On 2/7/2021 1:55 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Saturday, February 6, 2021 at 1:33:58 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>> On Sat, 06 Feb 2021 10:19:27 -0800, Leo >
>> wrote:
>>> My SIL turned seventy yesterday. She wanted a fried meal with coleslaw. She
>>> got chicken fried chicken and fried potatoes with the slaw. I hadn´t made
>>> fried potatoes in twenty years and was worried about raw insides, so I cooked
>>> them to death. There should have been more dressing in the slaw. The chicken
>>> was great.
>>> They both gave me a thumbs-up, because they don´t mind lying to me.
>>>
>>> <https://postimg.cc/bZ7c58S0>
>> Is "chicken fried chicken" a typo or does it mean something? I
>> understand it didn't come with "potatoes fried potatoes".
>
> Here's my take on it, from looking at the pictures and eating American food
> all my life:
>
> Fried chicken is bone-in chicken. Breasts, legs, thighs, wings.
>
> Chicken-fried steak is pretty flat and boneless.
>
> Chicken-fried chicken is boned chicken meat, more resembling steak than
> chicken parts.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
That's a very apt description of the difference. Thank you, Cindy.

Jill