On Kenny Rogers Roasters, Mister Donut, and East-West exchange (PODCAST E74)

[@mortygoldmacher]

Vats for deep frying potato chips are called kettles even today. Similar vessels, soup kettles, are found wherever large volumes of soup (6 to 12 liters) are simmered. Today open kettle usually refers to the giant pot used for canning food at home. Kettle, without a modifier, means a spouted vessel with a handle used for boiling water.

[@flying-ship]

Not forgetting "fish kettles"

[@aragusea]

There it is.

[@lazeddonut]

@@Lettuce-and-TomatoesNo. I am Lazed Donut. Thank you.

[@shoasa95]

There's a Mister Donut 2 blocks from my house in Illinois. My family moved here from Japan, I always thought it was a popular national chain in the US too. Just happens to be that we moved next to the literal last Mister Donut in the United States.

[@aragusea]

Holy crap I must interview your family.

[@stillmoms]

Waiting with bated breath for this.

[@Laurpud]

​@@stillmomssame

[@atroyz]

Kettle spouts (at least everyone I’ve owned) definitely have a cap with a built in whistle so you know when to turn it off. An “open kettle” will boil all day until the water evaporates. A closed kettle will whistle, alerting the owner to turn the burner off.

[@aragusea]

I guess I always just call that the whistle? I don’t think of it as a cap because it doesn’t actually close, right?

[@ezra9602]

@@araguseaIt… does. At least mine does. There’s a tiny hole in it to release the air but it’s still closed.

[@OrigamiMarie]

@@aragusea I kinda has to close, in order for the whistle to work. The whistle is only activated by higher-than-atmospheric-pressure steam shooting through it, and the only way the steam gets to that pressure, is if the other escape routes are sealed reasonably tightly.

[@mason2me]

I love checking the top comments on these videos before hitting play and seeing just how in the weeds on the most random topics we are all about to get. lol.

[@nicolle2126]

the way Kenny Rogers and Mister Donut are still pretty much household names here in the Philippines

[@zeener_and_golum]

I'm surprised KFC Japan Christmas didn't get a mention. I think they arrived in Japan around the same time as mister donut and it seems to have remained a holiday staple there for decades.

[@WanJae42]

Living in Japan in the 80s, a trip to Mister Donut was a treat. Japan always made something feel Japanese, even if it was an American franchise. While you'd get a giant box of mass produced doughnuts at Krispy Kreme that you'd hog down like so much ice cream, each Mister Donut was presented ... just so ... on an individual sheet of wax paper, turned 45 degrees, and then placed in a little box, and the little box on a little tray that you'd take to your table. It made each doughnut a little jewel. And I swear it made the doughnut taste like a million bucks. You ate it slowly, and savored each bite.

[@eq.8640]

This episode and the last ones were some of your best work yet. The transition between so many topics is so impressive

[@SacredDaturaa]

I've found myself really looking forward to these podcasts, more even than the regular videos!

[@prayerie]

​@@SacredDaturaame too!

[@rorrt]

One of my favourite Kenny Rogers things, was when during the 2007 Rugby World Cup. England adopted The Gambler as their camp song. They'd sing on the bus, before and after games.. Rogers heard of this, and gave them a video "Best of luck. I hope you beat those French bastards!" "people" complained about his use of bastards to refer to the cheese eating surrender monkeys. So he sent a new video "apparently some people were offended by my use of the word 'bastard'. So I hope you English bastards beat those French bastards!"

[@onionhead5780]

🐓Kenny Rogers Chicken Roaster skit was one of the best Seinfeld episodes imo. That red chicken neon beam shining in Kramer apartment. 🤣

[@TimothyPeierls]

Some teakettles have spout covers that can be pulled back with a trigger, but I think "Open Kettle" was referring to an older and more general notion of kettle as deep container for cooking food and was further being used as a metonym (synecdoche?) for "kitchen". Thus, "Open Kitchen", which makes me wonder what happened when the "Closed" sign was hung on the door.

[@jacktaylor9917]

This is a pedantic point, but my kettle has a cap on the spout, with a little lever that is pressed while pouring to allow it to open. The cap has a little hole, which is what causes the kettle to whistle when boiled, alerting you to the fact that the water is ready. I think this has to be a fairly common thing considering the "whistling kettle" being a fairly common trope.

[@PGproductionsHD]

It’s not pedantic

[@shmowen]

I was thinking the same thing! Definitely not pedantic; he spent a long time deriding the original name on that one false premise -- someone had to say it haha.

[@hobojoe9717]

I’m sure he knows this….it also doesn’t really make a difference to anything he said about the “open kettle” name

[@traplotus]

@13:40 I can remember waking up alone and confused locked inside my moms car with the window cracked. 😅

[@TheMister123]

Adam is going to run this "plurals singular" gag into a deep, deep trench for a long, long time, isn't he? 😂

[@comlitbeta7532]

trenchs* times* 🤭

[@espalier]

I enjoy the fucks out of it.

[@delecti]

I'm absolutely down for it. It's one of my favorite dumbs joke.

[@gloriarutman8516]

Are you feeling ok?

[@rocksaltzwidaz3411]

I grew up eating both Kenny Rodgers and Mister Donut in the Philippines and they were great. Whenever I'm back in the Philippines I always get them, especially the Kenny Rodgers corn bread

[@Crazt]

I always thought Mr. Donut was a Japanese brand! I really could go for a couple right now... Also! A&W restaurant is still going strong in Okinawa.

[@goldsaturn25]

I really enjoyed the way you brought this episode full circle by focusing on your experience with the location in the town where you grew up. It turned out like a really good episode of Seinfeld where all the threads come together at the end. If end up visiting St. Louis to go to Mister Donut, consider checking out St. Louis pizza at a mom and pop place like Nick and Elena's if you haven't had a chance to try.

[@crash.override]

The Attorneys General are gonna go after Adam for all those weird-plural jokes 🧑‍⚖️

[@Nick-dc6ix]

Weird plurals joke

[@Ariane-Bouchard]

Obligatory weirds plural

[@ScottKorin]

A couple of observations: There was a Mister Donut in Allentown, PA. I remember sitting at the counter with my dad and grandfather getting a donut and coffee Saturday mornings. I had no idea it was a chain. Never saw a Kenny Rogers' Roasters. When Seinfeld was on, I assumed it was a fake restaurant. I had no idea Kenny Rogers sang Just Dropped In (etc...). I knew that song from The Big Lebowski

[@ScottKorin]

In fact, a hearing to stop the sale of Mister Donut happened in Allentown in February of 1990

[@marcberm]

I grew up in Rhode Island with a Mister Donut around the corner right up into 1991. Turns out the same franchisee would go on to convert the location to Dunkin' Donuts that year, where it still operates to this day under that same ownership.

[@philreppert1993]

I never expect someone to meld doughnuts and chicken together in such an entertaining way. Grey job Adam!

[@technetium9653]

I'm from Indonesia and here mister donut is branded as Japanese, completely stripping it of it's American origins, i don't know about other countries

[@SDOtunes]

I am so happy you went back to the little "PSHEWW" at the end, it just felt wrong without it. Great episode as well!

[@OrigamiMarie]

I believe the best rendition of The Gambler is the version on The Muppet Show. It also answers definitively the question of what happens to said gambler at the end of the song (he dies), and Kenny Rogers himself confirmed that this is canonically accurate.

[@Percussionists]

I live in Medford, MA and it’s crazy how much the natives will make fun of you for pronouncing the town names incorrectly even though they are the only people in the whole country to say it like that 😂 like they are saying things incorrectly on a phonetic level relative to proper english

[@festerofest4374]

So true... and there's got to be a hundred+ examples of this in MA.

[@Percussionists]

@@festerofest4374 the town Haverhill, you would think would be pronounced “Haver-Hill”… nope! apparently its pronounced: “Hay-ver-uhl” like what?? 🙃

[@marcberm]

I also remember going to a Boston Chicken in Newport Rhode Island with my family back in the day, and back then the chicken pot pies were full sized, and you paid a refundable deposit for the Pyrex dish it came in.

[@joshymana6411]

Have you ever thought about including images and or clips as you discuss specific nuances for those uninitiated. Like the doughnut sign and your fav golden chocolate flavour. Thanks

[@randomsh-t917]

I saw a Kenny Rogers Roasters in Malaysia last year in KL. It was at the KL Convention Centre. I live in California and didn't know this chain existed. This podcast explains what happened to it. Next time I'm in SEA, I'll try to check it out.

[@k2smd]

The original Dunkin Donut donut had a handle so you could hold it while you dunked it. Thats where the name came from

[@SebastianGarcia-ip7yn]

In Colombia, Dunkin donuts has a donut covered in a layer of chocolate sugar glaze, which acts as a binder for a layer of peanut chunks of 3 -4 mm aproximate diameter. They are my favorite and seem similar to what you described.

[@dcseain]

Dunkin used to sell that here in the US. It was my favorite. I miss that donut so much.

[@krinklesofmadness]

if you go to mister donut in godfrey, make a stop at the nearby imos pizza to sing the praises of processed cheese thin crust, and if you go in the winter months it’s local eagle viewing season so there’s that too

[@yyy222y2]

Hi Adam, listener from Japan here, and I just wanted to tell you to fly over Japan in your quest to find the Mister Donut Chocolate Cake Donut - we don't have that here. What we do have is a mochi donut called "Pon de Ring", which has a chewy texture and made with tapioca and rice flour.

[@yyy222y2]

Just adding: Japanese Mister Donut does have the "Golden Chocolate" flavor, but as you mentioned, it's covered with a golden-coloured strusel and not peanuts.

[@TheCatWitch63]

Come to El Salvador and you can have all the chocolate covered doughnuts with crushed peanuts on top you like. Take advantage of the BOGO promotion that Mister Donut has carried out every September since at least 2010 to commemorate our independence from Spain. Please don’t ask me, I have no idea what doughnuts and our independence from Spain have in common, but the promo is crazily popular and people make long lines to buy their doughnuts. The chain even opens small kiosks all over the country to satisfy the demand and reduce the flow of people to the stores.

[@bcubed72]

"Hey, mister, that's a donut/hey, mister, that's a Mister Donut donut!"

[@nicoskefalas]

I only clicked because it’s Adam…But boy did I love this episode. That episode on Kenny Rogers appearing on Seinfeld always makes me crave rotisserie chicken. I didn’t know I wanted this podcast episode but now I know I needed it.

[@ontheymonday]

You’re a wizard Adam. Sometimes I start an episode uninterested and get captivated within 10 minutes.

[@marvnch]

ikr, i have literally zero interest in doughnuts or chicken but i was thoroughly captivated.

[@BugGenerat0r]

An episode on the "Kentucky Fried Rat" controversy would be great.

[@mrhigeji]

Mister Donuts are everywhere here in Japan. They number their shops and 001 is actually in a small city nearby. Always found it fascinating that it's not in some major city

[@Nitro_Joe]

I was 2 feet deep in yard work while listening to this podcast. I’ve never been part of a KZbin meet-up, but I’d love to cross the River and go to Godfrey, IL! It’s a bit of a trip, but most Missourians travel well. Adam, hook it up and set a date. I might even set up a slime making booth. Let’s go!

[@rickybryan1759]

We had the same roast chicken thing in Australia where Red Rooster had the roast chook market down up until until the supermarkets came in. RR Hawaiian Pack (chook, Chips and pineapple fritter - yum!) - side note in Oz we call a bag of supermarket roast chook a BACHELOR’S HANDBAG! 😂

[@Triniwn]

I cannot hear the word chook without thinking it's some kind of slur. Chop Socky Chooks did not help

[@rickybryan1759]

@@Triniwn oh dear I hope not! It’s Aussie slang for chicken!

[@williamguerin6946]

I definitely remember Mister Donut when I was a kid growing up outside Boston in the early 80s! They were wonderful, and we had a tradition of picking up a dozen every Christmas morning. What they sell at Dunkin’ today bears no comparison.

[@edwardtan1773]

Omg I was just in Japan and I ran into a mister donut! It was packed but there were absolutely no foreigners in line, only locals. Made me think that it was a Japanese chain. Turns out it was actually American !

[@imightbebiased9311]

I also thought Mister Donut was Japanese... I had no idea.

[@meneldal]

The funny thing is most Japanese people have no idea it no longer exists in the US, they think it is a US chain.

[@slowtaknow]

We had three donuts shops in Stamford CT. That I remember, Dunkin donuts, mister donuts, and donuts delight

[@karmicxkoala]

We had a Mister Donut in DuBois, PA when I was growing up. It's an auto parts store now. It closed in 1994-ish, I'd say.

[@Julie-bq6iz]

We had a Mister Donut in my home town in Illinois in the 60s. I loved their donuts and the smell of coffee and donuts the minute I stepped inside!

[@quixomega]

There is no way the plural is "roasts chicken". I ate at Kenny Rogers Roasts twice ever, there was only one location I'm aware of in Canada. It was in Niagara Falls Ontario which has a number of American chains that don't really exist elsewhere in Canada. I really liked that chicken.

[@THeKallOfCtulu]

Funnily enough, I know about Mister Donut exclusively because a character in an anime I watched in college years ago had a quirk of specifically liking the donuts from Mister Donut. So I always associated the chain with Asia.

[@FakeGoose]

I've always associated mister donuts with a certain vanpire

[@SirRichard94]

Panaino!

[@Robzooo7]

​@@FakeGoosethe hot blooded, cold blooded, iron blooded vampire?

[@THeKallOfCtulu]

​@@FakeGoose that is who I'm talking about lmao

[@tgpqaz]

I grew up going to one of the last stores, if not now the last store, in the US still using the Mister Donut name. I'm also an anime fan, so it was really weird to see that not knowing beforehand that it still existed in Asia.

[@TreantmonksTemple]

I realize not every study might support this, but according to the National Library of Medicine (official gov't site) the alertness provided by caffeine is no illusion. "a dose of approximately 300 mg significantly improves daytime alertness in both partially sleep-deprived and fully rested individuals, as measured by the multiple sleep latency test (Lumley et al., 1987). Walsh et al. (1990) report that 4 mg of caffeine per kg of body weight (approximately 300 mg) significantly increases latency to sleep onset at test periods throughout the night (0100 to 0500 h). This effect was seen in light and moderate caffeine users. Multiple sleep latency test results by Rosenthal et al., (1991) showed that caffeine at doses of 75 and 150 mg increases alertness whether an individual is fully rested or partially sleep deprived. Zwyghuizen-Doorenbos et al. (1990) showed that 250 mg of caffeine improved daytime alertness for at least 3 h in moderately sleepy subjects."

[@hiddenbunny7205]

Just be clear. Japanese and East Asian Mister Donut's main products are Ponde Rings, which are made of a blend of flour and rice flour. If you had "mochi" donuts, its an attempt to copy the ponde rings. That is to say, the flavor profile and texture are completely different than the original donuts. They also started the gourmet donuts where the ponde rings were decorated with all sort of stuff, much like some of the korean mochi donut shops start to open in the US have. Now, if we can some Mos Burger here in the US I would be happy.

[@ginkgobilobatree]

One of my favorite movies is "The Big Lebowski" - "I Just Dropped In to See What Condition My Condition Was In" is featured in it, lol.

[@wbw911]

Kenny Rogers story at the end make me feel proud of my country, should visit one soon

[@logan_graybill]

Listening from Japan right now - Mister Donut is everywhere. On big city streets, in shopping arcades, fancy shopping malls, suburban strip malls, and rural outposts. The donuts look good but the taste does not back the looks up I’m afraid 😅

[@xellosspoo]

God, Isometimes feel like I'm the only one. I always think they look so good, they have to taste good. And every single time I buy one, I'm just depressed about how bland and unappetizing they really are.

[@KerryHallPhD]

I love "Just Dropped In" in The Big Lebowski. It's in an amazing drug-induced dream sequence with Jeff Bridges.

[@Nicksonian]

Like Mr. Donut, Lawson’s started in the US, but took over Japan. Lawson’s convenience stores started in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, not far from where I grew up. Lawson were 7-11 stores before 7-11. Today, Lawson is gone from the United States but is the dominant convenient store chain in JAPAN! Can you remember the commercial, “Get that juice up to Lawson’s in 40 hours.” If you do, you’re old.

[@cartilagehead]

Dunkin’ coffee is like a physical manifestation of Catholic guilt. A daily ritual of physical self-torture that New Englanders have convinced themselves is good and honest and prideworthy

[@tigris115]

You should make that chocolate peanut donut

[@530mnorman]

There was a Mister Donut right by me when I lived in Shanghai. I remember it being my favorite out of all the donut shops there (which there were quite a few). Later on I moved to Malaysia and was always amused whenever I'd walk by a Kenny Rogers Roasters. I tried it once. It was fine, but nothing spectacular. There were also a few A&W hamburger shops which seemed even weirder. I love how connected and quirky the world is. This was another really great episode.

[@chromeaces]

A&W is actually the first ever fast food chain to open in Malaysia so it was quite a big deal then! They also opened the first drive-thru restaurant in the country and the location is still quite iconic among locals. The chain’s popularity died down for a bit but I believe they’ve been making a come back recently.

[@EverythingEnglishwithJohn]

Love your stuff!

[@ledzep331]

In the UK "open" can broadly mean accessible/available as in; The pool table is open to new players. I'm sure that could have been true in 40's Massachusetts.

[@flanberry]

I love these podcasts, thank you

[@bobbler42]

Re: open kettle: in the UK we can buy “Kettle Chips”, relatively fancy crisps (chips), not to be confused with chips (fries). This implies the use of kettle for deep fried stuff is not that unusual. Though twee marketing for an industrial product dependent on sealed foil bags is a choice.

[@wavion2]

I used to go to Kenny Rogers roasters when I was a little kid. I loved the sweet little corn muffins that had the little kernels of sweet corn in them.

[@Kevin_here]

In Indonesian Mr. Donut sell in convenion store (Indomaret) and Dunkin Donut is a shop/caffe like kfc

[@juanalejandrosotto6217]

I'm from the Philippines and I love this episode

[@MikeU128]

We had Mister Donut here in the Chicago area back in the day. I seem to recall still seeing a few locations here and there as recently as 15 years ago or so?

[@BugGenerat0r]

In the Philippines, Dunkin Donuts is known for their "overly sweet" donut, while Mister Donut is the "good-tasting" donut. Krispy Kreme is a recent contender, and has a more "premium" image.

[@barvdw]

In Belgium, rotisserie chicken is basically something you buy at the weekly market. Or even at a standalone food truck (huge trucks), where you can get whole chickens, wings, legs, but also pork ribs, pork roast, baked mushroom, potatoes, green beans... and apple sauce, which is one of the most common sides served with chicken, here.

[@davidmccarthy6061]

I also remember Roasters having been the best tasting chicken I've ever had and I haven't had it since it went away. Forgot about it but now I need to work on recreating it at home!

[@carolinepeterson7995]

Amazing episode of the pod! I used to live in Japan and I LOVED Mister Donut. Had no idea that it originated in the US, much less that there used to be one on Atherton in SC. I was really pumped for a minute to learn about the one in Godfrey, IL and was thinking I should plan a pilgrimage, but from what I'm gathering online it looks like the menu there is quite different from the ones in Japan, which are tailored to the local market. The signature item at Mister Donut in Japan is the "Pon de Ring," which is a ring of little balls with a springy, chewy texture that comes from tapioca flour. Delicious! But my favorite was always their custard cream filled.

[@workaholica]

"Just Dropped In" was featured in "The Big Lebowski" (and it fits the movie like a glove).

[@tomhalla426]

Whistling kettles have a cap, with the whistle in it.

[@seronymus]

I can't believe that Adam referenced a chain notable for being featured in the Monogatari Anime series, beloved by the vampire character Shinobu. 🍩

[@RalphBarbagallo]

Dunkin Donuts has a chocolate butternut cake donut which seems similar to the "Golden Chocolate" Mister Donut you describe. I still remember the Mister Donut in my hometown--I was just in Japan and ate at several Mister Donuts. They really are fantastic. Also, very few remember the Rotisserie Chicken Wars of the early '90s. It was a big deal. Kenny Rogers vs. Boston Chicken/Market, and even KFC threw their hat in the ring--they had rotisserie chicken at the time. I remember when I was in college a billion years ago there was a combo KFC/Taco Bell in Cambridge, MA--they used the rotisserie chicken meat from the KFC in their chicken tacos. It was absolutely glorious.

[@plewelly]

Finally a good pshoo at the end of the podcast. Been missing those dearly.

[@shethjrebbell]

The Kenny Rogers Roasters reminds me of the Seinfeld episode

[@jesset6619]

Would love to hear your thoughts on the rise and fall of Krispy Kreme empire. My local one turned into a pay day loan place.

[@festerofest4374]

Maybe the market for sweet, fattening donut things really is declining as more people think about their eating habits? I have this impression that Dunkin's sells more coffee than anything these days.

[@OrigamiMarie]

​@@festerofest4374that would certainly be consistent with Adam's theory that the little calorie bombs were just a lot more needed during the post-WWII industry boom. Also . . . there was a while there where people could fool themselves a little. Sure, the fat is bad for you, but most of what's visible in a donut is sugar and starch, and nothing wrong with sugar and starch, yeah? Well, turns out . . . So the blow dealt by the low-fat craze of the late 20th century was joined by the one dealt by the low-carb craze in the early 21st century. And the economy shifted, so it was much harder to pay employees and rent on the proceeds from people sitting around eating cheap donuts and drinking cheap coffee.

[@Boyetto-san]

Filipino here. The childhood donut you described sounds a lot like what's known in Mister Donut here as the Choco Butternut. However, the peanut coating on that is a very finely ground and orange-colored peanut coating on a chocolate cake donut, rather than chopped peanut. That blog post you read sounds like a real snob because this is a popular donut variety that's been that way for as long as I can remember (I grew up in the 90's). It might also be because the Mister Donut sold in 7-11's are never properly fresh, but whatever. There IS another variety that DOES have chopped peanut called the Choco Nuts (and yes, quite the joke fodder, but not to most Asians apparently), but that one is a plain donut base with a chocolate dip and just a sprinkling of chopped peanut on top. If you distinctly remember it as a chocolate cake donut, it's more likely the Choco Butternut. But if it really dih have chopped peanuts and not fine ground, then something must've happened to the recipe between the 80's and 90's that turned it into the Choco Butternut we have now.

[@pascal6871]

I look forward to the pod more than most videos and the pod captures my attention way more

[@tgpqaz]

It's weird seeing this as a video. I grew up going to that last Mister Donut and went to high school with one of the owner's daughters. It still looks like it has a lot of the interior from when Mister Donut was popular. I'm not sure how similar the donuts are to the old Mister Donut ones because I was born shortly before they were converting them to Dunkins, but they do have a peanut chocolate donut. They're one of my favorites.

[@Romangtzm]

I really don´t know how to explain the mexican equivalent of a fast food chain but pollo asado spots are the closest thing that comes to mind even tough each city or even neighboorhood tents to have it´s own pollo asado place.

[@CelliniCreations]

"Kettle" could also refer to a cauldron like large pot in which donuts would have been fried. Oops...should have listened for 10 more seconds

[@sarzootashoota351]

I desire a Kenny Rogers toaster chicken recipe video.

[@glenncain]

yes i am happy about kenny rogers just 15 minutes walk away from my home. thank you for the trade!

[@kurtg5405]

Here in Australia we have Oporto - They do flame grilled butterflied portugese style roast chickens, very zesty and juicy right-through; Probably the best "fast-food" whole chickens in the business.

[@magichourai]

Did you go to Port Matilda elementary?

[@squidjam]

El Salvador has Mister Donut too (which was interesting when I saw David Beckham in a Japanese Mister Donuts ad, after brands started uploading ads to the KZbin). The way I know the story (and I'm most likely wrong) 80s American Intervencionis... American Interests in foreign soi... Entrepreneurs brought various American brands to Central America. Some left during the war, and were continued by someone else (Ronald and company asking for their brand back, look for McDonald's story there, quite interesting), or the competitors offered franchises to use instead (Pollo Campero for KFC, Biggest for Hardee's) or simply disappeared completely from where they originated (Mister Donut). Years later, Dunkin' came to El Salvador (after the war, most likely)and it had a distinct taste, different than Mister. Both continue to thrive there. ---- We then switch to Spain, where the word Donut was trademarked (look it up, you cannot call them donuts in Spain unless they are from that company), so your usual Dunkin' Donuts will be called Dunkin' Coffee instead... They do taste like Dunkin's from home, but then again what I miss the most is Mister Donut 😉 ---- Sidenote: Pollo Campero is actually Guatemalan, but it feels "ours" for other Central American countries. ---- Second sidenote: Pollo Campero traveled in planes from El Salvador to the US, so much they built one right at the airport... So much, they started opening franchises there, here and everywhere... Including China. (And, as an expat, it's good to have those childhood flavors around) ---- May this serve you for a video about culinary nostalgia and food chains 😉

[@HarvestStore]

I appreciate you and thank you for making content.

[@ChannelSettingsTvcode]

Adam this is a great series. Always interesting.

[@aris.7564]

I would love to see the recipe for the mock-kenny marinade. I make the hung chicken almost weekly, and could absolutely go for a new twist on the recipe.

[@themostselfishman]

I enjoy almost all of your content but this one was a special treat, just like a donut from Mister Donut...in Japan.

[@dukelornek]

this episode felt so random. I liked it.

[@juju-been]

I work at a small, family owned donut shop and we do the chocolate cake donut with peanuts on top!

[@chris582]

Might be some localization issue too. I despise the Mister Donut donuts here in PH, but the Mister Donut is Japan is in a league of its own. Kenny Roger's isn't exactly flourishing today, but back when roasted chickens were a rarity in the 90s and early 00s here, it was so much more awesome.

[@michellee1190]

In addition to supermarkets and Costco, rotisserie chicken places also had to contend (at least in So Cal where I am from) with FLAME GRILLED chicken places! I had a friend who was from the midwest that lived in LA for a couple of years, then went back to the midwest. He came to stay at my place before we went to a nerd convention and I was going to take him to a local family owned Chinese place, but all he wanted was El Pollio Loco. Having lived in Austin Texas for over a decade now... I understand this better now than I did at the time.

[@Mashiroro]

Wait excuse me what?? I grew up in Coral Springs florida of all places and never heard of this 😂 on the otherhand, I speak Japanese thus have been to mister donut in Japan many times, which I always assumed was just a Japanese brand. I never would have thought or known. This is such a gem of an episode for me 😂 you even mention the sun-sentinel… I remember thinking how cool brick and mortar newspaper was since I went to their location on a field trip. What a trip. We sure did eat a ton of rotisserie chicken though… thanks to publix.

[@AirLancer]

A number of things that would be seen as 100% Japanese actually started in America. SEGA was originally an American company. Lawson, the convenience store chain, also started in America.

[@siqizhang]

Ah.. I have such fond memories with Kenny Rogers when I was a kid in Beijing in the 1990s. There I had my first tastes of roast chicken, ribs, cole slaw and corn bread. A small piece of hot, buttery corn bread sold for ￥4, which could buy you a very filling meal on the street at that time. So the family only went there for special occasions. It was my happy place until they closed up shop in China, roughly around the same time as A&W did.

[@DiMaggio82]

My mom used to own a Mister Donut

[@macvirii]

Talking about restaurants, I'm curious about the Dallas BBQ franchise history, I've gone there my first time in the US visiting NYC, their prices and portions for being right by times square were a great option for a cheap visit. Maybe one anecdote for a future video? As always love the pod!

[@renaissanceweeb]

This is an unbelievable coincidence because I just started watching an anime where a recurring plot point is that one of the characters likes eating at Mister Donut, and I had no idea it was a real chain until I saw this podcast.

[@rpwp-joonie]

I haven't seen any comments saying they're from the Philippines yet, so let me say I am from the Philippines and Kenny Rogers is an esspensive place where people eat for celebrations, mostly. This is the first time I learned Mr. Donut is American...I always thought it was a local brand in comparison to Krispy Kreme, Dunkin, etc.

[@eryalmario5299]

Kenny rogers roasters is American food made for Asians