# Chick-fil-A - just meat/bread what the heck? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-just-meat-bread-what-the-heck/570309 "2011-02-05T20:47:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-just-meat-bread-what-the-heck/570309/81 "2011-02-07T16:37:26Z")
It’s a shame I didn’t read this thread before visiting Chick-fil-A. My anger was primarily from the shock of getting all the way home and finding naked, meat & bread sandwiches for my family in the bag. My first reaction was that someone screwed up my order. I was so pissed that I considered driving 6 miles to return them. Fortunately, I cooled down and didn’t do that. Had I known ahead of time… Well. I wouldn’t have given it a second thought. I would have custom ordered a dressed sandwich exactly the way I like it. YMMV, but I never pay much attention to the drive thru menus. You can’t read much in the 20 seconds you have to order. I typically order the standard burger or chicken sandwich. They all are made pretty much the same regardless of which chain you happen to visit. Chick-fil-A is the exception and it does surprise people that don’t know about their naked sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-just-meat-bread-what-the-heck/570309/82 "2011-02-07T16:38:07Z")
> [@misterkrc](#): > > a sandwich without mayo is no sandwich at all. So, the ham and cheese on wheat bread with brown mustard; the melty cheese between two slices of grilled buttered bread; the thinly-sliced roast beef on a nice bun with BBQ sauce. . .please tell me what I’m ‘allowed’ to call those things now, according to _your_ stated rules? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-just-meat-bread-what-the-heck/570309/83 "2011-02-07T16:38:51Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > And what if I order ‘light’ mayo? Who decides what, to me, constitutes ‘light’? _I_ know what I consider ‘light’ and I can bloody well do it myself. Or, you can have what happened to me at Subway recently… they always put on way too much mayo so I ordered spicy mustard and light mayo (meaning not too much mayo). Fortunately I saw the gal pick up the Lite mayo (meaning reduced fat). I told her to stop, I want the full fat version, just not too much of it. We both laughed and joked about the misunderstanding as she picked up the real mayo and proceeded to put on about three cups worth. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-just-meat-bread-what-the-heck/570309/84 "2011-02-07T16:46:34Z")
> [@misterkrc](#): > > a sandwich without mayo is no sandwich at all. If you’d learn to relax your throat muscles, you wouldn’t need so much lubricant. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-just-meat-bread-what-the-heck/570309/85 "2011-02-07T17:17:00Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Or, you can have what happened to me at Subway recently… they always put on way too much mayo so I ordered spicy mustard and light mayo (meaning not too much mayo). Fortunately I saw the gal pick up the Lite mayo (meaning reduced fat). I told her to stop, I want the full fat version, just not too much of it. We both laughed and joked about the misunderstanding as she picked up the real mayo and proceeded to put on about three cups worth. Yeah, that kind of thing’s happened to me, too! Fortunately, when it comes to Subway, you _watch_ them make your sandwich, so you can stop disasters in their tracks! ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-just-meat-bread-what-the-heck/570309/86 "2011-02-07T17:23:32Z")
Chick-fil-A doesnt sell a “naked” sandwich. Their standard chicken sandwich comes with butter and pickles. It’s anything but dry, or bland. On top of that, if you can’t tell by looking at their huge photos that the sandwich doesn’t include lettuce or tomato, then that’s your own fault. ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-just-meat-bread-what-the-heck/570309/87 "2011-02-07T18:09:57Z")
It’s a heavily battered fried chicken sandwich, on a bun that is slathered in melted butter. You think it’s too dry without mayo? If you want lettuce and tomato, you order the “deluxe model” ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-just-meat-bread-what-the-heck/570309/88 "2011-02-07T20:01:20Z")
> [@misterkrc](#): > > a sandwich without mayo is no sandwich at all. Shirley you meant, “No mayo on a sandwich ever, ever, ever, any time, anywhere, any kind of sandwich, no exceptions.” Shirley. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-just-meat-bread-what-the-heck/570309/89 "2011-02-07T20:20:25Z")
_sigh_ Could we just drop the whole “mayo/no mayo, only one position can be correct” meme? It’s tiresome. Mayo is not the devil’s spooge, it’s just an emulsion of egg and oil and some other stuff none of which comes from a supernatural being. Many, many people like or love it and just as many people don’t. I don’t care which you are just stop expecting your choice to be the only choice. This is as bad as the chili with beans/no beans debate and the pineapple on pizza argument\*. \*[sub]Pineapple on pizza is the only one of these things that really is an abomination.[/sub] 😛 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-just-meat-bread-what-the-heck/570309/90 "2011-02-07T20:56:13Z")
Dissing pineapple on pizza? Dudette, it’s **on**. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-just-meat-bread-what-the-heck/570309/91 "2011-02-07T21:12:23Z")
Two pages of this and I still don’t understand the OP. Dude, you wanted mayo that bad on your damn sammich? _You were at home._ Go get it out of the fridge, fer cryin’ out loud. ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-just-meat-bread-what-the-heck/570309/92 "2011-02-07T21:30:33Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > The point is with no sauce at all, the Chick-fil-A sandwich is painfully dry. Do you eat them with no sauce at all? Well it comes with a couple pickles on it usually, but yeah I do eat them with no sauce of any kind, and I like em like that. The seasoning they use on their chicken is really good and IIRC\* they had a much better grilled chicken than most other fast food places. It was a bit cheaper too, at the time I think around $2 for a grilled chicken sandwich, while McDonalds was charging $3.50 for one that didn’t taste anywhere near as good. \*The only Chick-Fil-A near me closed about 10-12 years ago. I really wish they’d open a new one somewhere in this area. I’d even drive 5-10 miles once in a while to get them, they were pretty tasty. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-just-meat-bread-what-the-heck/570309/93 "2011-02-07T22:49:31Z")
If it really was dry, you got a bad Chick-Fil-A sandwich (which can happen). The fresh ones are full of juicy fried goodness. Mayo would be overkill. But hey, you can always apply your own. They have mayo packs free for the taking. My wife squirts the shit all over her sandwich, as I try not to vomit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-just-meat-bread-what-the-heck/570309.md?page=4)