vegan chicken at Canadian KFC

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>>> " ...I'm optimistic and look on the positive side. I'm happy to see they

are going to offer a vegan item and if it states vegan I believe they

will cook it accordingly. I hope they will considering this on the

menu in the U.S....<<<

 

 

Okay, I know I'm not vegan, but I've read enough here to realize the

implications that when someone says " it's vegan " --that means " nothing animal in

it or near it...not even when fried, boiled, broiled, baked, etc... "

 

When I read about the " vegan chicken patty " being offered by Canadian KFC

fast food establishments, I had serious doubts, frankly! My first thought was,

" This thing has to be cooked somehow, probably deep-fried... " Hmmmmm....It

doesn't take a rocket scientist to visualize the scenario:

 

They have a cooker of some kind with a huge vat of hot oil that they deep

fry REAL chicken in... and maybe they have a second huge vat of hot oil for

their " other " stuff--anything like French fries MIGHT go into that--including

this new " vegan chicken " offering.

 

However, it's been discussed here I believe, that not all fast-food

fries are totally meat-free...because of the flavoring/browning additives on

some frozen french fries....

 

But wait! I don't even know if KFC has fries on its menu! (I went to

one ONCE in the past year--bad experience!) They do mashed 'taters and I don't

remember finding fries there. Which means they might NOT have more than one

" huge vat of hot oil " to fry foods in--the one they put the REAL chicken

into--and they most likely will NOT install all new " fryer-cookers " to prepare

the vegan food in.

 

My guess (though not totally informed, I admit) is that the " vegan

chicken food " will go into the same cooking apparatus as the REAL

chicken...then, of course, technically, it is NOT " vegan " !

 

I have serious doubts about what they say they will " offer " as being a

truly " vegan " food...and I feel it's a big waste, both for KFC and for the

vegetarian/vegan potential consumers--who will reject the food when they know

how it is/is not prepared. And this rejection likely will lead the corporate

people to say things like, " We offered it and it didn't sell well, even to

vegetarian customers...We might as well take it off the menu! " And then, what

could have been a GOOD food option will become NO option because of THEIR

(KFC's) stupidity and refusing to prepare a vegan food the vegan way!

If they REALLY prepare the " vegan " food in a way that vegans will trust, I

would be sincerely surprised, because my bet is that they don't or won't!

 

Sorry to spout off so vehemently! (A f riend of mine used to work at a

(U.S.) KFC--he has very, very little to say of the company that is positive!)

 

--Laura B., in Illinois