Does it taste like Chicken?
Does it taste like Chicken?
The American icon of grease infused food has gone veggie. KFC (formerly known as Kentucky Fried Chicken) has become the first national U.S. quick service restaurant to offer plant-based chicken, in partnership with meat-free juggernaut Beyond Meat. Will the breaded veggie pieces include the elusive 11 herbs and spices? “To be able to bring Beyond Fried Chicken, in all of its KFC-inspired deliciousness to market, speaks to our collective ability to meet the consumer where they are and accompany them on their journey.” If you want to take that journey you will have to go to Atlanta for the rollout. But wait! There is more. Burger King, White Castle, Little Caesar’s and even the Cheesecake Factory are joining the line to abandon the most popular of American birddom. What will be next?
In an annual list that ranks states based on how healthy they are, the healthiest U.S. state is Hawaii. Mississippi finished 50th out of the 50 states, which isn’t surprising. Healthy eating is not big in Mississippi. Their state bird is the fried chicken.
I started a fried chicken joint. In order to be halal, the chickens must be killed in the traditional Islamic manner: It’s pretty hard getting the little explosive-filled vests on them, though.
Asking an incumbent member of Congress to vote for term limits is a bit like asking a chicken to vote for Colonel Sanders.
A first grade teacher was reading the story of “Chicken Little” to her class. She came to the part where Chicken Little warns the farmer. She read, “and Chicken Little went up to the farmer and said, “the sky is falling, the sky is falling.” She then asked the class, “and what do you think that the farmer said?” One little girl raised her hand and said, “I think he said, holy shit, a talking chicken.”