Yankee Girl Survives First Year at Southern University

[clemsongirl]

To my Ohioan mother, soda is called pop, although she's since mostly unlearned this one as a result of being on the East Coast for so long. As far as my New England brain is concerned soda is soda and if I want a Coca-Cola I will specify that when I ask for one, but not all sodas are Coke.

My Clemson friends all took immense pity on me when I told them I'd never had Krispy Kreme before-and when I'd said I'd never had Chik-Fil-A, or Bojangles, or Waffle House, or Sonic, or Cookout. I got a lot of pity that way:P I will say that all of those places are delicious but should be eaten VERY sparingly if you have any sort of concern for your health.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

My Clenson friends all took immense pity on me when I told them I'd never had Krispy Kreme before-and when I'd said I'd never had Chik-Fil-A, or Bojangles, or Waffle House, or Sonic, or Cookout. I got a lot of pity that way:P I will say that all of those places are delicious but should be eaten VERY sparingly if you have any sort of concern for your health.

I'm not really enamored with any of these places. Sonic is definitely better than the rest. And I do not understand everyone's obsession with Chik-fil-A. They're everywhere here in TX and they're always packed. I don't get it.

[ASTalumna06]

Dunkin Donuts map! Zoom out to see how DD has taken over the east coast!

http://www.allstays.com/c/dunkin-don...ations-map.htm

I don't even think they have all the locations pinned. I actually used the DD store locator online, and at my old address in Nashua, NH, I had 20 DDs within a 5 mile radius, and an additional 27 that were 5-10 miles away.

Yea... they're EVERYWHERE in the northeast.

[clemsongirl]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I'm not really enamored with any of these places. Sonic is definitely better than the rest. And I do not understand everyone's obsession with Chik-fil-A. They're everywhere here in TX and they're always packed. I don't get it.

I didn't really enjoy any of those places simply because they all seemed to cook with so much grease that it didn't settle right with my stomach, although the milkshakes at Cookout were yummy. People acted as though I hadn't lived until I went to Chik-Fil-A when I figured I could easily say the same thing about DD.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

I didn't really enjoy any of those places simply because they all seemed to cook with so much grease that it didn't settle right with my stomach, although the milkshakes at Cookout were yummy. People acted as though I hadn't lived until I went to Chik-Fil-A when I figured I could easily say the same thing about DD.

Exactly.

And I agree about the grease. Even the Chick-Fil-A chicken sandwiches seem way too greasy. How you manage to do that with grilled chicken, I don't know.

[ArtLlama]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

I didn't really enjoy any of those places simply because they all seemed to cook with so much grease that it didn't settle right with my stomach, although the milkshakes at Cookout were yummy. People acted as though I hadn't lived until I went to Chik-Fil-A when I figured I could easily say the same thing about DD.

And when you make it yourself, you aren't supporting the oppression of people here and abroad.

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by ArtLlama

And when you make it yourself, you aren't supporting the oppression of people here and abroad.

Say what?

[ArtLlama]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

Say what?

Chik Fil A made contributions to the conservative think tank behind the Ugandan death penalty for gays legislation and the sham "conversion therapy" clinic, Exodus Intl. I'd say that's an argument for frying your own nuggets.