Whoa! Turns out the franchisees can put it on the menu if they want. I wonder if I actually care enough to hassle my local McD?
Yep we have them here in the crossroads.
According to William Poundston’e book Big Secrets, the Colonel said of the original gravy that “it was so good you could throw away the chicken and just eat the gravy”. Good to see he has corroboration. I was under the impression that the original gravy recipe didn’t survive franchisation, but your post indicates that it apparently did. Sorry I never got a chance to taste it.
It was delicious!! And it’s true, a visit to KFC was worth it just for the gravy on potatoes and biscuits.
Now I’ll indulge in KFC a couple times a year for their original recipe coating, but otherwise, meh.
And the biscuits were larger and flakier, too. Damn fine biscuits and gravy back then.
I don’t know how hot the baked ones are, but perhaps the temperature was an issue. Especially after the coffee lawsuit.
I’d like to bring back a whole damned franchise: Bill Knapp’s. Popular in the Midwest, I loved their biscuits and honey, their au gratin potatoes, their soups and desserts, and just their overall emphasis on making really good comfort food. They died out in 2002 after tossing all their original recipes in an attempt to capture a younger demographic.
Goodness, not one vote for the McRib?
One might argue that their demise wasn’t due to trying to accommodate a younger demographic, but that their traditional demographic was already unprofitable as it way dying out. That is, if you’re already successful, why tinker with success? The desire to attract others was certainly an expression of their declining market share.
Well, it is the McRib. It is only good because it comes around once a year or so.
They couldn’t compete with white castles onion chips.
You like onions? You will love those then
I love White Castle and never noticed they even had onion chips. My order there is usually so reflexive (4 jalapeno cheeseburgers and maybe a diet coke) that I haven’t bothered looking at the menu in ages. I’ll check it out next time.
McDonald’s chicken sandwiches, the Ranch BLT in particular. Haven’t been to one since those were discontinued.
Far from individual items, there are entire chains that I wish had a location nearby — Waffle House, White Castle, Steak & Shake, Skyline Chili, Marion’s Piazza, … I’ll end this tangent
I’d be so fat if we had an In N Out anywhere near me. Anyhow, I was surprised the other day when I saw Skyline Chili in my local grocer’s freezer. I haven’t bought it (I’ve had the real thing in Cincinnati), but I didn’t realize they had a frozen version of it. We have plenty of White Castles here, but the frozen product actually is not too far from the real thing.
Actually, I think I’ve had Skyline both canned and frozen. Canned is better. I do occasionally get frozen White Castles, but there’s nothing like the real experience.
2 Dbl Cheese with extra pickles
Sack of onion chips
And a sack of chicken rings for later
being from Cincinnati, i have to say you may be disappointed in the frozen skyline
Not sure why but is just not quite the same, it’s kind of bland.
I can give you a recipe for making it yourself though, it will be about 98% correct
Not 100% because they wont say the exact amounts of the spices they put in their mix.
But ive got it pretty darned close.
I’d be in heaven if magically there appeared a LaRossa’s, Friches Bigboy, Skyline, and a White Castle on my street, i would never leave, if Cincinnati ever becomes tropical, i may move back.
Sure, bring on the recipe! I remember I made one that came close right after I came back from my Cincinnati trip, but I can’t remember what recipe I used, and I probably tweaked it a little as my memory of Skyline chili was very fresh at the time. Now, unfortunately, I don’t really have a strong reference point. I do remember a few things: do not brown the meat; it’s a lot soupier than what you think of as a chili, almost approaching a spaghetti sauce; and, of course, the spicing which had your usual cumin and cayenne, but also cinnamon and a hint of either allspice or cloves or both.
Sure, it’s not exactly the real deal White Castles, but, to me at any rate, it’s surprisingly close for a frozen fast food hamburger. Of course, it helps that WC’s are basically steamed burgers, so preparing them in the microwave with the plastic wrap on them works out pretty well. The main issue I have is sometimes the bottom of the bun goes from being steamy and fluffy to crunchy in the microwave. But they taste and smell like WC burgers, to me at any rate.