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'I tried KFC for the first time and was left completely traumatised'

'I tried KFC for the first time and was left completely traumatised'

Daily Mirror18 hours ago
KFC is a high street favourite for thousands of hungry Brits every single day but one YouTuber who had never actually been to one decided to give it a try – before having instant regrets
A content creator had her first ever KFC and promised to never return after her meal was not so 'finger lickin' good' after all. Hannah Ricketts, a YouTuber who specialises in lifestyle and travel themes, said the Kentucky fried chicken will "haunt" her for a long time. In a recently uploaded video titled 'I Tried KFC For The First Time...I AM TRAUMATISED', she explained what exactly went wrong.
She started her vlog by acknowledging her life-long absence from KFC. Hannah described herself as a McDonald's girl at heart and during her university days she stuck to Chicken Cottage. However, she was excited by her first KFC outing, and had a gut feeling that it was going to be 'yummy' fast food treat.

In total, she spent £15.25 inside the branch in Edgeware Road, London, and got a small popcorn chicken, a Zinger burger, gravy and two pieces of original recipe chicken.

Tucking into the popcorn chicken in a park nearby, she said: 'It is so dry. They are a bit pale, a little bit pasty. I feel they could have been cooked for a little longer.'
However, she said the flavour, described as peppery, was nice, but that the £2 was steep for what she got. She added that it was 'not a great start' before things went from bad to worse.
Testing the gravy, she said it looked "absolutely rancid' and questioned why it looked 'funky' and whether white bits were supposedly floating inside. Trying her Zinger burger, she said it had a nice heat but the piece of chicken was very thin, especially given it was £6.
And ripping into the meal, she said: 'There is like a hard lump there and I don't really want to eat that. There is such inconsistency in the fry, there is loads of crispy bits down here and it is a little bit soggy on the other side.

'I think it is just not cooked very well or the chicken is just really bad quality. I'm not sure.' She said the mayo was 'ok' but that the burger looked like it had been sat for a long time, before refusing to eat any more.
But the final straw for Hannah were the chicken pieces, and after taking a bite, she said: 'Oh my God, what is that? It is mushy.' After spitting it out, she continued: 'Ok, you are going to comment saying 'look at you with your designer sunglasses on and you go to these hotels and fancy places'. Your girl grew up on Chicken Cottage, that is absolutely disgusting. Oh my God, I don't think I've ever had such a disgusting chicken.'
Hannah then questioned who was going to KFC for their lunch and said the quality of the chicken was 'unacceptable' and 'absolutely foul'.

She then said she was 'feeling funny' because of the texture of the chicken and asked her 370,000 subscribers: 'Is this a joke?' The YouTuber said she would never return to a KFC and said the 'greasy' snacks put her in a bad mood, despite acknowledging that she forgot to order chips, and said they looked appealing.
Trying to offer balance, she said the flavour and seasoning of the chicken had potential, but that the quality was 'foul'. Concluding her experience, she said: 'It is disgusting. I don't know if because it is such a big franchise there is a lack of consistency – I think that's probably what it is.

'I don't expect it to be a Michelin star. I don't expect it to be particularly great. But it just has to be good, honest, flavourable food that is maybe a little bit fresh.
'I don't mind if it is a little bit dry here and there, it is fast food at the end of the day. We all have hit and miss McDonald's and Burger King or Dominoes or whatever.
'But for that price, the quality of the chicken, that chicken leg, that is going to haunt me for a while.'
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