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There is one simple reason for my contempt for Canada:




What is up with KFC not having freaking mashed potatoes up there?


Come on, any country that doesn't serve this (http://www.velocityweekly.com/2004/0922/life/images/v_0922DriveKFC.jpg) most tasty, fast food creation deserves to be on some axis of evil list.

I'm pretty sure our kfcs do have mashed potatos.

I haven't eaten there for so long though, I don't eat meat... the last time I went there was with my friends and I susbsisted on side dishes though...

Shit. There isn't even a single KFC within 100 km here. I think the next one is in Hamburg or somewhere in the South?

There is one simple reason for my contempt for Canada:




What is up with KFC not having freaking mashed potatoes up there?


Come on, any country that doesn't serve this (http://www.velocityweekly.com/2004/0922/life/images/v_0922DriveKFC.jpg) most tasty, fast food creation deserves to be on some axis of evil list.

Well, that's as sensible a reason as any I guess..... although it's really just a case of potato tit-for-tat until your fast-food establishments start to offer poutine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine) like any normal place does....

DAmn, I can feel my arteries hardening just thinking about it....

KFC in Japan. . .no mash potatoes, it made me sad and angry the first time I entered one. Instead they serve biscuts with a small packet of maple syrup. Every freakin food in this country has to be sweet!!!!
Anybody who tells you Japanese food is healthy is out of his mind. They eat more fried crap over here than I would have ever believed and KFC is a large part of that.

Well, that's as sensible a reason as any I guess..... although it's really just a case of potato tit-for-tat until your fast-food establishments start to offer poutine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine) like any normal place does....

DAmn, I can feel my arteries hardening just thinking about it....

Poutine is just disgusting. Mashed potatoes are where it's at.

Poutine is just disgusting. Mashed potatoes are where it's at.
Poutine is mashed potatoes sans the mashed part and adding a fried part plus cheese. It's the same damn thing more or less.

And from what I recall with both, they're both good, what with being almost the same.

Potatos are bad for your health. Eat Basamati or Jasmine rice instead.

I'm pretty sure our kfcs do have mashed potatos.

I haven't eaten there for so long though, I don't eat meat... the last time I went there was with my friends and I susbsisted on side dishes though...


I'm pretty sure they don't.

http://www.kfc.ca/displayMenu.asp

I am correct! Damn you Canaduh!

We dont get mashed potato in KFC either.

Then again, KFC is shit.

Poutine is mashed potatoes sans the mashed part and adding a fried part plus cheese. It's the same damn thing more or less.

And from what I recall with both, they're both good, what with being almost the same.


That's like saying a 1985 rusted out pickup is the same as a new Hummer! Sorry, but it isn't a valid point.

We dont get mashed potato in KFC either.

Then again, KFC is shit.

They beat the crap out of most pubs there though.

Potatos are bad for your health. Eat Basamati or Jasmine rice instead.


Rice is for those people with bowl haircuts. Potatoes are not bad for your health. Prove they are bad for your health!

Potatos are bad for your health. Eat Basamati or Jasmine rice instead.
If they're not fried and if you eat the skins, potatos are alright for you. I think the red and yellow ones are better for you than the white ones though.

That's like saying a 1985 rusted out pickup is the same as a new Hummer! Sorry, but it isn't a valid point.
They are basically the same... they're both hideous.

Rice is for those people with bowl haircuts. Potatoes are not bad for your health. Prove they are bad for your health!

I can't. I lied, but Basamati and Jasmine rice are still better. :D

What is up with KFC not having freaking mashed potatoes up there?

LOL

You'll be shocked to learn that in the Quebec Province, KFC is called...

PFK !!!!!

I think we're the only place on Earth where they have changed their name!

LOL

You'll be shocked to learn that in the Quebec Province, KFC is called...

PFK !!!!!

I think we're the only place on Earth where they have changed their name!
If they're a worldwide chain, then they would have changed their name to make sense in other languages... they would be called the same in France for instance.

And actually, they didn't change their name, they just translated it.

LOL

You'll be shocked to learn that in the Quebec Province, KFC is called...

PFK !!!!!

I think we're the only place on Earth where they have changed their name!


The Air Force is getting ready to open a can (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c3/Atomic_blast.jpg) on you guys!

BTW that is actually a gravy bomb. :)

KFC in Japan. . .no mash potatoes, it made me sad and angry the first time I entered one. Instead they serve biscuts with a small packet of maple syrup. Every freakin food in this country has to be sweet!!!!
Anybody who tells you Japanese food is healthy is out of his mind. They eat more fried crap over here than I would have ever believed and KFC is a large part of that.


I hear you! I'm in Japan too and I don't know how these people stay so little. By the way, I'm not far from you! I live in Omihachiman!

Not only does KFC not serve Mashed Potatoes, but Taco Bell serves FRIES in Canada.

I thought that was normal until every one of my american friends thought it was weird.

I hear you! I'm in Japan too and I don't know how these people stay so little. By the way, I'm not far from you! I live in Omihachiman!

I went to Hachiman. Hey, look at that giant wooden pole. . .er. . .wow that looks like a giant penis. . .OMG. Gifu right? God, long time ago.
I went into KFC here for the first time years ago and thought, ah. . .an oily taste of home. Then frantic searching of the menu led to no mash potatoes and I thought, . . .what is the point really? KFC without potatoes in mashed form is a terrible thing to discover.

Wow, I opened this thread thinking, "now how could anyone possibly find anything about Canada offensive?", but I now understand.

Wow, I opened this thread thinking, "now how could anyone possibly find anything about Canada offensive?", but I now understand.


Well, in Canada if you want chicken and mashed potatoes you go to Swiss Chalet (http://www.swisschalet.ca/ourmenu/chicken.html) instead. And, not coincidentally, they actually use REAL CHICKEN in their recipes.... a novel concept I know!

:p

Well, in Canada if you want chicken and mashed potatoes you go to Swiss Chalet (http://www.swisschalet.ca/ourmenu/chicken.html) instead. And, not coincidentally, they actually use REAL CHICKEN in their recipes.... a novel concept I know!

:p



Hmmmmmm....Swiss Chalet...Yummy...

I don't know how anybody can eat that crap. I was looking at the food and thinking how fattening that stuff is!

PS, i thought this was going to be a thread about people complaining about Canada. This is just another example of how people have problems finding something wrong with Canada :D

Well, in Canada if you want chicken and mashed potatoes you go to Swiss Chalet (http://www.swisschalet.ca/ourmenu/chicken.html) instead. And, not coincidentally, they actually use REAL CHICKEN in their recipes.... a novel concept I know!

:p


What kind of fake chickens does KFC use?

PS, i thought this was going to be a thread about people complaining about Canada. This is just another example of how people have problems finding something wrong with Canada :D


Two words: "Celine Deion".


*shudder*


The horror.... the horror....

I don't know how anybody can eat that crap. I was looking at the food and thinking how fattening that stuff is!

PS, i thought this was going to be a thread about people complaining about Canada. This is just another example of how people have problems finding something wrong with Canada :D

If you keep in shape, mashed potatoes won't blimp you up, pudge!

No, it's called humor you pencil-neck!

There are plenty of real things about Canaduh I could have mentioned.

Well, in Canada if you want chicken and mashed potatoes you go to Swiss Chalet (http://www.swisschalet.ca/ourmenu/chicken.html) instead. And, not coincidentally, they actually use REAL CHICKEN in their recipes.... a novel concept I know!

:p
Yeah, swiss chalet woudl beat the piss out of kfc. You can at least get booze there.

They beat the crap out of most pubs there though.
HAHA....yea, right.

I know that the KFC in my wifes home town has mashed potatoes, but ten again, they are one of the few that still has a buffet.
WWJD
Amen.

I have been eating at Canadian KFC's for my entire life, then when i was in the states i went to an American one in Vermont. I thought it was pretty cool how they had the buffet.That was until i took a bite and realized it was bloody. I spent the rest of my trip back to Canada barfing. Never trusted American KFC's since. Although i might reconsider, considering it happened in Vermont. Chicken isnt they're specialty, perhaps they would have better prepared the meat if it were possum or squirell? ah Vermont.

The mashed potatoes and the biscuits are the best part!

Also, about Canada, I found out that if you have 2 DUI's, you're considered a felon and can't go into the country for any reason. (Spmeone who fits the bill told me.)

Yeah, swiss chalet woudl beat the piss out of kfc. You can at least get booze there.


I can take my KFC home and drink my own booze. Plus who wants to sit in KFC with the type of people who visit there?

HAHA....yea, right.


I've been in probably 20 pubs in Ireland (ones that were given good ratings) and the food was awful to say the least. I remember once I was having lunch at one and ordered a ham sandwich. I got two pieces of bread, a slice of ham, and a dab of mustard. Way to spice things up.

Not only does KFC not serve Mashed Potatoes, but Taco Bell serves FRIES in Canada.

I thought that was normal until every one of my american friends thought it was weird.

It isn't weird, it is heresy. :eek:

...perhaps they would have better prepared the meat if it were possum or squirell?

Squirrel, now there is some good eating either fried or squirrel and dumplings. Oh, and before you ask, I’m not from VT.

I've given up asking for vinegar at fast-food restaurants in the States. It was always the same: a look of bafflement or amusement, usually followed by the question, "what y'all want that for?" and disbelief when I'd say "for my french fries".

On more than one occasion, and at more than restaurant the resident manager himself would come have a chat with me and explain that the only vinegar they had was used for cleaning. And on more than one occasion, after looking over the industrial jugs and taste-testing the contents, happily took some in a paper cup, staff members guffawing all the while.

And that's why - I dislike America!

(No, not really, that's not the reason, I have many other reasons to dislike America, but I couldn't actively dislike an entire nation for anything as petty as condiments. That's just nutty.)

I've given up asking for vinegar at fast-food restaurants in the States. It was always the same: a look of bafflement or amusement, usually followed by the question, "what y'all want that for?" and disbelief when I'd say "for my french fries".

I get weird looks when I ask for some mayonnaise to go with my fries. First learned to eat them that way in Germany. I very much dislike catsup.

(No, not really, that's not the reason, I have many other reasons to dislike America, but I couldn't actively dislike an entire nation for anything as petty as condiments. That's just nutty.)

You could dislike them for seeming to want everything to be the same as it was back home when they visit another country...

If they're a worldwide chain, then they would have changed their name to make sense in other languages... they would be called the same in France for instance.
Well they don't...

In France, KFC is KFC... they don't seem to bother translating brand names.

But in Quebec it's PFK -- Poulet Frit Kentucky.

Same thing about McDonald's stuff.
In France you buy "McNuggets"... but in Quebec you buy "Croquettes de poulet".

Not that I eat any of that shit.