her family from destitution" - if they had ham and veal to sell, they presumably had it to eat themselves.

Its a peculiarity of the traditional British media that they need to constantly portray rural business owners (particularly farmers) as fighting extreme poverty. Not entirely sure why this should be so, just that it is.

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I'd love to choose a side. Sadly, I'm living in Copenhagen after living in the U.S. for many years and there's no fried chicken war and barely any fried chicken. I recently found one joint where you can get a decent fried chicken sandwich, though that's about as far as it goes.

It's such a shame because the chicken you can buy here is, to my taste, of much higher quality compared to that in the U.S. The tenderness is incredible, and it's so moist it's almost impossible to overcook. I'm not really sure why it hasn't caught on here. Perhaps it's simply a matter of preference/taste.

Re: America’s ‘Fried Chicken War’

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post #54

I'd love to choose a side. Sadly, I'm living in Copenhagen after living in the U.S. for many years and there's no fried chicken war and barely any fried chicken. I recently found one joint where you can get a decent fried chicken sandwich, though that's about as far as it goes. It's such a shame because the chicken you can buy here is, to my taste, of much higher quality compared to that in the U.S. The tenderness is…

I'd love to know which place serves fried chicken sanwiches in Copenhagen, could you share that?

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For those in the SE US, I recommend trying Publix fried chicken, if you haven't already. I get a whole fried chicken for less than $10, and it's better than anything I've had in a restaurant. The trick is to call an hour ahead, and have them make it fresh for you. That's half a fried chicken, plus another half as fixin's!

Confirmed and seconded.

Publix fried chicken has even made some top 10 lists for chicken/fried chicken reserved for restaurants.

Re: America’s ‘Fried Chicken War’

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post #46

I moved to SF last year from SC and it has been a royal pain to find a good fried chicken joint. Friends, if you find yourselves in the southeast do your best to get into a Bojangles. Any suggestions for a good chicken joint in the Bay Area?

I know this is kind of heresy but there isn’t good fried chicken in the Bay Area and I’ve traveled the country in search of fried chicken. I can’t tell you how many times people have said “omigod you have to try so and sos” only to be disappointed over and over. The best I’ve found in the US is Howlin Rays in LA (obviously) followed by Ms T in Chicago followed by the Gus’s chain. In the Bay Area, KFC is still the mos…

I'd agree SF could have better Southern-style fried chicken. But at the KFC level Krispy Krunchy Chicken is pretty damn great :)

Re: America’s ‘Fried Chicken War’

#60

I moved to SF last year from SC and it has been a royal pain to find a good fried chicken joint. Friends, if you find yourselves in the southeast do your best to get into a Bojangles. Any suggestions for a good chicken joint in the Bay Area?

Oh man, so many options. Good thing i love trying them all :D

Traditional style:

RT Rotisserie, Brenda's, Hard Knox, Rusty's Southern, Brown Sugar Kitchen

Personally I'm a fan of the non-Southern-style fried chicken

Wing Wangs, Hot Sauce and Panko, San Tung, Rintaro

All Time Fav is Tokyo Fried Chicken in Montery Park (LA)

Everything is just perfectly cooked. chefs kiss

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