Look, I'm not a chicken sandwich guy. If I go to a restaurant, I'd say 1 time out of 100 I'm ordering a chicken sandwich. About 3-4 years ago I was trying to cut back a little bit, and when Linds and I were ordering food I ordered a chicken sandwich. Our sassy older waitress looked at me, sneered, and said, 'well….you're a healthy one aren't cha?' She basically called me a wuss to my face. That was the last time I ordered a chicken sandwich anywhere.
But if THIS is what the new Popeye's Chicken is doing to people?? I think I owe it to myself to at least give it a shot. I mean this guy is feeling some kind of way. HIS TEARS AND SWEAT TASTED LIKE CHICKEN! The flavor of the pickles? Chicken! Honestly, this sandwich transformed him into a 12 year old, look at the way he's sitting on the bed describing the buttermilk bread:
That's me on my parents bed when I was 8 on my birthday waiting to open presents. That's the kind of energy that sandwich gave this man! It reinvigorated his lust for life/chicken!
Now, as we were talking about this on the air this morning, I was speculating that the nearest Popeye's was probably in the Milwaukee area. Nope! In what I would consider one of the greatest upsets in fast food in the state, the nearest Popeye's is in Manitowoc. Manitowoc! Well I think I can drive 25 minutes on our company's dime to try this sandwich out. My only concern is that it's now been built up in my brain so much I don't think there's any way it lives up to my heightened expectations. Either way, let's crush some chicken sandos boys!
PS: So from what I've read since I've seen this video, Popeye's introducing a new chicken sandwich has led to what some people are describing as the, 'Chicken Sandwich Wars.' Like the 2nd Punic Wars, only more vicious. I think the reason this has passed me by is that the two primary combatants are Chick-Fil-A and Popeye's, neither of which are in Sheboygan. I think Wendy's has entered their hat into the ring as well, marketing themselves as the, 'original,' chicken sandwich. Let me be as clear as I can be: If I go to Wendy's, I'm getting a Baconater every single time. Never had the chicken sandwich, have no desire to try it when the Baconater is on the menu. But add Wendy's into the mix, and I assume KFC is somehow involved as well. The Chicken Sandwich Wars. We can only hope there is a 10 part Ken Burns docu-series about this in the next few years.