"Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers with Matt Selman" is Episode 296 of Doughboys, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger. "Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers with Matt Selman" was released on April 15, 2021.
"Tomorrow... with Matt Selman" - @doughboyspod
Synopsis[]
Matt Selman (The Simpsons) returns to talk work lunches, chicken sandwiches, and Raising Cane's. Plus, the debut of Who Had a Cow, Man?
Nick's intro[]
Beagle. Golden retriever. German shepherd. Poodle.
Familiar names dot the list of America's most popular dog breeds, compiled annually by the American Kennel Club.
a Labrador retriever
But for 29 consecutive years, likely soon to be 30, one breed has held the top spot: the Labrador retriever.
First bred in the nineteenth century in Newfoundland, Canada, as a fishing dog, the breed's proficiency for hunting and farming tasks has made the Lab ubiquitous in North America, and its popularity continued as the US shifted from an agrarian to a manufacturing and then a service economy.
And it was a Labrador retriever that inspired the name a quixotic passion project of entrepreneur Todd Graves: a restaurant that served only chicken fingers.
Graves worked back-breaking jobs as a boilermaker and sockeye salmon fisherman to save the money to launch his business, opened in 1996 in Baton Rouge, just steps from Louisiana University. The eatery's simple menu of chicken fingers, fries, coleslaw, and Texas Toast, served with its signature secret-recipe sauce, was a day-one hit with the college crowd and rapidly expanded with Graves' namesake pet Labrador appearing on its signage (and serving as its brand ambassador until the dog's death in 1998).
And so in 1999, the moniker was passed to a second Labrador retriever, who died in 2016.
And so a third Labrador now serves as the living mascot for the chain's 500+ locations.
(And also serves as a symbol of a broader American hierarchy that ascribes value to animals based on their friendliness and cuteness. Dogs for companionship; chickens for meat.)
This week on Doughboys, Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers.
Fork rating[]
| guest / host | ordered | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
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incomplete |
| Mike Mitchell |
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5 forks |
| Matt "The Tinefather" Selman |
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3.75 forks |
| Emma Erdbrink | - | 5 forks |
The Spoonman Bite of the Night went to putting a Chicken Finger on the Texas Toast. This was also Selman's Chew of the Dude.
Nick refrains from rating Raising Cane's since he did not try the chicken; Emma's 5 fork rating is in his place.
(To note, Nick does consider Raising Cane's a 1 fork restaurant for vegetarians.)
Who Had a Cow, Man? 🐮[]
Nick & Mitch on The Simpsons
This is the debut of a new quiz segment, in which Mitch and the guest guess which Simpsons character said a series of food-related quotes. A bonus point is received if they can also name what episode it is from.
| quote | guess | correct answer | score (MM-MS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Oh my god! Oh my god! Where did you get that brownie?" |
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Homer (s5, e1) | 1-1 |
| "I'll have a Brain Burger with extra pus, please." |
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Bart (s6, e4) | 1-1 |
| "Money's too tight for steak." |
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Marge (s5, e8) | 2-1 |
| "Here's the grapes. And here's the wrath!" |
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Nelson (s6, e2) | 2-1 |
| "Who's up for a big bowl of non-fat ice milk?" |
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Flanders (s7, e3) | 2-2 |
| "Poppin' Fresh! You gluttonous little Doughboy!" |
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Burns (s7, e12) | 3-3 |
| "I made enough gazpacho for all!" |
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Lisa (s7, e5) | 4-5 |
| "What kind of stew do you have today?" |
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George H.W. Bush (s7, e13) | 4-5 |
| "This is a pretzel town, pretty boy." |
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Fat Tony (s8, e11) | 5-7 |
| "Ah... nothing gets chocolate out. See?" |
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Chief Wiggum (s4, e15) | 5-7 |
Matt Selman wins!
Roast Spoonman[]
Molly Ringwald
| “ | Tamale Ringwald | ” |
–Alex @lamerod | ||
| “ | Tamale Ringwald of the Unnecessarily Large Breakfast Club Fudge Nelson |
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–Matt Selman coming up with Breakfast Club roasts on the fly | ||
Quotes[]
| “ | Mitch: You're kind of like the Kenny G of comedy, Wiges. Nick: Smooth. Easy. Inoffensive. No one's really having a good time, but also no one's really complaining. |
” |
–The Doughboys | ||
| “ | Mitch: As a former BU student - I took one summer class there. Nick: What class did you take? |
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–Mike Mitchell | ||
| “ | The Doughboys are quickly approaching this in terms of the podcast world, where we've been around far too long and we're gonna retcon some stuff soon. | ” |
–Mike Mitchell | ||
| “ | Mitch: Selman, can we confirm Homer for the Doughathon? Selman: Definitely. |
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–The Doughathon | ||
The Feedbag[]
| “ | My question is how to navigate free food and drink from workers at chains. For example, I find this happens to me mostly at coffee shops or bars: an acquaintance gives me a coffee or beer or snack for free.
If I'm frequenting such an establishment, how do I make it so I don't expect them to give me free items all the time? |
” |
–Erika from Kalamazoo | ||
Related Episodes[]
| Raising Cane's episodes | Matt Selman episodes |
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