To think KFC is fine for an 11 year old?

KFC to me is probably the dirtiest of takeaways, in the best way (only beaten by the doner kebab). If I'm going to eat calorific food, full of god knows what, I prefer it's honest about that.
I used to work in a Bella Italia when it was Bella pasta, to be fair we made the pizza dough (from a dry packet mix we added water to) and stretched it into round tins and they had this conveyor pizza oven that was fascinating to 18 year old me, the sauce came in prepared but the rest is just cheese, and fresh ingredients mainly. The pasta is basically microwave meals full of sugar though.
The mum shouldn't have said anything.

I’d be inclined to follow this sage advice.

If you have strong opinions about what your child eats, you need to voice these before someone else agrees to take care of them, and if you want them parented in the way you would parent, you need to find a professional and pay them appropriately. It's all very well not "liking" a child having fast food, but I assume she also doesn't "like" leaving her child in a hospital waiting room or home alone for hours with nothing at all to eat, so she needs to manage her expectations.

She’s got a cheek when you were doing her a favour! Even if she was thinking it, she should not have said it. I was quite precious about no fast food when mine were younger but even being one of those people, I think a one-off at 11 is fine - don’t worry about it!

Now I really want a zinger tower box meal with a gravy side

"oh OP, thank you for caring for my child at the last minute and feeding her. You're a star!"

Anything else is rude. You don't look last minute emergency care in the mouth - if your DC is fed and cared for, say thank you.

Great, cooked chicken bones can cause mayhem for dogs.

Op I honestly don't think there's much between a KFC and the pre cooked reheated frozen generic pap that Bella Italia peddle, don't give it another thought. It's some kind of ill informed snobbery that's all.

I don't feed my DC KFC or Bella Italia out of choice, but if they had a chicken burger while with another family who were doing me a favour the only thing I would do is thank them and offer to cover the cost, or take them somewhere next time.

If she was a strictly organic vegan then maybe should have said so, but otherwise she should be counting her blessings you were kind enough to do her a favour. You reap what you sow, and I'm presuming this will be the first and last time you do.

That's happened before. Nobody else seems to notice

This

No wonder she doesn't have any emergency childcare.

I've read this exact post before

How rude! I always send money with mine for an outing because I don't want to take for granted that the other parents will invite my DC. And even worse, she was not happy with where you took her child that you had as a favour! What an unpleasant person! And poor girl to live with a mother so neurotic and orthorexic that she thinks eating at KFC once is a problem. Don't do any more favours for that ungrateful and displeasant mum!!!

A one off isn't going to make a difference. I hope it was worth burning what sounds like her last child care bridge over.

People are outrageously cheeky. Fine to think that internally (even though nutritionally Bella Italia isn’t much better!) but don’t verbalise it to someone who’s done you a fucking favour! I’d not be doing any favours for her again.

Friend wanted her cake (the free childcare support) and to eat it too (dictate what you eat with her). The only appropriate response from her would have been "thank you so much for looking after her and feeding her at short notice. I owe you one!".

We don't eat KFC, but my child has been brought on at least 3 occasions by other Mums to KFC in a playdate scenario. I am mortified at the mere thought of me ever reprimanding another Mother for her choice of eating establishment! The entitlement!

Yes it's fine. I don't like my DC having fast food much either but you can be sure if someone is kind enough to help me out I'd not be specifying anything other than actual allergies. There was no need for her to mention it and you did nothing wrong.

Absolutely this. How rude.

All she should have said is: thank you so much.

I wonder why there was no one else able to look after her child for her

You did her a favour she should have provided her a lunch if she doesn’t like her to eat at particular places.

KfC isn't really food in my opinion (a meal there contains a lot of harmful substances and doesn't provide the nutrition the body needs). I really can understand her blurting this out.

But as a one off it isn't really going to make any difference.

I hope she was just a bit shocked and blurted this out without meaning to be ungrateful.

You haven't done anything bad!! But there are quite a few people who totally avoid these sorts of places because of the animal welfare, business ethics, nutritional harm etc so it's not really a neutral alternative.

Well most have 5* ratings. It's the joy of franchises.

KFC’s good for you. The Colonel lived to 90.

I also heard he used to feed his dog KFC. Apparently it won Best in Breed 14 times at the Kentucky Kennel Club, because of its glossy coat and firm posture. All down to the secret blend of herbs and spices.

Anyway, YANBU. What an ingrate that mother is!

You're quite right, the chicken has bones in and dogs shouldn't be eating chips either.

I'd love to see her shopping trolley! I bet she doesn't just shop in the fresh food aisles and fast food is no different to ultra processed food imo.