{"id":9972,"date":"2013-08-30T19:41:41","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T02:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=9972"},"modified":"2013-08-30T19:41:41","modified_gmt":"2013-08-31T02:41:41","slug":"fast-food-review-kentucky-fried-chicken-tenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=9972","title":{"rendered":"Fast Food Reviews – Kentucky Fried Chicken Tenders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year, I did a compare\/contrast of chicken fingers in the deep south<\/a>; \u00a0I had a hankering for the white bread of the poultry world tonight, and Popeye’s would be my usual choice, but the two closest were too far away.<\/p>\n

So I went to KFC. \u00a0I’m old enough to remember when that stood for “Kentucky Fried Chicken”, \u00a0now the emphasis is less on fried, and increasingly, less on chicken, judging from the size of tonight’s fingers.<\/p>\n

And I walked in excited, and came out with attitude. \u00a0I dunno, maybe the workers were still on strike from that fast food protest yesterday; \u00a0they were present in the building, but not really there, if you know what I mean.<\/p>\n

It’s Friday nite, a couple hours before closing, and I saunter, sashay, waddle<\/del>, walk in. \u00a0Here’s the dialogue:<\/p>\n

Me: \u00a0I’ll have the six piece strip, please.<\/p>\n

Her: \u00a0I’ll have to see if we have any. (disappears for 4 minutes, 37 seconds.<\/p>\n

Her: \u00a0Yes, ok. \u00a0Did you want the meal?<\/p>\n

Me: \u00a0 \u00a0No thank you.<\/p>\n

Her: \u00a0It includes two sides and a biscuit.<\/p>\n

Me: \u00a0 No thank you.<\/p>\n

Her: \u00a0OK. \u00a0$6.99<\/p>\n

Me: \u00a0 OK (hand over card)<\/p>\n

Her: \u00a0Passes back two slips of paper.<\/p>\n

Me: \u00a0 Thank you, Miss. \u00a0 (3 more minutes pass)<\/p>\n

Her: \u00a0Here you are. \u00a0(Hands me cello bag with box in it).<\/p>\n

Me: \u00a0 Do you have sauces?<\/p>\n

Her: \u00a0Yes<\/p>\n

Me: \u00a0 What kind do you have?<\/p>\n

Her: \u00a0Honey Mustard and BBQ.<\/p>\n

Me: \u00a0 Honey Mustard, please.<\/p>\n

Her: \u00a0(Hands me the bag back).<\/p>\n

What’s wrong with this picture? \u00a0What elements were missing?<\/p>\n

How about these?<\/p>\n

Is this to eat in or to take out?<\/p>\n

Would you like a drink with that?<\/p>\n

Original recipe or extra crispy?<\/p>\n

Thank you for visiting KFC?<\/p>\n

and so on…<\/p>\n

(Sigh)<\/p>\n

According to the KFC website, they should have five “signature sauces” on hand. \u00a0I think I would have liked “Creamy Buffalo”. \u00a0In its stead, I stopped and bought a bottle of Frank’s Red Hot Buffalo Sauce.<\/p>\n

All six strips were in the box when I stopped to eat, though these are pretty scrawny strips. \u00a0I should have thought to weigh it, but I doubt it topped a half pound. \u00a0Anyway, it was OK. \u00a0Probably no better or worse that if I had purchased tenders from the hot counter at most grocers. KFC is trying to reinvent itself with a new concept, all boneless, chicken rice bowls and the like. \u00a0The first two have opened. \u00a0Louisville, I think. \u00a0 Doubt I’l be checking them out any time soon.<\/p>\n

YUM Brands is at a disadvantage with KFC compared to their other two brands, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, where they can take the same five or six ingredients and basically fashion it into a different shape, give it a fancy name, and voila! \u00a0New product.<\/p>\n

KFC at least needs to start thinking like that.<\/p>\n

And start buying bigger chickens, please.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this year, I did a compare\/contrast of chicken fingers in the deep south; \u00a0I had a hankering for the white bread of the poultry world tonight, and Popeye’s would be my usual choice, but the two closest were too far away. So I went to KFC. \u00a0I’m old enough to remember when that stood… Continue reading Fast Food Reviews – Kentucky Fried Chicken Tenders<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,34,35],"tags":[1343,2014],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9972"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}