Home Chiks

As you may have noticed, the Spicy Chiks are no longer on the menu at Krystal. They were apparently a short run special. I remember when I found out they were gone. I stopped by one afternoon and, noting the missing Spicy Chik sign, I asked if they were gone. I was told that all that remained was a little of the honey mustard sauce, but that was it. I don't do honey mustard anything so it was all over as far as I was concerned. A shame, too, because I was hoping to try some of that tasty BBQ sauce on a pup and a Krystal. Now here's where the story gets strange. Over on Krystal-Lovers blog apparently some people have gotten upset enough to start a petition to bring back the Spicy Chiks. Now they were good, and I wouldn't mind their return to the menu full time, but a petition? If you crave em that much, there's an even easier solution: Make Your Own Get some Chiks (no mayo), and your favorite BBQ sauce, and a shallow bowl or dish. Since I keep my sauce in the fridge, I had to nuke it slightly to take the chill off and warm it a bit. (Spring break is the only time hot Chiks should be dunked in anything cold.)Pour some sauce in the shallow dish. Microwave it a bit, then toss the Chik in. Flip it over to coat it evenly, then pop it back in the bun. It's really that easy.It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out you can do the same for the buffalo spicy Chik. Although locating the special kind of cheese they used might be tricky, you can just pour a dab of ranch dressing on top and you're good to go. And this would probably work for honey mustard as well, but I leave that for others to try. Now while everyone has been all concerned about the toppings and sauces on the Chiks, you might have also noticed the Chiks got a little bigger a couple of months back. Now I am far too much of a gentleman to point out publicly when a cute little chik has put on a little here or there, but in this case it works out well. I admit it, I prefer thicker chiks to skinny chiks. I suspect deep down everyone feels the same way. Sometimes I see skinny Chiks in magazines and on TV and I feel sorry for them. They look sad, and sickly. So I say hurray for the new Chiks! Saucy, spicy, sassy or plain, I love em all. Dress em up, dress em down, I think they're great. Unless they have mayo on them. Then they're walking home.