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you could see I've drastically changed the introduction
I did that with my suit jacket and I think that signifies this is the dawning of a new era
this is it what is it that's what it is Papa John's has done the unthinkable
and I think that they have finally through this decision cemented this glorious comestable
at its place as a new SuperFood Papa John's is introducing boneless wings to their menu
that's right Papa John's they have done it they took the leap and they now are proud to present
boneless wings as either a side or of an appetizer that anyone can get and they have a bunch of new
flavors of these boneless wings on their menu yeah I know I kind of hyped these sorts of things up
but I mean I do like boneless wings I even made a video about boneless wings earlier in the year
uh defending them people can call them whatever they want to call them but I do like my boneless
wings and uh I'm not going to uh hesitate to say that yeah I do I'm a boneless wing fan
so Papa John's they said okay we originally they had these things on their menu that I think they
called like uh chicken poppers and they said all right we're gonna get rid of those I guess
they weren't selling well Etc and we're going to replace them with these new boneless wings
so that's exactly what they did they said you can get these boneless wings in a 10 15 or 30
piece and you can get them in a variety of flavors you can get them in Buffalo flavor
hot lemon pepper barbecue honey Chipotle or you could get them unsauced I decided to get them
standard Buffalo flavor I think when you think of Wings boneless or otherwise I think you always
think of them as being the Buffalo variety first and foremost so may as well just go through a
classic and obviously if those are good probably the rest will be you know because if they can't
get that right I mean this is one of the basics that's really saying something but again you could
get them in those five varieties and you can get them again as the 10 15 or 30 piece admittedly I'm
a bit surprised at the price because they're not as overpriced as I figured they would be because
you have so many items these days that you know the price just seems to be extraordinarily High
whereas a 10 piece of these is available at the price of 8.50 the 15 piece is available
for eleven dollars and the 30 piece is available with the price of twenty one dollars now granted
you could reasonably ask the question then why are they so cheap because it's like at
this point you are used to seeing the 10 piece being you know fifteen dollars so when it's
just eight you could just ask well is it because the quality is inferior or are they just trying
to offer a reasonable price this day and age and I guess we'll find out take a sip of water
so again standard boneless wings today's review is just going to
be a quick assessment of them I just want to try them out see how they taste see if
they're any good or not and then just take things from there they came in
the plastic feeding trough
you could get them also with ranch sauce for the dipping which is in there
that's like a hot tub except it's not
and that's what it looks like from the outside what does that say Papa John's and at first when
you see the outside like that you may reasonably ask the question you know is everything all right
in there because it almost looks like the scene of a horrid catastrophe but I'm pleased to report
that they have these little holes there for air so they can still breathe
and then the looks may be deceiving because when you open it up though there
they are and everything indeed is still totally fine that's what they look like
I don't know how well the camera is picking it up at least in the viewfinder that it looks like it
is yes they do look that vibrantly orange uh very very bright potent orange uh Hue
there too they're kind of stacked on top of each other could see some of the seasoning there on
I have to admit though
let's get it in Focus there we go
I have to admit I like my boneless wings you know and I mean that sincerely I do
these they don't have an appealing scent to them I just have to be upfront about that
they just don't they don't smell good that's that's just the only way to really put it
I don't know you know to say they might be good they might just not have the most Pleasant uh
scent to them but there's just something off about the scent That's All That I Can Say I've had items
like this before where the scent can be a little off-putting and then of course you try them out
and it's totally different and it tastes fine but uh that's just something that I did want to throw
out there the other thing that I noticed just by looking at these and now what I will do is uh
I will skewer one like this the appearance of them also resembles and again I don't know I'm judging
a book by its cover I sure am the appearance kind of resembles like those um microwavable
chicken nuggets and things like it reminds me of those those sorts of I don't know
it's just like the lack of crisp on the outside if that makes any sense
reminds me of that I'm not saying that's how it is
I'm just trying to put some of the pieces together and uh and that's just what I'm
observing where it's like yeah they're not as expensive as you'd usually think which isn't a
bad thing but then you have to ask the question why they have an off-putting scent to them and
the appearance yeah they do look a little on the cheaper side but again Mia was I judging
a book by its cover I sure was and just because I'm saying these things doesn't mean that this
isn't going to be a good item or not I'm gonna try it out and then let's find out so despite these
observations let's see if they're any good or not the new boneless wings from Papa John's going in
try that out in a moment
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good news and there were some ominous signs going into this right being that
again obviously the scent wasn't the most appealing and the appearance was a little
iffy and the price was Raising some questions I am happy to say though that
the way they taste totally fine I wouldn't necessarily say that these are anywhere close
to being the best boneless wings that I've ever had because they most certainly aren't
they're very generic I would say if anything the kind of trending toward the lower end of the
spectrum but are they bad right are they anything nearly near as bad let's say some of the initial
signs that perhaps portrayed them to be no they aren't and that's good so as I bite into them
very very generic tasting is the best way to describe it it's like yeah it's
very obviously chicken is the chicken the most flavorful in the world I can't say that it is
as a matter of fact if I were to get these as the unsauced variety I don't think I would really
have a ton of good things to say mostly because there wouldn't really be anything to say at all
as I'm biting into this there's not much moisture in the chicken itself there's not much flavor in
the chicken itself and despite the appearance of some of the seasoning that you can clearly
see on the outside of the boneless wings can you taste any of that I can't say I do
so the chicken itself is not of relatively high quality that's not to say that it is of abysmally
low quality either so it's not like you know I'm biting into this and it's all rubbery and
disgusting and inedible or anything like that because it's not it's not like I'm you know
biting into it and it's all discolored and you know it tastes off or anything like that it's
just does it really taste like all that much no it doesn't and I guess going with the theme
if you've ever had like those sorts of microwavable chicken nuggets before you
know that those are totally edible right you know or even if you heat them up in a toaster oven or
whatever like the frozen ones if you get in a big bag you know those are still totally edible are
they going to be Gourmet no of course not are they going to be of necessarily restaurant quality no
but do they often suffice yeah generally they get the job done these mirror those sorts of of
nuggets as far as quality wise is concerned but when you're when you're looking at a
place like Papa John's would you expect at least something slightly higher I would say so at least
my standard would be a little bit higher than that again yeah this is Papa John's this is a fast food
place we're talking about here of course I'm not going to expect gourmet Chicken or anything like
that but again I do wish that the quality of this was a little higher now aside from how lacking
the chicken was the Saving Grace of this was in the sauce the sauce is you're very very standard
uh generic buffalo sauce but again it has is it on the runnier side yeah it is but does it give much
needed moisture to this chicken it sure does it not only provides it with moisture but it gives it
that necessary flavor I.E the spice that is potent enough that it essentially at least salvages it it
takes what would otherwise be really not a very impressive item at all and it makes it acceptable
you know the spice is potent it hits you immediately and then it lingers on a bit
it's like it's not the you know the hottest sauce you've ever had or anything like that it's your
standard buffalo sauce but again you will feel the spice immediately the moment it hits your tongue
and then you'll notice it also in the back of your mouth after a couple minutes like even as I'm
still enunciating here I can install taste that's spicy aftertaste you know it's still there I
took a sip of the water and I know that's not the miracle cure all for these sorts of things but uh
you know it just has a little bit of higher spice and some of these uh fast food places
perhaps would flaunt so that's the best part of this I would say the buffalo sauce but then and
I guess I'm kind of talking to myself here you know as I'm deliberating on what to really make
of this it's like then I ask myself the question well if this is an item that's totally dependent
on this one sauce to make it something that's barely acceptable then is that what you'd consider
to be a good item it's like no I wouldn't so I don't want to sit here and just sing
Praises for something that doesn't really deserve them it's like is it good that this item is again
barely acceptable because of the sauce sure I'm glad that this wasn't disgustingly bad or anything
but I wish it could have been better I wish it were one of those things where the chicken were
flavorful enough that it wasn't reliant on the sauce to just barely drag it across the finish
line and make this into something that I don't hate you know so it could definitely be way better
that's something to be aware of real quick I'll try it with a bite of the ranch see how that is
there was a cross section if you were interested
the ranch is all right it's I will say though that it's actually the sauce is so potent the ranch
just gets lost in there so you're not even really able to notice much of the ranch so it's like
sure it's uh it's there but it's nowhere near as noticeable potent and it doesn't
really have any sort of effect on it either because again yeah this sauce is strong
so taking all this into account they're affordable
they're barely all right I guess for what they are the sauce is the only Saving Grace about this item
so factoring that in I am a bit disappointed by no means the worst in the world but I wish
that they could have I really wish that they could have been a bit better I like
my boneless wings I am a fan of them and these are a bit on the disappointing side
when again they need all this just to make them barely acceptable so if you get these
it'll be like one of those things where it's like yeah yeah it's all right you know
yeah all right I'm fine with that it's it's like you'll probably be complacent with it
but I don't think you're going to have a reaction toward these where you'll be thinking to yourself
oh these are delicious I can't wait to have them again etc etc so therefore out of ten
what am I going to give the new boneless wings from Papa John's I'm just gonna have to give
these a 5.5 out of 10. barely acceptable but I would have liked to see a bit better from them
just something to be aware of yeah I wouldn't go out of your way to get this this is my opinion
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