After a brief hiatus, Popeyes returns its chicken sandwich to stores, once again inciting a cultural frenzy.
Popeyes releases its first ever fried chicken sandwich to compete against Chick-fil-A's and sparks a frenzy, where lines down the block take hours to order the sandwich.
Chick-fil-A claims that it invented the fried chicken sandwich in the 1940s, which is false but great marketing.
The city's infamous hot fried chicken was born out of alleged revenge for infidelity that backfired and became a city's staple cuisine.
The Quebec version of a hot chicken sandwich is chicken with bread smothered in poutine gravy. It's sustenance and easy prep make it a staple in most cafeterias and drug stores at the turn of the century.
During antebellum America, enslaved individuals combined the West African and Scottish techniques of frying chicken to create the style we know today.
The Scottish start immigrating to America, one of the first purveyors of fried chicken who used heavy amounts of lard but no seasoning.