I find the idea (or maybe memory) of the trash food is often better than the experience!
I'm very much not a fast food person anymore for the most part. I love to cook and eat great food. I'm not a snob for food type, nothing wrong w/a burger or a pizza or tacos, I just want really good ones.
That said, I still get a modest craving for KFC now and again every few months. But as their fries, and sides are dreck; and their gravy is wallpaper paste.......the only thing I can do is order the straight up chicken.
Its still got a decent flavour, though I could swear they upped the salt at some point to too high a level.
But I have to order the breast or rib, even though I like/prefer nice juicy thigh meat, because KFC's is just too greasy for me.
I don't think the variation of the product when I was a child was that much better; but I'm convinced the gravy was better and they used to have those buttered, buttermilk bread slices that I remember fondly.
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McDs has always had junky burgers.........but apologies to vegetarians, the fries were better when fried in Beef Tallow. Canola just isn't the same.