http://news.yahoo.com/kfc-smugglers-bring-buckets-chicken-gaza-tunnels-162347907.html
QuoteFor six years, Rafat Shororo longed for the taste of a KFC sandwich he had eaten in Egypt. This week, he got his finger lickin' fix at home in the Gaza Strip after a local delivery company managed to smuggle it from Egypt through underground tunnels.
"It has been a dream, and this company has made my dream come true," says Mr. Shororo, an accountant, as he receives his order from the delivery guy.
The al-Yamama company advertises its unorthodox new fast-food smuggling service on Facebook. It gets tens of orders a week for KFC meals despite having to triple the price to 100 shekels ($30) to cover transportation and smuggling fees. The deliveries go from the fryers at the Al-Arish KFC joint 35 miles away to customers' doorsteps in about three hours.
The fact that the tunnels operate quickly and cheaply enough for the Colonel's secret recipe to be enjoyed in the tightly controlled Gaza Strip shows just how much of a sieve the Egypt-Gaza border has become.
"All you need to have any KFC product is a short phone call and a few hours, then you can enjoy the great taste of fried chickens," says Shororo, checking over his chicken pieces, salads, and apple pies. Like other customers who are acquainted with KFC from their travels abroad, he says he doesn't care how much it costs. "I just want it."
KFC may be one of the stranger products to come through the hundreds of smuggling tunnels between Egypt and Gaza that have sprung up in the past six years in response to Israeli restrictions on imports to the Hamas-run territory, which allow cars, sailboats, motorcycles, weapons, fish, and now even drumsticks into the tiny coastal territory. While Egypt has a border crossing at Rafah, it is limited to foot traffic, and Cairo has so far refrained from opening a commercial crossing and thus risking Israel's ire.
Ironically, one of the reasons smugglers agreed to start dealing in KFC is because Israel's easing of restrictions on trade since the November cease-fire with Hamas has dealt a serious blow to the tunnel business.
HUNGRY BUSINESSMEN
The KFC delivery service in Gaza started with a hankering rather than a business plan.
Mohammed al-Madani, financial manager of al-Yamama company, says the employees of the company decided to order some meals for themselves from the KFC restaurant in the neighboring Egyptian city of al-Arish.
Someone from the company contacted a friend in al-Arish, asking him to make the order and then bring it through the tunnels; the whole process just took three hours.
"Then we asked ourselves, 'Why don't we provide this service for Gazans?'" says Mr. al-Madani.
The company got more than 20 orders a few hours after a short advertisement was posted on their Facebook fan page. Those who order are well-to-do people and don't care much about the price of the food compared to the original price at the restaurant.
"Most of those who order are people who are accustomed to travel and eat KFC food around the world," says Madani.
Al-Madani says the process of smuggling the food into Gaza is not difficult at all.
"After getting the orders, we call our partner in al-Arish and ask him to make the orders, after getting the meals, he goes to a specific tunnel and asks smugglers to transfer them into the other side of the tunnel; this may take a few minutes," says al-Madani.
SPECIAL DELIVERY
For the tunnel owner who smuggles the KFC food, moving the meals is a bit strange. Smuggler Abu Iyad says the tunnels are meant to bring in basic food stuffs, construction materials, and sometimes people. "This is the first time to smuggle such goods," he says.
He adds that the tunnel business has gone down recently mainly after Israel relaxed the embargo it imposed on the territory after Hamas seized it in 2007.
"This is why I accept to smuggle anything except weapons and drugs," Abu Iyad says as he carried the buckets of KFC with the famous face of Col. Harland Sanders.
"The tunnel business is not like before, things are going worse and barely work, especially after the Egyptian army started to tear down the tunnels," he says, referring to attempts to shut down illegal smuggling after 16 Egyptian soldiers were killed at Rafah in August 2012. Both Egypt and Israel are concerned that the tunnels are facilitating jihadist attacks in Egypt's Sinai peninsula.
With Israel relaxing the embargo and allowing more goods to reach Gaza cheaply, the premium that smugglers could once charge for some goods has gone down, according to Abu Iyad.
"Bringing some meals like these would cost $200 or more three years ago, but now they don't even cost $20. The Egyptian and Hamas police are not giving us the chance to work freely and the business may shut down if things continue to be this bad."
At the Gaza side of the tunnel opening, a Hamas policeman was waiting to check if the buckets contain any forbidden materials. Apparently greasy chicken is not on his list. Abu Iyad is given a green light to deliver the food to the Al-Yamama delivery guy who will take the meals to customers.
"I wonder why people pay a lot of money to buy a small meal of chicken," asks Abu Iyad wryly. "I can buy four chickens for the price of one meal."
Ugh, reheated KFC.
Yakie Timmied you in the OT thread.
Why does KFC have weird pockets of extreme fans in different parts of the world? I was talking to a guy from Vietnam the other day who said when he was growing up (he's in his late 20s) KFC was the only real American restaurant he remembered growing up in Saigon/HCMC and everyone thought it was tits. It's also crazy popular in a few other countries where you wouldn't really expect it to be.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 15, 2013, 06:27:40 PM
Yakie Timmied you in the OT thread.
You win some, you lose some. -_-
Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on May 15, 2013, 06:31:30 PM
Why does KFC have weird pockets of extreme fans in different parts of the world? I was talking to a guy from Vietnam the other day who said when he was growing up (he's in his late 20s) KFC was the only real American restaurant he remembered growing up in Saigon/HCMC and everyone thought it was tits. It's also crazy popular in a few other countries where you wouldn't really expect it to be.
It's that goddamned original recipe skin, man. Shit's like fried crack.
Quote from: 11B4V on May 15, 2013, 06:52:33 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 15, 2013, 06:26:41 PM
Ugh, reheated KFC.
Are you mad?
It cold and enjoy
I never was a fan of cold chicken.
Give me a bukkit of fresh shit. Preferably Famous Recipie chicken.
Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on May 15, 2013, 06:31:30 PM
Why does KFC have weird pockets of extreme fans in different parts of the world? I was talking to a guy from Vietnam the other day who said when he was growing up (he's in his late 20s) KFC was the only real American restaurant he remembered growing up in Saigon/HCMC and everyone thought it was tits. It's also crazy popular in a few other countries where you wouldn't really expect it to be.
So it would appear
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I always loved that first picture.
Has anyone tried the boneless?
No and why would you, honestly? Bone-in chicken always has better flavor.
Unless it's Nugget technology.
Speaking of McNuggets, they seemed to have slightly improved them again.
Quote from: garbon on May 15, 2013, 06:56:39 PM
Has anyone tried the boneless?
They sneaked some in my last bucket. Not bad, but not great.
I'm all about the grilled, though.
Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on May 15, 2013, 06:31:30 PM
Why does KFC have weird pockets of extreme fans in different parts of the world? I was talking to a guy from Vietnam the other day who said when he was growing up (he's in his late 20s) KFC was the only real American restaurant he remembered growing up in Saigon/HCMC and everyone thought it was tits. It's also crazy popular in a few other countries where you wouldn't really expect it to be.
I figure it's two things.
No religion (except maybe Jainism) has a prohibition on chicken.
Most 3rd world diets are short on fat. The human body is programmed to crave fat. And the entire secret to the Colonel's chicken was he found a way to inject more fat into chicken than you get from normal frying.
Yeah now even high-end uberrestaurants who have fried chicken on the menu use that method.
:cool:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 15, 2013, 07:33:58 PM
Cold chicken is good but not when it's fried.
Sometimes I wonder if you were even born here.
Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on May 15, 2013, 06:58:03 PM
No and why would you, honestly? Bone-in chicken always has better flavor.
Because I was curious? Also, I don't actually like KFC. The last two times, I felt sick and ate very little.
Speaking of bad mistakes, I ate some BK Onion Rings and it set my GERD off. Lordy, I'm a mess right now.
FUCK. I like BK but I literally never, ever, end up living or working near one. :(
It was on the way to the hospital.
Wendy's has spoiled me on BK. The rare times I get BK I think the meat has a real soy vibe to it.
I had Wendy's for lunch today. Baconator. :cool:
Wendy's has become pretentious barf.
They can shove their new fries up that redhead's ass.
I like them. :(
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 15, 2013, 08:06:56 PM
Wendy's has become pretentious barf.
They can shove their new fries up that redhead's ass.
My bad. If I'd known you were so touchy about BK I wouldn't have said anything. :sleep:
Burger King in its constant menu changing may be good or bad now, but overall they rank lowly for me. Wendy's is probably the best of the national burger chains, and sorry but their new fries are clearly better than the original Wendy's fries and probably the best of the big three (McD/Wendy's/BK.) But like everything at McDonald's, all of it is so far removed from a normal conception of stuff like french fries and hamburgers that it's almost in its own category, sort of like those taquitos you can get at a gas station or something. When you're in the mood for it there isn't a clear substitute product, and you feel a bit of shame for ever being in the mood for it.
Ed Anger's hierarchy of fast food
Rally's : runny shits
Wendy's: dogshit
Hardee's: food poisoning
Mickey D's: rainbow poop. Breakfast sausage and egg biscuit acceptable
Taco Bell: somebody is getting a dutch oven
Arby's: only edible when I have the flu
BK: JESUS CHRIST, ITS COLD
I had one of those new chicken wrap things at McDonald's. Surprisingly good.
Wendy's new fries are ok, except they usually salt them to hell and back.
Quote from: frunk on May 15, 2013, 08:22:05 PM
Wendy's new fries are ok, except they usually salt them to hell and back.
Ah, but it's "sea salt". :)
Quote from: Caliga on May 15, 2013, 08:22:50 PM
Quote from: frunk on May 15, 2013, 08:22:05 PM
Wendy's new fries are ok, except they usually salt them to hell and back.
Ah, but it's "sea salt". :)
From Dave Thomas's gravesite.
Wendy's is pretty nice. I like their chicken options.
Quote from: frunk on May 15, 2013, 08:22:05 PM
Wendy's new fries are ok, except they usually salt them to hell and back.
I'm not thrilled with them at all since they changed them. Drier, smaller, meh.
And Ed hates on Wendy's because they now wrap their burgers in eco-friendly paper, and that annoys his little burger-box world view.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 15, 2013, 08:29:22 PM
Quote from: frunk on May 15, 2013, 08:22:05 PM
Wendy's new fries are ok, except they usually salt them to hell and back.
I'm not thrilled with them at all since they changed them. Drier, smaller, meh.
And Ed hates on Wendy's because they now wrap their burgers in eco-friendly paper, and that annoys his little burger-box world view.
Goddamned right.
Motherfucker would bring back the old CFC-laden styrofoam boxes from the '70s if he could.
Then again, it was easier to eat the extra cheese off of them back then.
IT KEPT THE COOL SIDE COOL AND THE HOT SIDE HOT
Bring back Sambo's too.
lol, Sambo's.
There's still one of those left if you want to make a road trip to Santa Barbara. :cool: I noticed it last fall when I was there and wish I had had the time to stop in.
Meh. My luck there would be an earthquake and I'd get buried.
It's right on the beach bro. The mountains are at least a few miles back from there.
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO CALIFORNIA.
Thanks.
FFS, Gaza has KFC while Norway doesn't WTF?
Ed, it's not really in LA bro. Traffic isn't a problem.
Quote from: Caliga on May 15, 2013, 08:56:41 PM
Ed, it's not really in LA bro. Traffic isn't a problem.
Bro, I know where it's at.
BK and Carl's Jr both use those conveyor broilers, which is fine, but if you're using low quality meat it can suck the flavor out of them. Right off the thing it's not bad, but after only a short time in the steamer they have really lost most of the flavor they may have had. I think it's because the broiler tends to remove most of the fat content from the patties, and BK's especially are really thin.
Imagine two tank treads connected together with gas burners above and below. As the meat goes through, everything can drip away. The pizza ovens that work that way aren't as bad because it's on a crust.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 15, 2013, 06:55:36 PM
I always loved that first picture.
Guy's in decent shape. I bet he has to fight people off all the time.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 15, 2013, 07:48:11 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 15, 2013, 07:33:58 PM
Cold chicken is good but not when it's fried.
Sometimes I wonder if you were even born here.
To clarify, I do like warm fried chicken, but it has a limited shelf life. Cold + greasy = yuck.
Communist.
I don't like cold pizza either. :o
I don't remember the last time I reheated leftover pizza. It's so good cold I just never feel the need. I do prefer it reheated, but not enough to actually reheat it, and cold pizza is somehow more appealing in the morning than hot pizza.
Hey everybody, Wiggin hates America. GET HIM
I am afraid I will have to join the anti-cold pizza axis.
Hod protect the right.
Noted.
:lol:
I am amazed I'm not on one of these Axis lists somewhere.
Oh I think you were, he just rotates ones in his sig.
I'm pretty sure he was on my Axis of Dating Bullshit back in the post-divorce/pre-SPF 50 or whoever she is at the time.
Now that you mention it, I think I remember that. :D
At least this time I wasn't framed.
Quote from: fahdiz on May 15, 2013, 10:27:56 PM
Now that you mention it, I think I remember that. :D
You were a bit of a weenie back then, but you have definitely been born again hard. :P
Cold pizza is awesome, but it kinda depends on what's on it. Pepperoni, sure. Supreme? I'd probably reheat.
Cold pizza? :shudder:
Unthinkable to me. It needs to be reheated just enough that it has some warmth but isn't recooked.
What is British pizza like? Smeared with porridge and blood sausages?
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 15, 2013, 08:36:10 PM
IT KEPT THE COOL SIDE COOL AND THE HOT SIDE HOT
Dammit! What was the name of that burger? :hmm: I absolutely remember it...
We talked about this before. Sometime ago though.
IIRC UK pizza is like New York pizza? Quite chunky.
And Swedish pizza is big and flat ala Chicago.
I think those are the correct cities anyway.
Quote from: Barrister on May 15, 2013, 11:37:44 PM
Dammit! What was the name of that burger? :hmm: I absolutely remember it...
The Big D or some shit. Whatafuckingscam.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 15, 2013, 11:40:23 PM
Quote from: Barrister on May 15, 2013, 11:37:44 PM
Dammit! What was the name of that burger? :hmm: I absolutely remember it...
The Big D or some shit. Whatafuckingscam.
Ah! I found it. The McLean Deluxe.
Despite not having McDonalds that often, I also remember the McPizza...
No, I think you're thinking of the McDLT, not the McLean Deluxe. Both of them sucked though.
Quote from: Tyr on May 15, 2013, 11:38:28 PM
We talked about this before. Sometime ago though.
IIRC UK pizza is like New York pizza? Quite chunky.
And Swedish pizza is big and flat ala Chicago.
I think those are the correct cities anyway.
No they're not, it's the other way around.
NY style pizza is quite similar to traditional Italian pizza, although with plenty more stuff on it.
:yes:
I've had pizza in both NYC and Philly that is remarkably similar to the pizza I had in Italy. Chicago pizza is a totally different dish. When I'm in Chicago I call it "fake pizza". :)
I'd just like to note that I am not eating anything off bones. That's not why we climbed down the goddamn trees for.
Quote from: Tamas on May 16, 2013, 07:00:35 AM
I'd just like to note that I am not eating anything off bones. That's not why we climbed down the goddamn trees for.
Don't see why not. It's not like we stopped flinging pooh at each other, either.
Quote from: Tamas on May 16, 2013, 07:00:35 AM
I'd just like to note that I am not eating anything off bones. That's not why we climbed down the goddamn trees for.
Ribs :weep:
Quote from: Caliga on May 16, 2013, 06:40:45 AM
:yes:
I've had pizza in both NYC and Philly that is remarkably similar to the pizza I had in Italy. Chicago pizza is a totally different dish. When I'm in Chicago I call it "fake pizza". :)
New York Style pizza is my favorite by far, when it's perfect to the point that the crust is crispy yet still foldable, that's basically nirvana.
I usually just like "regular" hand tossed crust from what I call "Mid-West" or "American" style pizza (basically most pizza sold at the chains and all the local joints in the country outside the NYC / Chicagoland area), because I find if it's not NY style the "thin" crust is really more like a flatbread/bruschetta style (but thinner) in that it is just really, really crispy. It's crispy to the point of being totally rigid. I had pizza from a chain called "Donato's" the last time I was in Cincy, and they had that style of thin crust. For a chain it actually wasn't bad (we don't have them on the East coast), but that super-crispy style of thin pizza is my least favorite.
Chicago pie is like you said, a totally different food. I love it, but it's something I think of in the same vein as lasagna or a deep casserole.
Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on May 16, 2013, 07:07:59 AM
New York Style pizza is my favorite by far, when it's perfect to the point that the crust is crispy yet still foldable, that's basically nirvana.
Gazing into its limpid pools of grease. NOM NOM NOM
I've had Donato's and I thought it was ok, but certainly not my favorite... and to clarify, I actually like Chicago pizza. I just disagree with Chicagoans that it's pizza at all, yeah.
Chicago style is way too much crust, too much bread.
Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on May 16, 2013, 07:07:59 AM
I had pizza from a chain called "Donato's" the last time I was in Cincy, and they had that style of thin crust. For a chain it actually wasn't bad (we don't have them on the East coast), but that super-crispy style of thin pizza is my least favorite.
When we order pizza my wife insists on Donato's, specifically because of the cracker-type crust. Thankfully they load up their pizza with plenty of pepperoni, so there's something in it for me.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 16, 2013, 07:11:53 AM
Chicago style is way too much crust, too much bread.
Your face is crusty.
'Snot.
Quote from: derspiess on May 16, 2013, 07:52:24 AM
Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on May 16, 2013, 07:07:59 AM
I had pizza from a chain called "Donato's" the last time I was in Cincy, and they had that style of thin crust. For a chain it actually wasn't bad (we don't have them on the East coast), but that super-crispy style of thin pizza is my least favorite.
When we order pizza my wife insists on Donato's, specifically because of the cracker-type crust. Thankfully they load up their pizza with plenty of pepperoni, so there's something in it for me.
Delivery pizza has little to choose from and they are the best in your area that I know of. The best here is maybe Round Table, but honestly I'd rather pick up something good if it only takes a few minutes.
There's a good one here called Blind Onion that I like. I think they only have like 5 stores and they're from the Portland area originally. I walk in and wait for them to make it because they have great brews on tap I can sample while I'm waiting.
It seems like the more national pizza joints get, the worse they are. I can't think of an exception to that rule off the top of my head.
QuoteIt seems like the more national pizza joints get, the worse they are. I can't think of an exception to that rule off the top of my head.
I think that's about right.
I take the position that all pizza is edible, bad pizza is still pizza. But the national chains I basically never order myself, if they are somewhere for free I'll eat them and be fine with it. At certain stadiums if I'm in the mood for pizza at a sporting event I might buy one of the national chain pizzas because sometimes they are the only option in those situations. Of the national chains I think Papa Johns is best (not a big fan of how sweet their sauce is though, but I have a lot more problems with Domino's/Pizza Hut/Little Caesar's.)
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on May 16, 2013, 11:23:17 AM
Delivery pizza has little to choose from and they are the best in your area that I know of. The best here is maybe Round Table, but honestly I'd rather pick up something good if it only takes a few minutes.
Dunno how large they are, but Marco's makes a good pizza. LaRossa's is the favorite of the yokels and it's-- not that great. They use asiago in their cheese blend, so it smells absolutely amazing but it's downhill from there. Their tomato paste sauce and grocery-store-deli crust are meh.
QuoteThere's a good one here called Blind Onion that I like. I think they only have like 5 stores and they're from the Portland area originally. I walk in and wait for them to make it because they have great brews on tap I can sample while I'm waiting.
Best dine-in or carry-out here by far is Dewey's http://www.deweyspizza.com/ and their beer selection is also pretty awesome.
QuoteIt seems like the more national pizza joints get, the worse they are. I can't think of an exception to that rule off the top of my head.
I think you're right.
Apparently asiago is one of those PDO products. Euros, what is non-official asiago cheese called?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 15, 2013, 07:09:03 PM
No religion (except maybe Jainism) has a prohibition on chicken.
I met a gal who is a Jain (or at least form a Jain family) a while back. She was impressed that I had even the slightest clue as to what Jainism was :showoff:
Quote from: Tamas on May 16, 2013, 07:00:35 AM
I'd just like to note that I am not eating anything off bones. That's not why we climbed down the goddamn trees for.
We climbed down from the trees for the express purpose of eating off the bone. If you are not eating off the bone you should just go back up into the trees.
Quote from: derspiess on May 16, 2013, 01:48:20 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 15, 2013, 07:09:03 PM
No religion (except maybe Jainism) has a prohibition on chicken.
I met a gal who is a Jain (or at least form a Jain family) a while back. She was impressed that I had even the slightest clue as to what Jainism was :showoff:
Was she "sky-clad"? ;)
:D
I had KFC for lunch today. Three tenders with honey BBQ sauce, slaw, and a biscuit.
Quote from: Caliga on May 17, 2013, 02:54:08 PM
I had KFC for lunch today. Three tenders with honey BBQ sauce, slaw, and a biscuit.
What kind of bitch gets chicken tenders at KFC?
I don't like KFC, I refuse to eat it.
Quote from: lustindarkness on May 17, 2013, 03:38:37 PM
I don't like KFC, I refuse to eat it.
It is the one fast food I have any desire to eat. But I have successfully avoided it for the last several years.
Quote from: lustindarkness on May 17, 2013, 03:38:37 PM
I don't like KFC, I refuse to eat it.
Haven't had any in 13 years since I was in Australia.
They still make decent biscuits. Can't touch Popeye's biscuits, though.
I remember liking KFC gravy.
Don't bother. They changed the gravy.
Damn :(
And they turned chicken littles into abominations. :angry:
Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on May 17, 2013, 03:36:09 PM
What kind of bitch gets chicken tenders at KFC?
I usually get a two piece, but I wanted something different today. :mellow:
Quote from: Caliga on May 17, 2013, 06:45:24 PM
Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on May 17, 2013, 03:36:09 PM
What kind of bitch gets chicken tenders at KFC?
I usually get a two piece, but I wanted something different today. :mellow:
Explanation accepted, carry on.
Way to face him down Cal! :punk:
Yeah, that was bonecrushing.
Baby steps, man, baby steps. First he defends himself to Otto, next you know he'll admit to people when he's forgotten their name.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 16, 2013, 07:11:53 AM
Chicago style is way too much crust, too much bread.
You went to the wrong place
So Hamas is smuggling in chemical weapons into Gaza and the Americans are again doing nothing about it. :hmm:
Oh hang on, US companies are providing the precursor chemicals and the re-entry vehicle warheads*. :rolleyes:
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That post was almost bmolsson quality, DraftWarMongers.
I think he may be making a scat joke. So more Ed's arena.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 17, 2013, 09:36:57 PM
That post was almost bmolsson quality, DraftWarMongers.
Not enough :w00t:
Garage coolant extravaganza penmanship! :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t:
I should stab the lot of you.
They opened a Popeyes here. These Mormons will wait in line for over an hour to get it.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 17, 2013, 09:36:57 PM
That post was almost bmolsson quality, DraftWarMongers.
:lol:
I chuckled.
The Colonel was a cool dude.
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He actually sponsored exploitation flicks in the 60s/70s in exchange for product placement and the occasional cameo, like in Blast-Off Girls or Hell's Bloody Angels.
I like to think that Sanders was actually Trotsky's secret identity after the supposed assassination by ice pick.
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