What's All the Fuss About? (Fast Food Related)

[BrianL]

Well, grilled was probably a mistake. It's the fried chicken with pickle that is the classic. Also, it's not really the BEST chicken sandwich, but it's the service that brings me there over other competitors.

 

[disykat]

I haven't been very often, so maybe that's part of it, but I've really enjoyed it when I've gone. My favorite order is a side salad with grilled nuggets and apple cider vinaigrette dressing. I also like their waffle fries with dipping sauce. Every time I've gone it's tasted really fresh, which is a welcome thing for the fast food we have close to the freeway on road trips I take frequently.

 

[RangerPooh]

It’s their customer service. Polite employees, your order is correct, and if not promptly fixed, and stores clean. Here in Memphis that cannot be said about most other FF businesses.

It’s the product and product quality. For me it’s that their chicken is not all crunchy breading dripping in grease. The batter is lighter and leaves me feeling less sick. The breast is also usually generous in size. Their chicken nuggets are also real chicken not chicken puree poured into a mold like McD.

 

[DisneyHardin]

We eat lots of Chick Fil A. A new one opened really close to our house with a dedicated Mobile Order drive thru lane, so I go pick up food more often than I should probably admit. I alternate between the Cobb Salad, nuggets and the original sandwich. DH always gets sandwiches.

In fact, we will probably have CFA for dinner tonight.

 

[NYCgrrl]

Never tasted it but I’ve come to the conclusion that a lot of people don’t remember what fried chicken tastes like soooo they’ll take any substitute that will keep them from spending time in the kitchen.

They also don’t recall what a hamburger should taste like…..

 

[Christine]

Never tasted it but I’ve come to the conclusion that a lot of people don’t remember what fried chicken tastes like soooo they’ll take any substitute that will keep them from spending time in the kitchen.

They also don’t recall what a hamburger should taste like…..

This is so true. Being the oldster than I am, I remember the days of reliably good fried chicken and burgers and it was a LONG time ago.

 

[Uncle Coaster]

Also, tastes change. I’m sure people alive before us were like “that’s not fried chicken” about what we remember too.

 

[NYCgrrl]

Also, tastes change. I’m sure people alive before us were like “that’s not fried chicken” about what we remember too.

Yes but what do you remember, KFC or do you go as far back as Chicken Delite?
*giggle*

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Fast food by the very concept is meant to be fast. If you actually have time for the kitchen you're not going to just go purchase fast food instead. It's meant for convenience, used to be more cost but we all know how that's gone in recent years and its portability. No need to knock this concept.

 

[NYCgrrl]

Fast food by the very concept is meant to be fast. If you actually have time for the kitchen you're not going to just go purchase fast food instead. It's meant for convenience, used to be more cost but we all know how that's gone in recent years and its portability. No need to knock this concept.

Nothing wrong with the concept just the application as currently devised by the (and I use the term lightly) food industry.
Quite easy to make food fast without all the excess “stuff”.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Nothing wrong with the concept just the application as currently devised by the (and I use the term lightly) food industry.
Quite easy to make food fast without all the excess “stuff”.

This thread is not about cooking in the kitchen vs buying fast food, we know you love to cook but no need to make it about what you're making it about. But if you'd like to create a thread about best recipes for chicken that take X amount of time go for it! I'm sure people would find some helpful hints for the nights they are looking to cook at home.

 

[dizneegirl]

Threads derail and have side conversations all the time... no need to police people on what they can and can't post, MC-M.

*edited autocorrect to read "derail" instead of "detail"*

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Also, tastes change. I’m sure people alive before us were like “that’s not fried chicken” about what we remember too.

I think that's part of it as well especially as lives change.

Waffle fries for example are something I see a lot more than I used to and I prefer that over regular fries. Sauces and more "exotic" if you will are more preferred too. I like that in different regions I can get different types of sauces.

Other people are right about the chicken between the different fast food places in terms of tastes. I prefer CFA's chicken but my only complaint is actually their packaging because the bun often sticks to the foil part. The taste is better than Wendy's chicken, Burger King or McDonald's however. I couldn't get into Raising Cane's nor Zaxby's.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Threads detail and have side conversations all the time... no need to police people on what they can and can't post, MC-M.

Of course they shift! That's what makes conversations happen. But it's all together different when you pop onto a thread when you haven't eaten, used, done, whatever the thread is about in eons only to interject a not subtle insult. That's not about tangents which are great thing to have and I'm always behind having.

 

[NYCgrrl]

This thread is not about cooking in the kitchen vs buying fast food, we know you love to cook but no need to make it about what you're making it about. But if you'd like to create a thread about best recipes for chicken that take X amount of time go for it! I'm sure people would find some helpful hints for the nights they are looking to cook at home.

Yes, I like to cook but that’s not the point. I think people should be more concerned about WHAT they consume. Were there better mass produced food I could understand the want to buy it already made. I don’t believe that is generally the case.
I see problems from the top of the chain down but am particularly concerned about the fast food segment of the industry.

And yes I am passionate on the subject but try not to shove my thoughts down anyone else’s throat. Eat what you like and hope you enjoy it with grace.

 

[NYCgrrl]

Of course they shift! That's what makes conversations happen. But it's all together different when you pop onto a thread when you haven't eaten, used, done, whatever the thread is about in eons only to interject a not subtle insult. That's not about tangents which are great thing to have and I'm always behind having.

Oh and I’m not insulting anyone, subtlety or not.
The giggle was just that and can be read as laughing at self OR the reader.

If you’ve some larger problem with me or my thoughts please take it to PM.
I can take anything that’s dished out

 

[Skippy918]

I like CFA sandwiches. They are much better tasting than McDonald’s or Wendy’s. They have a really efficient drive thru. A CFA drive thru with 15+ cars is still a lot faster than a McDonald’s with 4 cars.

 

[ClaraOswald]

Yes, I like to cook but that’s not the point. I think people should be more concerned about WHAT they consume. Were there better mass produced food I could understand the want to buy it already made. I don’t believe that is generally the case.
I see problems from the top of the chain down but am particularly concerned about the fast food segment of the industry.

And yes I am passionate on the subject but try not to shove my thoughts down anyone else’s throat. Eat what you like and hope you enjoy it with grace.

Everyone knows fast food is bad for us. That isn't new information. But sometimes, we still like to eat things that are bad for us.