Incorrect Fast Food Memories

Posted by PumpkinBear, April 19, 2009 at 2:39 AM

Growing up, my family and I rarely ever ate fast food. While I'm sure many considered it a part of everyday life that made things more convenient, it was a luxury we couldn't afford. I had a best friend whose family ate out- no joke- at least twice a day. They didn't eat fast food twice a day, as they often went to "sit-down restaurants, but I was able to get my convenience food fix thanks to her family.

She and I used to go to the park with her aunt. Before arriving, we'd go through the KFC drive-thru so that we could have a picnic at the park. I remember thinking that eating KFC's fried chicken and biscuits & honey on a blanket at the park was the most decadent, awesome thing you could do. I also remember thinking the chicken was ridiculously delicious.

I literally hadn't had KFC since then- and that was like sixteen years ago. I thought I'd give it a try today. Aside from being completely pissed that a bucket of chicken and a few crappy sides cost TWENTY-EIGHT DOLLARS, I was absolutely amazed as to how bad the food was. The mac and cheese was literally pre-cooked, over-cooked pasta in nacho cheese, the biscuits were fatty, weird hockey pucks, and the chicken- don't even get me started. It was so freakishly salty and greasy it was basically inedible.

Here are my questions:
1. Do kids just have really bad taste or has the quality of certain fast food chains gone down dramatically? (I really remember thinking that chicken was tasty as a kid and I had pretty decent taste.)
2. Has anyone else recently tried a food they remembered loving as a kid, only to realize it tastes like ass?

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