Burger King TAXI to victory lasted two weeks

[CmdrSlack]

We have a place here that does 5-way chili, but that's chili with beans, onions, cheese, and something else on pasta. 

I dig the chili + pasta combo, it's quite the awesome.

Also, I add cold coffee to my chili to kinda create that smoky/mole kinda taste.  Cocoa power almost sounds worth trying.

[Chimpy]

Is this turning into a chili taxi to victory thread now?

Then can we do BBQ taxi to victory after that?

[hal]

/food rant on
I am not a native of Cleveland
This is my food rant
1) French Fries. In Cleveland potatoes are cut into french fry demented then dipped into to cold  grease and cooked for to short of a time. Raw greasy slimy potatoes. The only decent potatoes are at McDonald's.
 
PASTA. These people cook pasta like a German would cook noodles. I have went to the Fancy MEDERTRAINEN RESTRAUNT DOWN TOWN AND ORDERED A PLATE OF SPEGGITI FOR $30. AND THEY OVER COOKED THE PASTA. They do not know any better.

[schild]

Cleveland is hell. Really, you should know better.

[Strazos]

I've never seen any of these crazy places in NJ. You guys are spoiled.

[Chimpy]

Cleveland is hell. Really, you should know better.

They don't call it "The Mistake By the Lake" for no reason :D

[hal]

There is a little Italy here where you can get pasta done well, but its a small place. It is a strange city. Jewels exist here and there in a morass of mederactosory.

[schild]

mederactosory

Now that's a $10 word. Can you break a 50?

[Xerapis]

Dictionary says that word ain't worth a dime.

Also, a restaurant on the base here in Seoul claimed to have a Carolina BBQ sandwich.  I got desperate enough to try it.

I am still legally allowed to kill them for trying to call it Carolina BBQ, right?

[Yegolev]

OK, here's my thing.  I actually don't like fries most of the time.  I make an exception for McDonald's, but their food is generally blah so I don't eat there often.  What I do in most places is just order two burgers.  If it's McDonalds, I order two quarter-pounders; at BK I will order two Whoppers.  Once I ordered two Whoppers and a fish sandwich, and I was kinda groaning that afternoon since I had to push a bunch of racked servers around a warehouse.

Crystal (the southern White Castle), I think they have fries but I don't give a shit.  I just get 12 Crystals to go.  Someone in the office saw me eating this dozen-sack and calculated that it was around 2000 calories.  In my defense, I waited 30-45 minutes to eat the last three.

Taco Bell is in its own arena.  I used to work there, which would normally mean I don't eat there anymore, but I'm addicted to Taco Bell.  I know the meat isn't real.  I know how things are made.  I now work for their mortal enemy.  Don't care.  I love me some Taco Bell.

Is anyone else fascinated by the combination fast-food places like me?  There's a Taco Bell Pizza Hut in my town.  Couple weeks ago I ate from a Taco Bell Captain D's.  Before I moved, we had a Taco Bell KFC.

[schild]

There's a prototype Arby's in Short Pump in the West End of Richmond, VA. It's at Broad Street and... Short Pump I think. Heh. Anyway, it's like the Jaguar F-Type prototype. It shouldn't exist. It has plasma screens, a one-off burrito place inside called Barbacoa and plasma screens. They serve wine and bring your food to your table. It's like Arby's won the fast food war and Richmond was the setting for Demolition Man.

[Calantus]

I live in a town which, while not huge, is kind of a border town for the district so while there's not too many people living here it gets a lot of traffic. I guess the fast food joints slowly figured this out because they're staggered all over the place. As long as I can remember we've had a Pizza Hut and KFC, but both of these were on different blocks in the main/market street. Then McDonalds came in further down the road about 10 minutes away, obviously to better catch the traffic moving through town rather than the intown traffic. Red Rooster (roast chicken joint, do you guys get them?) opened up opposite the Pizza Hut. Hungry Jacks openned up next to the McDonalds. Finally Subway openned up a location across from the KFC a year or so ago. Actually none of the fast food places are in one of those fast food blocks because even the McD and HJs are seperated by a car dealership (and an annoyingly long road filled with speed humps, bastards).

I bet there's a correlation between how planned the building/expansion of a town happens to be and how dense the fast food restaurants are. Our expansion just happened, but the less organic towns you always see 3-5 fast food joints all together and often with a petrol station as well.

[schild]

Well.

You see that in the middle of NOWHERE in America. Not because of expansion, but because blazed college kids need to stock up for the next 200 mile leg on their way to Burning Man to hear bands they'll never hear of that should never have been given instruments.

[WindupAtheist]

I'd rather get a $5 pizza from Little Caesars than a burger and fries from any fast food joint.  I'll still be eating that fucker the next day.

[Teleku]

I lived off the $5 pizza from Little Caesars for good hunk of my college career, when ever money was low.

[Tannhauser]

When I was going to college I had cereal for breakfast, Taco Bell for lunch ($1.27 meal) and worked at Domino's where I finished up my eating that day.

Ah, the good (?) ole days.

[Endie]

Was Wimpy's just a UK thing?  We still have a couple of Wimpy's (they're burger bars) in the UK, usually as concessions in bowling alleys.  They are truly awful.  I don't eat McD's, but I am well aware that, while confronted with the task of forcing down a Wimpy burger, a Big Mac seems an unattainable delicacy on a par with ambrosia itself.

[Merusk]

There is a little Italy here where you can get pasta done well, but its a small place. It is a strange city. Jewels exist here and there in a morass of mederactosory.

Having lived both places, Cincinnati is worse.  There aren't any 'jewels' here at all. In fact, the lone 5-star restaurant closed its doors recently, and won't be opening again.   

Also, I blame the spaghetti you describe on the large Eastern European population in the city.   Were the fries you were describing from Mr. Hero?

[Oban]

I hate you all.

Things I miss the most in Korea:  Taco Bell, Long John Silvers, and the Arby's Beef and Cheddar with Cheddar Curly Fries and a Jamocha Shake.

~sigh~

And the funny thing is, I've met plenty of Koreans who LOVE Taco Bell.  The run-for-the-border fuckers need to expand to SE Asia already.

If you are Mil, head to Kunsan AB or Osan AB.  They both have Taco Bells.

[naum]

Freddy's Steakburger

Don't know where this chain started, but they got one down the street from me and inspired by this thread, last evening, I wolfed down a double steakburger minus the mustard - they come with onions & pickles too… …needle thin french fries and according to the retro flyers posted all over the joint, world famous custard… …not too bad, better than McDonalds or Jack in the Crack or other fast food joints, but still a bit heavy on the greasy side…

And Wendys if run by competent and conscientious staff, can serve up decent burgers, though I have to vote down on the fries… …trouble is, as with all these quick chow distribution installations is that they are staffed by crackheads, meth additcts, illiterates, or just plain morons. Except for In&Out, which seems to be manned with pasty pimpled preppy peppy teenies. And the adverstised starting pay there posted was like $10 per hour, but I don't know what the going rate is for fast food labor these days — but their work force looks diametrically different than the competition…

Though I never noticed they printed bible verses on the cup and burger wrappers, according to a workmate, it's a crazy Mormon deal, but I couldn't find any evidence that the owners were Mormons, being started in L.A., and not even having a spot in Utah until recently…

And from Wikipedia, the entire Secret menu…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-N-Out_Burger

X by Y
    X meat patties and Y slices of cheese (for example, a 3 by 3 or a 2 by 4)
Triple Meat
    Three meat patties without cheese.
Animal Style
    A mustard cooked beef patty served on a bun with pickles, lettuce, tomatoes, extra spread and grilled onions.
Animal Style Fries
    Fries with cheese, spread, and grilled onions.
Double Meat
    Two meat patties without cheese.
Extra Everything
    Adds extra spread, tomato, lettuce, and onions (regular or grilled).
Flying Dutchman
    Two meat patties, two slices of melted cheese and nothing else.
Fries "Light"
    Almost raw fries that are cooked for less time.
Fries "Well"
    Fries that are cooked longer to be extra crisp.
Fries with cheese
    Fries with two slices of melted cheese placed on top.
Grilled Cheese
    Two slices of melted cheese, tomato, lettuce and spread on a bun, with no meat. There is also a Grilled Cheese Animal Style (grilled onions are added).
Neopolitan Shake
    All three shake flavors (strawberry, vanilla and chocolate) combined in one shake.
Protein Style
    Instead of a bun, the burger is wrapped in lettuce. In addition to burgers, a protein style Grilled Cheese is available.
Veggie Burger
    A burger without the meat and cheese.

More than anyone cares to know about In-n-Out, I know…

[Johny Cee]

There's a prototype Arby's in Short Pump in the West End of Richmond, VA. It's at Broad Street and... Short Pump I think. Heh. Anyway, it's like the Jaguar F-Type prototype. It shouldn't exist. It has plasma screens, a one-off burrito place inside called Barbacoa and plasma screens. They serve wine and bring your food to your table. It's like Arby's won the fast food war and Richmond was the setting for Demolition Man.

I  Schild

[Modern Angel]

Richmond seems like the setting for Demolition Man for so, so many reasons.

[CmdrSlack]

world famous custard

If it ain't Culvers, it's likely crap custard.

[Bunk]

Well, now that this thread is about something important, I'll jump in.

Arby's sells puke on a bun.
McD's has two worthwhile things - Flurrys are 1/2 the price of Blizzards, and fresh McDonalds fries are still the best out there.
The Golden Arches are an eyesore
KFC tastes great, but I can feel the grease throughout my intestines for days
Wendy's - burgers are meh, fries suck, but I can get a baked potato and thier chicken strips are quite good
Burger King - good onion rings, acceptable burgers

Favorite Burger of all time: A&W Double Teen

What most of you are missing out on: The White Spot Triple O Burger

[Murgos]

People keep talking about BK's onion rings.  Really, they are mediocre at best.

Checkers double double is much better than most people give credit for and are often 2 for $2.  But I'll eat a Wendy's double if there are no Checkers around, which there aren't in Boston.

Popeye's is the king of fried chicken as far as I'm concerned, plus their biscuits are better and the red beans and rice is the best side available at any fast food joint.  Oddly enough there is a Popeye's in Boston (near Fenway, in Kenmore Sq) which is a surprise to me because Popeye's has always been a southern thing to me.

[Hoax]

Yeah red beans and rice and Gamestop (only true local ccg/wargame shoppe) are really the only reasons to ever be caught on Divisdero (big street in SF)...

Well that and one of the better pot clubs and some pretty neat bars.

[Yegolev]

I do love Popeye's, however my anus does not.  This is odd considering I occasionally eat habanero and KFC has little effect on me.

I liked Richmond however I admit I have only been there maybe three times.  I stayed in the Jefferson and ate at the Greywolf Grill, which is the best mongolian bbq place I have set foot in.

Chik-fil-a has been run by competent staff every time I have been in one.  They don't print Bible verses on their paper goods, but they are closed on Sunday.

[Baldrake]

I'm guessing none of you have seen Fast Food Nation.

I particularly liked the slaughterhouse scene at the end. It was amazing how quickly that machine can rip the skin off a cow. Some ingenuity went into that.

[Endie]

I'm guessing none of you have seen Fast Food Nation.

I particularly liked the slaughterhouse scene at the end. It was amazing how quickly that machine can rip the skin off a cow. Some ingenuity went into that.

Fast Food Nation was, in both book and (utterly disappointing rubbish from a talented director) film forms, a fuss about nothing very much.

The idea that McD's, or any other burger joint, is somehow qualitatively worse than any other form of mass food production is nonsense.  Plenty of us have worked in the sector as students or whatever, and I've seen someone urinate into an ice-cream mixing machine while it was running.  I've seen someone simulate sex with a doughnut.  I've seen someone stick half a cucumber down his pants, serve customers in all his simulate glory for a while, then take it out when he got bored and happily sell it.  These were just small food producers that could pass for "gourmet" in the right market.  Of course, I know plenty of tales frmo friends, but they might be exaggerated: those I saw for myself.

Low-paid catering sectors running on tight margins with crappy, repetitive work done by bored, restless people end up with horror stories.  McDonald's and the rest attract cameras, that's the difference.  And non-industrialised meat production would horrify people, too, if they saw it for real.  If you've lived on a farm and seen a pig slaughtered - and pigs are smart, smart beasts, as intelligent as any dog but unlucky enough not to be cute - you know that all meat has its price.

[cmlancas]

I read six pages of burger threads and figured I'd give my two cents about 'em.

Been to San Francisco once for a week. In and Out burgers are where it's at; it's a shame there aren't any in Florida, but the old people here only like Bob Evans and Shoney's anyway.
Arby's has really good reuben sandwiches. Seriously. Absolutely worth the six bucks or whatever it is for their sandwich.
Hardee's burgers are a hell of a lot better ever since they changed their menu. I think someone said they are so greasy you need double napkins, but Christ man, don't you remember their old stuff? It was like shit on a bun.
Sonic is really good too, only because I can get a bacon/egg/cheese toaster sandwich with tater tots at 11:00 PM EST. Fuck yeah.

Order of Fry Favoritism:
1) Checkers. Why the hell hasn't anyone written Checkers on this thread yet? I think the menu is synonymous with Rally's, but good Jesus, their fries are the best things ever. Hot, spicy and greasy. They will probably lead me to a heart attack at 30.
2) Arby's. Curly fries are good, and well seasoned.
3) McDonald's. Classic goodness. Everyone has had these at least once in his/her life. And if you haven't, you just aren't living.
4) Sonic's Fries. Nice and crispy.

By the way, the reason why BK/Wendy's has substitute items for their fries at drive-throughs is because they SUCK. They suck royal amounts of shit out of assholes. We're talking tubgirl shit here. They really are that bad.

[DraconianOne]

pigs are smart, smart beasts, as intelligent as any dog but unlucky enough not to be cute

No.  Pigs are unlucky enough to taste like bacon. 

[cmlancas]

Fast Food Nation was, in both book and (utterly disappointing rubbish from a talented director) film forms, a fuss about nothing very much.

The idea that McD's, or any other burger joint, is somehow qualitatively worse than any other form of mass food production is nonsense.  Plenty of us have worked in the sector as students or whatever, and I've seen someone urinate into an ice-cream mixing machine while it was running.  I've seen someone simulate sex with a doughnut.  I've seen someone stick half a cucumber down his pants, serve customers in all his simulate glory for a while, then take it out when he got bored and happily sell it.  These were just small food producers that could pass for "gourmet" in the right market.  Of course, I know plenty of tales frmo friends, but they might be exaggerated: those I saw for myself.

Low-paid catering sectors running on tight margins with crappy, repetitive work done by bored, restless people end up with horror stories.  McDonald's and the rest attract cameras, that's the difference.  And non-industrialised meat production would horrify people, too, if they saw it for real.  If you've lived on a farm and seen a pig slaughtered - and pigs are smart, smart beasts, as intelligent as any dog but unlucky enough not to be cute - you know that all meat has its price.

The whole premise of Fast Food Nation is stupid. There is a reason there are nutrition labels on things. If you exceed your caloric intake, you will inevitably gain weight. Duh? How the fuck the American public goes, "Oh? Yeah? Wow! McDonalds is at fault for fat kids! makes me want to leave the country.

The whole horror story thing? I am a butcher in college and where I work serves many different minorities. Specifically, ones that aren't supposed to touch either beef or pork. Note that on multiple occasions I have seen people soak their knives in the blood of said unholy animal before presenting food to said minority.

Being a butcher is cool though. Yes, slaughtering animals isn't the glorious part of the job, but it's really good pay for not a lot of work. Plus I work in state-mandated air-conditioning at 55F. I <3 cold.

[Calantus]

It's because they're not carnivores. Name a carnivore that the majority of Westerners eat, I can't think of a single one that isn't a fish. Personally I'm just waiting for the killing of vegitarians to be declared legal before I have one on a bun with a slice of cheese and some onion. I think it could really take off if given the chance.

[cmlancas]

It's because they're not carnivores. Name a carnivore that the majority of Westerners eat, I can't think of a single one that isn't a fish. Personally I'm just waiting for the killing of vegitarians to be declared legal before I have one on a bun with a slice of cheese and some onion. I think it could really take off if given the chance.

Generally most anatomy is the same as far as butchers are concerned. Pork, Beef, Lamb... all look the same when you butcher them. Not sure how a human chuck roast would look like, but I bet I could do an inside/eye/bottom round. They're all the same because generally leg muscles on animals (including humans) have the same makeup.

[Chimpy]

pigs are smart, smart beasts, as intelligent as any dog but unlucky enough not to be cute

No.  Pigs are unlucky enough to taste like bacon.