KFC/Chemical High
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queenliz99 wrote: »
But, but, if everyone uses this to design their chickens to be unnaturally hyper-palatable (aka "cooked"), everyone will be addicted! Oh Noes!!!
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queenliz99 wrote: »
But, but, if everyone uses this to design their chickens to be unnaturally hyper-palatable (aka "cooked"), everyone will be addicted! Oh Noes!!!
Clearly, I did not think this through. My bad!1 -
queenliz99 wrote: »queenliz99 wrote: »
But, but, if everyone uses this to design their chickens to be unnaturally hyper-palatable (aka "cooked"), everyone will be addicted! Oh Noes!!!
Clearly, I did not think this through. My bad!
Now I want KFC
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GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »singingflutelady wrote: »It's the evil sodium bicarbonate
Someone's reaching out for understanding and you're being sarcastic. What are you 12? Add some value at least. And darling just because you can take a back shot of your muscles doesn't make you a world renowned dietician who's word is the gospel. Not saying you don't have good advice you probably do so share it without coming across like a 12 year old. In the words of the Hodge Twins: This is just advice, you can do whatever f**k you wanna do
You haven't been around here very long.
That sodium bicarbonate line was a reference to an old thread back in the day. An in joke for people who've been around a while.
So just save your rant.
Yeah but neither have you. I'm assuming you used another username previously?
OP there are plenty of KFC-esque recipes out there you can try at home, which you can make to your own specifications, minus any chemicals. Either this or save KFC as treat you have once a month or so.
Here's a recipe you could try:
http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/copycat-kfc-original-style-chicken/97c93d14-9d8c-4bc7-96dc-1e0b37e4fcaa
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Christine_72 wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »singingflutelady wrote: »It's the evil sodium bicarbonate
Someone's reaching out for understanding and you're being sarcastic. What are you 12? Add some value at least. And darling just because you can take a back shot of your muscles doesn't make you a world renowned dietician who's word is the gospel. Not saying you don't have good advice you probably do so share it without coming across like a 12 year old. In the words of the Hodge Twins: This is just advice, you can do whatever f**k you wanna do
You haven't been around here very long.
That sodium bicarbonate line was a reference to an old thread back in the day. An in joke for people who've been around a while.
So just save your rant.
Yeah but neither have you. I'm assuming you used another username previously?
OP there are plenty of KFC-esque recipes out there you can try at home, which you can make to your own specifications, minus any chemicals. Either this or save KFC as treat you have once a month or so.
Here's a recipe you could try:
http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/copycat-kfc-original-style-chicken/97c93d14-9d8c-4bc7-96dc-1e0b37e4fcaa
Yeah I ignored that part. She's talking to herself there. And I got a warning for "attacking" someone with my comment.. Who even reports comments on a forum or online for that matter, what is this lol? Anyway, whoever was offended, my apologies. Great recipe post btw. Bookmarked.
I haven't reported anyone, but I have found most of the posts on this thread irritating. The tone hasn't been so good.1 -
Christine_72 wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »singingflutelady wrote: »It's the evil sodium bicarbonate
Someone's reaching out for understanding and you're being sarcastic. What are you 12? Add some value at least. And darling just because you can take a back shot of your muscles doesn't make you a world renowned dietician who's word is the gospel. Not saying you don't have good advice you probably do so share it without coming across like a 12 year old. In the words of the Hodge Twins: This is just advice, you can do whatever f**k you wanna do
You haven't been around here very long.
That sodium bicarbonate line was a reference to an old thread back in the day. An in joke for people who've been around a while.
So just save your rant.
Yeah but neither have you. I'm assuming you used another username previously?
OP there are plenty of KFC-esque recipes out there you can try at home, which you can make to your own specifications, minus any chemicals. Either this or save KFC as treat you have once a month or so.
Here's a recipe you could try:
http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/copycat-kfc-original-style-chicken/97c93d14-9d8c-4bc7-96dc-1e0b37e4fcaa
Indeed, I'm a returning user. I've kinda made no secret of that.
The fact that I knew what the joke was should have clued the two of you in. My post count is irrelevant here.1 -
magicpickles wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »singingflutelady wrote: »It's the evil sodium bicarbonate
Someone's reaching out for understanding and you're being sarcastic. What are you 12? Add some value at least. And darling just because you can take a back shot of your muscles doesn't make you a world renowned dietician who's word is the gospel. Not saying you don't have good advice you probably do so share it without coming across like a 12 year old. In the words of the Hodge Twins: This is just advice, you can do whatever f**k you wanna do
You haven't been around here very long.
That sodium bicarbonate line was a reference to an old thread back in the day. An in joke for people who've been around a while.
So just save your rant.
Yeah but neither have you. I'm assuming you used another username previously?
OP there are plenty of KFC-esque recipes out there you can try at home, which you can make to your own specifications, minus any chemicals. Either this or save KFC as treat you have once a month or so.
Here's a recipe you could try:
http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/copycat-kfc-original-style-chicken/97c93d14-9d8c-4bc7-96dc-1e0b37e4fcaa
Yeah I ignored that part. She's talking to herself there. And I got a warning for "attacking" someone with my comment.. Who even reports comments on a forum or online for that matter, what is this lol? Anyway, whoever was offended, my apologies. Great recipe post btw. Bookmarked.
I haven't reported anyone, but I have found most of the posts on this thread irritating. The tone hasn't been so good.
I know it wasn't you, frankly it doesn't really matter. What matters is you've been educated on the topic of a food high, dopamine, cravings etc. As for the latter tone of the thread, I agree. However that's usually how it goes around here.0 -
endlessfall16 wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »magicpickles wrote: »magicpickles wrote: »By the way, the fingers I'm typing this with are 100% made up of chemicals. Everything organic is chemical -- as has been pointed out hundreds of times in this forum.
I realise that, my parents are scientists/medical professionals. I kind of mean chemicals made in the lab to produce pleasure or cravings. Chemicals put in food that are unnatural and that the body doesn't agree with.
While such things exist, it's pretty well universally illegal to put them in food for human consumption.
Legal food additives include preservatives, dyes to improve color, flavorings and thickeners. Here is a list of European Union approved food additives: https://www.food.gov.uk/science/additives/enumberlist#toc-5
I don't think its illegal. All kinds of stuff gets put into processed foods. They put corn syrup into foods under unidentifiable names and multiple other products with names that can't be pronounced or random numbers.
I don't think adding food colouring to food is a good thing. Or things to enhance flavours if it makes it addictive.
They used to make foods and leave the fat in, but in the 70s or 80s people wanted to lose weight, so they started selling products as low fat or fat free, and since the flavour from the fat was gone, they increased the amount of sugar and other chemicals. It has made us very unhealthy. I'm not saying we should eat lots of fat, but the foods should have been left as they were, we could have still eaten it in moderation and been alright.
Anyway, I feel like this thread has gone off topic. I just want to know what it is about KFC that feels so good to me and why the cravings don't subside, even after weeks. Why do I want the KFC when something made at home tastes better to me? it has to be the chemicals.
The things they put in food to make it crave-worthy is fat, sugar, and salt, under various names. For example, a lot more foods have cheese (or something cheese-like) in them than used to be the case. Salt and sugar are added to some things in greater proportion too, because people seem to enjoy it. This is not unlike how good restaurants will cook stuff in butter.
The reason KFC tastes good to you is probably fat + salt, and perhaps cooking methods not available to you at home. (I don't really think KFC is particularly good fried chicken, though, so can't speak beyond that, and I think good fried chicken is hard to turn down (and homemade is wonderful), even though the calories make it a rare treat for me and I never make it for myself since I never learned to make really good fried chicken and hate frying things.)
Unless you are a bad cook, there's nothing KFC can (significantly) put in their food that you cannot put in your homemade to make it crave worthy. If you are the sort of person who's "addicted" to KFC, chances are you also tend to be addicted to other foods in absence of KFC.
Our family eats a lot of fried or rotisserie chickens from various places. KFC is good due to its uniqueness, not because of fat, salt, which contrarily we find too much and off putting, especially if you're not used to the amount. Again, nothing addictive, good or uniqueness from fat, salt from KFC or any chicken places.
In conclusion, we love Popeyes.
Why on earth are you directing this to me or quoting my post?
I do happen to agree that if one likes KFC or Popeyes (neither of which I think is particularly good fried chicken) that you will find decent homemade just as difficult to resist.0
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