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illriginal
Mar 16 2009, 11:00 AM


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A German frozen food company hopes to raise sales with a new product: Obama fingers. The tender, fried chicken bits come with a tasty curry sauce. The company says it was unaware of the possible racist overtones of the product.


Source: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitge...,612684,00.html
brooklyneast05
Mar 16 2009, 11:18 AM
damn i'm hungry
illriginal
Mar 16 2009, 11:20 AM
QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Mar 16 2009, 12:18 PM) *
damn i'm hungry


Same :(

I keep thinking about a chicken tender sub D:
hi-C
Mar 16 2009, 01:14 PM
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For Americans in Germany, though, there is a risk that the product might be seen as racially insensitive. Fried chicken has long been associated with African-Americans in the US -- naming strips of fried chicken after the first black president could cause some furrowing of brows.
I'm normally attuned to things like this and I don't even think it's racist. Chicken fingers ≠ fried chicken. Chicken fingers = kiddie food. And it has curry sauce, I mean come on. They're obviously just capitalizing.

Edit: Curry sauce on fries is so f*cking good.
illriginal
Mar 16 2009, 02:08 PM
QUOTE(hi-C @ Mar 16 2009, 02:14 PM) *
Edit: Curry sauce on fries is so f*cking good.


Seriously, this is what I do when I bulk. Go to McDonalds. Order large french fries and a McFlurry.

1. dip fries into McFlurry

2. eat McFlurry dipped fries

3. ???

4. Profit!
Medi
Mar 16 2009, 02:12 PM
@Illmortal - I know a lot of people that do that. I think it's so gross. Cold icecream on top of toasty hot fries is not the way to go.

I'd eat these obama fingers
illriginal
Mar 16 2009, 02:17 PM
QUOTE(Medi @ Mar 16 2009, 03:12 PM) *
@Illmortal - I know a lot of people that do that. I think it's so gross. Cold icecream on top of toasty hot fries is not the way to go.

I'd eat these obama fingers


LOL I was exactly the same way. My ex would never eat anything from McDonalds execpt those two things together. I would always call her nasty, until she forced one of them into my mouth... I then became a believer of the McFlurry dipped fries XD.gif
karmakiller
Mar 16 2009, 06:41 PM
Ewww McFlurry dipped fries... well, actually, I've never had a McFlurry. But it's still ew. Too bad you're on a diet, Tama.


I don't know how Obama Fingers are racist... I mean we have French fries.
Medi
Mar 16 2009, 06:51 PM
The negative connotation of black people liking chicken.
illriginal
Mar 16 2009, 07:05 PM
QUOTE(Medi @ Mar 16 2009, 07:51 PM) *
The negative connotation of black people liking chicken.


What boggles my mind is... how come Hispanics aren't generalized to lovin some good ol' delicious fried chicken? For now on I'm gonna blast latino music in my car while eating fried chicken. stubborn.gif
hi-C
Mar 16 2009, 07:09 PM
QUOTE(illmortal @ Mar 16 2009, 08:05 PM) *
What boggles my mind is... how come Hispanics aren't generalized to lovin some good ol' delicious fried chicken?
Seriously. The most popular chicken place around here is named El Pollo Rico.
illriginal
Mar 16 2009, 07:13 PM
QUOTE(hi-C @ Mar 16 2009, 08:09 PM) *
Seriously. The most popular chicken place around here is named El Pollo Rico.


lol ya down here we have two different places:

Pollo Tropical

Pollo Loco
karmakiller
Mar 16 2009, 09:28 PM
QUOTE(Medi @ Mar 16 2009, 06:51 PM) *
The negative connotation of black people liking chicken.
I like chicken, a lot. Well, I get stereotyped for liking brats, beer, cheese, and sauerkraut... I'd take chicken over that.
smash
Mar 16 2009, 09:33 PM
QUOTE(illmortal @ Mar 16 2009, 07:13 PM) *
lol ya down here we have two different places:

Pollo Tropical

Pollo Loco


El Pollo Loco is the shiz. and i love dippin' my fries into chocolate shakes. so the way to go. Murat don't know what he's talkin' about.
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