# How do you want your chicken dinner? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698 "2018-01-15T16:25:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698/1 "2018-01-15T16:25:20Z")
You can have your chicken broiled or fried. You can have your potato fried, baked or mashed. You can have your corn whole, creamed or on the cobb(boiled, or roasted on the grill). You can have apple pie, French vanilla ice cream or double up with a la mode. Your drink will be milk, soda of choice, wine or beer of choice. How may I serve you? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698/2 "2018-01-15T16:35:12Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You can have your chicken broiled or fried. > You can have your potato fried, baked or mashed. > You can have your corn whole, creamed or on the cobb(boiled, or roasted on the grill). > You can have apple pie, French vanilla ice cream or double up with a la mode. > Your drink will be milk, soda of choice, wine or beer of choice. > > How may I serve you? Broiled, mashed, whole, ice cream, and an ice-cold Diet Coke. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698/3 "2018-01-15T16:40:28Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You can have your chicken broiled or fried. > You can have your potato fried, baked or mashed. > You can have your corn whole, creamed or on the cobb(boiled, or roasted on the grill). > You can have apple pie, French vanilla ice cream or double up with a la mode. > Your drink will be milk, soda of choice, wine or beer of choice. > > How may I serve you? Well, thank you very much Fried chicken mashed potato roasted corn on the cob skip desert, thanks anyway How about a nice champagne? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698/4 "2018-01-15T16:43:37Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Well, thank you very much > > Fried chicken > mashed potato > roasted corn on the cob > skip desert, thanks anyway > How about a nice champagne? I’ve got Cordon Negro Brut sparking wine only-will that do? ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698/5 "2018-01-15T16:47:20Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You can have your chicken broiled or fried. > You can have your potato fried, baked or mashed. > You can have your corn whole, creamed or on the cobb(boiled, or roasted on the grill). > You can have apple pie, French vanilla ice cream or double up with a la mode. > Your drink will be milk, soda of choice, wine or beer of choice. > > How may I serve you? Eh. Eh. Roasted on the cob would be nice. Ice cream, please, as long as it’s carrageenan-free. Water will do just fine. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698/6 "2018-01-15T16:48:24Z")
You’re awesome, Czarcasm. I’ll have fried (thighs please), mashed (with peppered white gravy), roasted cob corn, a la mode (if I can’t have sharp cheddar with my pie instead of ice cream), and a nice wheat beer or light ale. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698/7 "2018-01-15T16:51:57Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > Eh. > Eh. > Roasted on the cob would be nice. > Ice cream, please, as long as it’s carrageenan-free. > Water will do just fine. Everything will be fresh and home-grown, I assure you. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698/8 "2018-01-15T16:53:29Z")
Fried chicken’s been on my mind; we were going to a new restaurant that serves a great version but it was closed on Sundays, damn. Anyway: Fried, dark meat Mashed potatoes with peppery cream gravy Whole kernel corn Apple pie, nothing on it Ice-cold milk That was our standard Sunday dinner growing up. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698/9 "2018-01-15T16:57:49Z")
Four whole fried chickens and a Coke. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698/10 "2018-01-15T16:59:36Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Four whole fried chickens and a Coke. A quart bottle of Coke and a tall glass filled with ice? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698/11 "2018-01-15T16:59:41Z")
**You can have your chicken broiled or fried.** Skinless broiled white meat, please. **You can have your potato fried, baked or mashed.** Mashed (although there is no “wrong” way to serve potatoes). **You can have your corn whole, creamed or on the cobb(boiled, or roasted on the grill).** On the cobb, boiled. **You can have apple pie, French vanilla ice cream or double up with a la mode.** Naked apple pie. **Your drink will be milk, soda of choice, wine or beer of choice.** Diet Pepsi. (That was fun! And now I’m SO glad it’s lunchtime… :)) ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698/12 "2018-01-15T17:03:20Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Four whole fried chickens and a Coke. With some dry white toast? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698/13 "2018-01-15T17:08:51Z")
Fried Mashed Corn on the cob, either roasted or boiled is fine for me; slight preference for former No dessert Bell’s Oberon ETA: I’m assuming you’re just talking plain chicken. Otherwise, if you include stuff like jerk chicken or piri-piri, I’d go with those over fried. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698/14 "2018-01-15T17:11:18Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Fried > Mashed > Corn on the cob, either roasted or boiled is fine for me; slight preference for former > No dessert > Bell’s Oberon > > ETA: I’m assuming you’re just talking plain chicken. Otherwise, if you include stuff like jerk chicken or piri-piri, I’d go with those over fried. Simple cooking here, and none of our chickens are jerks. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698/15 "2018-01-15T17:17:28Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You can have your chicken broiled or fried. > You can have your potato fried, baked or mashed. > You can have your corn whole, creamed or on the cobb(boiled, or roasted on the grill). > You can have apple pie, French vanilla ice cream or double up with a la mode. > Your drink will be milk, soda of choice, wine or beer of choice. > > How may I serve you? Can I get it pan fried? I like my fried chicken old school and, frankly, it tastes better that way. Potatoes mashed (with gravy of course). Corn on the cob, but if you could fire roast that in the husk with heaps of butter and chili I’d be much obliged. Apple pie (fresh and hot from the oven) would be wonderful for dessert, two scoops of ice cream. I’ll have a coke with that…shaken, not stirred. Much obliged! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698/16 "2018-01-15T17:18:26Z")
Fried chicken. Fried potatoes today, but on other days I might say mashed. Corn on the cob, grilled if it won’t freeze solid in the time it takes to get from the grill to inside (it’s bitter cold here the past few days). I’ll a la modify my pie. “Both” is always the correct answer for a dessert. Dr Pepper. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698/17 "2018-01-15T17:25:38Z")
Fried chicken breast (would also settle for BBQ chicken breast) Mashed potatoes Whole corn on top of the potatoes with lots of butter and salt Apple pie Diet coke ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698/18 "2018-01-15T17:25:58Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You can have your chicken broiled or fried. When I think of chicken I think of [this](http://www.carafranchising.com/img/CARA/Cara-Swiss-Chalet-Rotisserie-Chicken-bg.jpg), so broiled, please. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > You can have your potato fried, baked or mashed. I love all three, but that kind of chicken requires a specific yummy dipping sauce, and that means a big serving of unhealthy fries, TQVM. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > You can have your corn whole, creamed or on the cobb(boiled, or roasted on the grill). Whole sweet corn. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > You can have apple pie, French vanilla ice cream or double up with a la mode. Nothing, thanks, not big on desserts. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Your drink will be milk, soda of choice, wine or beer of choice. Wait a minute. “Soda of choice”, “beer of choice”, or just “wine”? I’ll have a nice glass of Gamay Noir, Pinot Noir, or a sprightly young Beaujolais with that chicken. If anyone wants to tell me that “poultry = white wine”, I’ll take them aside and explain a few things them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698/19 "2018-01-15T17:30:14Z")
> [@XT](#): > > Can I get it pan fried? I like my fried chicken old school and, frankly, it tastes better that way. Potatoes mashed (with gravy of course). Corn on the cob, but if you could fire roast that in the husk with heaps of butter and chili I’d be much obliged. Apple pie (fresh and hot from the oven) would be wonderful for dessert, two scoops of ice cream. I’ll have a coke with that…shaken, not stirred. > > Much obliged! That is the only way I fry my chicken, roast my corn and serve my pie, and of course you can have all the standard condiments. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698/20 "2018-01-15T17:32:44Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I love all three, but that kind of chicken requires a specific yummy dipping sauce, and that means a big serving of unhealthy fries, TQVM. 🙂 There’s a McDonalds a half mile back. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-dinner/806698.md?page=2)