What is Nashville's claim to fame other than country music? - Page 9

Eightball · #**161** Posted **Jul 20, 2021, 11:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by iheartthed

Nah, Rutgers is a tier below the best public universities like Berkeley, Michigan, Virginia, North Carolina.

don't forget Florida

sopas ej · #**162** Posted **Jul 20, 2021, 11:55 PM**

I've been cutting down on fried food for the past several years, so when Los Angeles-based Howlin' Ray's and Dave's Hot Chicken opened up, I never bothered trying it, though I know that Howlin' Ray's had long lines when it first opened, and they'll be opening another location up soon closer to me in Pasadena, and Dave's Hot Chicken will be opening up a location near my work... so those are two Nashville hot chicken places I know of in the LA area. I'm willing to try them, I suppose.

Has anyone here had Howlin' Ray's and/or Dave's Hot Chicken?

Howlin' Ray's

LA Eater

Dave's Hot Chicken

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craigs · #**163** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 12:01 AM**

I'm going to have to try these delicious looking sandwiches. I'll report back afterwards!

sopas ej · #**164** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 12:03 AM**

Please do!

Steely Dan · #**165** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 12:10 AM**

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This is about what I'm used to:

The "Nashville hot chicken sandwich" with the slaw and special sauce on a potato roll is more a recent adaptation, I think, to kind of, 'shine it up' for a wider audience.

Yeah, the picture of the sandwich I posted is from a place in Chicago (Budlong Hot Chicken) that also does the more traditional serving of thigh and drumstick on toast with pickles but I've never had it because slaw.

You could slather up an old brown shoe with slaw and there's still a decent chance that I'll order it.

When the choice is slaw or no slaw, I always go slaw.

Maybe I need to order the traditional nashville style one time, just to say I've tried it.

But that sandwich is just so goddamn motherfuckin' good! Did I mention that it comes with slaw?

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Then again, if you ask jmecklenborg, hot chicken as a dish didn't exist before a couple years ago either because, ya know, he personally had never had it, and neither had his "two non-white friends."

Nevermind the fact that I've been eating it since the late 80's with my family, and we ate it because my dad ate it as a kid with his family before that.

As for jmecklenborg's nonsense, I think I can safely speak for the vast majority of the forum in saying that his thoughts and opinions re: Nashville are best disregarded.

He clearly has some kind of stick up his ass regarding the city, and his postings in this thread thus far come across as little more than the ax-grindings of the butt-hurt.

craigs · #**166** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 12:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

Yeah, the picture of the sandwich I posted is from a place in Chicago (Budlong Hot Chicken) that also does the more traditional serving of thigh and drumstick on toast with pickles but I've never had it because slaw.

You could slather up and old brown shoe with slaw and there's still a decent chance I'll order it.

When the choice is slaw or no slaw, I always go slaw.

Maybe I need to order the traditional nashville style one time, just to say I've tried it.

But that sandwich is just so goddamn motherfuckin' good! Did I mention that it comes with slaw?

As for mecklenburg's nonsense, I think I can safely speak for the vast majority of the forum in saying that his thoughts and opinions re: Nashville are best disregarded. He clearly has some kind of stick up his ass regarding the city, and his postings in this thread thus far come across as little more than the ax-grindings of the butt-hurt.

I will never forget the day that I discovered that cole slaw could be tangy and crisp, rather than milky and mushy. Since that day, I have loved cole slaw with a passion.

ChrisLA · #**167** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 2:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by craigs

I will never forget the day that I discovered that cole slaw could be tangy and crisp, rather than milky and mushy. Since that day, I have loved cole slaw with a passion.

I hate most coleslaw as well especially the milky and mushy kind. A burger joint named the Dog Haus has a burger (The Mensch) that has coleslaw and pastrami on it and it’s the crispy kind. They also have fries with chili and coleslaw on top that is good too. Their are a few around the LA area, you should check it out, they also serve liquor and have a happy hour.

ChrisLA · #**168** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 2:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by sopas ej

I've been cutting down on fried food for the past several years, so when Los Angeles-based Howlin' Ray's and Dave's Hot Chicken opened up, I never bothered trying it, though I know that Howlin' Ray's had long lines when it first opened, and they'll be opening another location up soon closer to me in Pasadena, and Dave's Hot Chicken will be opening up a location near my work... so those are two Nashville hot chicken places I know of in the LA area. I'm willing to try them, I suppose.

Has anyone here had Howlin' Ray's and/or Dave's Hot Chicken?

Howlin' Ray's

LA Eater

Dave's Hot Chicken

Daily Hive/Instagram

It looks good I wouldn’t mind trying it but only if it’s the breast, I hate thighs, and just dark meat period.

BnaBreaker · #**169** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 2:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

Yeah, the picture of the sandwich I posted is from a place in Chicago (Budlong Hot Chicken) that also does the more traditional serving of thigh and drumstick on toast with pickles but I've never had it because slaw.

You could slather up an old brown shoe with slaw and there's still a decent chance that I'll order it.

When the choice is slaw or no slaw, I always go slaw.

Maybe I need to order the traditional nashville style one time, just to say I've tried it.

But that sandwich is just so goddamn motherfuckin' good! Did I mention that it comes with slaw?

It does look/sound really goddamn motherfuckin good! Parson's (which now oddly enough has a restaurant in Nashville as well) has my favorite hot chicken I've had in Chicago so far, but I'll have to add Budlong to my list for sure. And to be clear, I'm not even saying the original version is superior. I just posted that to sort of show how far it has come, I guess. From lowly, ignored, utility 'poor people' food to something that is now dressed up (relatively speaking anyway) and highly regarded by folks of all classes. Now, if it ever gets to the point where there is caviar and morel mushrooms being added to it, then we can maybe say we need to reign it in a bit. Either way, it's a true American success story!

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As for jmecklenborg's nonsense, I think I can safely speak for the vast majority of the forum in saying that his thoughts and opinions re: Nashville are best disregarded.

He clearly has some kind of stick up his ass regarding the city, and his postings in this thread thus far come across as little more than the ax-grindings of the butt-hurt.

Haha that's fair, and truthfully, it's not that I'm even trying to disregard his experiences and opinions on the subject. I'm just attempting to get across to him that his experiences are not gospel and do not trump or erase the experiences of others... I am clearly failing at that. lol

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Originally Posted by craigs

I will never forget the day that I discovered that cole slaw could be tangy and crisp, rather than milky and mushy. Since that day, I have loved cole slaw with a passion.

Yeah, I'd never tell my grandma this, but I am 100% in the vinegar based slaw camp too.

The North One · #**170** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 2:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by Crawford

Well I grew up in Metro Detroit, and if someone asked me about "Detroit-style pizza" in my younger years, I would think they're talking about Little Caesars or Dominos (as they're both HQ in the area).

I ate at Buddy's all the time as a kid and we never called it "Detroit-style." It was just a (well-regarded) local chain.

Not many in Michigan called it Detroit style before because it was just the regular pizza we all ate and grew up with and thought was just normal.

Outsiders discovered it and now it's appropriately named. Also it is NOT a deep dish type pizza.

sopas ej · #**171** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 3:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by ChrisLA

It looks good I wouldn’t mind trying it but only if it’s the breast, I hate thighs, and just dark meat period.

Oh really? I like chicken thighs and dark meat---I think that's where most of the flavor is.

Now chicken gristle... I can understand not liking gristle---my partner won't eat it; it's not my favorite, but I'll eat it if it's not easy to separate from the rest of the chicken meat. I'll just pop the whole thing in my mouth and not think about it while I chew and swallow it.

sopas ej · #**172** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 3:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by craigs

I will never forget the day that I discovered that cole slaw could be tangy and crisp, rather than milky and mushy. Since that day, I have loved cole slaw with a passion.

Oh yes, I long ago discovered that coleslaw can be tangy and crisp; I really like that version better.

Kind of like the potato salads without mayo, like German potato salad, which I think is oil and vinegar based, and there's the kind of potato salad that is mustard-based.

Yummy!

craigs · #**173** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 4:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by sopas ej

Oh yes, I long ago discovered that coleslaw can be tangy and crisp; I really like that version better.

Kind of like the potato salads without mayo, like German potato salad, which I think is oil and vinegar based, and there's the kind of potato salad that is mustard-based.

Yummy!

Yes--good call on the potato salad, which really is delicious when it is vinegar or mustard based. Like coleslaw, I grew up with the mushy dairy version and didn't like it.

KevinFromTexas · #**174** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 4:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by TexasPlaya

Nashville is Austin's younger cousin.

Nashville is older than Austin, though, and by a pretty good margin.

jd3189 · #**175** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 6:07 AM**

For anyone who has had Nashville hot chicken sandwiches, how does it compare to the existing chain chicken sandwiches like Popeyes, Chick-Fil-A, PDQ, etc? Is it spicy with mixed seasoning or is the sauce or spice they use for it similar to Buffalo hot sauce? I think I may have had Nashville hot chicken one time at a local joint near Chattanooga but I did not like it since it was too much like a Buffalo sauce chicken sandwich.

sopas ej · #**176** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 1:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by jd3189

For anyone who has had Nashville hot chicken sandwiches, how does it compare to the existing chain chicken sandwiches like Popeyes, Chick-Fil-A, PDQ, etc? Is it spicy with mixed seasoning or is the sauce or spice they use for it similar to Buffalo hot sauce? I think I may have had Nashville hot chicken one time at a local joint near Chattanooga but I did not like it since it was too much like a Buffalo sauce chicken sandwich.

Good question; I think that's what also made me hesitant to try Nashville hot chicken because to me it looks like Buffalo wings/Buffalo chicken, which I'll honestly say, I don't care for. I find it too sour.

iheartthed · #**177** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 1:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by jd3189

For anyone who has had Nashville hot chicken sandwiches, how does it compare to the existing chain chicken sandwiches like Popeyes, Chick-Fil-A, PDQ, etc? Is it spicy with mixed seasoning or is the sauce or spice they use for it similar to Buffalo hot sauce? I think I may have had Nashville hot chicken one time at a local joint near Chattanooga but I did not like it since it was too much like a Buffalo sauce chicken sandwich.

Yeah, that's my question as well. I don't want to eat a chicken sandwich covered in Buffalo sauce.

Steely Dan · #**178** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 2:00 PM**

I'm no expert on the style, but the place by me that claims to make "authentic" nashville hot chicken uses a spice paste on the chicken that is thicker and richer in flavor than your typical buffalo sauce, which tends to be more runny and vinegary/sour.

I LOVE Nashville hot chicken and Buffalo wings!

I also LOVE Cincy chili and Detroit-style pizza!

I also LOVE food!!!!!!!!!

LosAngelesSportsFan · #**179** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 4:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by craigs

That looks amazing.

Is Popeye's spicy fried chicken sandwich anything like Nashville style hot chicken?

You're in LA now right? Go to Howlin Ray's and you won't be disappointed

LosAngelesSportsFan · #**180** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 4:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by sopas ej

I've been cutting down on fried food for the past several years, so when Los Angeles-based Howlin' Ray's and Dave's Hot Chicken opened up, I never bothered trying it, though I know that Howlin' Ray's had long lines when it first opened, and they'll be opening another location up soon closer to me in Pasadena, and Dave's Hot Chicken will be opening up a location near my work... so those are two Nashville hot chicken places I know of in the LA area. I'm willing to try them, I suppose.

Has anyone here had Howlin' Ray's and/or Dave's Hot Chicken?

Howlin' Ray's

LA Eater

Dave's Hot Chicken

Daily Hive/Instagram

I've been going to Howlin since it was a truck 5 or 6 years ago. Greatest sandwich of all time. I get it hot (2 levels below howlin plus which is crazy). There's a reason why they had hours long lines