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"A Louisiana Expert Reveals The Only Meal You Should Actually Eat At Popeye's"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/ ... li=BBnb7Kz
Gratuitous clickbait. But such poor clickbait that the headline doesn't even match the story, which goes a completely different direction.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/ ... li=BBnb7Kz
Gratuitous clickbait. But such poor clickbait that the headline doesn't even match the story, which goes a completely different direction.
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No onion rings at Popeyes up here. Why not, I ask, why not!!!?!?!
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We had a Popeye's open here in Kingsport about two years ago; unfortunately, closed a couple of months ago. No Onion rings, that I recall.
Now the two closest are in Johnson City (Outlaw probably is on a first-name basis with them ) and Sevierville, Tennessee.
Now the two closest are in Johnson City (Outlaw probably is on a first-name basis with them ) and Sevierville, Tennessee.
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Pretty confident onion rings are louisiana exclusive. i know they used to be
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There are corperate owned Popeyes and franchised Popeyes. They offer different menus and I also find the corperate owned ones are better run and offer more.WaveProf wrote:Pretty confident onion rings are louisiana exclusive. i know they used to be
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Which is silly. You'd understand cajun rice or even red beans, maybe. But onion rings, which are on every menu of every non-white-table cloth restaurant in the US, but not at Popeyes outside Louisiana?WaveProf wrote:Pretty confident onion rings are louisiana exclusive. i know they used to be
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Back in the day, my favorite Popeye's meal was chicken tacos and onion rings.
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Only Super Popeyes on Vets had the tacos, right? They were excellent.TU77CAL82 wrote:Back in the day, my favorite Popeye's meal was chicken tacos and onion rings.
Super Popeyes may have been one of the most under the radar great places to get a quick, solid meal ever. I never understood why Al didn't expand on the concept.
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I got them at the store on St. Claude. (I'm not sure if it's even still there.) I think that I got them on Carrollton as well. We're talking about a long time ago though.doncecco wrote:Only Super Popeyes on Vets had the tacos, right?
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I can confidently tell you that you are wrong... they have onion rings in Charlotte and they are freakin' awesome.. they drop them when you order so they are always hot.. my favorite kind of O rings too.. with the flaky flour batter, no bread crumbsWaveProf wrote:Pretty confident onion rings are louisiana exclusive. i know they used to be
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Ill have to do an onion rings recon here in Ocean City, MD’s Popeye’s.
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The fact that they're always made to order is a key part of their awesomeness (which is both real and substantial).Johnny Mac wrote:I can confidently tell you that you are wrong... they have onion rings in Charlotte and they are freakin' awesome.. they drop them when you order so they are always hot.. my favorite kind of O rings too.. with the flaky flour batter, no bread crumbsWaveProf wrote:Pretty confident onion rings are louisiana exclusive. i know they used to be
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PSA: A member of my mardi gras krewe owns a couple of popeyes. I just emailed him and he said that they lifted the restriction on selling onion rings out of state about 5 or 6 years ago, but that he thinks they are still "less common" out of state
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I am fully in favor of that restriction being lifted.. my daughter even loves their O rings. We both get the $5 box.. she gets double O rings and I get O rings and RB&R. The closest Popeye's in Charlotte is down the road from the hockey rink we play at.WaveProf wrote:PSA: A member of my mardi gras krewe owns a couple of popeyes. I just emailed him and he said that they lifted the restriction on selling onion rings out of state about 5 or 6 years ago, but that he thinks they are still "less common" out of state
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They stopped making the good onion rings a few years ago for two reasons: 1-(the biggest factor, at least for the ones in the Lake Charles area*) is that the onion rings take time to prep (even the new prebattered ones). Individual stores are graded on ticket times. Because onion rings often added a couple minutes to orders, stores were getting bad scores for taking too long from order time to time the food was served.
2- the original rings were hand battered at each location. In an attempt to cut costs, managers/owners got rid of the onion ring batterers that they had to pay to batter the rings.
*I audit the 401k plan of a company that owns several Popeyes and Church's in the LC area. Their locations (at least not all of them if any) don't serve onion rings but they keep some at a couple locations for the owners to enjoy!
2- the original rings were hand battered at each location. In an attempt to cut costs, managers/owners got rid of the onion ring batterers that they had to pay to batter the rings.
*I audit the 401k plan of a company that owns several Popeyes and Church's in the LC area. Their locations (at least not all of them if any) don't serve onion rings but they keep some at a couple locations for the owners to enjoy!
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we went there last week and the kid said "onion rings are going to take a few minutes" to let us know if we wanted to change our order... I said "no problem" pulled into a parking spot and waited three minuteswaverider wrote:They stopped making the good onion rings a few years ago for two reasons: 1-(the biggest factor, at least for the ones in the Lake Charles area*) is that the onion rings take time to prep (even the new prebattered ones). Individual stores are graded on ticket times. Because onion rings often added a couple minutes to orders, stores were getting bad scores for taking too long from order time to time the food was served.
2- the original rings were hand battered at each location. In an attempt to cut costs, managers/owners got rid of the onion ring batterers that they had to pay to batter the rings.
*I audit the 401k plan of a company that owns several Popeyes and Church's in the LC area. Their locations (at least not all of them if any) don't serve onion rings but they keep some at a couple locations for the owners to enjoy!
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Too bad about very few locations serving the spicy battered fried onion rings any more. They were sublime when first introduced 40+ years ago. Awesomely unique.