Why Was KFC Better When We Were Kids?

[dumoulin]

Was it because we were just kids or did something change? I haven't had good fried chicken since I made KFC grouse. Seems like the only conmercial afried chicken is Fritout. Thank God for my Fryer!!! Anyhow, does anyone know what happened to the Colonel 11 Herbs and Spices?

[CaberTosser]

As memory goes, KFC seemed better back in the day, but then our tastes do mature as well. If you're in Calgary, don't slum it at KFC, go down to 14th Street at Kensington Rd and hit Chicken on The Way, hands down the best fried chicken in town.

[doetracks]

I swear it's the warmers.

When I was a kid, the KFC on 17th avenue just east of 14th street SW was where we'd go. You would have to wait for it to come out of the fryer. You'd get it hot and fresh.

NOW - who knows HOW long it sits there in the warmer. The cooks can prep 15 birds worth and they sit there for 5 hours, soaking. By the time you get there, it's greasy and gross.

Also, I noticed the KFC in Whitehorse used to cook theirs a bit longer (crispier, perhaps) but a notice was posted that "we will not be cooking chicken longer than normal anymore". I think they were on to something and had to stop.

I won't even eat the stuff anymore... emails have been sent to HQ but no responses. Oh well.

[dumoulin]

Originally Posted by doetracks

I swear it's the warmers. I won't even eat the stuff anymore... emails have been sent to HQ but no responses. Oh well.

Jebus...you take your finger licken chicken seriously!

[doetracks]

Originally Posted by dumoulin

Jebus...you take your finger licken chicken seriously!

You have nooooo idea, lol

On this note, has anyone tried Mary Brown's (?) ? I saw one in Okotoks but haven't been brave enough to try. Never tried Chicken on the Way, it's been in the same place since I was a kid.

I used to cook chicken when I managed the Turbo in Okotoks (now the Shell station on the main drag).

[dumoulin]

Originally Posted by doetracks

You have nooooo idea, lol

On this note, has anyone tried Mary Brown's (?) ? I saw one in Okotoks but haven't been brave enough to try. Never tried Chicken on the Way, it's been in the same place since I was a kid.

I used to cook chicken when I managed the Turbo in Okotoks (now the Shell station on the main drag).

You must have discovered the propane turkey fryer! Yes! Man...a guy can fry 15lbs of wings in no time flat....God does work in mysterious ways.

[New Hunter Okotoks]

Originally Posted by doetracks

You have nooooo idea, lol

On this note, has anyone tried Mary Brown's (?) ? I saw one in Okotoks but haven't been brave enough to try. Never tried Chicken on the Way, it's been in the same place since I was a kid.

I used to cook chicken when I managed the Turbo in Okotoks (now the Shell station on the main drag).

Mary Brown's in Okotoks is great. It's expensive,but worth it. They have tater tots and when mixed with there brown gravy they are really good.

I used to feel so dirty after eating KFC. I felt like Elizabeth Shue in the shower scene from "Leaving Las Vegas." I have a deep fryer at home that I mix 50/50 with Tenderflake Lard and pure fat, trimmed from whole striploins but somehow KFC made me feel like I was going to have a heart attack because of the grease. There's a reason it is known as "Dirty Bird."

A&W has good chicken as well.

[Almer Fudd]

Originally Posted by doetracks

On this note, has anyone tried Mary Brown's (?) ? I saw one in Okotoks but haven't been brave enough to try.

You mean Hairy Brown chicken?
It's pretty disappointing.

[CeeZee]

Chester Fried chicken would be my first preference, but hard to find. So I settle for dirty bird at KFC once in a while, and like most have mentioned, it seems like the warmers as well as the oil not being hot enuf or something.

[deepfried]

MARY BROWNS IS DELICIOUS , much better than KFC .... on the rock its called Mother browns for a reason , just like mom makes !!!

[chubbdarter]

more salt and was fried in the bad for you oil before.....i compensate for the changes with a x-large gravy

KFC all you can eat buffets in the States...ROCK

[doetracks]

Originally Posted by chubbdarter

more salt and was fried in the bad for you oil before.....i compensate for the changes with a x-large gravy

[Roughneck12]

Mary Browns is awesome.

[dumoulin]

Originally Posted by chubbdarter

more salt and was fried in the bad for you oil before.....i compensate for the changes with a x-large gravy

KFC all you can eat buffets in the States...ROCK

I have had three restraining orders and a Vertical Sleeve Gastroectomy (got 3/4 of my stomach cut off) because of places like that.

[ishootbambi]

Originally Posted by chubbdarter

KFC all you can eat buffets in the States...ROCK

there is one in estevan. i made that mistake 18 months ago.......and still have a tummy ache....

[ditch donkey]

I think it's cause they remodelled the restaurants, trying to make them newer and modern. I really miss the old style ones. There's one in Edmonton left, near Barbeque country.

Every time the wife, and I drive past one, I mention how I miss the old style ones. I think we just remember going there with our parents, and it brings back alot of nice memories. And now that the place looks different, it seems like somethings missing.

[bruceba]

Originally Posted by CaberTosser

As memory goes, KFC seemed better back in the day, but then our tastes do mature as well. If you're in Calgary, don't slum it at KFC, go down to 14th Street at Kensington Rd and hit Chicken on The Way, hands down the best fried chicken in town.

Anybody remember when Billy opened the Chicken on the Way? That was a hot spot late Friday's and Saturdays.

[eastcoast]

mary brown's is much better than kfc.

[Redfrog]

When I moved from On to B.C. just after the Jurassic Period, I noticed a big difference in KFC and gave up eating it for many years.
Fast forward to 1995, Wife and kids headed out for camping weekend and we grabbed a bucket. Selling chicken in a bucket should have been a clue of what was to come.
Everyone was projectile vomiting within an hour of eating it.

My wife still will not touch a piece of KFC and I've had it maybe twice in 15 years.

I like Church's Chicken. Crispy and large pieces. We don't have one in Bodo, actually we don't have anything in Bodo, not even a chicken, but anytime I'm on the road and see one I have a couple pieces.

[dumoulin]

Since I created the post my mind has been filled with impure, yet fatty thoughs. I brok down and deep fried 8 lbs of wings last night for supper in a turkey fryer.

I washed them in salt first, fryed them at 375 for 25 minutes, made a canjun/ paprika/salt & pepper/garlic salt rub and the drenched them in Frank"s Hot Sauce. MMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmm. I could hear my arteries harden.

We ate them in less time it took to make 'em.....!

[chubbdarter]

wife is headed to TO for 3 days.....whoot whoot..KFC here i come. jalepeno salt...check. gravy bib ...check. Double ply....check

[dumoulin]

Originally Posted by chubbdarter

wife is headed to to for 3 days.....whoot whoot..kfc here i come. Jalepeno salt...check. Gravy bib ...check. Double ply....check

lol

[bb356]

Originally Posted by chubbdarter

wife is headed to TO for 3 days.....whoot whoot..KFC here i come. jalepeno salt...check. gravy bib ...check. Double ply....check

And !!! ............... What will you wash it down with ???

[chubbdarter]

Originally Posted by bb356

And !!! ............... What will you wash it down with ???

KFC gravy milkshake

[doetracks]

Originally Posted by dumoulin

Since I created the post my mind has been filled with impure, yet fatty thoughs. I brok down and deep fried 8 lbs of wings last night for supper in a turkey fryer.

I washed them in salt first, fryed them at 375 for 25 minutes, made a canjun/ paprika/salt & pepper/garlic salt rub and the drenched them in Frank"s Hot Sauce. MMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmm. I could hear my arteries harden.

We ate them in less time it took to make 'em.....!

Hope you had some of these with those!!

[mudbug]

I'm thinking FishingMom should has us all over for a BBQ so we can sample her cooking