Clydesdales/Athenas (200+ lb / 91+ kg) - Your Honest Opinion of KFC?

Sometimes the stupid topics are the fun ones, and I got alot of them! I myself can't stand KFC chicken. I gave up fast food a few years ago for cycling purposes. Trained hard and ate good stuff. One day I drove by a KFC and all I could smell was the grease. Now everytime I smell KFC, my stomache turns.

Man, I really need to get back to watching what I eat, but Ben and Jerry just keep calling my name.:D

No KFC or any other fried chicken joint. Donahoo's, Pioneer! BBQ yeah! :DFried chicken, NO!:(

Well, I'm probably not the best person to answer this since I'm vegetarian, but I find KFC (and other fast food joints) absolutely disgusting. It's actually gotten to the point where I won't ride by the KFC near my house because of the god-awful smells that emanate from that place. I really don't know how fried chicken got so successful. I'm sure that they could just fry up the batter and sell it, and people would eat it up (pun intended). That's probably the worst thing, that even though people know how bad greasy food is for them, they will stay pay hard earned cash to put it in their body. I can honestly say that even if McDonalds, or KFC, or any of them paid me to live comfortably for the rest of my life. I'm talking 75-100k a year. I would still not eat at those places.

I love there coleslaw, the ckicken is just too greasy..

I honestly don't think I have ever ate their, or wanted too.

I love me some fried chicken! But KFC is pretty bad. It's hard to find decent fried chicken up north. Consequently I don't eat it very often. When it's done well, I have no problem indulging.

I dont mind their chicken but they are overpriced. Here in Louisiana, small franchise chicken joints and mom@pop convenience store chicken rules..... Oh yea, my moms fried chicken is the best!

dude their cole slaw rules

.... I really don't know how fried chicken got so successful.

Then you have never had some homemade southern fried chicken cooked in an iron skillet, and thats the only way to cook it. I too loves me some fried chicken, but not the stuff you get in a bucket. Have not had it in a while, cause if you have fried chicken then you have to have corn, mash potato's, green beans, coleslaw and biscuits, just like Mom and Grandma used to make. Just dreaming about it is a carbohydrate nightmare. :eek:

Good thing I married a girl from New Mexico, cause she does not have the southern cooking gene. :D

I will have to add that I hate it also. I have never liked fried chicken, but we ate it a lot when we were kids. Must have been cheap to fix, because we didn't have much money.

They make money, because they advertise well and people want something quick and easy. Most of them are combining with Taco Bell in smaller towns to try and make more money in the same size building. They are always crowded.

I'm sure that they could just fry up the batter and sell it, and people would eat it up (pun intended).


That's a darn good point. The last time I had chicken at KFC (about a year ago) I remember the skin being delicious while the meat itself was disgustingly greasy. I would be willing to invest in your business proposal.

This is not to say that I have not been through the KFC drive through a time or two since for the coleslaw and the biscuits. I can't believe nobody else mentioned the biscuits yet :D.

Hmmmm, fried chicken..... They serve fried chicken for breakfast here in Costa Rica - now THAT is civilized!

Of course, if you aren't a bike commuter or work in the fincas it could kill you.... ;)

Then you have never had some homemade southern fried chicken cooked in an iron skillet, and thats the only way to cook it.

That will produce good fried chicken. And assuming you due it right it won't be a health nightmare. What you get from KFC is a health nightmare before you put it into a pressure fryer.

It's not as good as Popeyes

It's not as good as Popeyes

Agreed! I do Popeye's, in extreme moderation.....

Every once in a great while, I just need that shot of Popeye's Chicken.:eek:

My true weakness. I could eat fried chicken every day. I'm trying to keep it at once a month so I try to wait until I can get to Popeye's in St. Louis. I'm capable of spending serious time at the KFC buffet however.

Joe

When I lived in London (last year) I read an article in the paper where the reporter accompanied some sewage workers for a day on the job. The most horrifying thing in the article was about the advent of fast food chains that have opened in London (McDonalds, KFC, etc..) in the last ten years. Seems that they have these disgustingly huge (6-8 feet in diameter) globs of fat that clog up the sewers :eek::eek::eek:. They all come from underneath these new fast food places. Yuck.

+1 on Popeye's, although as a friend says, I prefer to go to their drive-throughs and avoid having to see what the inside of the place looks like :)

I don't have it often, but it is good every once in a good long while.

I love fried chicken but CANNOT eat it. If I do, well, the rest of the night isn't pleasant. My stomach just can't take it, I guess.

Which is good, and bad I guess. Personally I'm looking forward to the turkey breast that the better half put in the crock pot this morning before we left for work. Yumm x 10,000.

I like chicken any way I can get it, but prefer grilled over fried. Though, some times, good fried chicken just tastes so right. Home made is far better than any chain. But as far as chains go, KFC fried chicken is OK by me. Agree that Popeyes is different and sometimes tastes better.

And as long as we're on the food wagon here and discussing friend chicken, what comes next but the king of summer foods, watermelon? And what about watermelons? We were at a Hilton in St. Louis over the weekend and ate breakfast there on Sunday morning. They had yellow watermelon on the breakfast bar and it was great. I've never seen it before. To me, watermelon is one of the GREAT summer foods, right up there with home grown tomatoes, green beans with new potatoes, and sweet corn on the cob. What is YOUR favorite summer food?

Kentucky Fried Chicken is loaded with monosodium glutamate. A nightmare of migraines for me. I haven't eaten there in years, and can't stand the smell.

East Hill

It's not as good as Popeyes

Mmmm.... Popeyes....

My favorite Summer Food and activity combined:

Beer Brats over Hickory coals!
Rolling Rock Beer
3 bean Salad
Good company at the cookout!:D

Even when I was eating fast food all the time, I still hated KFC - too much grease. Plus, I've known too many people that worked at KFC when we were younger - I don't trust the chicken there. Seriously, I've heard stories.

Besides, I don't eat anything on a bone or in a shell (yeah, I know I'm strange).

I did like Popeyes chicken strips though, and just about anything from Zaxby's. But I don't eat Popeyes anymore, and I only get Zaxby's when I'm down south, so it's all good.

-DR

KFC is to Fried Chicken what ... what ... i can't even think of a comparison as bad as that

Keep in mind, properly fried (meaning the food contains enough moisture and the oil is the right temperature) food contains very little of the oil its cooked in.

However, most restaurants (fast or otherwise) overcook foods to avoid legal issues, doing so with fried food means the food runs out of the moisture needed to keep steam coming from inside of the food (and thus, keeping the oil out) ... so the oil is able to get in more.

But on topic...no, i hate KFC...i just dont like the flavor. The original is too greasy, the cripsy is too dry and crunchy. That...and of all the FF restaurants, they are always the dirtiest.

I USED to like KFC, but got some about 6 months ago and it was disgusting! I don't remember it being that greasy, but I hadn't had it for several years, before then. I do like their chicken strips, though. And biscuits. But I'll take lumpy homemade mashed potatoes over the fake ones, anytime. And homemade chicken strips are WAY better than KFC.

This summer I've rediscovered a love for watermelon.. mmm... but I have to say, my favorite summer food is okra. Not greasy fried okra - just browned in a nonstick skillet until it's a little crispy, then sprinkled with salt... :) Oh, and home-grown tomatoes with basil and fresh mozzarella...

I'm not a KFC fan and they don't have one around here, I do Popeyes........you just have to have some spicy chicken, with Redbeans and Rice with Greens every once in a while.

It's not as good as Popeyes

The hierarchy of fast food fried chicken goes like this:

Church's > Popeye's > KFC

I'm not a fan of KFC chicken, but damn them for making their potato wedges so good!
Popeye's is better chicken, but still isn't as good as Church's.

Of course, none of the big chains can compare to places like Ron's Roost in Cincinnati. That's about the only thing I miss in Cinci.

My favorite Summer Food and activity combined:

Beer Brats over Hickory coals!
Rolling Rock Beer
3 bean Salad
Good company at the cookout!:D


When do we eat??? I never knew about brats until I lived in St. Louis for a couple of years. Now I cant get enough of them.

Sorry, but I like KFC. I haven't been there in a while mainly because the other half doesn't like it. The stores in this area have went downhill and is the main reason we won't go. We don't have a Church's, and I do not like Popeyes. Cole slaw, Biscuits and chicken is all great at KFC. :o

When do we eat??? I never knew about brats until I lived in St. Louis for a couple of years. Now I cant get enough of them.

Sorry, but I like KFC. I haven't been there in a while mainly because the other half doesn't like it. The stores in this area have went downhill and is the main reason we won't go. We don't have a Church's, and I do not like Popeyes. Cole slaw, Biscuits and chicken is all great at KFC. :o

Soon as you can get up here from Arkansas!

I just got a new gas grill too! :D

It seems so strange to me that when some people start eating healthily they develope a loathing for junk food. I love junk food and even more so now that I don't eat it. It's so easy to be careless and just stuff myself with KFC, McDonalds, etc. Now that I don't eat it I often crave it so I have to consciously avoid it.

Junk food cannot be disgusting. Otherwise why do the majority of people eat it so often. It is bad but delicious...a lethal combo. If it were not for health reasons I could happily chomp my way through a bucket and wash it down with some ice cream.

It seems so strange to me that when some people start eating healthily they develope a loathing for junk food. I love junk food and even more so now that I don't eat it. It's so easy to be careless and just stuff myself with KFC, McDonalds, etc. Now that I don't eat it I often crave it so I have to consciously avoid it.

Junk food cannot be disgusting. Otherwise why do the majority of people eat it so often. It is bad but delicious...a lethal combo. If it were not for health reasons I could happily chomp my way through a bucket and wash it down with some ice cream.

I don't think it's disgusting, I love junk food! But when you learn a med fries is 450 calories and a Big Mac is 800 calories, you learn that your body just can't afford it!

I don't know about anyone else, but I know that once I started eating healthier the reason that I started loathing junk food was because to me healthy and good tasting were the same thing. Once you come to the realization that healthy food can taste good, all of the junk food you used to have now has this this attachment to it of unhealthiness. The thought of anything deep fried really turns my stomach now. And stuff like chips just seem to empty and worthless. The taste isn't necessarily bad (although many times the taste isn't that great), but everything else that comes along with it is.

About every 6 or 7 years I forget how disgusting KFC is and get some, only to have my memory come flooding back with each bite...nothing worse than poorly prepared low grade chicken.

I hate fried chicken in general. I used to love the biscuits they serve - but avoid carb binge-ing these days. ;-)

I don't know about anyone else, but I know that once I started eating healthier the reason that I started loathing junk food was because to me healthy and good tasting were the same thing. Once you come to the realization that healthy food can taste good, all of the junk food you used to have now has this this attachment to it of unhealthiness. The thought of anything deep fried really turns my stomach now. And stuff like chips just seem to empty and worthless. The taste isn't necessarily bad (although many times the taste isn't that great), but everything else that comes along with it is.

+10000 (and lots more zeros that I can't type! :D)

Seriously, I think you are fully correct. I find that I enjoy healthy foods more than the sleepiness and fat-feeling that comes with junk. I love veggies, and fresh (non-fried!) meat more than anything these days, everything else really isn't worth it. Sometimes I'll have the initial temptation, only to have it overridden by good stuff.

Example, the kids absolutely love IHOP (who can blame them?). So we take them to IHOP on occasion. Well, every time we go, I have the same routine - I look at the menu, declare I'm going to have a !@#! steak omlette with pancakes on the side, then slam the menu down. My amused better half always nods and smiles. WIthout fail, every single time I am the last to order when the waiter/tress shows up. And every single time I order a grilled chicken caesar salad, light on the dressing, please! Every single time I enjoy it, without any guilt as I walk out the door.

Similar can be said by substituting "VI" for "IHOP", "Ultimate skillett with pancakes" for "!@#! steak omlette with panckaes" and "Cobb salad with honey mustard on the side" for "grilled chicken caesar". :D

Whew, sorry for the tangent, but you get the idea. Yummy stuff, but not worth it.

I love KFC! I think its fantastic fried chicken. I'm not a fried chicken connesourier, but I love KFC! Especially their extra crispy or extra spicy versions.



I'm sure that they could just fry up the batter and sell it, and people would eat it up (pun intended).

Sweet merciful crap, wouldn't that be nirvana? They could sell it but they won't. I keep writing them and asking them too but they just keep writing me right on back saying things like "a health conscience America" and how it would be a "cholesterol express on the open heart surgery train line". yada yada yada...

i used to be a manager at POPEYES when i was in my 20s. it was tough because the owner would only hire high school kids and,when it was warm outside -THEY DIDNT WANNA BE THERE.

One time,i had the morning shift and KNOWONE SHOWED UP FOR WORK. i called the district manager and,it took hours for him to get there. i didnt open the lobby,just the drive thru.
they told me,i should have done the opposite. NO WAY.im cooking,bagging and,takingorders.

anyway,the smell of fast food now makes me queasy. it smells so greasy.

I miss Kenny Rogers' Roasters...

Jim

As far as losing a taste for fast food, once you've been eating healthy food for a while, I think it's all about quality. Fast food is, by any definition, pretty low-quality, and when you're used to eating REAL food, that becomes even more apparent. Plus, if I think too much about how that stuff is prepared, I totally lose my appetite.

That said, I do still have the occasional craving for a Sonic cheeseburger... Ah, the addictive properties of high-fat, high-carb, barely-requires-chewing, chemical laden pseudo-food...

KFC chick is way too greasy, though they have fair biscuit. Popeyes chicken appears to have a horrible skin disease.

They had yellow watermelon on the breakfast bar and it was great. I've never seen it before. To me, watermelon is one of the GREAT summer foods, right up there with home grown tomatoes, green beans with new potatoes, and sweet corn on the cob.

I used to have yellow water mellons grow in my backyard as a kid. They were awesome. MY favorite is hand churned ice cream, vanilla with fig newtons in it. Very tasty on a hot day. You burn calories making it, just to put them back on eating it. :D

Example, the kids absolutely love IHOP (who can blame them?). So we take them to IHOP on occasion. Well, every time we go, I have the same routine - I look at the menu, declare I'm going to have a !@#! steak omlette with pancakes on the side, then slam the menu down. My amused better half always nods and smiles. WIthout fail, every single time I am the last to order when the waiter/tress shows up. And every single time I order a grilled chicken caesar salad, light on the dressing, please! Every single time I enjoy it, without any guilt as I walk out the door.


OK, in my best Homer Simpson: hmmmmmmmm pancakes. I had some fresh blueberries from a trip up north a few weeks ago and when the kids went out of town, I made the wife and I blueberry pancakes, they were good, but we did use sugar free syrup so we didn't over do. :p

Ah, the addictive properties of high-fat, high-carb, barely-requires-chewing, chemical laden pseudo-food...

This would make a GREAT signature... :D

Agreed about the real food vs. crap analysis. I occasionally have a McDonalds cheeseburger and fries when I'm on the road, because it's one of the few fast foods you can eat while driving and not have it dripping in your lap. I feel vaguely sick for a few hours after each time I do this.

Jim

If it's Fried Chicken I like Roscoes Chicken & Waffles..

Red Beans/Rice and Corn Bread.. Yum..

http://www.roscoeschickenandwaffles.com/

hardly ever go there. Since I now think broiled burgers better than greasy chicken ; I might go to McDonalds first. But. both are really near my lasts choice.

I couldn't help myself after this thread, I just had some Popeyes for dinner and man was it good! It just hit the spot. Thanks a lot guys!!! :D Now, I'm off to try and burn it off. :D

If it's Fried Chicken I like Roscoes Chicken & Waffles..

Red Beans/Rice and Corn Bread.. Yum..

http://www.roscoeschickenandwaffles.com/

Oh man, I haven't been there in years. I used to go to the one in Pasadena and the one in Hollywood. Lines out the door, awesome stuff.

I am glad I no longer live in Pasadena for that reason.. I would be a super clyde.. It nice to go there every once in a while..

Having been raised in South Carolina, you didn't get the choice weather to like fried chicken or not. You either ate it or went hungry, and possibly a spanking for mouthing off to your mother, or worse, your grandmother.

KFC sucks. We never ate there. We had a local chicken shack called Yogi Bear. Everything about it looks like a chain store, just there isn't any other Yogi Bear Chicken Shacks anywhere else but in Hartsville, SC (if there is a bright center of the universe, you're at the place farthest from). Now, I found Bojangles, just to have that replaced by an Outback Streakhouse, here in Beaufort, but trips back to Hartsville are better with a Bojangles in place.

We do take fried chicken seriously down here.

Do they still have "Churches" fried chicken in SC? Use to eat that stuff all the time back when I was in the Navy and stationed in Charleston. circa 1970's