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Default Southern US Cuisine: Fried Chicken Big Hit With Royals

On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 12:28:23 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

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> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 4:09:04 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
> >
> >> I only tried it once but didn't like the chicken. Odd that. I only
> >> tried
> >> Macdonalds once as well and I didn't like that either.

> >
> > That shows you have a functional sense of taste.
> >
> > There is much better fried chicken than KFC, and better burgers than
> > McDonald's goes without saying. I recently read some food writer
> > who said (I paraphrase) that when you want a burger, don't go to
> > McDonald's, but if you're craving McDonald's, only that will satisfy.

>
> Oh dear I suppose it is what people get used to. I enjoy cooking too
> much to be going for ready made and it will never be that stuff. Once in a
> blue moon if we are celebrating we will go out to a good restaurant, but if
> I ask D if he would like to go out, he always says he prefers my cooking but
> will take me if I want to go. Since I like to cook ... it is a very rare
> event


They aren't a place you'd give up a home cooked meal to eat at.
They're *fast* food, not fine dining.

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