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

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Post by petre »

brewdad wrote: post #142
gruez wrote: post #78

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>I'd rather eat bacon than hormone infused chicken, fully grown in less than a month They're both hormone free. "Under Federal law, hormones are only approved for use in beef cattle, swine**, and lamb production. There are no hormones approved for use in the production of poultry, goat, veal calves, mature sheep, or exotic, non-amenable species" https://www.fsis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media_file/202... >pressur…

They must be doping them with something because I’ve encountered chicken bones that aren’t even fully formed inside of chicken thighs that are above average in size. My MIL used to be a food scientist and spent a few years working with Tyson. She hosted a party once with chicken wings twice the size of my hand. I refused to partake of them especially since she wasn’t allowed to tell me how they got so big.

> I’ve encountered chicken bones that aren’t even fully formed inside of chicken thighs that are above average in size

You've probably encountered the offspring of cousin Boneless.

https://cowandchicken.fandom.com/wiki/Boneless_Chicken

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

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Post by Der_Einzige »

brookst wrote: post #52
infotainment wrote: post #34

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One thing I find utterly depressing is how literally every American fast food chain has infinitely better quality and taste in their overseas locations. Evidently they save their absolute worst products for their home market.

I’d say they’re responding to different market demands.

Americans current market demands are bad for society and bad for the Americans that purport to demand the food slop they call fast food that we are served.

Americans would be infinitely happier with the overseas model of our fast food, no matter what suits or pencil pushers claim.

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

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Post by Der_Einzige »

spacecadet wrote: post #19
gumby wrote: post #17

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Interesting that it only happens on the west coast, eh? You’ve never seen a homeless person anywhere else?

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…

Despite our homeless problem, we have by far the highest property prices, most economic opportunity, and best laws (legal shrooms!).

Haters of the PNW are simply mad that they don’t get to live here and enjoy the routine 20-40$ ounces for good quality stuff.

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

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Post by brookst »

Der_Einzige wrote: post #152
brookst wrote: post #52

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I’d say they’re responding to different market demands.

Americans current market demands are bad for society and bad for the Americans that purport to demand the food slop they call fast food that we are served. Americans would be infinitely happier with the overseas model of our fast food, no matter what suits or pencil pushers claim.

Sounds like you can make a fortune by hitting this untapped market.

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Post by rootusrootus »

feerceKitteh wrote: post #139
rootusrootus wrote: post #46

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> So if the first listed ingredient represents the most abundant ingredient... It's seasoning, so it doesn't seem surprising at all that MSG would be pretty high on the list. Do you think that's bad?

Some people still hang on to the flawed science and xenophobic belief that MSG is bad.

Yeah it is a hard one to shake. My mom was not the least bit xenophobic but she did get serious headaches from MSG. But only when she knew she was eating it. And she loved tomatoes too! I miss her dearly, and she was actually quite sharp, but she would not let go of the MSG thing despite ample evidence to contradict her belief.

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

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Post by BizarroLand »

elchief wrote: post #38

KFC has been garbage for decades, at least in Canada. I hope Popeye's eats their lunch

I went to popeyes a few weeks ago and it was overpriced as all hell. $62 before tax for a 16 piece with 2 sides.

I have a difficult time understanding how they can have the audacity to charge that much. We got something else instead. IDK who is dropping nearly $70 on an order of chicken for 1 meal.

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

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Post by selimthegrim »

redeeman wrote: post #119
gruez wrote: post #78

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>I'd rather eat bacon than hormone infused chicken, fully grown in less than a month They're both hormone free. "Under Federal law, hormones are only approved for use in beef cattle, swine**, and lamb production. There are no hormones approved for use in the production of poultry, goat, veal calves, mature sheep, or exotic, non-amenable species" https://www.fsis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media_file/202... >pressur…

it also implies paying protection money to be halal, which goes to spread islam in the west

What would you say about kosher certification?

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Post by bdowling »

nunez wrote: post #123
e40 wrote: post #18

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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.

So who got the insurance payout? The buyer?

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Post by strken »

alexjplant wrote: post #116
dzink wrote: post #26

The first and second times I visited KFC in the US I was shocked there were no vegetables in their sandwiches. Other than the corn, and coleslaw, no lettuce or other ingredients in the sandwiches. In europe, and China and any other country I’ve seen KFC they have amazing Zinger sandwiches with lattice and sauces and grea flavor. We make it a point to never go to KFC in the US.

I live in the US and am constantly disappointed by the fact that I have to pay extra to add onions to my Taco Bell burrito or lettuce and tomato to a McDouble (typically when on a road trip with friends). As it turns out this might be attributable to companies optimizing for consumers' dollars instead of flavor preferences [1]: > “They liked flavorful foods like turkey tetrazzini, but only at first; they quickly grew…

Broccoli is perfectly fine boiled. It's just that it takes literally 2 minutes to get brilliant green and slightly crunchy broccoli, while some home cooks put it on for 20 minutes. It's nice lightly salted with a bit of fresh lemon juice and sprinkled with sliced almonds.

I will admit that any vegetable probably tastes better if you add bacon but I'm not sure that's a slight against the cooking method itself.

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Post by shiroiushi »

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

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> 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…

>A big problem with mega-business style capitalism is that key stakeholders like employees and the general public are powerless. You can only change a business's behavior if you're either 1. shareholders or 2. customers via boycott or 3. regulators.

Ultimately, the failure here is with the general public, for continuing to patronize these crappy businesses, and make them profitable despite whatever negative things they're doing (like decreasing quality to increase profits). Of course, if it's a monopoly situation we can probably give the public some credit since they don't have many choices, but here we're talking about restaurants, and there's almost never a shortage of restaurants to go to.

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