KFC Nashville Chicken vs Arby's Nashville Fish

[Chef2]

So.......father in law staying a couple of days with us, and he loves KFC.
I run out and get a bucket of chicken.
It was quite possibly the nastiest, blandest, rubberyist (is that a word? for the sake of this post, it is.) dreck I have ever sank my teeth into.
I woke up at 4 something this morning with heartburn so bad, it made my back hurt.
3 tums, a big glass of milk and 45 minutes later, the engines had been cooled.

 

[Songbird]

Beware the loyal little foot soldiers who will clutch pearls over your necroforking of old threads.

As for the post, did you have mashed plaster err potatoes and gravy too?

 

[Chef2]

As for the post, did you have mashed plaster err potatoes and gravy too?

I did. I'm actually a fan of instant mashed potatoes, so that didn't bother me.
The cold rubber chicken substance that was disguised as chicken not only bothered me, but my gut as well.

 

[TigerVols]

If one must KFC, the pot pie is a worthy choice.

 

[OscarMadison]

I did. I'm actually a fan of instant mashed potatoes, so that didn't bother me.
The cold rubber chicken substance that was disguised as chicken not only bothered me, but my gut as well.

They're fun to play with when I'm feeling experimental.

KFC or Arby's Nashville anything? Nope. As soon as I can get out of the house, I'm going to Bolton's.
At some point, I'll go back to being vegan.

 

[Songbird]

KFC's mashed potatoes need to be thick and firm so that the gravy can do its thing.

Sometimes their potatoes are too watery and then gravy basically melts it all into mushy shirt.

 

[Chef2]

If one must KFC, the pot pie is a worthy choice.

I denounce this.

 

[Splendid Splinter]

KFC is absolute dog shirt.

 

[Chef2]

Nope. As soon as I can get out of the house, I'm going to Bolton's.

I clicked on that link.
For someone who has eaten there, does the spice outweigh the taste?
I've said this a thousand times. I can handle as spicy as it comes, as long as it has good taste.
That's why a place like Bolton's would concern me. It doesn't make two squirts of shirt how spicy the food is if the food tastes like two squirts of shirt.

 

[Songbird]

KFC is absolute dog shirt.

It's good when it's a KFC/Taco Bell combo thereby allowing someone whose handle is Songbird to get a double ground beef burrito supreme with extra sour cream and "3 or 4 extra packets of hot sauce" then go park in the corner of the parking lot and devour it like it was my last meal.

 

[Splendid Splinter]

It's good when it's a KFC/Taco Bell combo thereby allowing someone whose handle is Songbird to get a double ground beef burrito supreme with extra sour cream and "3 or 4 extra packets of hot sauce" then go park in the corner of the parking lot and devour it like it was my last meal.

 

[Songbird]

THIS was the best fast food fried chicken. The batter was so forking thick.

Not sure what happened but Pioneer fell off the wagon: The Rise and Fall of Pioneer Chicken, the Last Great L.A. Chicken Shack

There was Arthur Treacher's, a 1970s fish and chips chain (the first in America),started by an actor from Mary Poppins. Three survive on Long Island and four are scattered around Ohio. There were the McDonald's franchises that still sold the McPizza, one in Ohio and one in West Virginia, until corporate made them stop in 2017 (took too long to cook). There was the last Howard Johnson's restaurant in upstate New York, recently closed because the owner was a sexual predator. There was Wimpy, a pre-World War II burger joint that no longer exists in America but thrives in South Africa. Then, there was Pioneer Chicken, a homegrown fried chicken chain endorsed by O.J. Simpson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, that once boasted 270 locations.

Holy Lord, it's still around.

Why did nobody in Los Angeles ever tell me this?

The first thing I learned from Googling was that Pioneer Chicken is all over the place in Indonesia — just look for the outline of Pioneer Pete's iconic chuck wagon. It's called California Fried Chicken there, and it was founded by a group of Indonesian guys who got hooked on Pioneer while in college at USC and wanted to bring it home.​