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In my entire life, can count on one hand the number of times I have had food delivered. Even pizza. If I do carryout instead, I have more control over the temperature the food is by the time I get it home.Plus I am cheap. Why pay a delivery fee and a tip when all I would be doing otherwise is sitting at home waiting for the food to be delivered?
So you can get hammered at home waiting for the food to be delivered.
A take home method for fried foods is the next great American accomplishment.
It's a challenge for sure. I think the most effective method is dependent on the actual food. For example, fries can be re-fried with an air-fryer (or if you have a spider) and perhaps fried mushrooms, zucchini, onions,, etc. But you cannot air-fry fried chicken or wings. I also think the grease poses a challenge for re-frying so the way you store it in the fridge matters. I'm guessing a toaster oven with high heat works the best but I think a conventional oven with a rack on a cookie sheet, at like 400 degrees for 15 mins, is what has worked for me with fried chicken. Lastly, always bring the chicken up to room temperature before popping in the oven. Things like Crab Rangoon, egg rolls, samosas, etc, I really don't have an answer. The whole point is the crispness and when it's gone or soggy it's traumatic.
Popeyes definitely better but I wish Popeyes had the consistency and quality control between locations that Chick-fila has. They really are superb at training and QC
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
I was once told that they hadn't made any chicken sandwiches yet. So I asked them to make one for me and the response was that they just weren't going to make any sandwiches today.
Chick-Fil-A is better than Popeyes in every way imaginable.
I can’t imagine your comment is true on Sundays
I left a few options off my most disgusting fast food:1) The Krystal -- Anyone who has lived in the mid-south knows Krystal. It is a horrible rip-off of an already bad White Castle, which, by the way, is terrible. The Krystal should be shut down on principle. Its food is bad going on ptomaine inflicting.2) Krispy Kreme -- Another mid-south favorite that sadly has more lives than a cat. This chain was something I loved as a kid -- and then my taste buds developed. What I learned was lard-soaked, fried bread can only be a delicacy in a place like Nashville. KK has been bankrupt almost as many times as Donald Trump.3) George Webb's -- I guess somebody has to like it. I just don't know who.4) Maid Rite -- Not many Scoopers probably know about Maid Rite. It's the Iowa version of Real Chili -- a place people go to sober up after a long night of alcohol consumption. I guess if your state is the number one consumer of Busch Beer in the known universe, Maid Rite tastes good. That's Iowa for you. We had one next door to us in the first apartment Ms. Dgies and I rented after we were married. It was in the Quad Cities and it was -20 one night when some woman named Debbie and her boyfriend had a fight (probably over going to Maid Rite). She locked him out of the car after the 3 a.m., closing of Maid Rite and, after he called her a bitch, drove off. That's Maid Rite's customer base!
2) Krispy Kreme -- Another mid-south favorite that sadly has more lives than a cat. This chain was something I loved as a kid -- and then my taste buds developed. What I learned was lard-soaked, fried bread can only be a delicacy in a place like Nashville. KK has been bankrupt almost as many times as Donald Trump.
Unpopular opinion but I think Portillos is awful. Every single thing is vastly overrated, their hot dog, beef, burger, polish everyone raves about it but there's a bunch mom and pop places and local chains that I can think of which are better. Don't understand that place's cult like following Add Rosatti's, Giardano's and Lou's as well.