General Tso vs. Colonel Sanders

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TStep

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You'll never convince me that either are really made from chicken.........so the chicken wins.
 

nakedfrog

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Considering where I am, I guess I shouldn't be surprised at the result... but you people are crazy. Sanders wins.
 

Megatomic

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No way dude, I'm caucasian and I think the kernel's chicken sucks. The skin is rubbery, the crust is mushy, and the pieces are meager.

KFC sucks.
 

nakedfrog

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Originally posted by: Megatomic
No way dude, I'm caucasian and I think the kernel's chicken sucks. The skin is rubbery, the crust is mushy, and the pieces are meager.

KFC sucks.

You guys must all have crappy KFCs, and I must have mostly crappy chinese restaurants. There's one or two that make decent General's chicken, but the rest are :thumbsdown:
At least half of them don't even have it on the menu, but still know what it is when you order it.
 

torpid

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I knew a pole once. He actually moved back to poland. He taught me how to say "Pardon me, sir, but I believe your monkey has eaten my peanut". Unfortunately I forgot how to say most of it now.

Pole > General Tsao > Colonel Sanders
 

dethman

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Originally posted by: virtualgames0
hmmm never seen a general tso here in so. california. Where is it based? East coast?

it's similar to orange chicken at west coast places or panda express. it's not a chain, just a food like kung pao.
 

Pohemi

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Originally posted by: dethman
Originally posted by: virtualgames0
hmmm never seen a general tso here in so. california. Where is it based? East coast?

it's similar to orange chicken at west coast places or panda express. it's not a chain, just a food like kung pao.


Actually, I think most places it's actually closest to sesame chicken w/o the sesame seeds :thumbsup:
 

nakedfrog

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Originally posted by: torpid
I knew a pole once. He actually moved back to poland. He taught me how to say "Pardon me, sir, but I believe your monkey has eaten my peanut". Unfortunately I forgot how to say most of it now.

Pole > General Tsao > Colonel Sanders

Heh... I used to work with a Pakistani who taught me how to say "You remind me of a lump of foul-smelling cheese" in Urdu. I have also forgotten most of it.
 

amoeba

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I like both dishes.

But the real General Tso killed many more people than Colonel Sanders so in a deathmatch I vote for General Tso.
 

geecee

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Originally posted by: vi_edit
I like Captain Morgan.
How about Corporal Punishment? Or Private Parts? (Man those were bad.) :p

General Tso's is usually deep fried or at least pan fried in a like 3-4 inches of oil. So from a health perspective, I don't think it's any better than KFC. Overall, I'd have to answer neither and go with Popeye's spicy fried chicken. The two choices are a distant second.

EDIT: And give Popeye a can of spinach and he'll take care of business against either the General or the Colonel.
 

0roo0roo

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i've never heard a chinese person refer to general tso's chicken.. so i really have no idea what it is.