Posted on 01/25/2021 12:53:00 PM PST by mylife
As we drove through Warrenton, Virginia (population 9,913), it struck me and my husband, Scott, at the same time. In a quarter mile stretch of road, there was every major chain that has come to define the American fast-food landscape. We were hungry. We didn’t want to get COVID-19. I had forgotten the frozen pizzas in our rush to get out the door. And neither of us had tried the famous Popeyes’ Chicken Sandwich that had sold out across the country in 2019. We set our minds to our new mission.
First, we devised rules:
At every venue, we would order a “meal” with fries and a drink.
We would get sandwiches in random order by getting our meals as they appeared driving up one side of the road and then turning around and driving down the other.
Upon being handed our bag of deliciousness, we would immediately pull into the closest parking spot, each take one bite of sandwich and a french fry.
After sampling each fresh sandwich, we would then pull out all of the sandwiches at the end for a side by side comparison.
But we forgot to agree on a pretty important rule: What were we actually judging here? Best chicken, best chicken sandwich, or best chicken sandwich meal? As you will see below—we didn’t discover this problem until we shared our rankings. Marital discord ensued.
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I just had a Wendy's Taco Salad for lunch. Not sick- yet.
I’ve always liked them, used to be better back in the day.
Best hot babe burger commercials ever!!!
That’s one way to throw away $45.
We’re never wasting any money or time at Chik-fil-A ever again. Stopped in once after an out of town doctor’s appt. Didn’t get a filet sandwich but nuggets inside a plain dry nasty bun. The nuggets immediately fell to the floorboard so saved them for the dog. The dog turned up his nose and wouldn’t touch them. Smart dog.
Heh!! Something like that happened last time I shared mcDodo with my dog.
Nothing is better or cheaper than homemade.
It leaves a bad taste in my mouth to support them since chick-fil-a caved in so I just avoid them. No sense turning my stomach.
In fact, I've never even had the patience to actually get one of their sandwiches.
I worked at the local A&W as a teenager. Dad loved it when I worked the lat shift because I alsways came home with leftover, Papaburgers, Mamaburgers and Teenburgers. Their tacos came frozen and were dropped in the deep fat fryers . . . they were delicious!
Carl’s JR and Hardees have pretty good sandwiches, but they USED TO HAVE the very best commercials!
Mark
I always like Church’s Fried Chicken the best.
I went to the counter at a Popeye’s once. The dork behind the counter literally stared past me refusing to lower himself to take my order.
Insane.
BTW, Bojangles is my favorite fried chicken place. Nearest one is 50 miles away. A couple years ago, I worked late and came to a Bible study with a Bojangles cup.
The guys were wondering how I got it.
I never had Churches, they were in a rough neighbor hood.
I remember the small frosted mugs filled with root beer for kids.
He's your problem now.
Agreed, I ate many a Western Star
I never had Churches, they were in a rough neighbor hood.
Born and raised in NJ. Not much fried chicken up this way. Went to school in Raleigh in the late 70s. There were 2 Church’s then in the area.
THE BEST fried chicken in town. Cheap too.
Scott’s a jerk.
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