Probably one of my silliest questions in years.

Fact is I would like to go to KFC and know what I should order.
They haven't been around for long down here and once I tried some but it tasted like boiled tasteless chicken (?) rolled in broken glass. Must be missing something here...

Pretty sure the fanciest recipees will not be in the local menu for lack of ingredients but surely what makes KFC a successful franchise should be there.

As a side-personal note, I love hot Buffalo wings. Do they have anything close to it?

Thank you.

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Their menu up here has some sort of glazed boneless wing things. If you want buffalo wings, you will be sorely disappointed unless KFC is a whole lot different down there. That said, it may be, since their fried chicken isn’t that terrible up here.

-Rob

KFC is one of my guilty pleasures. I enjoy it, but eat it sparingly for obvious reasons.

I just go bucket of extra crispy with potato wedges.

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Originally posted by RAMIUS:
KFC is one of my guilty pleasures. I enjoy it, but eat it sparingly for obvious reasons.

I just go bucket of extra crispy with potato wedges.

You’re in Philly. Surely, there’s a Royal Farms you could get to?!?!

-Rob

The KFC Chicken Pot Pie:
It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.

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Originally posted by 0-0:
They haven't been around for long down here and once I tried some but it tasted like boiled tasteless chicken (?) rolled in broken glass. Must be missing something here...

You're not. Their chicken is not that good.

Around here, there are any number of better choices for fried chicken. People mostly just go to KFC because it's fast and convenient, not because it's good.

(But some people claim to love it, just like there are some people who also love Taco Bell, whose food is even worse... So there's clearly an ass for every seat. )

I also need some education on KFC I think. Everytime I've tried it it tasted as bad as 0-0 described, but if you could somehow magically combine sogginess with the broken glass component.

The only thing I've every enjoyed there was some kind of limited time sandwich.

I've had one across the street for 20 years, five minute walk from my house. I've ate there less times than I have fingers on my left hand.

Is fried chicken a common meal in Argentina?

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Originally posted by BurtonRW:

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Originally posted by RAMIUS:
KFC is one of my guilty pleasures. I enjoy it, but eat it sparingly for obvious reasons.

I just go bucket of extra crispy with potato wedges.

You’re in Philly. Surely, there’s a Royal Farms you could get to?!?!

-Rob

They seem to be trying to push out wawa! Seem nice, I actually had my first fried chicken from RF last week. I think I’ll need to try it again before I can make a decision

They are built on their Original Recipe chicken dinners, with mash potatoes & gravy, biscuits, and cole slaw. Not a fan of slaw, but I love the rest.

Its far too expensive here now for the family dinners. They do have these low priced lunch boxes with various other menu items like crispy tenders or a fillet.

Wait until y'all get a Church's and go there instead. With KFC you're really not missing anything.

I prefer a little grease with on my chicken, not the other way around.

wonder if the Argentine menu is the same as the USA menu


they used to be the bomb, years ago, cause they were basically the only fast food fried chicken in most areas,

then Churchs, Popeye's, Bojangles and Hardee's all make a better fried chicken,,,,


+ they are owned by PepsiCo,

I'd put KFC marginally ahead of a "fried chicken" Swanson frozen/TV dinner. In fact, the mashed potatoes from both places taste like they are squeezed out of the exact same nozzle in a factory in New Jersey. I agree that KFC's chicken pot pie is the best thing on the menu.

Churches or Popeye's are both better choices for fried chicken, but O-O may not have the luxury of those options, living in South America.

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somehow magically combine sogginess with the broken glass component.

....my impression is the 'broken glass' thing is often replaced with some kind of grit commonly found in sweeping parking lots; given all the flaws of the menu, at least a couple times a year I will succumb to at least 1 'crispy thigh' or maybe a 'popcorn chicken' which consumed plain without the gooey sauces don't seem quite such a dietary insult.

I tried the Popeye version of chicken 3 times before abandoning it as well.

In the 60s & 70s my erratic life style often fell for the quick crunchy salty greasy allure of KFC. My tastes have changed.

Surely there's better food in Argentina.

If what you're getting is really so bad, maybe Col. Sanders' original recipe is getting lost in the translation, in a manner of speaking. When he was alive (d. 1980), long before it got bought by Pepsi, he would personally go around to restaurants and make sure they were adhering to his standards.

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Fact is I would like to go to KFC and know what I should order.

What's so complicated about it? I just get the original recipe with "[whatever the number is] herbs and spices." They have other flavors and variations (lately a "Nashville Hot" and a "Honey BBQ," the former probably a regional thing since I'm in Tennessee), but I haven't bothered. I personally can't stand the Extra Crispy (its texture, now that I think about it, does remind me a little of broken glass), nor do I like pot pies.

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As a side-personal note, I love hot Buffalo wings. Do they have anything close to it?

No, not really. Buffalo wings originated in Yankee New York, KFC in the South.

Sometimes recipes do not make it to other countries intact. When I lived in Mexico many moons ago, we ate at a place called El Pollo Loco. It was the best chicken I had ever tasted to date. I did miss it when I moved back to the State. At some point El Pollo Loco made it north of the border and with great anticipation, went for dinner. What a disappointment. It tasted nothing like the Mexican restaurant's chicken. It's even worse now.

KFC has changed a bit too since my earlier years....or I have. I still go on occasion. I prefer the original recipe. It could be that your local KFC is not doing chicken like it's done here based on your description of it. If that's the case, any advice from us North of the border types will be disappointing as well.

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Was this guy the manager???





To the OP.....Some have mentioned Church's or Popeye's. I'd highly recommend either one of those over KFC. Popeye's has a really good 3-piece spicy boneless box, but I just can't eat it on a weekly basis...go there maybe 3 times a year, if that.

They must use different spices there.
I LOVE the peppery original coating they have here.
And the mash potatoes and gravy with a biscuit is heaven.