Some tests of the Popeyes chicken sandwich have been professional and technical. This is not that kind of test.
We planned to buy two sandwiches of each and cut them into fourths so that eight Eater staff members could participate in the tasting. It would be a “blind” test, a.k.a. tasters wouldn’t know which sandwich hailed from which chain. We decided to figure out the other details of testing later. FLAW: LACK OF FORESIGHT.
The sandwiches, after more than 30 minutes of travel time, and another 20 minutes of being prodded and rearranged for photos, were … shall we say, less than fresh. If the photos of these products look even remotely attractive, that’s only because of deft post-processing skills, not because of any inherent beauty left in these sandwiches. Let me just reiterate, they were rapidly cooling and comparatively ugly by the time they were cut into quarters and taken to the testing table.
The frenzied, sweaty minutes in between photographing the sandwiches, cutting them, moving them to the table, and making up and jotting down last-minute judging criteria for our tasters —
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