Fast food items you wish they’d bring back?

[WillWeaverRVA]

3. Eggnog shakes from McDonalds at Christmas time. They have not had them for the past several years for whatever reason.

These were damn good and I'm sad they don't have them anymore.

[abefroman329]

I prefer dark meat myself, but get the impression that I'm in the minority on that.

I agree that dark meat is more flavorful than white meat, but I still prefer white meat for...I dunno, reasons.

I can't eat more than two pieces of fried chicken anyway, and I don't want to get one piece of each.

[JayhawkCO]

I prefer dark meat myself, but get the impression that I'm in the minority on that.

I agree that dark meat is more flavorful than white meat, but I still prefer white meat for...I dunno, reasons.

I can't eat more than two pieces of fried chicken anyway, and I don't want to get one piece of each.

Clearly the hierarchy of a fried chicken basket is:
1) Thigh
2) Leg
3) Breast
4) Wing

[jeffandnicole]

I prefer dark meat myself, but get the impression that I'm in the minority on that.

That's what I prefer too.

[triplemultiplex]

Clearly the hierarchy of a fried chicken basket is:
1) Thigh
2) Leg
3) Breast
4) Wing

I can support this ranking.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

I'm just here for the skin, and the rest of the chicken can fuck off.

[abefroman329]

I'm just here for the skin, and the rest of the chicken can fuck off.

OK Cartman, hope no one pretends you're dead in retaliation.

[DenverBrian]

Clearly the hierarchy of a fried chicken basket is:
1) Thigh
2) Leg
3) Breast
4) Wing

I can support this ranking.

1) Leg
2) Breast
3) Thigh
4) Wing

Please resume your normal bickering.

[jeffandnicole]

Fully cooked chicken at Costco/Sams Club:  $4.99
2 wings at a pizzeria, split into 2 drums & 2 flats: $4.99

Ohhh...speaking of the topic at hand, didn't McDonalds do wings at one point?

[MATraveler128]

Fully cooked chicken at Costco/Sams Club:  $4.99
2 wings at a pizzeria, split into 2 drums & 2 flats: $4.99

Ohhh...speaking of the topic at hand, didn't McDonalds do wings at one point?

Yes. They were called Mighty Wings. They were McDonald's attempt to capitalize on game day sales because chicken wings are very popular to eat during a sports game. Unfortunately, everyone thought they were more like fried chicken than actual wings. Ultimately they flopped to the point that they started to discount them heavily. The final nail in the coffin was the steep price tag. No one could justify spending a ton of money on mediocre chicken wings. If you want good wings, go to Buffalo Wild Wings or Wingstop. Not Mickey D's.

[Big John]

^^ article on why they failed: https://www.mashed.com/492304/the-real-reason-mcdonalds-got-rid-of-its-mighty-wings/

[Scott5114]

The only dark meat I like is drumsticks. Anything else the bone structure is too inconvenient for me to want to deal with. If I'm going to eat something that's horrible for me, at least let me have the benefit of being lazy about it.

My wife won't eat anything on the bone at all. She just hates the flavor of chicken on the bone.

[abefroman329]

My wife won't eat anything on the bone at all. She just hates the flavor of chicken on the bone.

Mine won't either, but she won't eat any meat that's attached to the bone.  She's also too squeamish to remove the shells from cooked shrimp.

[1995hoo]

A lot of people absolutely love boneless, tasteless chicken breasts. My wife and I argue about it when I want to use thighs for a recipe that recommends thighs and she wants to substitute breasts. I suppose, ultimately, it ought to come down to who's cooking that night.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

A lot of people absolutely love boneless, tasteless chicken breasts.

The problem I find with breasts is it's hard to cook them properly, because it doesn't take too much overcooking to turn them into dry, shriveled, barely-edible gruel. Usually I put them in my crock pot for 3-4 hours with a little seasoning and they turn out great. A lot of people knock organic foods and not always unjustifiably, but I find organic meat typically tastes much better than "conventional" meat does, including chicken breasts.

[OCGuy81]

A lot of people absolutely love boneless, tasteless chicken breasts. My wife and I argue about it when I want to use thighs for a recipe that recommends thighs and she wants to substitute breasts. I suppose, ultimately, it ought to come down to who's cooking that night.

I pretty much buy skin-on breasts exclusively. The boneless/skinless chicken breasts dry out quickly when cooked, especially on the grill.

[1995hoo]

A lot of people absolutely love boneless, tasteless chicken breasts. My wife and I argue about it when I want to use thighs for a recipe that recommends thighs and she wants to substitute breasts. I suppose, ultimately, it ought to come down to who's cooking that night.

I pretty much buy skin-on breasts exclusively. The boneless/skinless chicken breasts dry out quickly when cooked, especially on the grill.

If I'm going to grill the boneless/skinless ones, I pretty much always marinate them first. The moisture in the marinade helps a lot in terms of preventing them from drying out, though depending on the specific marinade and how much oil it uses you may have to reduce the heat to avoid flare-ups.

[wriddle082]

McDonald's has two items I wish they would bring back: McPizza and the cheese danish.

The McPizza lasted a lot longer than everywhere else in the Huntington/Ashland/Ironton (WV/KY/OH Tri-State) area, which is where I partially grew up.  Whenever I would visit I would have to get it at least once.  Now I think Donato's Pizza may be close to the same thing, but we don't have them in SC where I currently live now.

As for the cheese danish, I think it just got overshadowed by the cinnamon roll sometime in the mid-90's and was just discontinued.  I have never been able to find another cheese danish anywhere that compares to McD's.

[GaryV]

If you're going to grill boneless skinless breasts, cut them into strips first and then marinade. More marinade goes into the meat, and they cook much quicker so you won't dry out the meat waiting for the center to get done.

[nexus73]

Back in the Seventies, Jack In The Box had a Jack Steak Sandwich that I thought was quite tasty.  Love to see it come back.

Rick

[hbelkins]

If I'm eating fried, roasted, or grilled chicken, I prefer breasts over legs or thighs. This is a 180º shift from my childhood, when I preferred legs.

For chicken soup or chicken and dumplings, I have no preference.

Wings are too much trouble to eat to be worth it.

A friend of mine loved thighs. He'd get the three-piece dark meal at KFC and would request all thighs.

There must be a reason that breast strips are all the rage and no one has ever really marketed thigh strips.

[GaryV]

There must be a reason that breast strips are all the rage and no one has ever really marketed thigh strips.

It's much easier to debone breasts.

[abefroman329]

Wings are too much trouble to eat to be worth it.

They are kinda like the old Mitch Hedberg joke about rice being great if you want two million of something.

[MATraveler128]

McDonald's also used to have the McSpaghetti. The reason it was cancelled was because spaghetti isn't exactly fast food. It took 10 minutes to cook.

[jeffandnicole]

Fully cooked chicken at Costco/Sams Club:  $4.99
2 wings at a pizzeria, split into 2 drums & 2 flats: $4.99

Ohhh...speaking of the topic at hand, didn't McDonalds do wings at one point?

Yes. They were called Mighty Wings. They were McDonald's attempt to capitalize on game day sales because chicken wings are very popular to eat during a sports game. Unfortunately, everyone thought they were more like fried chicken than actual wings. Ultimately they flopped to the point that they started to discount them heavily. The final nail in the coffin was the steep price tag. No one could justify spending a ton of money on mediocre chicken wings. If you want good wings, go to Buffalo Wild Wings or Wingstop. Not Mickey D's.

Thanks for that reminder of what they were called, although BWW and Wingstop tend to be on the bottom rung for wing places. Most local pizzerias do a better job with wings.