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I remember the day when KFC started "boiling" the chicken it went from crispy to soggy. Here in Canada currently there's big controversy KFC went halal. No mor

I remember the day when KFC started "boiling" the chicken it went from crispy to soggy. Here in Canada currently there's big controversy KFC went halal. No more bacon!

crazygringo 2y ago
Can you explain what you mean by "boiling"? It's very much deep-fried. And I've never had it anything but crispy, unless you seal it up in a container for too long while it's still hot.
gruez 2y ago
>Here in Canada currently there's big controversy KFC went halal Source? Was it just the chicken or the entire restaurant?
- julesnp 2y ago
  The entire restaurant. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kfc-halal-menu-boycott-1.7258289 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kfc-halal-menu-boycott-1.7258...
petre 2y ago
Vote with your Canadian dollars, eat from restaurants who serve pork. It turns out that my countrymen love porchetta.
- crazygringo 2y ago
  But when has KFC ever served pork or bacon? They're a chicken restaurant. Best I can guess is maybe they had a fried chicken sandwich that had strips of bacon too? But not really a huge loss -- bacon is definitely not any kind of classic topping for fried chicken, the way it is for burgers. I mean, I love bacon but I don't want it with fried chicken. Bacon adds crunch and chewiness to a burger; fried chicken is already crunchy and chewy.
  - petre 2y ago
    Dunno, I never eat KFC food. I'd rather eat bacon than hormone infused chicken, fully grown in less than a month, pressure fried in a crust of MSG saturated dough, which is supposedly halal and Colonel Sanders actually hates. In fact I just went to the Italian store and bought almost half a kilo of porchetta because of what I read here. It'll keep us well fed for at least two days and has all the collagen my wife otherwise gets from awfully tasting expensive supplements. Praise the lard!
    - gruez 2y ago
      >I'd rather eat bacon than hormone infused chicken, fully grown in less than a month They're both hormone free. "Under Federal law, hormones are only approved for use in beef cattle, swine**, and lamb production. There are no hormones approved for use in the production of poultry, goat, veal calves, mature sheep, or exotic, non-amenable species" https://www.fsis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media_file/2021-02/RaisingClaims.pdf https://www.fsis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media_file/202... >pressure fried in a crust of MSG saturated dough The typical preparation of bacon basically involves it frying in its own fat. I'm not sure how pressure frying is any more worse. Moreover bacon contains nitrates and nitrites, which is known to cause cancer, unlike msg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curing_(food_preservation)#Nitrates_and_nitrites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curing_(food_preservation)#Nit... >which is supposedly halal I think you're misunderstanding whether Halal means. Halal just means the food adheres to Islamic laws. It says nothing whether it's safe or healthy. Unless you're a practicing muslim (which seems unlikely), it shouldn't be part of your consideration one way or the other.
      - lmz 2y ago
        > Halal just means the food adheres to Islamic laws Also ritually slaughtered if that matters to you.
      - redeeman 2y ago
        it also implies paying protection money to be halal, which goes to spread islam in the west

I remember the day when KFC started "boiling" the chicken it went from crispy to soggy. Here in Canada currently there's big controversy KFC went halal. No more bacon!

crazygringo 2y ago

Can you explain what you mean by "boiling"? It's very much deep-fried. And I've never had it anything but crispy, unless you seal it up in a container for too long while it's still hot.

gruez 2y ago

>Here in Canada currently there's big controversy KFC went halal Source? Was it just the chicken or the entire restaurant?

julesnp 2y ago
The entire restaurant. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kfc-halal-menu-boycott-1.7258289 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kfc-halal-menu-boycott-1.7258...

petre 2y ago

Vote with your Canadian dollars, eat from restaurants who serve pork. It turns out that my countrymen love porchetta.

crazygringo 2y ago
But when has KFC ever served pork or bacon? They're a chicken restaurant. Best I can guess is maybe they had a fried chicken sandwich that had strips of bacon too? But not really a huge loss -- bacon is definitely not any kind of classic topping for fried chicken, the way it is for burgers. I mean, I love bacon but I don't want it with fried chicken. Bacon adds crunch and chewiness to a burger; fried chicken is already crunchy and chewy.
- petre 2y ago
  Dunno, I never eat KFC food. I'd rather eat bacon than hormone infused chicken, fully grown in less than a month, pressure fried in a crust of MSG saturated dough, which is supposedly halal and Colonel Sanders actually hates. In fact I just went to the Italian store and bought almost half a kilo of porchetta because of what I read here. It'll keep us well fed for at least two days and has all the collagen my wife otherwise gets from awfully tasting expensive supplements. Praise the lard!
  - gruez 2y ago
    >I'd rather eat bacon than hormone infused chicken, fully grown in less than a month They're both hormone free. "Under Federal law, hormones are only approved for use in beef cattle, swine**, and lamb production. There are no hormones approved for use in the production of poultry, goat, veal calves, mature sheep, or exotic, non-amenable species" https://www.fsis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media_file/2021-02/RaisingClaims.pdf https://www.fsis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media_file/202... >pressure fried in a crust of MSG saturated dough The typical preparation of bacon basically involves it frying in its own fat. I'm not sure how pressure frying is any more worse. Moreover bacon contains nitrates and nitrites, which is known to cause cancer, unlike msg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curing_(food_preservation)#Nitrates_and_nitrites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curing_(food_preservation)#Nit... >which is supposedly halal I think you're misunderstanding whether Halal means. Halal just means the food adheres to Islamic laws. It says nothing whether it's safe or healthy. Unless you're a practicing muslim (which seems unlikely), it shouldn't be part of your consideration one way or the other.
    - lmz 2y ago
      > Halal just means the food adheres to Islamic laws Also ritually slaughtered if that matters to you.
    - redeeman 2y ago
      it also implies paying protection money to be halal, which goes to spread islam in the west