KFC Grilled Chicken? Anyone?

WHAT? Nobody has tried the grilled chicken from KFC yet?

Trader Joe's Chicken Stix: Highly Recommended

I tried these for the first time a few weeks ago and they are fantastic! I need to try dipping sauces with them though so let me know what your suggestions are if you have tried them. I am going to try the Red Thai Curry sauce and the Goyza sauce that I read about on traderjoesfan.com.

I also tried the Lemongrass and they are excellent as well. I don't know where the chicken comes from and how it was grown/fed, but it tastes good.

I cook them in the InfraWave oven, which, if I haven't posted about it already, is great for heating up frozen/leftovers. It makes things crispy like they should be, works quickly and saves energy compared to conventional and microwave ovens. QuickFoods,+,+,Start gets you pretty well cooked Chicken Stix in just 9 minutes. Overall, less time than if you had to wait for your conventional oven to preheat. Microwave of course will do a quicker job but who wants soggy Chicken Stix?

Highly recommended.

Totally Displeased With Pizza Hut

The last two times I have ordered for delivery, I received a call about 5-minutes later stating, "Uh, we ran out of your blah blah blah, but we can substitute it with blah blah blah." WTF?!? If you offer a stupid pizza, be sure you keep it in stock. It's just LAME!!

30 minute turkey cheese burger

1. set heat to medium

2. put pan on stove

3. let pan heat for 5 minutes

4. fry frozen patty for 10 minutes or until it looks like this

5. turn patty over. it should look like this 6. put cheese on top

7. fry for 2 minutes

8. pour a little water in pan and cover pan

9. put toast down
10. fry patty for 3 more minutes

11. as soon as toast comes out, put burger on toast

12. optional (for spicy lovers) - throw some tabasco on before putting on the top piece of bread

13. enjoy

yeah, i used 2 patties but it was honestly too much. i highly recommend a single.

Tommy's offering Chili on the Side!

Tommy's Chili is now a menu item! Whoooo!!! Now I can make my own chili burgers and chili dogs at home. Tommy's this Friday will be selling their Chili to Go. The sizes and prices are: 8 oz. for $1.75; 12 oz. for $2.75; and 32 oz. for $7.

Now the goodness of Tommy's can be enjoyed at home, and topped on all manners of food, such as eggs, ice cream, waffles, you name it!

Marconda's Meats

If you are looking for a great selection of meats, go to Marconda's Meats at the Farmer's Market at 3rd and Fairfax.

Friday, we had their skirt steak that was just divine. 12-minutes in the broiler and I was in carnivore heaven

Saturday, we had a tri-tip barbeque and it was AWESOME!! It was the perfect meal for a birthday.

If you get meats there, be sure to ask for them to apply their rub on it. I don't know what spices go into it, but dang me, it's good. Sometimes they go a little heavy on the rub, but it gives it oodles and oodles of flavor.

Marconda's is located at Stall # 514 at the Farmer's Market. Go and buy some really good meat. If you are a carnivore or meatitarian, you won't regret it.

Subway - Chicken Pizzaiola

I wasn't expecting much from this sandwich. It's featured for a limited time on the $5 Foot Long menu at Subway. I was pleasantly surprised.

Basically, it's a sandwich that has pepperoni, chunks of chicken, cheese, and marinara sauce. I thought the chicken and pepperoni might be a little funky, but it wasn't. The marinara sauce kind of blended the flavors together in a savory way.

Overall, it'll never replace my meatball marinara order, but I do wish that they'd bring back the pizza sub. I'd definitely buy that one over the chicken pizzaiola. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give this one a 6. It wasn't great, but it wasn't bad. In a pinch, I'd order it again.

I WANTZ A CHEEBUHGUH!!!!

Just YUM!

Ordering off the menu

1000 Awesome Things blogs about ordering "off the menu" at fast food restaurants. Thought you might want to know about it.

Apparently Someone Thinks We Are A Real Blog

This is a press release that we received yesterday regarding Popeyes.

Hello,

Popeyes is going back to Louisiana with its new brand transformation – complete with a new logo, tagline and advertising, as well as new “Big Deals” menu items including – the Loaded Chicken Wrap, Delta Mini and Chicken Biscuit priced at just $1.49 each.

By positioning Popeyes as a “Louisiana Kitchen,” a place where great tasting food requires slow, careful preparation, the company is emphasizing slow cooked food for a fast paced life, through the new theme of “Louisiana Fast.”

This is best exemplified in the national TV spots where “Chef Ed” sits down with unsuspecting customers and tells them about the detailed work that goes into making Popeyes food, including a 12+ hour marination process. You can check out one of the spots at: http://popeyes.com/tvspot.php.

Thought this might be of interest to your readers. More details on the campaign can be found by clicking on: http://popeyes.com/pressrelease.php. If you would like additional assets including images and/or screen grabs please let me know.
Many thanks for your time!