Kate Connally wrote:
> What a huge (although not unanticipated - I am a realist when it
> comes to taking ad hype with a grain of salt) disappointment.

You had a bad experience at a fast food restaurant? Amazing, I never
would have guessed.

I think the only half decent fast food restaurant is Hardee's. And
they're only *half* decent, nowhere close to good. Arby's is okay but
I'm not eating potatoes anymore and I only liked their curly fries
anyway. Oh well.

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John Gaughan wrote:

> Kate Connally wrote:
>
>> What a huge (although not unanticipated - I am a realist when it
>> comes to taking ad hype with a grain of salt) disappointment.
>
>
> You had a bad experience at a fast food restaurant? Amazing, I never
> would have guessed.
>
> I think the only half decent fast food restaurant is Hardee's. And
> they're only *half* decent, nowhere close to good. Arby's is okay but
> I'm not eating potatoes anymore and I only liked their curly fries
> anyway. Oh well.
>
What's wrong with KFC chicken? Or McDonalds grilled chicken breasts?

Rich

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"John Gaughan" > wrote in message
...
> Kate Connally wrote:
> > What a huge (although not unanticipated - I am a realist when it
> > comes to taking ad hype with a grain of salt) disappointment.
>
> You had a bad experience at a fast food restaurant? Amazing, I never
> would have guessed.
>
> I think the only half decent fast food restaurant is Hardee's. And
> they're only *half* decent, nowhere close to good. Arby's is okay but
> I'm not eating potatoes anymore and I only liked their curly fries
> anyway. Oh well.

Hardee's was horrendously bad around here, then they all closed about 2
years ago. Arby's was OK at one time, but now their food is disgusting,
even their roast beef is nasty.

Vox Humana wrote:
> Hardee's was horrendously bad around here, then they all closed about
> 2 years ago.

They used to be, but someone bought out the chain and made it better.

> Arby's was OK at one time, but now their food is disgusting, even
> their roast beef is nasty.

Like I said, their only saving grace is the curly fries. The meat is
edible, but nothing special.

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Richard Periut wrote:
> What's wrong with KFC chicken? Or McDonalds grilled chicken breasts?

KFC is okay. I don't like the breading, it tends to be very greasy.

McDonald's chicken is alright, but the rest of the sandwhich is not.
Bland bread, aging tomatos and lettuce...

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"Richard Periut" > wrote in message
...
> John Gaughan wrote:
>
> > Kate Connally wrote:
> >
> >> What a huge (although not unanticipated - I am a realist when it
> >> comes to taking ad hype with a grain of salt) disappointment.
> >
> >
> > You had a bad experience at a fast food restaurant? Amazing, I never
> > would have guessed.
> >
> > I think the only half decent fast food restaurant is Hardee's. And
> > they're only *half* decent, nowhere close to good. Arby's is okay but
> > I'm not eating potatoes anymore and I only liked their curly fries
> > anyway. Oh well.
> >
> What's wrong with KFC chicken? Or McDonalds grilled chicken breasts?
>
> Rich
>
>

On weekends during college I somehow survived on a steady bar-time diet of
Taco Bell ;-) We lived right on campus and they had one that stayed open
until 3am. 59 cent bean burritos and tacos w/a side of green
sauce...mmmmmmm

O

>What's wrong with KFC chicken? Or McDonalds grilled chicken breasts?

KFC uses the cheapest chicken you can get and they use just flour and MSG to
coat chicken anymore. I used to work there I would never eat there again.

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Kate Connally wrote:
>
> I've always liked Wendy's hamburgers - much better
> than McDonald's or Burger King. Now I maybe get
> about 1 a year - I don't eat fast food all that
> often. So, I'm watching all these commercials
> for the lastest Wendy's specialty sandwich and thought
> it looked good. Decided to swing by there on Sat.
> and pick one up for dinner. What a huge (although
> not unanticipated - I am a realist when it comes
> to taking ad hype with a grain of salt) disappointment.
> Besides the sandwich not being put together neatly -
> all the toppings were of to one side (I hate when that
> happens, which if pretty darn often at most fast
> food places), there was almost no sauce to speak of,
> and the hamburger was dry, and they put pickles on
> it which was not mentioned in the description (the only
> time I eat pickles on any kind of sandwich is when I
> get a regular Wendy's bacon cheeseburger with
> everything). Blecch! Well, I guess I won't be
> patronizing Wendy's again any time soon.

I've tried to ignore it but I haven't had a really good Wendy's
burger in several years. Like you, I rarely eat fast food, though
I have 3 times in the last few months. If I was to get fast food,
it was always Wendy's. They had the best employees and I really
did like their food. I don't know what changed, but the burgers
are always dried out anymore.

> and it was horrid. Can't believe I got something at
> McDonald's that was better than Wendy's. Of course,
> now, with my latest Wendy's disappointment I beginning
> to wonder if they are declining in quality in general.
> Too bad.

It is a shame.

nancy

"Steve Knight" > wrote in message
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> O
>
> >What's wrong with KFC chicken? Or McDonalds grilled chicken breasts?
>
> KFC uses the cheapest chicken you can get and they use just flour and MSG
to
> coat chicken anymore. I used to work there I would never eat there again.
>
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> Custom made wooden planes at reasonable prices
> See http://www.knight-toolworks.com For prices and ordering instructions.

I have a friend who managed a KFC for 13 years. He told me the coating is
flour, powdered egg, powdered milk, pepper and MSG. YUK! What happened to
the 11 herbs and spices? The colonel would be shocked!

kili

John Gaughan wrote:
>
> Kate Connally wrote:
> > What a huge (although not unanticipated - I am a realist when it
> > comes to taking ad hype with a grain of salt) disappointment.
>
> You had a bad experience at a fast food restaurant? Amazing, I never
> would have guessed.
>
> I think the only half decent fast food restaurant is Hardee's. And
> they're only *half* decent, nowhere close to good.

Hardee's is disgusting.

> Arby's is okay but
> I'm not eating potatoes anymore and I only liked their curly fries
> anyway. Oh well.

Arby's is disgusting. Although I fondly remember 35 years
ago when they actually used real roast beef in their
sandwiches. They were pretty good then.
Kate

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Until you bite their heads off.”
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Richard Periut wrote:
>
> John Gaughan wrote:
>
> > Kate Connally wrote:
> >
> >> What a huge (although not unanticipated - I am a realist when it
> >> comes to taking ad hype with a grain of salt) disappointment.
> >
> >
> > You had a bad experience at a fast food restaurant? Amazing, I never
> > would have guessed.
> >
> > I think the only half decent fast food restaurant is Hardee's. And
> > they're only *half* decent, nowhere close to good. Arby's is okay but
> > I'm not eating potatoes anymore and I only liked their curly fries
> > anyway. Oh well.
> >
> What's wrong with KFC chicken?

I used to love KFC but since about 10-15 years ago,
about the time everyone was changing their menus
to add chicken breasts and roast chicken and stuff
the quality of their fried chicken seriously declined.
After numerous incidences of getting badly undercooked
chicken at several different locations, including once
in another state, I refuse to eat there anymore.

> Or McDonalds grilled chicken breasts?

Well, they're chicken breasts. Not the best part of
the chicken. But the crispy chicken breast ranch
salad it quite delectable, surprisingly.

Kate

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“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

"John Gaughan" > wrote in message
...

> I think the only half decent fast food restaurant is Hardee's.

I think there's two problems here - the quality of the food
(at its best), and the consistency of the experience.
McDonald's certainly doesn't have the BEST fast food out
there, but they are far and away the most consistent - which is
why they'll often get my business (esp. when traveling outside
the U.S.) over their competition, even when I've found certain
examples of that competition that are better. Hardee's at its
best IS pretty good - but they're also one of the less consistent,
so I rarely stop in to one when "on the road" and looking for
a quick bite. Wendy's is both pretty good AND consistent,
although not quite as good at the latter as McD's, so I tend to
go there if one's available.


Bob M.

>>
>> I think the only half decent fast food restaurant is Hardee's. And
>> they're only *half* decent, nowhere close to good.
>
>Hardee's is disgusting.

The only good thing about Hardee's is their biscuits, but once I got the
Hardee's biscuit recipe, I never had any further reason to eat there.

I moved to Cincinnati last year and all the Hardee's here are closed down.

Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man

"The likelihood of one individual being correct increases in a direct
proportion to the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong"
James Mason from the movie "Heaven Can Wait".

>I have a friend who managed a KFC for 13 years. He told me the coating is
>flour, powdered egg, powdered milk, pepper and MSG. YUK! What happened to
>the 11 herbs and spices? The colonel would be shocked!

when I worked there they had a bag of seasoning we dumped into the flour. sure
smelled good. but that is gone now. there is no colonel anymore (G) there is no
kentucky fried chicken just kfc.

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Can you post the Hardees biscuit recipe?