Raising Cane's!

Ok, this is a little sad. It's the middle of summer (well, nearly), and this is my first blog. Actually, it's my first blog EVER, so that's very exciting. So not sad at all, I guess. Although, I did make an attempt once after hours at work...I was never able to get things working right. (Blogger technical issues FAQ -- you lie!)

The title of my this post is Raising Cane's, which I first heard about in Sioux Falls, SD on a business trip from a co-worker from Lousiana. This is a fast food franschise that basically only serves fried chicken fingers. If I remember the story right, it started off as a business school project, but didn't make the grade. The professor failed the project, but the founders went on to start up the first ever Cane's, which is now a successful franschise.

I mostly thought these were in the South...as the person who was telling me about this is from the South and speaks with a twang. (Actually, Raising Cane's was just a smaller part of a rather lengthy conversation on fried chicken. God love the Foodies!) I'm not a big on fast food...actually, i really dislike it in general (except for In and Out, which deserves a whole other post on its own)...and I absolutely DETEST most chicken (exceptions include fried chicken, and chicken cooked by my mom or fiance), so I was a little skeptical about the place.

Amazingly, one of my best friends, we'll call her HighHeels, luvs fried chicken fingers and she lives near a Cane's in MN. (She used to love the weird spongy fried "chicken" fingers from the movie theater we frequented in college...ick. Oh, and she likes the "chicken" rings from White Castle...double ick). HighHeels claimed that these are really good...but, with the recommendation from my southern friend, I was willing to give this a shot, so we went and ate.

AND THEY WERE AWESOME! THEY WERE THE BEST CHICKEN FINGERS I'VE EVER HAD! Hot, fresh, really juicy...so juicy, with a light batter, and not too salty. The special sauce was really good too! According to the website (http://www.raisingcanes.com/), the chicken is never frozen...so it's got to be somewhat local, right? I feel kinda bad posting here about an experience that I didn't even have in WI, and so out of line with the whole local foods, farmers' market, organic feel of the rest of the blog. Don't get me wrong, I'm into that stuff too! But this was just so good! God! I'm craving them already. The crinkle cut fries were awesome too! 98% of the time, crinkle cut fries are soggy...but Cane's were as crisp and delightful as I could hope for.

God, I liked these fingers so much, that I've even thought about opening up a store. Not the first time I've considered joining a franschise...the first time was when I went to my first Oberweis store...which is all about local, organic food...I highly recommend checking them out.(http://www.oberweisdairy.com/web/default.asp).

Anyways, as soon as I got back home to WI, I had to tell my fiance (the B of B&M) all about it. In a strange twist of fate, it turns out that some of his old childhood friends have a friend who opened up a Cane's in Vegas. They are definitely eating there during the next Dudes Vegas trip in Aug.

OMG!!! I just had a thought! I can probably get B to make chicken fingers for the Deep Fry party. Oh yeah!!!! Woot!!!

If you think I'm nuts because I just wrote a whole post on chicken fingers...just wait. I haven't even delved into my Madison eats yet...you can look forward to learning more about Arbat's next time!