KFC CHICKEN DELIVERY AT ISCC - A REVIEW
On Wednesday December 6, 2017 the delivery of KFC chicken to the ISCC highlighted the day, with ($10) 5 piece containers filling the normally stale air with the smells of the tasty fowl as if at home on a winter day. Unfortunately however, there must be a whole bunch of legless chickens running around out there somewhere.
Out of more than 60 boxes of chicken delivered to the unit I live on alone, there was not a single breast amongst them - maybe it's the IDOC policy against nudity (thou shall see no breast) gone terribly wrong? Granted, there was no promise that there would be a chicken breast nestled in the bucket, tender and juicy just waiting for me to strip the flesh from it's bones, but in past chicken fund-raisers, there was at least one breast, front and center - proudly poking through the legs and thighs. Not this time though.
Though not at all a condemnation, I have to say that the chicken was not up to the usual KFC standards, and this was likely due to the number of boxes made, the time to transport them, and the wait in distributing them - - - but the skin was not crispy (this was to be original recipe style) and kinda slid off the meat. Further, the amount of grease which was on the bottom of the continer was a bit off-putting, but it didn't stop me from devouring all 5 pieces in a single sitting, savoring every morsel.
Oh, and in my frugal manner, I saved the bones and other inedible parts and poured boiling water (with salt and pepper) over them where they now sit in a bowl on the floor, under my bed. Tonight, I will boil them again, strain the broth thus made, and cook within it some carrots and celery from lunch, a bit more salt, pepper and a touch of onion and garlic powder - and with a few 'noodles de Ramen', my belly and cell will be filled with the ultimate elixir - chicken noodle soup.
Notably, IDOC kitchens do not serve (bone-in) chicken to prisoners, with the rationale' being that the bones could be used as, or fashioned into weapons, thus, KFC chicken, even not-up-to-par-chicken, is still a special, and finger-lickin good change from the norm. All in all, I give it a 4 out of 5 greasy thumbs up.
Out of more than 60 boxes of chicken delivered to the unit I live on alone, there was not a single breast amongst them - maybe it's the IDOC policy against nudity (thou shall see no breast) gone terribly wrong? Granted, there was no promise that there would be a chicken breast nestled in the bucket, tender and juicy just waiting for me to strip the flesh from it's bones, but in past chicken fund-raisers, there was at least one breast, front and center - proudly poking through the legs and thighs. Not this time though.
Though not at all a condemnation, I have to say that the chicken was not up to the usual KFC standards, and this was likely due to the number of boxes made, the time to transport them, and the wait in distributing them - - - but the skin was not crispy (this was to be original recipe style) and kinda slid off the meat. Further, the amount of grease which was on the bottom of the continer was a bit off-putting, but it didn't stop me from devouring all 5 pieces in a single sitting, savoring every morsel.
Oh, and in my frugal manner, I saved the bones and other inedible parts and poured boiling water (with salt and pepper) over them where they now sit in a bowl on the floor, under my bed. Tonight, I will boil them again, strain the broth thus made, and cook within it some carrots and celery from lunch, a bit more salt, pepper and a touch of onion and garlic powder - and with a few 'noodles de Ramen', my belly and cell will be filled with the ultimate elixir - chicken noodle soup.
Notably, IDOC kitchens do not serve (bone-in) chicken to prisoners, with the rationale' being that the bones could be used as, or fashioned into weapons, thus, KFC chicken, even not-up-to-par-chicken, is still a special, and finger-lickin good change from the norm. All in all, I give it a 4 out of 5 greasy thumbs up.