Why did I buy (and eat) KFC?!

[CanuckAmok]

This happens every couple of years or so; I drive past a KFC, and, even though I know that everything they serve is sub-prison grade 'fowl' parts, I get caught up in a combination of nostalgia and whatever it is they pump into the air around the restaurant that smells so good, I stop and buy some.

I KNOW I'm about to pay $22 for a handful of grey chicken, some soggy fries, and coleslaw I could use as stucco.

I KNOW it's going to taste like crap.

I KNOW it's going to sit undigested and rotting in my stomach for three days.

I KNOW I'm going to park at my computer and moan uncomfortably while I type, instead of getting on the treadmill.

I know the terminally greasy shock to my usually well-treated system is going to be very hard to bear for the next week.

So WHY did I do it?!

WHY??!!

ugh.

[Kamika]

1. I know

Because KFC is Damn tasty :D

[CanuckAmok]

2. I don't even think it is...

I just always expect it to be, and I've yet to be right.

[brainwashed_youth]

3. serioulsy

I had KFC for dinner tonight. I'm hooked on those damn boneless honey bbq wings.

[renegade000]

4. those are most excellent

their non-boneless chicken sucks though, compared with all the other chicken you could get out there

[CanuckAmok]

5. It's grey. Grey fuckin' chicken meat. That's just wrong.

n/t

[renegade000]

9. yeah...this is why i don't eat their dark meat

it is indeed gray.

On Edit: wait a moment....isn't dark meat sorta intrinsically gray :P

[Kamika]

6. I like it all

I could seriously eat there for a week and not get tired of any of their stuff..

Ofcourse I think McDonald is super tasty

[onebigbadwulf]

12. Marry me?

Please?

[Kamika]

14. well

Did you get that space diamond yet

[name not needed]

16. its in my subterranean bunker

[onebigbadwulf]

21. Can I buy you an island instead?

[rwheeler31]

13. Is that really chicken? I have never eaten a pigeon

but that may be it. Or perhaps any thing fried.

[renegade000]

15. i've eaten pigeon

it's actually quite good. tastes like duck

[Tripper11]

8. It's not the same as in America Kamika.....

what I mean to say is overall it's the same. 12 herb and spices or whatever the hell the secret ingredient is. Since living south of the border I have found the US version to be far greasier then the Canadian version. I have NO idea why!
Canada also serves fries, not mashed taters, and if I am not mistaken Canada doesn't have corn on the cob....I could be wrong on that though.

Bottom line though, no matter what, CanuckAmok you're right...there is something about the air around ANY KFC...it sucks you in and after you have eaten their poison you remember exactly why it had been 2 years since you had some!

[The Zanti Regent]

33. My first memory of Kentucky Fried Chicken

I was 6 years old and travelling with my Mom and Dad to Myrtle Beach. They stopped at Duff's Rebel Resturaunt in Winchester, Virginia. We saw Kentucky Fried Chicken on the menu and were curious. We all ordered it, I never forgot how good it tasted the first time with REAL mashed potatos, REAL gravy, REAL Cole slaw and canned green peas.

Whe it was only sold in resturaunts, it was so good. now, it's nowhere near as enticing as it was to a 6 year old in 1962...

[Blue-Jay]

7. I don't know why,

but your post has made me want to go out for some Taco Bell. I'll be back in a few....

[DrWeird]

10. Dude, it's fucking delicious!

Wait, you are stoned, right? You're not?! Go out and get some weed, smoke it, and then eat cold left over KFC chicken. Get some malt liquor to wash it down.

Fucking manna from fucking heaven.

[disgruntled_goat]

11. as mike myers said

"'The Colonel' puts a chemical in the secret recipe which makes you crave it fortnightly - clearly works on you!"

(as the dad in "so i married an axe murderer")

[Forkboy]

17. I friggin love KFC!!!

I dont care it's really rat genitals...it tastes good :shrug:

[donco6]

18. Mine's warming in the oven as I type.

Can't help it - I crave the stuff sometimes.

[POed_Ex_Repub]

19. There's a crack like substance in that special seasoning

I wonder if the FDA knows what it is?

[SmileyBoy]

20. It's miiiiind controooolllll......

Ooooooooooooooooo.......

[Maddy McCall]

22. Same here...except it's usually Popeye's that does me in.

[Beaker]

23. you mean Kitchen Fresh Chicken?

Kentucky & Fried just don't have the cache they once held, apparently.

[TreasonousBastard]

24. When the urge hits...

you gotta do what you gotta do.

I have a certain fondness for their Crispy Strips and pot pies.

Nothing else.

And, cravings or not, I usually wait till they're on sale.

Damnably expensive otherwise.

[K8-EEE]

25. In A Word: SALT OVERLOAD!!!

Dude!! Out of the "11 herbs and spices" I think 10 are salt and 1 is MSG...

Drink lots of H20 and in a day or two you'll be good as new. Lots of lettuce, mellon, water based food with no salt for two days and a couple of pots of green tea won't hurt either.

That stuff is gnarly....I think Pollo Loco is pretty good though that might just be a CA thing? They have grilled instead of fried and it comes with salsa and tortillas.....it's not bad for fast food.

[sendero]

26. I do it too...

... about every 2 years. I think I do it to remind myself not to eat that crap for another 2 years :)

[philosophie_en_rose]

27. If Undercover Brother is an authority on this. And it is.

This is a conspiracy to enslave the masses with secret spices and greasy goodness.

[curse10]

28. Ick

KFC is disgusting. And they keep the chickens in horrible conditions.

[mvd]

29. I like KFC food

And fortunately for me, Snopes debunks some of the rumors.

[alittlelark]

30. I have the same problem every few years w/ Wienerschnitzl (sp?)

Even as I eat it I KNOW my stomache is starting to turn into a giant glue-ball ... but I cannot resist. Fortunately there are few around anymore!!

[JVS]

31. Next time get Popeye's or if you are into the fake meat thing Harvey's

[jus_the_facts]

32. KFC has the BEST cole slaw EVER made...a pint of it w/a bisquit....

....mmmm mmmmm goooooooooooood eatin'...their mac'n'cheese is damn tasty too! *drool* :9

Every single time I'd get chicken it'd ALWAYS be undercooked...so I just get the slaw and bisquits now!!! ;-)