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Linux23

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Yeah wtf happened to McD's fries? They have no taste. Wendy's fries got better but you gotta eat them before they get cold or they taste like cardboard.

Edit: white castle rocks after a good night of drinking
 

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The weird thing for me about McDonald's is that I really feel like the double cheeseburger tastes much better than the quarter pounder or Big Mac.

I'm just the opposite. The quarterpounder is the only thing they have that seems somewhat decent. Maybe that's because I only got them when McD's used to do the weather promotion where the Quarter Pounder was the cost of the previous days high temp.

Loved going there when it was like 3 degree high temps. $.03 Quarter pounders.

 

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Yeah wtf happened to McD's fries? They have no taste. Wendy's fries got better but you gotta eat them before they get cold or they taste like cardboard.

Edit: white castle rocks after a good night of drinking

No sir. If I need a gut bomb after drinking I'm hitting Steak 'N Shake or Denny's for a Grand Slamwich.

Which by the way...if you have never had a Grand Slamwich...you need to try one. It's the gift of the hangover gods.
 
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Linux23

Lifer
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The weird thing for me about McDonald's is that I really feel like the double cheeseburger tastes much better than the quarter pounder or Big Mac.
I'll get a McDouble without pickles and Mac sauce. It's actually really delicious and costs a lot less than a quarter pounder or bigmac.
 

Linux23

Lifer
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No sir. If I need a gut bomb after drinking I'm hitting Steak 'N Shake or Denny's for a Grand Slamwich.

Which by the way...if you have never had a Grand Slamwich...you need to try one. It's the gift of the hangover gods.
Unfortunately I swore I would never eat at Denny's ever again after having the worst experience in three states. New Jersey, Virginia and Florida. They couldn't pay me to eat there.
 

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Unfortunately I swore I would never eat at Denny's ever again after having the worst experience in three states. New Jersey, Virginia and Florida. They couldn't pay me to eat there.

LOL. Yeah I can say my last experience with a Denny's waitress was less than ideal. Of course it was 2:00AM and we had all been drinking. I can imagine working the overnight shift with a bunch of drunk assholes being your primary clientele would get a bit grating after a while.
 
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nakedfrog

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I'm just the opposite. The quarterpounder is the only thing they have that seems somewhat decent. Maybe that's because I only got them when McD's used to do the weather promotion where the Quarter Pounder was the cost of the previous days high temp.

Loved going there when it was like 3 degree high temps. $.03 Quarter pounders.

Wonder what they did during the polar vortex when it might not get over zero!
I'll get a McDouble without pickles and Mac sauce. It's actually really delicious and costs a lot less than a quarter pounder or bigmac.
I have to have the other slice of cheese or the flavor balance is all wrong.
 

OutHouse

Lifer
Jun 5, 2000
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Bojangle's fried chicken:

Better than everything.

review over.

been to one of those when on a business trip to Charlotte. Dude there was so much grease swirling around in the bottom of the paper box that I could not eat the chicken. so disgusting.

now Popeyes,,,, thats some fine fried chicken.
 

Ns1

No Lifer
Jun 17, 2001
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Yeah wtf happened to McD's fries? They have no taste. Wendy's fries got better but you gotta eat them before they get cold or they taste like cardboard.

they are no longer salted as much as IIRC they used to be fried in some other fat (beef tallow?)

McD fries these days = order well done and salt them yourself.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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been to one of those when on a business trip to Charlotte. Dude there was so much grease swirling around in the bottom of the paper box that I could not eat the chicken. so disgusting.

now Popeyes,,,, thats some fine fried chicken.

this is what happens when people come from non-fried chicken eating lands.

apparently, dried-out rocks like popeyes = quality?
 
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zinfamous

No Lifer
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they are no longer salted as much as IIRC they used to be fried in some other fat (beef tallow?)

McD fries these days = order well done and salt them yourself.

yeah, they were fried with some percentage of beef fat. Few years ago, the uh, non beef-eating consumers got rather pissed about this and McD's decided it would be better to change their recipe than just put up a sign.

(makes sense--increase your potential market)

I never noticed because I haven't eaten there in ~20 years. I've always thought better fries could be had at any number of places.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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yeah, like Belgium. mmmm mayo.

{BARF}

You know I hate you right now?

lol--when I was living in Italy c. 2001, we had these 2 frenchmen visiting us and who had driven from, well, wherever they were living in France. The primary roady snack they brought with them was a bag of potato chips and a toothpaste tube of some shrimp-flavored mayo.... D:
 
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MongGrel

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yeah, like Belgium. mmmm mayo.


Got me, seems I read somewhere a lot of places in Belgium make their Mayo from scratch, it's not duping Miracle Whip on em. Never eaten potato salad? But is not something I do in general. Even put it on a burger now and then, depending on what type of burger I'm making.

I had a friend of mine had an old school straight from Germany girlfriend in the 80's made some awesome food and she made burgers that way at cookouts. Were fantastic.

I still try to duplicate those now and then. She caused me to like onion rolls for burgers also.

Anyways, back on track was just responding to the Mayo thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VIJ7UxfjYo

:biggrin:
 
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nakedfrog

No Lifer
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yeah, they were fried with some percentage of beef fat. Few years ago, the uh, non beef-eating consumers got rather pissed about this and McD's decided it would be better to change their recipe than just put up a sign.

(makes sense--increase your potential market)

I never noticed because I haven't eaten there in ~20 years. I've always thought better fries could be had at any number of places.
They stopped using beef tallow in the early 90s, IIRC.
 

ponyo

Lifer
Feb 14, 2002
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Give me ketchup with my fries. I like to mix ketchup, mayo, and hot sauce together for my fries. You can keep your plain mayo.
 

Xstatic1

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Like:
Chick-Fil-A
In-N-Out
Firehouse Subs


Occasionally want:
Chipotle
Carl's Jr
El Pollo Loco
Papa John's
Popeye's


Acceptable:
Taco Cabana
Panda Express
Panera Bread


Generally avoid:
McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Domino's, KFC
 
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