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For the Colonel, It Was Finger-Lickin’ Bad (1976)

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Re: For the Colonel, It Was Finger-Lickin’ Bad (1976)

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Post by ido »

the_third_wave wrote: post #13

From the newspaper article: "I'll never go to India, I don't like to see people sleeping in the streets" The times, they are a'changeing and the Colonel would presumably "never go to (insert west coast city)" because of all the people sleeping (etc.) in the streets

Have you ever been to India? I have, and have also visited the bad part of downtown San Francisco many times. Homelessness in major Indian cities is on a whole different scale - I remember taking a taxi ride through New Delhi at night, on some streets the sidewalks had people lying side by side (packed so tight they were touching other people on both side) for what seemed like miles.

On the other hand they don't seem nearly as mentally unwell as the SF homeless.

Re: For the Colonel, It Was Finger-Lickin’ Bad (1976)

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Post by zamadatix »

dylan604 wrote: post #23
conception wrote: post #15

Here’s the original seasoning mix - https://marionkay.com/product/chicken-seasoning-99-x/

"Ingredients: Monosodium Glutamate, White and Black Pepper, Fine Flake Salt, Sage, Coriander, and other natural spices" So if the first listed ingredient represents the most abundant ingredient... Also, such a cop out that the FDA has allowed "other natural spices" to be a legit listing. Supposedly to protect corporate secrets blah blah. What if someone is allergic to one of those "natural spices". Either we're for a…

The FDA maintains a list of known allergens and they must always be listed if used as ingredients, even if they are seasonings/spices. Besides, if I put on a hard hat for safety but not a hi-vis vest then it doesn't make wearing the hard hat any less for safety. False dichotomies about it don't help move safety forward.

Re: For the Colonel, It Was Finger-Lickin’ Bad (1976)

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Post by nunez »

e40 wrote: post #18
UncleSlacky wrote: post #9

If you want the real thing you have to go to the restaurant named after his wife: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Sanders_Dinner_House

Went there as a kid. Can confirm it was insanely good.

apparently it burned down in four hours in 1999, but not before the Sanders sold that restaurant.

Re: For the Colonel, It Was Finger-Lickin’ Bad (1976)

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Post by spacecadet »

gumby wrote: post #106
spacecadet wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thats why I said "optically", I actually agree with the sentiment that homelessness is often much worse and unseen in other parts of the United States- but! CA could do a-lot more given its wealth and desire to be seen as "thoughtful".

> CA could do a-lot more given its ... desire to be seen as "thoughtful". Uhh, what? The state that produced Nixon, Reagan, Prop 13; the capital of NIMBYism and the state that had more Trump voters than any other? Sure, California is wealthy and spends a lot on its citizens, especially the needy, but it also has strong countervailing pressure, more influential than you might think given the makeup of its legislature.…

Sure. We are saying the same thing. But from my experience actually talking to people, they fancy themselves a thoughtful lot.

Re: For the Colonel, It Was Finger-Lickin’ Bad (1976)

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Post by spacecadet »

akira2501 wrote: post #102
spacecadet wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but there is significantly more of it happening, optically, on the west coast than anywhere else in the United States. What is San Diego's unofficial name? "The Home of the Homeless". Before you flame, I spent years touring the United States, living and photographing homeless people and communities. West Coasters should really stop getting defensive and take action, if it actually matters to you all. All that we…

> living and photographing homeless people and communities. For your own benefit, or for theirs? > if it actually matters to you all You were there for a while, apparently. What did you do about it?

There was no benefit to anyone, I chose to be homeless and to spend time sharing their stories. I had no capacity to help them outside of small ways, food, shelter, voice.

Re: For the Colonel, It Was Finger-Lickin’ Bad (1976)

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Post by nunez »

PorterBHall wrote: post #20

Seems like an early example of "enshitification."

enshitification is just a convenient name for a thing that's happened to every company that goes public/gets acquired by PE since the markets cared about "growth, growth, and growth," which started in the 1960s.

Re: For the Colonel, It Was Finger-Lickin’ Bad (1976)

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Post by iftheshoefitss »

ryandrake wrote: post #70
saghm wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> My takeaway is that Sanders cared about serving quality fast food, and KFC corporate cared about reducing costs and doing brand necromancy. The upshot is you won't get KFC chicken at KFC, just a pale, cheap imitation of the original Assuming that's the case, the anecdote in the article of him walking into the kitchen in a random KFC and berating the people for making the chicken the was they did seems a bit unfair;…

> it's not like the random people working there had any choice in the corporate policies or autonomy to choose to make the chicken in a different way. I'm torn on this one, and can see both sides. For any kind of mega-business, not just restaurant chains: If your goal is to correct corporate behavior, protest or "make things difficult for corporate" then there really aren't any good options. You could annoy the indiv…

Last fast food gig I had people were smashing stuff against the wall screaming haha you may be talking about the Narnia branches on bro

Re: For the Colonel, It Was Finger-Lickin’ Bad (1976)

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Post by spacecadet »

mulmen wrote: post #94
spacecadet wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but there is significantly more of it happening, optically, on the west coast than anywhere else in the United States. What is San Diego's unofficial name? "The Home of the Homeless". Before you flame, I spent years touring the United States, living and photographing homeless people and communities. West Coasters should really stop getting defensive and take action, if it actually matters to you all. All that we…

> West Coasters should really stop getting defensive and take action, if it actually matters to you all. As a lifetime resident of the northwest and a current resident of Seattle let me say, sincerely, fuck you too. Your characterization of west coast residents as uncaring and inactive is inconsistent with reality. There is no shortage of people working on homelessness and related issues. Not every person has to spen…

Classic response. Sorry. And yes, fuck me! I couldn't help either.

Re: For the Colonel, It Was Finger-Lickin’ Bad (1976)

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Post by NikkiA »

the_third_wave wrote: post #13

From the newspaper article: "I'll never go to India, I don't like to see people sleeping in the streets" The times, they are a'changeing and the Colonel would presumably "never go to (insert west coast city)" because of all the people sleeping (etc.) in the streets

I'm guessing he would refrain from going near kentucky then:

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2018/12/02/PLOU/f9cd1a27-...

(Louisville)

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Post by crawfishphase »

zamadatix wrote: post #112
crawfishphase wrote: post #82

Sanders might sound A LOT like Gordon Ramsay in this article, but I doubt Gordon ever shot and killed a man over a turf war and beat up one of his legal clients. I think I remember hearing the Colonel beat down at least one of his bosses. He must have coated himself in restaurant-grade teflon as he seemed to get away with it.. Should have called it Gangster Fried Chicken.

Sanders never killed anyone either. He was involved in a shootout where the other guy shot and killed the gas station manager, Sanders' involvement was shooting said guy who lived and later went to jail as a result of killing the manager.

ahh my bad, all these years I was wrong- I see now that The Colonel rode up with two of his armed employees and got one of them killed and his competitor (Stewart) jailed who died by gunshot about 2 years later. Some say the cop that shot him was payed off with white buckets full of cash. Soon after the Colonel's gas station started selling white buckets full of addictive fried chicken infused with herb and spice and the Colonel married Stewart's daughter-in-law. Later, Stewarts daughter became the Colonel's right hand, and managed a big operation for him. She is quoted as calling the Colonel "a straight shooter". One big happy family style story. Someone should make a movie
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