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On Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 7:42:56 AM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 chided:
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> On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 20:31:29 -0700 (PDT), "
> > wrote:
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> >On Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 9:59:37 PM UTC-5, Don Wiss wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 17:53:37 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
> >>
> >> >That being said I stopped at Popeye's after leaving Home
> >> >Depot and picked up a chicken tenders dinner. Eh, it was
> >> >just ok. The slaw was NOT good even after a bit of seasoning
> >> >when I got it home and chicken was bland as well.
> >>
> >> Their chicken is known for being spicy. You must have ordered the mild one
> >> instead of the spicy one.
> >>
> >> Don.
> >>
> >>

> >I did order mild but that's no excuse for utterly bland chicken.

>
> Why would any thinking person spend $5 for 50ยข worth of chicken
> (mostly greasy breading) at a fast food joint, and tastes like nothing
> memorable to boot?
>

Ummmmmmmmm, because I'd just spent time at Home Depot and didn't
feel like coming home and cooking? I've had 'fast food' chicken in
the past and some of it's surprisingly tasty. Popeye's definitely
was NOT greasy, just tasteless.
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> Chicken is very inexpensive, I can buy a three
> pound package of skinless boneless chicken breasts for about $5 and
> prepare them however I want with less effort than it took to make the
> excursion to that fast food dive.
>

Yes, I had skinless, boneless chicken tenders at home in the
f-r-e-e-z-e-r. I had not planned on chicken so none were thawed and
this was a spur of the moment stop.