The BEST piece of chicken is . . .

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Best piece

  • Wings

    Votes: 9 10.6%
  • Breast

    Votes: 25 29.4%
  • Leg

    Votes: 4 4.7%
  • Thigh

    Votes: 44 51.8%
  • Meat is murder!

    Votes: 3 3.5%

  • Total voters
    85

Ns1

No Lifer
Jun 17, 2001
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don't say these things. I dedicate much willpower to limiting my Gus's to once per month, which is very hard because it's only 2 blocks away. :mad:

The last time I had Gus I distinctly remember thinking "This is not a low salt meal". I also kill a 1/4 bottle of Crystal every serving, which doesn't help.
 

Darwin333

Lifer
Dec 11, 2006
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Not that I'm aware of. Popeyes and Church's *can* do it properly, but it seems rare. Usually the best fried chicken I'd get was from gas stations in the South. I really miss living down there.

Yup, love me some Brother's fried chicken!
 

mindless1

Diamond Member
Aug 11, 2001
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Don't care for most fast food chicken places, which overcook it till it's near jerky consistency. I like my chicken the same as beef, medium rare so in the case of chicken, last bit of pink fading away from the middle when it comes off the heat.

Thighs are the best, but they do need a little more fat trimming than other pieces.
 

Iron Woode

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Oct 10, 1999
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How the hell does she not topple over?

:confused:
 

DigDog

Lifer
Jun 3, 2011
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I used to remember the smell that came from the KFC down the road in Boston, i had to walk away to stop me from going in and eating the whole shop ..

Nowadays we have KFC in the Uk but it's worthless, no flavor, no crunch, no spices.
 

Perknose

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Oct 9, 1999
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I used to remember the smell that came from the KFC down the road in Boston, i had to walk away to stop me from going in and eating the whole shop ..

Nowadays we have KFC in the Uk but it's worthless, no flavor, no crunch, no spices.
In other words, traditional English fare!

If you hadn't subjugated most of the rest of the world and never, thereby, found curry shops on your Godforsaken Isle, you'd still be mainly boiling peas until they died and serving each other the world's blandest sausages. ;)
 

Perknose

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Wings are the most expensive.
Which is weird, because until their great marketing push, they used to be 10 cents apiece throwaway items at shops serving prepared chicken.
 

DigDog

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In other words, traditional English fare
You *do* know im italian, right? I just live there.

I could try to explain how depressing british food is,but it would probably cost me an infraction.

But its not just the food; i mean, you can go to Waitrose and buy a guinea fowl for £8, but it's the ATTITUDE to food they have.

A guy i used to know .. good guy,a friend. About 65yo, used to do COBOL on the ol' mainframes.
He would eat every day for lunch a slice of toasted white bread with mucrowaved canned Heinz beans. And for dinner 4-5 fishsticks (frozen ofc) and half a can of microwaved peas .. no butter even.

EVERY DAY.

I tell my coworkers "hey yesterday i made saddle of lamb tajine with couscous" and they look at me like i told them i shaved my ass.

The brits have zero interest in food as a pleasure, to them food is a chore, like brushing your teeth, something that you need to do to stay alive.

Back in mamma italia, if i meet a friend you can bet the third question will be "did you eat" and the answer always entails explaining the whole sourcing and cooking process.

Anyway, im moving to Lisbon.

And i went to the dentist today and she shot me up with sone of that dentist stuff. Boy. Havent had drugs in years. Forgot how good drugs are.
 

Perknose

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You *do* know im italian, right? I just live there.

I could try to explain how depressing british food is,but it would probably cost me an infraction.

:D:eek::D

A guy i used to know .. good guy,a friend. About 65yo, used to do COBOL on the ol' mainframes.
He would eat every day for lunch a slice of toasted white bread with mucrowaved canned Heinz beans. And for dinner 4-5 fishsticks (frozen ofc) and half a can of microwaved peas .. no butter even.
Omg, that's classic. I vividly remember going to dinner in Wales at the house of an SO of a friend. Festive affair! She served almost exactly that . . . frozen fish sticks, peas, and canned beans! :cool:
 

Mayne

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Apr 13, 2014
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I did not real the thread or do the poll. I LOVE CHICKEN THIGHS.
 

MrSquished

Lifer
Jan 14, 2013
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The best bit of the chicken, maybe not piece or part, is the skin.

whether i'm eating thigh, breast or wing as long as their is some good skin in that bite it's probably going to be good. So I'm gonna vote for CHICKEN SKIN!