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KFC wheres the flavour gone ?

  • 06-02-2017 06:00PM
    #1
    Shelflife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭


    Stopped off recently at a KFC, hadnt had one in ages and was looking forward to it.

    The chicken itself was fine but the fabled coating has lost all of its flavour.

    When did this happen ?


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  • #2
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,810 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    It's hit and miss.
    I love kfc but it's a gamble, sometimes it's tasteless shíte, other times....delicious shíte.
    At least it's consistently shíte I suppose.


  • #3
    HONKEY TONK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 779 ✭✭✭HONKEY TONK


    It really depends where you go.

    The one out in Blanchardstown is nice


  • #4
    Duff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,563 ✭✭✭Duff


    Their chicken isn't the greatest, but fúck me pink, I'd drink a pint of their gravy.


  • #5
    Cina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,397 ✭✭✭Cina


    KFC used to have flavour?


  • #6
    Rented Mule
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Rented Mule


    Cina wrote: »
    KFC used to have flavour?

    It had flavour when it was Kentucky Fried Chicken.


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  • #7
    g2020
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭g2020


    Cina wrote: »
    KFC used to have flavour?

    Yes.


  • #8
    Cutie 3.14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 610 ✭✭✭Cutie 3.14


    The gravy has gone seriously downhill in recent times, far runnier now and tastes completely different , tragic!


  • #9
    andekwarhola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,641 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    sbsquarepants wrote: »
    It's hit and miss.
    I love kfc but it's a gamble, sometimes it's tasteless shíte, other times....delicious shíte.
    At least it's consistently shíte I suppose.

    The missing variables here are possibly alcohol and/or nostalgia.


  • #10
    gramar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,045 ✭✭✭✭gramar


    Duff wrote: »
    Their chicken isn't the greatest, but fúck me pink, I'd drink a pint of their gravy.


    Chicken? There's a reason why it changed the name to KFC.


  • #11
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    gramar wrote: »
    Chicken? There's a reason why it changed the name to KFC.

    I thought everyone just ate the coating and threw away the rest :pac:


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  • #12
    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,321 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    gramar wrote: »
    Chicken? There's a reason why it changed the name to KFC.

    Yes, because it was shorter.


  • #13
    Dia1988
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭Dia1988


    Did you know that in China, Yum who have the KFC franchise for China are opening 6 NEW stores a day!


  • #14
    gramar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,045 ✭✭✭✭gramar


    The last time I had KFC must have been about 10 years ago. It was the slobberiest, greasist excuse for chicken I ever had and I haven't gone back since and I won't.


  • #15
    gramar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,045 ✭✭✭✭gramar


    Dia1988 wrote: »
    Did you know that in China, Yum who have the KFC franchise for China are opening 6 stores a day!

    Are they leaving the rest of them closed?


  • #16
    Jack the Stripper
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭Jack the Stripper


    Duff wrote: »
    Their chicken isn't the greatest, but fúck me pink, I'd drink a pint of their gravy.

    A fine pint of gravy would be exiting the following day.


  • #17
    Temptamperu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Temptamperu


    you dont get enough chips in KFC.


  • #18
    KungPao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,786 ✭✭✭KungPao


    They reduced the salt content by 25% or so, a few years back. Plus I imagine some of the other ingredients got the heave-ho, such as MSG, trans fats etc.

    Many things have gotten less tasty over the years - crisps/corn snacks for example, for the same reasons.


  • #19
    macroman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 980 ✭✭✭macroman


    The new drive thru in Northside and the food was edible - just. Chicken dry and skin dripping in grease. Chips were freezing from the 5 min drive home. Gravy was alright though, I'd rather a chipper snack box or Hillbillys (cheaper and more of a feed too)


  • #20
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,085 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    gramar wrote: »
    Chicken? There's a reason why it changed the name to KFC.

    Because people don't like Kentucky.


  • #21
    Lusocu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭Lusocu


    I've visited KFC in Mahon Point in Cork 3 times in 2016. Each time the chicken pieces were very dry and the chicken burger and chips were stone cold. It's a disgrace. When I was a kid in the 80s and teen in the 90s I remember looking forward to this treat after a day out and the chicken was always delicious and juicy everytime with flavoursome crispy coating and nothing was ever stone cold. Are there no standards anymore?


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  • #22
    Jack the Stripper
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭Jack the Stripper


    macroman wrote: »
    The new drive thru in Northside and the food was edible - just. Chicken dry and skin dripping in grease. Chips were freezing from the 5 min drive home. Gravy was alright though, I'd rather a chipper snack box or Hillbillys (cheaper and more of a feed too)

    There is eating in Hillbillys. Far ahead of KFC.


  • #23
    Bigus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,753 ✭✭✭Bigus


    Have ye tried Hillybilly's fried chicken and their excellent gravy ?
    Grace family involved who's grandfather had personal connection with colonel sanders , so maybe they're recipe is actually more authentic.


  • #24
    Dia1988
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭Dia1988


    When you think about it all these fast food places are simply heating up food that come into them deep frozen and laced with artificial flavours.
    The likes of McDonalds in my opinion just sell glorified food with no nutritional value.

    You'd be before off getting pub grub for similar money but far greater taste and nutritional value.


  • #25
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,025 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    I knew a manger who worked in KFC she said the chicken on the bone came in fresh and wash Irish and the boneless chicken was from Thailand(I think).


  • #26
    Glenster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,626 ✭✭✭Glenster


    KFC is the food of the poor.

    Anyone in the thread who has ever eaten it is poor. Fact.


  • #27
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,025 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Glenster wrote: »
    KFC is the food of the poor.

    Anyone in the thread who has ever eaten it is poor. Fact.

    Poor but happy, fact!


  • #28
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,085 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    Glenster wrote: »
    KFC is the food of the poor.

    Anyone in the thread who has ever eaten it is poor. Fact.

    I'd rather eat it than raw fish eggs.


  • #29
    Dia1988
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭Dia1988


    In 2016, the importer for meat/poultry in China were found to be supplying the Yum group, the franchise holder for KFC and McDonalds in China with out of date meat and poultry. Funny thing was that McDonalds were still allowed to sell their current stock of chicken nuggets because they contained virtually no chicken.


  • #30
    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,679 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    I think the introduction of hygiene hasn't helped.


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  • #31
    g2020
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭g2020


    Glenster wrote: »
    KFC is the food of the poor.

    Anyone in the thread who has ever eaten it is poor. Fact.

    That's harsh.

    Did the Colonel finger your sister or something?


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