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Fried Chicken or Chicken 'n Dumplings
Which has more saturated fat and is the less healthy of the two? Two pieces of fried chicken or one serving of old fashioned chicken n dumplings?
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Do you know the answer? I sure hope so.
I would guess the fried chicken (not in LARD by the way! :-) ) |
well that's what I thought too, but my DH claims that with the cream and butter going into the dumplings they are neck n neck for saturated fat content. I think he's wrong.
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Cream? My mama never put no cream in C&D!
It's kinda like those trick questions on consumer report shows and the salad always have more calories and fat than the burger meal. The big 'ole muffins at Starbucks have more calories and fat than a chocolate glazed donut from Krispy Kreme. |
Fried chicken that has been DEEP FRIED quickly and drained probably has less than old fashioned chicken and dumplings, which aren't any good unless they are cooked in the broth of a very fat hen. They are good because they soak up the fat. In fact, some cooks will add extra butter to make them richer.
Now, unfortunately, people don't use a fat hen and the dumplings are made without cream or eggs. Just water and a little oil. Phooey!! Chicken flavoring makes the broth taste chickeny, not the real thing. So I guess dumplings like that might have fewer calories....but they aren't old fashioned chicken n dumplings and you can tell your husband I said so! |
My Gma and Mom always made their dumplings from just flour and water.
I always skim the fat off the broth before I put the dumplings in. I can't stand all that grease, yuck! You can even cool it in the frig for alittle while and remove all the hardened grease that way. This does NOT remove flavor. ..they are still tasty. However I prefer chicken and rice! Then you can use brown rice, which is even better for you. So, I'd vote for the dumplings being less, but only if I make them.:)) |
...both are good, but not particularly good for you.
My solution is to eat them both while on vacation. Then everybody's happy. Except for the Chicken. |
What does this have to do with travel? Seriously. Enough with the food tips and get back to travel.
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Well, MikeT, if one is planning to *travel* to the South, and if one wanted to experience good Southern cuisine but needed to watch the amount of saturated fat in their diet, this is a perfect thread! :-)
Lee Ann |
How is this thread any different from the "where should I move?" or "Help me find a place to live in New England," threads? It is as travel related as they are.
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That is about the most FOS rationalizations I've ever read here, Speedbuggy.
<b>Attn Fodor editors</b>: Before you start editing my posts again please note that "FOS" was used in the Budman Recipes thread. Obviously an OK expression. Ya know, while I complain to the writers about these chit-chat threads, at least I don't cry to get individual comments deleted. <b>MikeT:</b> You notice that, right? Wazza matta? Kill the messenger? Thin Skin? |
I wish this thread would disappear because it makes me hungry!!!
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Fried Chicken if fried in vegtable oil is has much less saturated fat than Chicken and dumplings.
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(I'm going to be mean here)...
GoT, don't you know that Southerners fry everything in LARD? I was told so on this very board. |
Unless there are registered diaticians on this website who are willing to answer the question, I'm in agreement with MikeT...this question belongs on the Food Channel or Epicurious...not here. Sorry.
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rb:
1. My comment was tongue in cheek. 2. If you are opposed to this thread, why top it instead of letting it continue to disappear into obscurity? 3. What is FOS? 4. Obviously there's a lot more to this for you with your cryptic messages to the editors and MikeT. Hope you have a great day! And I personally could care less about either fried chicken or chicken and dumplings unless it's on my dinner table. |
But of course starrsville!
It is one of the four southern food groups: White Flour Processed Sugar Salt Lard Anything can be made from the combination of the above ingredients. Got something healthy like a vegtable? That's okay, dip it in salted flour, fry it in lard, and you got yourself some good southern cooking! |
Why has this turned into a cooking board. Thought it was suppose to be on travel. Getting rather out of hand here, almost as many "food" related subjects than travel.
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I don't know about you guys and gals, but I travel to eat. Experiencing the food in other locales is one of the highlights.
I'm sorry if that offends, although this is one of the most unlikely threads I'd have ever nominated for "panties in a wad"-PIAW-status. Some folks just like to gritch. |
Who cares, I'll eat them both then you folks won't have to worry about your fat intake...
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If you are choosing which to eat once a day for the rest of your life, this is an important question. For an occasional treat...what the heck? Eat the one you like best! Now...if this is an argument that someone wants to win, that's a different kettle of fish.
BTW, my mother is the best southern cook you will ever run across and she has not used lard in more than 40 years. She cooks with only canola oil. You CAN be southern, eat well and be healthy! :-) |
There are entire websites about food. What clog up a travel website with innane threads about recipes and food where there's no clear travel connection. The innane thread regulars are showing up in all the usual places.
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MikeT - Since you only post on these types of topics, & complain. Perhaps your 'services' could be better used on another board, since you rarely if ever provide any relevant information. You are obviously unhappy here based on your whining, bitter, complaining comments. Why not do everyone a favor & take it somewhere else. My 16 month old doesn't whine as much as you...& he prefers the dumplings...
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I do post about travel issues where I have knowledge. When I want a coffee klatch, I go other places and don't clutter a travel website. A number of other people agree with me, so it's a shame you need to violate the rules of the board.
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You know, we hear this all the time - and pretty know that rb is going to whine a little bit as we post. But, I really don't see the crime. There's only 1 food thread in the top 50 right now. If you don't like 'em, you can easily skip them.
But, a scan of the names of the posters shows they are regular, helpful posters of travel information on this board. So, if this is our "coffee klatch" or say, water cooler talk, what's the crime? Paid workers get breakers during the day. We are all volunteer contributors here. If you still get your "panties in a wad" over us yakking about food, just tell yourself we're on break time. :-) Who is bringing the donuts? |
That should be "breaks"...
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What the heck is so hard to understand? I don't know if it's feigned or true ignorance.
This is Fodors <b>TRAVEL</b> talk. Travel! What is so hard to understand about that? MikeT told it like it is. There are MANY forums available to discuss food. Use them. Simple as that. I too like food, and I go to those boards for food, as I (used to) visit this forum for travel. Lately there's a proliferation of koffee klatch threads, and even when a thread does start about travel it gets hijacked into idle off-topic discussion. I'll bet the violators are the same ones who think other rules don't apply to them: "Wait to be seated" "No Parking" "10 Items or less" "Please be quiet during the performance" Actually, that list one suits the situation here pretty well. The "performance" one would expect here is travel. No dog-names, picky eaters, or motor oil. I asked on another thread before some whiner asked Fodors to delete my posts, Didn't a bunch of Fodor malcontents already start a discussion group where they could klatch without rules? Stay off the ballfield unless you want to play ball. The monkey bars are located elsewhere. |
Oh Good Grief!
Let's see how many time the complainers will top this one before they give up. It would probably already be on page 2 and forgotten if they had kept their little fingers off the keyboard. |
Chicken Tourism:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/...=05&day=16 |
If you fine the complaining so frustrating, aileen, why did you find the need to chime in and toss in your two cents?
It's about order and following rules. New people who come to travel website don't want to read about people talkign about what great parents they are bacause their two year old eats sushi and they don't want to read about 100 ways to cook fried chicken. |
Yikes!
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Disagreement and rule breaking is good for the soul....
as Mark Twain said... "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." BTW We had the chicken and dumplings. It was good. :-! |
MikeT: Well if you want travel related, as a child we would TRAVEL to grandma's ( it was a different town ) and she would often cook fried chicken (probably in Lard, but I don't use the stuff, thank you very much!)
OR she would prepare some delicious chicken and dumpl'lins. Actually tried to help her wring a chicken's neck once, but I didn't have the necessary strength to whirl the sucker around properly.((A)) |
See Mike, I knew you couldn't resist peeking and posting something to bring it back to the top.
Homemade chicken and dumplings and fried chicken are two of the staple foods on the buffet of two of the places that travel guides always mention as places to eat in my touristy home town. There! that makes it travel related. |
Sounds like <i>somebody</i> needs a laxative. @-)
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Make that <i>two</i> somebodies. Try Karo syrup; it's the remedy to use when you're TRAVELLING in the South!.
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Also used to sop biscuits in as an informal "dessert" after supper.
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Well to keep this travel related I had an aunt by marriage who was born and raised in Lincoln Nebraska. She lived in the SF/Bay Area after getting married to my uncle.
I use to "travel" to her house almost every week. Her fried chicken, her chicken and dumplings, her macaroni salad, her apple pies, her waffles and bacon, with Karo Syrup were all fantastic. Oh, so were here mashed potatoes and gravy. Yep, certainly worth "travelling" through the SF/Bay Area to get to her house and eat her fantastic homecooked meals, lol. |
Please, come to Portland Oregon where a new restaurant called Screen Door has opened.
Fried chicken, shrimp and grits, biscuits and gravy.. and probably chicken and dumplings. I think Chicken & Dumplings have about 350 calories and Fried Chicken has about 375.. |
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