March 5, 2026 • 4 mins
Froggy shares how Chick-fil-A is bringing back its original fries after customer backlash, plus free cone day at Dairy Queen, Domino’s $9.99 pizza deal, and the top air fryer hacks you need to try.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listen
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:00):
Froggy, Right, Froggy, who's gonna talk about food while we're starving?
Bord help us? All right, Froggy, it is a good
days food news Stursday. What's going on?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Do not let anyone ever tell you that your voice
does not matter, because sometimes you can make change when
it comes to French fries. At least if you remember,
a while back, Chick fil A had changed what they
were doing with their French fries. They had put some
pea starts, that's pea pea starch on their French fries.
It was designed to make them stay crispy longer once
they had placed them into the bag. While a lot
(00:32):
of customers complained and the peace starts change change the texture,
the flavor, They've been pushing for a change back to
the original recipe, and I'm here to report that, effective immediately,
Chick fil A is going back to their original recipe
with their French fries.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Oh thank you, sweet jeesu. That's amazing.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Yep, so they are back to where they were. Chick
fil A currently is also offering an expanded lineup of
sides at select concept locations around the country. So if
you have a Chick fil A concept location around you.
Different things are being tested as silors, sweet potato fries,
sweet potato waffle fries, Classic French fries, fried okra, sweet
(01:10):
potato souflet, crispy Brussels sprouts, sweet potato tots, onion rings,
and corn bread are all being tested on testamon use.
If they get some positive feedback on these items, they
will be added nationwide to Chick fil.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
You know who's being tested right now us while listening
to food Nowds, I know all that stuff looks sounded
so good, except for the okra. I love fried.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Okra, me too. What the hell is an oprah? Allbustree?
And you're from the South and you don't want to know.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
It's a green vegetable that gets moshi when you cook it.
But my mother would roll it in corn that corn
stuff and fry it so good.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Back to you.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Starry Dairy Queen has announce there free Cone Day coming
this year. Their Free Cone Day usually falls on the
first day of Spring, but this year the event will
take place one day earlier, Thursday, March nineteenth. Customers can
visit non mall Dairy Queen locations on March nineteenth for
a free small vanilla cone no purchase necessary. Now, if
you want to go to a mall location, you will
(02:05):
need to make some type of purchase first to redeem
the single use offer. And also, just in time for
Free Cone Day, they are running a sweepstakes you can win.
Starting today through the nineteenth existing and New Rewards members,
you could win a free cone for every day of
the year free cones for a year at Dairy Quinn.
So wore Cone Day is March ninety.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Do you get ice cream in the cone or is
it just the cone?
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Yes, then you'll to give you ice cream. You don't
just walk in and get a stupid cone. You almost
made me curse day. No, that was such a question
that upset me.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
It's a fair, fair question.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
No, it's not ice You're not going to walk in
and give you one of those cake cones or whatever
they're called, her waffle cone and walk out empty hand
because they're not.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
It's dairy Queen. You're gonna give you ice cream day.
Yell you tking on empty hand? You thanks for thanks
for clarifying. Okay.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Domino's is brought back what they call their biggest deal ever,
any size pizza on any crust for just nine ninety
nine from now through April sixth, so all through March madness,
you're watching basketball, whatever you're doing. It's yes, any size pizza,
any crust nine ninety nine. That's a pretty good deal.
I'll by Dominoes if you want that. You ready for
(03:15):
the countdown?
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Sure doesn't involve food, it's us. Oh my god. Top
five air fryer hacks. You ready, yeah? Okay?
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Number five Cooking bacon in the air fire is better,
less mess, and it's much faster bacon at number five.
Number four, much faster way to fix. Frozen dinner rolls
are good in your air fyer.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Really the Parker House roll actually okay.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Instead of putting it in the oven for over an hour,
you could do a baked potato in the air fryer
much faster. How fast for a baked potato, I didn't know.
It's usually like twelve minutes, twelve to fifteen minutes done.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Oh my gosh, I'm don't do that tonight.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
I'm so excited.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Which we're gonna do it right now.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Number two it'll get nice and crispy. Asparagus is good
in your air fryer.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
I've done that so good.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
And Number one hot dogs. You'll be surprised how good
hot dogs are in the air fire. And they're super fast.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Yeah, i'd say everything in the air fire is better. Yeah,
you really need one. I'm telling you. Get the double drawers.
Danielle and I have two. Yeah, company comes, that's right,
like a whole kitchen full of air fryers. Yeah. One
is under the underneath.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
The cabinet because I bought one to try it and
see if i'd like it, and then I liked it
so good I'm like, God, I needed more with two
drawers too, but bigger one.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
So now I have both. There you go. It's Food
News Thursday.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
We
Froggy, Right, Froggy, who's gonna talk about food while we're starving?
Bord help us? All right, Froggy, it is a good
days food news Stursday. What's going on?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Do not let anyone ever tell you that your voice
does not matter, because sometimes you can make change when
it comes to French fries. At least if you remember,
a while back, Chick fil A had changed what they
were doing with their French fries. They had put some
pea starts, that's pea pea starch on their French fries.
It was designed to make them stay crispy longer once
they had placed them into the bag. While a lot
(00:32):
of customers complained and the peace starts change change the texture,
the flavor, They've been pushing for a change back to
the original recipe, and I'm here to report that, effective immediately,
Chick fil A is going back to their original recipe
with their French fries.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Oh thank you, sweet jeesu. That's amazing.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Yep, so they are back to where they were. Chick
fil A currently is also offering an expanded lineup of
sides at select concept locations around the country. So if
you have a Chick fil A concept location around you.
Different things are being tested as silors, sweet potato fries,
sweet potato waffle fries, Classic French fries, fried okra, sweet
(01:10):
potato souflet, crispy Brussels sprouts, sweet potato tots, onion rings,
and corn bread are all being tested on testamon use.
If they get some positive feedback on these items, they
will be added nationwide to Chick fil.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
You know who's being tested right now us while listening
to food Nowds, I know all that stuff looks sounded
so good, except for the okra. I love fried.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Okra, me too. What the hell is an oprah? Allbustree?
And you're from the South and you don't want to know.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
It's a green vegetable that gets moshi when you cook it.
But my mother would roll it in corn that corn
stuff and fry it so good.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Back to you.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Starry Dairy Queen has announce there free Cone Day coming
this year. Their Free Cone Day usually falls on the
first day of Spring, but this year the event will
take place one day earlier, Thursday, March nineteenth. Customers can
visit non mall Dairy Queen locations on March nineteenth for
a free small vanilla cone no purchase necessary. Now, if
you want to go to a mall location, you will
(02:05):
need to make some type of purchase first to redeem
the single use offer. And also, just in time for
Free Cone Day, they are running a sweepstakes you can win.
Starting today through the nineteenth existing and New Rewards members,
you could win a free cone for every day of
the year free cones for a year at Dairy Quinn.
So wore Cone Day is March ninety.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Do you get ice cream in the cone or is
it just the cone?
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Yes, then you'll to give you ice cream. You don't
just walk in and get a stupid cone. You almost
made me curse day. No, that was such a question
that upset me.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
It's a fair, fair question.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
No, it's not ice You're not going to walk in
and give you one of those cake cones or whatever
they're called, her waffle cone and walk out empty hand
because they're not.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
It's dairy Queen. You're gonna give you ice cream day.
Yell you tking on empty hand? You thanks for thanks
for clarifying. Okay.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Domino's is brought back what they call their biggest deal ever,
any size pizza on any crust for just nine ninety
nine from now through April sixth, so all through March madness,
you're watching basketball, whatever you're doing. It's yes, any size pizza,
any crust nine ninety nine. That's a pretty good deal.
I'll by Dominoes if you want that. You ready for
(03:15):
the countdown?
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Sure doesn't involve food, it's us. Oh my god. Top
five air fryer hacks. You ready, yeah? Okay?
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Number five Cooking bacon in the air fire is better,
less mess, and it's much faster bacon at number five.
Number four, much faster way to fix. Frozen dinner rolls
are good in your air fyer.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Really the Parker House roll actually okay.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Instead of putting it in the oven for over an hour,
you could do a baked potato in the air fryer
much faster. How fast for a baked potato, I didn't know.
It's usually like twelve minutes, twelve to fifteen minutes done.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Oh my gosh, I'm don't do that tonight.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
I'm so excited.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Which we're gonna do it right now.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Number two it'll get nice and crispy. Asparagus is good
in your air fryer.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
I've done that so good.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
And Number one hot dogs. You'll be surprised how good
hot dogs are in the air fire. And they're super fast.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Yeah, i'd say everything in the air fire is better. Yeah,
you really need one. I'm telling you. Get the double drawers.
Danielle and I have two. Yeah, company comes, that's right,
like a whole kitchen full of air fryers. Yeah. One
is under the underneath.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
The cabinet because I bought one to try it and
see if i'd like it, and then I liked it
so good I'm like, God, I needed more with two
drawers too, but bigger one.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
So now I have both. There you go. It's Food
News Thursday.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
We
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND News
Popular Podcasts
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
Fudd Around And Find Out
UConn basketball star Azzi Fudd brings her championship swag to iHeart Women’s Sports with Fudd Around and Find Out, a weekly podcast that takes fans along for the ride as Azzi spends her final year of college trying to reclaim the National Championship and prepare to be a first round WNBA draft pick. Ever wonder what it’s like to be a world-class athlete in the public spotlight while still managing schoolwork, friendships and family time? It’s time to Fudd Around and Find Out!