Chick-Fil-A is taking on the role of Sam-I-Am. They want us to believe that it is okay to eat chicken and eggs for breakfast.
Together.
When they opened a new store in the area near my work, they brought us samples of their chicken biscuit breakfast sandwich. I’d never considered eating fried chicken for breakfast, but it tasted pretty good.
Then they went and added the egg. And I gasped.
How can you eat the entire life cycle of an animal in one product ?
There is a reason why you will never see a “chicken omelet” on a diner menu.
Ham, bacon, vegetables of all sort, seafood, dried beef or sausage gravy all seem to blend well with eggs and have been enjoyed forever.
But chicken ? That’s where I draw the line. It just seems like culinary sacrilege.
They are airing a new commercial that features the famous Chick-Fil-A cow doing rooster impressions on the front lawn.
Very cute, even clever.
But I still won’t eat the featured breakfast, a bowl of scrambled egg, hashbrowns and fried chicken nuggets.
Is this just so wrong ???
“I could not, would not, on a boat.
I will not, will not, with a goat.
I will not eat them in the rain.
I will not eat them on a train.
Not in the dark! Not in a tree!
Not in a car! You let me be!
I do not like them in a box.
I do not like them with a fox.
I will not eat them in a house.
I do not like them with a mouse.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere!”
With much respect and love for Theodor Seuss Geisel and his 1960 “Green Eggs and Ham”, which has sold over 8 million copies.
I KNOW! Years ago, on the way here, moving from Georgia, we stopped somewhere that had a chicken and cheese omelet, and I was like, “No. That ain’t right.” I’m with you 100%. Not in a house, not with a mouse. No ma’am.
Well…there you are. I honestly have never seen that omelet on a menu. Thanks, glad it’s not just me !!
I agree with you too, Van! I also do not like the idea of chicken and eggs together! 🙂
It just looks and sounds wrong…not sure I want to ever find out what it tastes like !
Me neither! 🤢🤢
I don’t feel inclined to try it either.😊
Maybe if the chicken nuggets were served on the side ??? Nope, not even then. Thanks.
It’s amazing how varied the palate is across cultures and species. Gulai otak, cattle’s brain curry from Indonesia; Haggis, a savoury pudding containing sheep’s pluck (heart, liver, and lungs); minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, traditionally encased in the animal’s stomach; Bully Sticks (for dogs) made from a cows penis…I think I can stomach a little chicken for breakfast 😀
Ha ha…I was thinking about growing up, what I saw my relatives eating…pig knuckles, head cheese, blood sausage, fatback drippings on onion and rye bread, and don’t forget a PA. Dutch favorite…scrapple (because they never met a part of the pig they couldn’t eat). Rocky Mountain oysters in the west. Fried pork rinds, chitterlings in the south. I get it, Doc, and thanks.
A fast food horror story! But, grounds for a fun post. LOL
Thanks, Bob. 🐓
So it’s true what they say—THE CHICKEN DID COME FIRST! Psst! Van, I also enjoyed your Van-I -am impersonation. 😀
I like that one, I missed an opportunity. 🐓 Thanks, Paul
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Wow thats one big chicken type breakfast!!
Isn’t it though ?? I didn’t look up the “nutrition” info, but it looks a bit heavy, Lynn.
yes!
LOVE!!!!!!
🐓 Thanks, M. 🐓
So odd, eh? I have a visceral resistance to the idea of eating a dish that combines eggs with chicken. I wonder what that is so?
It sure struck me as a bad idea, deep in my palate and everywhere else, Maggie. Visceral is the right word for it.
That breakfast looks awful to me. I will not eat it. It’s gross and it’s a conundrum in a bowl. [Which came first…?] So wrong.
In this case, I’ll bet those fried chicken nuggets came first, Ally. But yes, so wrong. KFC came up with that bowl of “goodness” years ago, which had chicken, mashed, gravy and maybe a biscuit. It was/is popular, I guess, but looks like an assault on your GI system.
The whole idea of that combo scrambles my brain, Van.
Nice one, Mark. Same here. Thanks.
I don’t understand chicken and waffles either. ( A New York thing? Not sure…)
I’ve had that one, and if the waffle is unsweetened, it makes for a pretty good hot chicken sandwich. (gravy, no syrup).
Odd, that. Granted, I’ve never set foot inside a Chick-Fil-A, and probably never will, but chicken is just not a breakfast meat.
Unless its cold fried chicken the morning after a LOT of alcohol.
Maybe that cold stuff in the a.m. Or not ? I never had cold pizza for breakfast either…just a personal taste. Thanks, Peg.
Interesting perspective – it’s fine to eat chicken at one end of its life cycle or the other, but never both at the same time? Now THAT’s funny! Good one, Van.
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mgh
Glad you approve, M. It just seemed so wrong to me. Thanks.
lol – the same reasoning that vegans use about avoiding anything animal-based as a source of food.
Not intending to “approve” or “disapprove” — or to make anybody wrong — just opening the paradigm. Perspective is all.
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mgh
Lol…that’s funny. Can’t say I’ve ever tried it but now you have me curious..:)
Glad that you see the humor in this one, George. And if you try it ? Let us know…Thanks.
Funny, Van. I wouldn’t eat it either. I’m a fan of breakfast diners and all the ordinary fixings 🙂 I did enjoy the crowing cow though. 🙂
It made us laugh, too. It did not make us want to eat that breakfast. Thanks, D
I see you’ve answered the which comes first conundrum 🙂
If only this answered the bigger question…the quest goes on, Derrick. 🥚 🐔 🥚 Thanks.
🙂
Very, very clever but the thought of an entire life cycle on a bun really stopped me in my tracks and sickened me. I am glad your poem was so good. It gave me time to recover.
Thanks to Dr. Seuss, B., straight from the book, always makes me smile.
Some combos just aren’t supposed to be. This is one of them. Great poem – made my day!