Boycott dooms first UK Chick-fil-A

[TragicMonkey]

Correct. Basically spine and ribs with little to no flesh. KFC has developed the ability to include some of it in virtually every piece to a fine art.

Have you ever attempted to reconstruct the original chicken from KFC pieces? It can't be done. Not because parts are missing but because there are extra parts, bones that make no sense in chicken anatomy. Whatever animals KFC comes from it's not chicken.

 

[Giz]

KFC is better anyway.

This may be the most wrong statement ever made on the JREF/ISF.

(Purely judged in terms of food quality, ignoring politics)

Chik-fil-et > Zaxby's > every other fast food chicken

 

[zooterkin]

Correct. Basically spine and ribs with little to no flesh. KFC has developed the ability to include some of it in virtually every piece to a fine art.

Thanks; I've never ever heard of it as a part of a chicken that's served. And I've never had a piece of it from KFC because I always choose boneless options.

 

[Matthew Best]

What's the point of putting something on my plate that I'm not supposed to eat?

 

[TragicMonkey]

What's the point of putting something on my plate that I'm not supposed to eat?

Spoken like someone who's eaten a goodly amount of garnish in their time!

 

[Trebuchet]

What's the point of putting something on my plate that I'm not supposed to eat?

Profit. KFC has to pay for the whole chicken so they're darn well going to serve it to you. They'd include the feathers and feet if they thought they could get away with it.

 

[TragicMonkey]

Profit. KFC has to pay for the whole chicken so they're darn well going to serve it to you. They'd include the feathers and feet if they thought they could get away with it.

What do you mean, if they could get away with it? They sell them as "premium sides" if you upgrade your combo meal.

 

[DuvalHMFIC]

I'm not much for fast food these days, but when I used to frequent those areas more, Chick-Fil-A always had the best service. It wasn't even close.

 

[EHocking]

No, it's the chicken's back which has hardly any meat and a lot of bones. If anything it's both the culinary and anatomical opposite of the breast.

AFAIK there's no prudishness about using breast w.r.t. chicken parts. For example, this is the description of the CFA grilled nuggets.

https://www.chick-fil-a.com/Menu-Items/Grilled-Nuggets

Australia supermarkets don't seem to be prudish either.

 

[cullennz]

Correct. Basically spine and ribs with little to no flesh. KFC has developed the ability to include some of it in virtually every piece to a fine art.

It also has the most tender, tastiest morsel of chicken on the whole bird.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_(fowl)

Not sure if that is what they mean by KFC working out a way of back. Maybe they use it for their "nuggets", which I detest, as they are not actual just bits of chicken, but blended ****.

Don't know of other countries joining bits together mentioned earlier, but ours certainly don't

 

[Checkmite]

Chick-Fil-A is a shining example of people mindlessly agreeing that a merely-okay food item is the best you can possibly get if enough of their friends say it.

CFA's decision to top their chicken sandwich with nothing but pickle isn't all that bad; but the chicken itself is forgettable. What is even the point of having a fried chicken sandwich is the end-goal is a filet with zero crisp? CFA serves its sandwiches in this ridiculous foil-lined pouch, which as food packaging goes is effectively as responsible as styrofoam; but the foil traps all of the steam, "to keep the chicken hot" (ostensibly because it tastes even worse cold) at the expense of leaving the chicken breading completely soggy, and the bun a chewy, doughy mess on top of it all.

 

[cullennz]

Chick-Fil-A is a shining example of people mindlessly agreeing that a merely-okay food item is the best you can possibly get if enough of their friends say it.

CFA's decision to top their chicken sandwich with nothing but pickle isn't all that bad; but the chicken itself is forgettable. What is even the point of having a fried chicken sandwich is the end-goal is a filet with zero crisp? CFA serves its sandwiches in this ridiculous foil-lined pouch, which as food packaging goes is effectively as responsible as styrofoam; but the foil traps all of the steam, "to keep the chicken hot" (ostensibly because it tastes even worse cold) at the expense of leaving the chicken breading completely soggy, and the bun a chewy, doughy mess on top of it all.

Eew

Fried Chickens most mortal enemy.

 

[3point14]

Damn, thought that Sir Geoffrey was involved

I had visions of him outside chickafil chasing people off with a stick of rhubarb

 

[Joe Random]

Chick-Fil-A is a shining example of people mindlessly agreeing that a merely-okay food item is the best you can possibly get if enough of their friends say it.

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This concept came up recently at work. Someone had brought in Krispy Kreme doughnuts and everyone went mad for them, as they always do whenever those get brought in. I don't see what the wow factor is for these. They're not bad, especially when fresh, but they're not really any better than other local or chain offerings. And it's never some decent sort of variety doughnut like an apple fritter, maple bar, or jelly filled that people bring in. Just the plain old boring round lump of fried dough with a hole in the center. Yet people have somehow convinced themselves that they're better than sex, and are willing to go Thunderdome on each other to get one.

 

[theprestige]

I first encountered Krispy Kreme donuts in South Carolina, during basic training for the Army. Probably a gross of assorted dozens were supplied for breakfast every day. (Whether you were actually allowed to eat a donut at breakfast varied from training company to training company.)

Those donuts seemed amazing, fully living up to the hype. To this day, I can't tell you if it was because all calories seem amazing when you're in basic training, or some other reason. I didn't see Krispy Kreme again for several years, on the west coast. These donuts weren't anything like I remembered. They were smaller, blander, crappier in every respect. I don't know if misremembered the quality of the earlier donuts, of if the recipes changed, or what.

But my experience is that Krispy Kreme was great once, and is crap now.

 

[Joe Random]

I first encountered Krispy Kreme donuts in South Carolina, during basic training for the Army. Probably a gross of assorted dozens were supplied for breakfast every day. (Whether you were actually allowed to eat a donut at breakfast varied from training company to training company.)

Those donuts seemed amazing, fully living up to the hype. To this day, I can't tell you if it was because all calories seem amazing when you're in basic training, or some other reason. I didn't see Krispy Kreme again for several years, on the west coast. These donuts weren't anything like I remembered. They were smaller, blander, crappier in every respect. I don't know if misremembered the quality of the earlier donuts, of if the recipes changed, or what.

But my experience is that Krispy Kreme was great once, and is crap now.

The Western Seas have passed away:
The world was fair in Durin's Day ...

When the first Trader Joe's opened up out here there was a huge amount of anticipation, and the parking lot was constantly jammed for the first few weeks. That hype made sense to me, as they sold rather a lot of things you simply couldn't get elsewhere, as well as other bits at a nicer price point. As an ex-pat from Southern California who lived a good portion of his life within walking distance of a TJs it was great to be able to shop there again, and I made the case to several people that the hype surrounding the place was warranted. To this day it still doesn't disappoint (at least me).

There was a similar amount of frenzy when the first Krispy Kreme opened up. I'd never eaten one before, and eventually had to satisfy my curiosity. It ... well, it was a doughnut. Whatever. But everyone else acted - and still act - like they were eating food right from a god's pantry. Even if they had been predisposed to think it was going to be great based on past experience like yours, I'm baffled at how they now consider what they're getting today to be so great.

There's at least one CFA out here, and people go on and on about that as well. Based on their taste in doughnuts I don't feel any irresistible urges to dive into the CFA world any time soon.

 

[theprestige]

When it comes to donuts anymore, I don't want fancy gourmet confections. I don't want lolrandom toppings.

If your claim is that you have the best donuts, then all I want is a plain donut. You can impress me by showing off your absolute mastery of the basics. Is your cake donut the proper combination of fluffy and crunchy? Is your doughnut properly fried? Does the batter have just the right consistency when cooked? Etc.

Burying a mediocre donut under a glacier of icing and an avalanche of breakfast cereal doesn't make it gourmet. For my money, gourmet is doing the simple things well. If you can make a really great plain old-fashioned, you don't need anything else. That **** will sell itself.

 

[luchog]

This concept came up recently at work. Someone had brought in Krispy Kreme doughnuts and everyone went mad for them, as they always do whenever those get brought in. I don't see what the wow factor is for these. They're not bad, especially when fresh, but they're not really any better than other local or chain offerings.

It's probably a sort of drug-seeking reaction caused by the sugar rush; given that Krispy Kreme donuts are roughly 80% fried sugar.

Personally, if I am going for donuts, I prefer the local Top Pot chain; although they've gone downhill the last couple years as well (switched from a purely safflower oil to a soy-blend, the difference is quite noticeable).

 

[P.J. Denyer]

I had Krispy Kreme for the first time when I was on an extended business trip in Houston and raved about them until they finally came to the UK several years later. Still love em. But in fairness the opportunities for really fresh donuts with a light batter in the UK are a bit limited.

 

[Carlotta]

When it comes to donuts anymore, I don't want fancy gourmet confections. I don't want lolrandom toppings.

If your claim is that you have the best donuts, then all I want is a plain donut. You can impress me by showing off your absolute mastery of the basics. Is your cake donut the proper combination of fluffy and crunchy? Is your doughnut properly fried? Does the batter have just the right consistency when cooked? Etc.

Burying a mediocre donut under a glacier of icing and an avalanche of breakfast cereal doesn't make it gourmet. For my money, gourmet is doing the simple things well. If you can make a really great plain old-fashioned, you don't need anything else. That **** will sell itself.

I agree about the lolrandom toppings!

However, were the Krispy Kremes hot out of the oven? That's when they are still fluffy. They don't travel well, but in the right condition, their glazed is one of nature's most perfect foods!!!!