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Southern US Cuisine: Fried Chicken Big Hit With Royals
"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 9:54:25 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> "dsi1" <> wrote in message
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>> > On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 9:29:34 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> >> "dsi1" <> wrote in message
>> >> ...
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>> >> >> 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.
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > Somebody's eating that chicken on your island. Well, at least in the
>> >> > part
>> >> > I was in - I never got to go to Scotland. Shocking as it may seem,
>> >> > the
>> >> > KFC
>> >> > density was greater in London that in Honolulu. The times I spotted
>> >> > a
>> >> > KFC
>> >> > was incomprehensible. I thought you guys only ate fishes and
>> >> > mammals.
>> >>
>> >> They are popular everywhere here, but I can't believe I am the only
>> >> one
>> >> who
>> >> doesn't like it. If you come up to Scotland you will see just the
>> >> same
>> >> in
>> >> towns and cities.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > The thing about McDonald's is that one does not go there to savor
>> >> > the
>> >> > food. We go there because we're damn hungry, don't want to spend a
>> >> > lot
>> >> > of
>> >> > dough, and we need food fast. We lack the time and energy to seek
>> >> > out
>> >> > something even a little better. It fits our immediate requirements
>> >> > for
>> >> > someplace reliable and predictable.
>> >>
>> >> Hey you don't need to give your excuses to me ... ;-)
>> >>
>> >> > Actually, I'm surprised you've never eaten at a McDonald's before -
>> >> > after
>> >> > all, you live in Scotland. Hee hee.
>> >>
>> >> I 'have' eaten at a McDonalds (once) and I said so! A friend was
>> >> passing
>> >> through and I said I would make dinner, but he said he didn't have
>> >> much
>> >> time
>> >> so why didn't we go to McDonalds! We did and I have recounted in the
>> >> past
>> >> what I found there )
>> >>
>> >> Once was enough!
>> >>
>> >
>> > What I meant was that I was surprised that you never went to McDonald's
>> > before that one time you did go. Well, that's my story and I'm sticking
>> > to
>> > it. Hee hee.
>> >
>> > My guess is that McDonald's is favored by parents with young kids and
>> > teenagers. It's a restaurant they can go to and not get dirty looks
>> > from
>> > the other people eating there. Interestingly, elderly people consider
>> > it
>> > to be a place to meet their friends in the morning. It's how the old
>> > folks
>> > network.
>>
>> So are you saying I am one of the old folks and ought to have been going
>> to
>> meet my friends in the mornings? Hmmmm????
>
> What I'm saying is that you're simply not old enough to do this. When you
> do reach the proper age, it'll all start to make sense to you.
>
>
> Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!
LOL well I am retired from work, so ...
Granny O
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