100% Eat - Popeyes Chicken Sandwich

Episode Date: November 12, 2019

In their premiere episode, Michael Jones and Jordan Cwierz eat and review the Popeyes Chicken Sandwich so you know if it’s worth eating. They also talk about Michael carrying a protection knife in case there’s trouble, being sold a bootleg chicken sandwich in the parking lot, and more. Sponsored by DoorDash. Download the DoorDash app and use code FACEJAM for $5 off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Is that a thing? That's their slogan. Popeye's slogan. Is it really? It makes no sense. You're blowing my mind right now. What's Louisiana slow? I think that's just Louisiana. Like they take their time.

Yeah, the big easy. Maybe that's why they have to put fast in. Just so you know, we're not going to take our time. It's normal food. We're going to increase the, it's actually fast food. When people from Louisiana speed up, is it just regular speed? I don't know. You're offending people right now.

Eric's sighing already. So this is our official, official, super official first episode of Face Jam. We did one. It's like the third one we've done. It's the third one we've done, but this one counts for real. This one's going on the big boy podcast network. We recorded a trailer for it and everything. Yeah, we did.

It was awesome. It only took like six takes. They didn't use most of the good ones that we did. Yep. Jordan's motioning that he just thumbs up because he's agreeing this is a good show and they were good intros um what are we doing today well so today that's great point let's get back on topic here and this is why you mentioned uh louisiana and popeye specifically and speed um we're eating the popeye spicy chicken sandwich that caused a fervor.

Yeah. I didn't even know this was happening until people were just tweeting about it and having all sorts of discourse. Like I didn't. There's a whole viral thing. I missed the announcement. Yeah. It's all.

It was all viral. I kind of missed it as well. Like chicken sandwiches came out and then they out, and then people lost their minds. Yeah, and then they came back. Then they came back, and people were like, eh, okay. And then apparently some people were like, I need it, and then got stabbed. That did happen. Some people really wanted the chicken sandwich.

You know what they say, you cut in line, you get cut. Is that what happened? That's what happened. Dark. It's just food. It really puts a lot of pressure on the sandwich. It does. Because like, is this worth dying over?

I'm not even getting into the rating. I'm gonna say no. It's a sandwich. I'm just gonna throw that out there. You don't sound like a true Popeye's fan. I mean, I ate my whole sandwich. You didn't. That's my second sandwich you're pointing at. Yeah, but I... I ate my entire spicy chicken sandwich, and then we also...

I would wager between the two that I took bits of. You'd be wrong, because you ate half and half, so that's one. I ate one and started the second one. No, but I ate more than half of this one. I think we'll do like a scale thing. Also, you gave some of it to Eric, so you's one. I ate one and started the second one. We'll do like a scale thing. Also, you gave some of it to Eric, so you didn't even eat that. You were just ripping off pieces and giving it to him. He did not give it.

He took one bite. You gave it! He ate it! My friend Eric wanted a bite, so I gave him a bite. Why is that a travesty? Because you can't have it both ways. You can't say I ate it but also he wanted it, so I gave it to him. Which is it? What? It can be both. It can't have it both ways. You can't say I ate it, but also he wanted it, so I gave it to him. Which is it? What?

It can be both. It can't be both. I ate it. You can't have eaten all of it if you gave some to him. I'm not saying I did eat a little bit, Michael. That's exactly what you were saying. You're implying you ate more than me, which is outrageous. I consumed more chicken. We got a regular classic to compare the two.

I really tried to eat it. They're big sandwiches. And I feel I could have finished the second one, but then I would not have been able to function during this podcast. Somebody needs to carry this show. So, I relented. To ruin the white flag. So we

went to Popeyes in real life. Have you been to many different Popeyes before? I mean, I've been. I wouldn't say many. Just the one, multiple times? You know, over the course of my life, probably a handful of times. I don't know that I've ever returned

to the same location twice. I think I've had. I don't like people to know me there. I walk in, I get my chicken, and I'm like, I've got to go to another Popeyes next time. They can't know. They can't know I like Popeyes.

I think that the Popeyes next time. They can't know. They can't know I like Popeyes. I think that the Popeyes we went to is the only one I've been to. In like... Ever, yeah. But today or have you been there before? No, I've been there a couple times, yeah. This is probably my third time going there. Wow, keep track.

Make sure you write it down. I'm ballparking it. Now they're going to be like, hey, I remember you. I'm ballparking it. You got to get out of like, hey, I remember you. I'm ballparking it. You got to get out of there. Yeah, nobody recognized me. That's kind of sad.

Nobody recognized us, but approaching the door. We immediately stopped. Well, first we almost got ran over. Did that happen? This guy was leaving the drive-thru, and then he saw us and was like, hold up. Yep. And we were walking up to the door. He rolls down his window and asks us.

Oh, you're gesturing to me. He rolled down the window, and he said, hey, they're all out of spicy chicken sandwiches. I'll sell you mine for $10 each. Which is a bold claim. It was maybe 10.15 in the morning and they opened at 10am and this guy, I assume went there for breakfast, saw a couple of potential

suckers and was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on. But let's be honest, we are. For sure. Yeah. He was right. He nailed it. His radar was spot on. He saw you and was like, oh, this guy, he's been here like three times. I've seen this guy before.

I know this guy. I can get him before he even gets in the store. I'll save him a couple of steps, this lazy bastard. So he was like, yeah, they're all out, man. He wasn't like, I'm just kidding. He was like, they're all out. Yeah. He wanted to eat.

Very serious. And Eric was like, no, we're good. Thanks, man. Went inside. Liar. They were not all out. Yeah. He wanted eight? Very serious. And Eric was like, no, we're good. Thanks, man. Went inside. Liar. They were not all out. Ordered six sandwiches. We got six.

Three classics, three spicy, and some biscuits, you know, just to round it out. I regret. I'll say that I regret saying no. Yeah, we thought about that. We should have seen what he had to offer. Hindsight, man. Hindsight. We sat there and went, we should have bought that We should have seen what he had to offer. Hindsight, man. Hindsight. We sat there and went, we should have bought that guy sandwiches,

then came inside and then bought inside sandwiches and compared the two. I feel like it all happened so fast we didn't realize that something very funny was happening. That's what it was. That's what it was. I thought the funny thing was he talked to us, but it turns out the funny thing was if we would have bought the sandwiches from some guy leaving the drive-thru, and then he would have just kept driving in a circle, went back through the drive-thru, and took our money to buy more sandwiches.

What would he have done? He would have bought more sandwiches. I think absolutely. He was in his car. He was just like, I turn left, I get more chicken. I wanted to say yes just to see whether or not he actually had the sandwiches. He would have been back in the drive-thru by the time we got out with our other sandwiches, and he would have been fucking laughing at us because we spent $20 on two sandwiches.

Yeah, he's making out like a bandit. That's an entrepreneur, you know? He sees an opportunity, and he's like, I'll try. He's got that American entrepreneurial spirit. Nothing to lose. But despite the hype, at 10.15 in the morning, no wait. Walked right up. Many of chicken.

No violence occurred in any way. No wait. Walked right up. Plenty of chicken. Yep. No violence occurred in any way. You were ready for it. I was ready just in case. Yeah. I, you know, I read the news. I brought a small weapon. A very legal sized pocket knife just in case.

In Texas. In Texas, you can bring a sword. You can walk around with a sword. They passed that law like two years ago. I did have my I did have my replica Sephiroth sword in the trunk just in case. Damn dude. I had to put the seat down

so it's so long. Yeah. It's like nine feet long. Very thin though. You can't open it indoors. It's short ceilings. You can't open it. Unsheathe it open it unsheathe it let me open my sword real quick i remember the uh the article in texas that that was like now you can open carry swords is what it said it was a picture of just like a man's kind of torso area and it was a guy in a suit with a sword on his belt. I was just like, now you can

bring your katana to the business meeting. Hang on, let me get my briefcase and open my sword. But anyway, we were fine. Yeah. We all worked out. We ate the food. Kind of uneventful. Kind of lackluster. No pizza portal mishaps. No.

No. Those are from the pretend first episode that you're referencing. Only true stans of the show will get that reference. Okay, let's not get into that. But getting back into that, Jordan let us in his car. Oh. He refused on our first adventure. He didn't want his car to smell like Little Caesars last time.

Right, but he wanted it to smell like Popeye's chicken. Yeah, this time it was like Popeye's. He was like, let me breathe it in. Yeah. I can't wait to go back in that car on a nice muggy day. That's today. Yeah. Oh, it's cold. I'm not muggy. It's a little chill. You gotta get warm to get muggy. You're right.

Let's talk more about the weather. Okay. I stepped in a puddle when I got out of your car. I was honestly a little underwhelmed. You couldn't figure out how to open the door. What are you talking about? What do you mean I couldn't figure it out? On the outside?

He was expecting the door to open for him. Tesla Jordan Sweers rolls up, and he's like, look at my fancy car. Not at all what I said. I said, hello, friends. Welcome to my car. That was the look in your eye. And the handle's flat into the door. And I'm like, this is a Tesla.

It's going to Iron Man its way out and pop out or something. And then Eric's like, you got to push. And I'm like, this is a Tesla. It's going to like Iron Man its way out, like pop out or something. And then Eric's like, you got to push it. I'm like, what? And he's like, you got to push it. Not the $35,000 version. You push the one side and the other side of the handle comes out.

And I'm like, that's awful. That's like rolling down the window by hand. I don't want to do that. And then you get in the car. It's the same mechanics as opening a door. It's more work. I just got to reach and pull. Now I got to push, reach, and pull. It's the same mechanics as opening a door. It's more work. I just got to reach and pull. Now I got to push, reach, and pull.

That's an extra step. That's a whole extra step. I'm pushing nothing. If you do it right and you consolidate your energy. I didn't get the training course. Sorry. Maybe that comes with the car. And then I was insulted for it.

Is this going to affect the score of the Popeye's chicken sandwich? Absolutely. And then I was accosted for getting out wrong, which I didn't even understand. You used the manual release. Right. So the thing that I'm mad about is on the outside, which you have no problem with. I then used on the inside and you're like. That damages the car.

Again. That is emergency release. No instructions whatsoever. I simply thought, let me pull this handle and get out. Nothing was said. Bold of you to assume. Then, when we came back to the office, I was instructed how to properly get out. How to reach across and show them which button to push.

And then I was like, okay, I got it. And he goes, you did it wrong last time. I got out of the car, so I feel like I did it right. I was in the car, and then I was out of the car. So I didn't think it was wrong. I didn't walk away going, man, I messed that up. I really screwed that up. It's wrong if you open the door and then you can't open it again

because it's broken. But obviously I did because I got back in the car. Well, look. You risked it. You put it in danger. Let's move on to some Popeye's chicken facts. What do we know about this place? Okay, here we go.

This is curated by Eric himself. This is most of the work he does here is this fact sheet. And I think it's bang in order. What do we got? The healthiest option at Popeye's is the chicken tender at 150 calories apiece. Just one chicken tender? Yes, that's it. What's the minimum amount of chicken tenders you can order

at Popeyes? I don't know. One? You can't order one. You can order one biscuit. We're not talking biscuits. Hey, can I get a biscuit? That guy probably would have sold us one chicken tender. One biscuit, please.

I go into Popeyes and I'm like, I gotta buy three tenders. Hang on, let me go back outside real quick. Hey, how many tenders can I buy from you? Just one? Because I'm not that hungry. I don't want to waste them. That's probably how you get stabbed at a Popeyes. You order one biscuit and one tender.

In China and Korea, Popeyes offers their red beans and rice side item as a dessert. The red beans are topped with strawberries, pineapples, gummies, marshmallows, and a cherry and served over ice to create a slushy

no thanks. Eric, you don't want that? Or Michael, you don't want that? I don't know who's talking. It's Eric. I'm reading what's on the piece of paper. That's a lot. It seems like a lot. I like all that. Red beans.

I like all that minus the beans. Yeah. And a cherry served over ice to create a slush. They got beans in there. I'm not offended

by the color of them. I bet that creates a weird texture. Yeah, no thanks. Well, you know what's next? Next episode, trying this. No.

We have to go to China for that. Or Korea. Okay. Also, is it limited? That's for that. No. Or Korea. Okay. Also, is it limited? That's the question. Oh, that's a great question. You know what I mean?

We skirted the line today with the spicy chicken. Why? This is limited. It went away and it came back. Well, it went away because it sold out. It went away because they ran out of chicken. Yeah, and they said they're not serving it anymore. It went away.

This is your last chance. We got it today. Yeah, because it came back. It came back on the 3rd. But it was gone for like a month. Yeah, and it wasn't a thing before that either. But it is a thing now. But I think it's limited.

Here's the thing. It better go away. That's what I'm saying. If it doesn't go away, this episode is going to be over. We got to scrap it. We got to scrap this whole thing. It's in the trash. You better download it while you can.

Yeah. If this thing's still around, we got to pull this, man. Download it while you can. Yeah. If this thing's still around, we got to pull this, man. 70% of Popeye's locations are in Texas, California, Louisiana, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Georgia, Virginia, and Mississippi, a.k.a. the good states. That's a hot take, Eric. That's 10 states. I thought it would be like 70% are in these two states.

70% are in most of the country. Yeah. That's where 70% are in these two states. 70% are in like most of the country. That's where 70% of people live. It's a worldwide chain. And 70% are in the good states. Well, yeah, we just read a fact about China and Korea. My favorite state, Mississippi. When I was putting this together, I thought, oh, very interesting. Great job.

Thanks. I learned a lot. I mean, it's written right here. You saw it. He looked at me the whole time and didn't blink. Because I wanted to impress you. Did it work? Yeah.

Popeye's wasn't named after the cartoon sailor. What are you doing? But after Gene Hackman's character in The French Connection, Jimmy Popeye's wasn't named after the cartoon. What are you doing? But after Gene Hackman's character in the French connection, Jimmy Popeye Doyle. But it was kind of named after the cartoon sailor. But they said it wasn't. But really, it was. Come on. Yeah.

What are they trying to say? Face on? Yeah. They try not to be basic. It's like, oh, bold of you to assume it's the Sailor Man. But what actually Gene Hackman? I mean, I don't know. What the hell does this have to do with Popeye the Sailor?

I'll be honest, though. What does it have to do with Jimmy Popeye Doyle from the French Connection? I mean, why is that? Maybe he liked chicken. Fried chicken. Maybe he liked chicken. Popeye ain't fucking finished. His catchphrase was Louisiana fast.

I've seen the French Connection zero times. I don't get why they're like, oh, you thought it was named after this pop culture thing? It's actually named after this other pop culture thing. You fucking plebe. Like, what? Plebe. Also, did Gene Hackman start Popeye's Chicken? Why is it named after him? Who started

this restaurant anyway? Gene Hackman! Gene Hackman. Gene Hackman dead. This is where you big? Gene Hackman. Gene Hackman. No, he didn't. No, he didn't. Gene Hackman dead. This is where we find out Gene Hackman's dead. He didn't start it. Thank you, Eric.

Eric's looking at you. Just to be safe. Gene Hackman is alive. Woo! Yeah. That was close. How would you have missed that? Hey, we missed a lot.

What did you miss? What did we miss? Mike Illich. You're comparing Mike Illich to Gene Hackman? You think that would have been splashed all over the news? Have you seen Gene Hackman around lately? I'm just saying that America knows that when people die, they want you to know and they let you know.

Eric's freaking about something. Al Copeland, the guy who started Popeyes, is dead. How old is Popeyes? Al Capone is dead. How old is Popeyes? Al Capone is dead. Don't do that. He died in 2008. He doesn't know anything about social media and what happened with his chicken sandwiches.

Does it say if he's a big fan of the French Connection? He must have been, right? Apex Marketing Group estimated that Popeyes got $65 million in equivalent media value from the social media hype. These numbers are made up and don't mean anything.

How do you get $65 million in chicken you don't have? How much money did Apex Marketing Group make for estimating that made up number? I, too, can pull a number out of my ass. I think from this podcast, Popeyes is getting $10 billion in equivalent marketing value.

I think that's probably pretty accurate, and we should see a percentage of that. So if you want to reach out to us, Popeyes, whoever's running the joint since 2008. Or Apex Legends. That's not what it is. I bet they're unrelated. I don't know that it's not pronounced Apex marketing.

It could be named after Jim Apex. Apex marketing, it's true. Oof. Here we go. Here's the final fact. This is it. I hope you're sitting down for this. Remember when that...

It's not even funny. I just can't get through it. That's how I felt with the one I wrote. I don't know why. Remember when that woman at Sweet Dixie Kitchen in Long Beach was selling Popeye's chicken as her own? That was weird, right?

So I don't remember the specifics of this, but was that when they were going next door and buying it and bringing it back and then selling it in the restaurant? It was their own. Boy, this tastes a lot like the Popeye's that's across the parking lot. How much work is that? Don't tell anyone, but it is. I mean, it's probably way less work

to go buy Popeye's than to make your own fried chicken at your restaurant. How the hell do you make money? You don't have to buy these chickens. That's expensive. No, you mark it up. It's a brunch place in Long Beach. I mean, you mark it up, yes, but it takes probably four cents to make it at Popeyes

and they sell it for $4. This is just a bigger scheme than what the guy at the restaurant was doing to us. You know, he had the chicken and he was going to sell it to us at a markup. Yeah, but he wasn't doing it all day. That guy saw an opportunity and he wanted to take it. I don't think he was posted outside. This is just the next step. He just always drives in circles just waiting for suckers to walk by.

The A&W Long John Silver's mashup next door is going to close. Then at the end of the day. That guy's going to open his own chicken place and he's just going to go to Popeye's. He's going to come next. Guy's driving in circles all day. End of the 10-hour day, he makes $40 and he only spent $38 in gas driving in circles. What a monopoly. Do you think part of the gambit is acting like he's coming out of the drive-thru?

For sure. For sure. Yeah. It think part of the gambit is acting like he's coming out of the drive-thru? For sure. For sure. Yeah. It's part of the performance. What happened to the lady? Popeyes was okay with it and like... Yeah, because she was buying the damn chicken. Whatever.

They already marked it up a thousand percent from what it cost them. She was probably marking it up like a fraction of that. No, she's marking it up like a brunch place in Long Beach that had to be so expensive. I want to start buying I'm going to buy the Sweet Dix Dixie Kitchen. What? You're buying Sweet Dix? The Sweet Dixie. You can't stop it, Dix. I'm going to buy. You gotta keep finishing the word.

That might have been the end of the word. I'm going to buy the Sweet Dixie Chicken. You almost fucked that up again. Chicken Kitchen. What are you trying to say right now? Did the sandwich fuck you up? I'm just going to buy their chicken and then mark it up at my own restaurant. He just abandoned it.

No, that was it. That's what I was trying to get to. He didn't even say the name. That's what I was trying to get to. I think I said it enough times. You tried to say it a couple times. Nick can edit it together. No, that's not how this works.

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You have him a bite of my sandwich. Yeah, and even more you're not going to eat. All right. Again, I'll be in all your shares on this review. Again, I'll be in all your shares on this review. Popeye's Chicken Sandwich is a tender, all-white meat chicken breast filet marinated in an authentic blend of Louisiana seasonings, then hand-battered and breaded in our, meaning their, all-new buttermilk coating served with crisp, barrel-cured pickles

and classic or spicy mayonnaise served on a warm and toasted, buttery broche bun. Yeah, I'm looking at it. That's a brioche bun. I didn't know what you were looking at. Did it live up to that description? Some things I found interesting are the seasonings. I mean, that stuff was on it.

The blend of Louisiana seasonings. Is that in the chicken? It's in the breading? The breading just tastes like breading. Bread was like bread. I'll agree with that. I didn't pick up any buttermilk coating. It kind of just tasted like regular Popeye's chicken.

It tastes like a new buttermilk coating. There was nothing new or unexpected about it. I agree with that. It's a chicken sandwich. I wasn't like, oh my God. I also was a little disappointed. I agree with that. It's a chicken sandwich. I wasn't like, oh my god. I also was a little disappointed. You're very angry,

I would say. By what? The mayonnaise. Oh, well, mayonnaise is a scourge on humanity and it has no place here. Or on chicken. But you just ate two sandwiches with mayonnaise on both. Because that's what the sandwich is. I'm not gonna dissect it. I'm eating what they're selling. What were you disappointed by's what the sandwich is. I'm not going to dissect it.

I'm eating what they're selling. What were you disappointed by, if not the mayonnaise? What I was disappointed by was that the spicy chicken sandwich is just spicy mayonnaise. Yeah, they didn't do anything to the chicken itself. The chicken should have been spicy. You got to think, though, it helps the old pipeline, you know? Just take the same chicken, put it on the bun, and then put something different on it. Oh, I thought you were talking about pooing.

No, not those pipes. I was making a face. Not those pipes. What would make a difference? The making of the sandwich. Yes, it is a business, sure. You've got to be efficient. Especially, again, with the hype and the viral.

I'm just like, so did you run out of chicken or we're out of the sauce? They're not two different sandwiches. They're not. One's got white mayo. One's got orange mayo. But I will say, somehow not very mayo-y. Yeah. You were correct.

For a long time, halfway through my sandwich, I didn't realize there was mayonnaise on it. Yeah, I had to get over a mental hurdle before eating it. You didn't even notice it. The mayo was, yeah, it's mayo light, light on flavor. Mm-hmm. Okay, we did that. Now this is just like suggestions I'm reading that Eric wrote. We already did that.

He says we should get into the experience of going to get it. Did anything happen? Was there a story revolving around going to get it? Yeah. How is the line? Did you get in a fight? I felt like Michael wanted to get in a fight. I'm just saying I was prepared.

You guys would have been really thankful if something happened, and then I was there, and I accidentally stabbed one of you guys. Probably wouldn't have happened. Yeah, you know how to use that thing? I push it in someone. That's usually how a knife works, right? You either open boxes or you open people. Jesus. What? What else are you using

it for? Nothing, that's it. For a pocket knife? I'm not an Eagle Scout. I don't... I'm gonna go cut some wood or something. I just wanted to make sure you would cut the right person open. Like, I don't want to get cut open. Yeah, if somebody cut mine. Somebody's holding me up. There was no line. I know, that's why it

never came out of my pocket Safety You know Safety Dixie Chick's Kitchen Dixie Chicken Kitchen Chicken Kitchen Chicken Kitchen

Chief Executive Officer Guillermo Guillermo, not the director, Perales, said that to prepare for the re-release of the chicken sandwich, the restaurants are, I assume were, hiring an additional 400 employees and may dedicate up to two people per store to make the sandwich. 400 per restaurant that's crazy i bad down the hatches and yes i see you're applying for the job of chicken boy

do you have any partner with you or will you be matched up with someone we have a very comprehensive matching system do they have to be drift compatible yeah you gotta be right you gotta be on the same wavelength. You can't be, yeah, one person, do you think one person is like, I'm the chicken guy, and I'm the mayo bun guy, you know? And then the pickles are just kind of like there.

They can split pickle duty. Pickles were pretty good. Alright. Save that. Review the food, give it a score, can it be improved? Is it the best fast food chicken sandwich? Rate and subscribe and tell a friend about the show where we eat food. You're getting ahead. I'm going to mention it again later.

I'm peppering it in. I can answer that question about is it the best fast food chicken sandwich because that's a no. Harsh. Is it, Michael? You tell me. I'm not going to jump straight to the gun here. So that's, I think, you know, review and rate. What do you have to say about it?

It's not the best chicken sandwich. You said that already. Here's my take on it. Take your time. Eric, I'm out of water. The chicken is basically Popeye's chicken. And then they put it between

some buns. I would hope so. Well, I was... I guess I don't know what I was expecting. I mean, you've been there like three times. I feel like you should know. I've gotten the strips. It tastes like a bigger piece of chicken strip on a bun. It's the healthiest option at Popeye's. 150 calories.

Wasn't buying one. You probably didn't eat them all. I probably gave them away. Would it be nice to get maybe a side of honey mustard and put some on there? That's what it was missing. Was that the mayonnaise? The strips? No, the sandwich. You want honey mustard for the sandwich?

Yeah. You know how Chick-fil-A has their little weird sauce? I never dunk a sandwich into... No, I'm not saying you? Yeah. You know how Chick-fil-A has their little weird sauce? I never dunk a sandwich into... No, I'm not saying you dunk it. You reverse it. You pour it on the sandwich. Anyway, there's really not much to it. The regular one is just kind of regular.

It just tastes like regular chicken. The mayonnaise doesn't show up. The pickles, when you take a bite with everything with the pickle, it's not really there. The pickles on their own are very good. I didn't really get it. It just added some sweetness. But the pickles on their own are better than if you eat it with the sandwich. It just tasted like a pickle to me.

I thought they were pretty good. The spicy one I have some problems with. This mayonnaise that they put on it is extremely salty. Oh. And I got like a bite of a corner that was like some had like. Corner of mayonnaise? A corner of the sandwich that had a pocket of the mayonnaise, and it was just an explosion of salt.

It kind of like roughed up my tongue and the roof of my mouth. Oh, my God. Yeah, I got stabbed. Wow. This is how they get you. This is where the stabbing comes in. Somebody get your violin for Jordan. It was spicy though.

And, uh. Interesting. Yeah. But I was disappointed that it was just the mayonnaise and not like, you know, like the windy spicy chicken sandwich. They cook it into the chicken. Yeah. That's like throughout.

That's good. Yeah. Um, but yeah, not so much here. I somewhat agree with that assessment. I too was disappointed by just the mayo. I did like the mayo more than I thought I would because I hate it in general. Well, you liked it because you didn't taste it.

That's correct. Which is a problem for the food. If you like mayo, this is bad for you. If you hate mayonnaise but it ends up on your food, this is a problem for the food. If you like mayo, this is bad for you. If you hate mayonnaise, but it ends up on your food, this is a win. I didn't get the salt. I didn't think it was that salty. Maybe that was just the chicken. I don't know.

You had like five glasses of water. I'm just thirsty. I don't know if you knew this. I haven't eaten anything all day. I was going back and forth to see if I could compare. And the spicy one was definitely the more salty one. Really? Yeah. Hmm. And I think, however, and this is just obviously down to, to taste buds and preference. I didn't think it was that spicy at all. Really?

I was eating it going, where's the spice? Where is it? Are you normally a spicy, spicy food, man? Um, I mean a little, I'm not like like it's about that level i'm gonna spicy chicken sandwich yeah i'm not like same here yeah you know ghost peppers and shit because i think they taste good yeah those people are crazy sounds like we're on the same level um interesting interesting that you're disappointed after i consumed a bit uh-huh but i was probably halfway through the sandwich and i was thinking is this spicy i don't and then i was like, oh, okay. You kind of just get used to it, yeah. Yeah, the first couple of bites where I was like, you know, I had to look for the mayonnaise because the chicken wasn't going to do the work. But there isn't a lot to it.

It's just chicken. There's no, there's just pickles and then the mayo and the chicken. Yeah, and the chicken itself is just fine, you know? It's good. Yeah. I wouldn't die for it. It's not. Yeah.

Sorry. I wouldn't. Rest in peace. Wait I wouldn't die for it. It's not. Yeah. Sorry. I wouldn't. Rest in peace. Wait 10 minutes in line for it. I wouldn't pay $10 for it from a stranger in the parking lot. Well, if it saved me a couple minutes, I'd probably pay. Yeah, if the line had been out the door, would we have bought the t-shirt? What's the maximum price that you would pay from that guy in that car at that time?

If that door was locked. Yes. How much was the sandwich? If the door was locked. I think like three or four bucks. He was marking that up. How much would you pay? If you saw that line was out the door,

and not even for this recording. If you were there and you're like, I'm going to eat this sandwich. I need it. I need the sandwich. You can go somewhere else if you want to, but you see that line and you're like, I've committed to going to...

I would have paid $10. Would you pay $12? No. Because now you've added $2 and that's a lot of money. It depends, right? If the guy was like $12, probably. If you said $10, he went, yeah. And then he went $12, I'd be like, outrageous.

Yeah, I'd be like, I'm already in line. No, see, if I was willing to pay a man in his car outside of the restaurant and then that price was too high, I would just leave. What am I doing? If I would just be like, man, I don't want to wait 30 minutes in line. I'll pay this guy $10. And he went $20. I'd be like, fuck this. And I would just leave.

I'd be like, it's a sandwich. You've made me mad. I'm just like, what am I doing? What am I doing with my life here? Do you think with the stores that have lines going out the door, people do that asshole thing that they do at Apple stores where they get the sandwich and then throw it on the ground and beat it up with a hammer in front of people?

I don't know why you do that. I don't know why you do it with the iPhone. I don't know why you do it with a sandwich either. People suck, dude. This is what you're waiting. People suck, dude. This is what you're waiting for? Smash, smash. I don't understand that, and I also wouldn't understand someone getting angry about that.

I would just be like, that guy's a fucking moron. That guy wasted his time and money. If anything, I'd be like, awesome, you idiot. Something to watch. You dumb shit. Ooh, you got me. I don't know. The fuck do I care? It's your phone. If someone

took my phone out of my pocket and smashed it, I'd be upset. If someone ran by and bit my sandwich, I'd be like, hey! I'm not really upset about some guy walking out and smashing a sandwich. Shit, I wish I saw that. I'd be like, damn,

dude. All the thing going on. Shall we give it a score? Give the score. So you'll give a score, I'll give a score, and then we'll average out the two, and that will be the rating for the chicken sandwich. Again, it's on a scale of 100.

One to 100. One to 100. I don't know why you're laughing. Each one of our systems is a little different. Michael likes to rate the whole experience. Correct. I like to just rate the food itself like a normal person would. We spent the time.

I want to give people an expectation of what's going to happen. The guy trying to sell you a sandwich in your car. You might go to Popeyes and not expect someone to sell you a sandwich. And in my experience, you would be wrong. Because I went one time, and it happened one time. I'm just saying. It's happened 100% of the time. 100% of the times I've been to that Popeyes that I'll never go back to

because I don't want them to know who I am, that happened. Michael, what do you think about the bag it came in? It's orange and white. It has all these fun little pictures on it, and it says, New Chicken Sandwich. Does this influence your score? It doesn't and white. It has all these fun little pictures on it. It says, New Chicken Sandwich. Does this influence your score? It doesn't influence me. I wonder why you tore it to shreds.

Well, I was making it into a plate. I thought you tore it open to get it out. It's got an opening. Also, you can just pull it out and put it on top like I did. That's been outside. I don't know why you ripped it to shreds. You're concerned about that. You're going to Popeye's and eating a Popeye's chicken sandwich.

And you're concerned about the germs on the bag and not what you're putting in your mouth. Got it. Interesting. The worst thing about the bag is at the bottom there are markings for classic or spicy that they're supposed to check. They refused. And they refused for these six fucking sandwiches that I had to pay for. They don't use that shit. No, they don't.

I saw. It's like the little bubble tabs on the soda. They don't use that. I need to know if. No, they don't. I saw. It's like the little bubble tabs on the soda. I need to know if this is diet or regular. Yeah, we did have to spend time to find out what was the spicy and what was the classic. That's like minus.2 points for Michael. Don't tell me what I'm doing. You worry about your own points. So...

Oh, he's really thinking. I just just I wish I'm of two minds of it Because I appreciate I appreciate the simplicity of it Of what Popeye is trying to do Because other fried chicken places Like KFC

Just mash bad ideas together And throw them out to the public And be like Isn't this wacky? Come try it This is just a legitimate You get a whole meal in a bowl This is a legitimate chicken sandwich That people are going crazy over killing each other for literally

even i got stabbed in the mouth you gotta stop saying that you just stop i'm the victim um but it's just i don't know it's i just feel like it could have been better for all the hype and you know even without even if it wasn't hyped up i would still not think it's that interesting or exciting so i'm giving it a 57 57 okay jordan known for his notoriously low scores that's a fair score i'm just saying it's barely over 50 i mean you ate it, right? I definitely did. That's going to fuel you for the day now. You feel fueled up? Yeah.

You ready to tackle the day after two Popeye's sandwiches? It's 11.36 and you're still kicking. I feel like the sandwich is dragging me down a little bit. You ate two Popeye's chicken sandwiches at 10.30 in the morning. I'm ready to go straight to work after this. My concern when we discussed this was,

will they be open? And they were. By 15 minutes. This is normal for some people. There was a surprising amount of people in the store, too. We didn't mention that. Yeah. There had to be a good 15, 20 people in the restaurant. There was a didn't mention that. Yeah. There had to be a good... There were a lot of people there getting a sandwich. 15, 20 people

in the restaurant. There was a lot. Way more than Little Caesars. The drive-thru wasn't even an option. It was going around the building. I mean, it was an option, because that guy was coming out of it trying to sell sandwiches. Alright. You know, this chicken sandwich, it's big.

I'll say that. Like, it's a lot of chicken. It's definitely filling. It's big, I'll say that Like it's a lot of chicken It's definitely filling, it's not like a Small little chintzy piece Say that again? Good white meat chintzy Okay I'll look it up later It means small

It's small little small, is really what I said But I wanted to throw some flair in it You look it up later So, chicken sandwich You know Small. It's small, little small. That's really what I said, but I wanted to throw some flair in it. You look it up later. So, chicken sandwich, you know, good. I like it. I ate it. Me, Michael, sandwich good.

The mayo. That pretty much sums up. Me to the people. You know, if you don't like mayo, you're good with this sandwich, okay? If you like mayo, bring your own. Maybe put some mayo on when you get home or if you can't wait, have it in the car. Put it in a cup holder or if you get

one of those little packets. I don't think extra is going to do it because it's the flavor. Mine was covered in mayo. Yours was a very different amount. You had like a drop and I had like an ocean of mayo but I didn't really taste it at all. But no lettuce, right?

They're saving money on lettuce. That's cheap. Lettuce is the easy one, right? You get extra lettuce. You don't pay for that. So like, you know, if you get extra meat, they charge you. So now you're rating it based on what's not on the sandwich? Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. You know, what could have been, you know, if you get extra meat, they charge you. So now you're rating it based on what's not on the sandwich? Yeah.

Yeah. Exactly. You know, what could have been, you know? Sure. It's only got the mayo and the pickles. Yeah. Hate mayo. And this was the greatest travesty I haven't even brought up.

I've been keeping this bottled up inside. But much with leaving the mayo on, because that's what it is, no cheese. No cheese on this sandwich. And I desperately wanted to add cheese, which I'm sure is an option, but that's not how it's marketed. Why? A typical chicken sandwich doesn't usually come with cheese. A typical chicken sandwich is wrong.

There should always be cheese. There should be no mayonnaise and there should be cheese. You know, you go to like Chick-fil-A, they give you options. They got like four cheeses there. That's class. This place, I don't know. Maybe. So with all that,

plus Jordan's car, the handle didn't come out. I had to push in to get to it. That's going to take some points off, unfortunately, for Popeye's. Sorry, Popeyes. I'm sorry, but he got the cheap model.

So, it didn't, the car didn't talk to me at all. Sorry, I'm not Bernie. We don't know who that is. 2020 presidential candidate, but we don't know yet. I'm going to give it, because of mayo, no cheese, no lettuce,

didn't get stabbed or get into a fight, had to push the door handle out, 42. 42. 42? Excuse me. This is the first episode and you're doing this?

I'm doing what? That was an honest score. You're doing this? Doing what? There's no basis for what you're referring to. This is episode one. Here's the average score. You're a madman.

The average score is a 49.5. Wow. That's actually very appropriate for what this is. This is an honest rating and I'm happy with it. Jordan's floored. I like how it's an honest rating because of the no cheese and the car handle. I don't. Because he agrees with, he liked the number.

I don't care. So he doesn't care how I get the score, as long as it's a score he can agree with. But when it's a score he doesn't agree with, oh, I'm going to throw a hissy fit about why are you adding points, why are you doing this and that. I see how it is. I know. You agree with me.

I don't ask any questions. I know deep down that the handle probably knocked off. Probably 30 points. 30 to 40 points. And the fact that you like, you know, you didn't like the mayonnaise or something is, like, one, maybe half a point. Cheese was probably another 30

points. Jesus Christ. The cheese and the handle combined, I would say, is 95% of my score. Cool. Yeah, no, that makes perfect sense to me. So, you know, just saying. And I think it really... Future sandwiches out there. Yeah, it really reflects the fact that food is an art and is supposed to make us, like, feel good while we eat it.

That's what the cheese is for. It makes you feel good. We're agreeing. I love it. I love it. Yes. We both didn't like the sandwich. Great.

65. No, you can't do that. I'm going to put it back to 65. The episode's still going. I'm putting it back to 65. No, we already announced the score. No, that's fine. Revise score 61.

That's also fine, I guess. That's right. This is 65. I'll take it. Revise score 61. Yeah. So would you recommend these sandwiches to people? I revise my score to 42.

Okay, hang on. One revision. Okay, so 42 and 65. Please be 49.5 again. 53.5. You know, it's a happy medium. There you go. With your revisions, which is apparently part of the show now, it's 53.5.

We'll figure it out next time. So would you recommend the Popeye's chicken sandwich to people? I mean, if you go early and you really want to get in on the trend and you want to say you ate it, like, you know, sure. Go early. Don't go often. Check it out. Not like you, because they'll know

who you are. This guy keeps coming back. Go to different ones. I would say don't not get it. It's a sandwich. Yeah. If you like going to Popeye's and you want a spicy chicken sandwich, eat it. That's it. I wouldn't wait for it. It's a sandwich. Yeah. If you like going to Popeyes and you want a spicy chicken sandwich, eat it. That's it. I wouldn't wait for it. I wouldn't... I would not have gotten this

sandwich otherwise. I mean, I don't think that we'll have gotten anything that we're gonna eat if this show wasn't a thing. I don't think... We'll find something. Yeah, you think you would've been at fucking Little Caesars eating that Quattro pizza? I didn't say we have found something. I don't think I don't think I think we'll find something Yeah you think you would've been At fucking Little Caesars Eating that Quattro pizza I didn't say we have found something

I don't think it's ever gonna happen I think we will find something I think you're setting your hopes A little too high And you seem to constantly be Uh surprised by How bad the food is We're eating

And that you'll never Have gotten this on your own I just wanna know Why it was so salty It wasn't that salty You're being salty Because you I hurt my mouth

My mouth hurts I can't talk now The chicken stabbed you That's why I couldn't say so salty. It wasn't that salty. You're being salty because I hurt my mouth. My mouth hurts. I can't talk now. That's why I couldn't say Dixie Chicken Kitchen Bitch. Well, you got it and you just really reamed her on the end for no reason. Take that. Woman in Long Beach. Alright, well,

that's Popeye's Spicy Chicken Sandwich. Please be sure to rate and subscribe Only rate if you're going to do 5 stars though Yeah, like let's not Don't make a joke about it and be like Oh, I rated it twice and it's my average score You can rate it twice if you do 2 5s, that's fine 2 5s average out to 5, so yeah, do that

Yeah, do that Make a second account. Rate it twice. Tell a friend. Make sure they rate it twice. And then we can keep making this show where we eat food and then rate the food. We're making it. I don't know if you rate it or not. I'm going to eat it.

I know you're trying to incentivize them, but it really, I don't care. I'm going to withhold the show if I don't see one single review by next week. Here's what I'm going to say, right? Don't withhold it. We have four ratings already. We have four five-star ratings. It hasn't come out yet. No, but the teaser was really good.

Are one of those ratings you? Very true. I kept hitting five stars, but I don't think it did anything. You don't count. That's why you don't get a review on the show. 100%. And you even ate a piece of his chicken It's true in finish. Yep Wow, what would you know that one bite?

Thumbs in the middle Okay, that's so you don't know whether you want to execute someone or not I give it like hiding so if if if thumbs like a hundred thumbs down is like one I'd give it probably a 53 points why did the thumbs have anything to do with anything? Because you ended up with a number. Because I can't give a number. His scale is even more convoluted. His scale is even more convoluted. You got to think about where that thumb would be.

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