How I beat KFC's "family meal" challenge

[jeffrey]

Recently, the American public was issued a challenge by the folks at KFC (formerly "Kentucky Fried Chicken," but "fried" just didn't sound healthy). The fast-food joint argues in its latest commercial that you cannot "create a family meal for less than $10." Their example is the "seven-piece meal deal," which includes seven pieces of fried chicken, four biscuits, and a side dish -- in this case, mashed potatoes with gravy. This is meant to serve a family of four.

I'm not really a competitive soul, but this was one challenge I could not resist. When it comes to food, America has been sold a bill of goods. We've been flimflammed, bamboozled, hoodwinked. We've been tricked into thinking that cooking is a chore, like washing windows, to be avoided if at all possible, and then done only grudgingly and when absolutely necessary. On the contrary, cooking is a vital, spiritual act that should be performed with a certain reverence. After all, we are providing sustenance to the ones we love -- can anything be more important?

And don't get me started on advertising. It never ceases to amaze me that, with the exception of political ads, people don't focus on the falsehoods. Commercial advertising washes over people without the slightest analysis; we truly need a FactCheck.org for business advertising...

How I beat KFC's 'family meal' challenge | By Kurt Michael Friese | Grist | Chef's Diary | 30 Oct 2008

[MaskedMarvel]

I almost never eat out. When I do, I usually get sick because of the fat. A normal person needs to consume around 2400 calories a day. At burger king if you take a whopper, a large fry and a large coke it's 1700 calories.

Cooking shouldn't be a chore, it actually saves you money and you eat healthier.

[simpleyme]

from watching the commercial one would have to assume that you must throw out any unused ingredients from each meal ;-)

people always argue that some people just cannot cook,I suppose that could be true but if a person can work raise children and drive a car they can learn to cook some type of food wouldn't you think? ;-)

on a funny note my daughter stayed with a friend her mom took them to burger king, when asked what she wanted she did not know, she asked what is good here ? they were shocked and said you have never been to burger king, to which she replied yes i have but its been a couple years.
the mom says does your mom not allow fast food? I am allowed anything but my mom cooks all our food at home

I laughed about that when DD13 told me that how weird we must seem LOL we do eat out on occasion but when we do i like to go somewhere nice that makes things I do not normally make,burger king is just not on that list ;-)

KFC is not on list either I do not mind KFC but the stuff they serve now is nothing like what they used to have , the biscuits are sooo small

[jamiefic]

That is so funny about the BK thing - I love it! Way to go!

I always get a bit frustrated when I see that KFC commercial because, of course, you can make it cheaper at home! You can't buy everything in it's entirety and throw out the unused stuff (like an entire bag of four) and expect it to be cheaper...