re: Is there a dish you just can't get right?

Fried chicken. It's not horrific or anything, but it's not where near what you can get at Popeye's, let alone something like Gus's. I gave up. Why flour my whole damn kitchen to cook something that I can pay 10 bucks or less for.

Normally my chicken tastes pretty good, but I can never get that cohesive crust to skin. My crust normally wants to form more of a shell.

I used to always slightly burn the breading, but figured out that was because I was using to big of a chicken and it took to long to cook.