that's because several decades ago they changed the recipe on the meat. i love wendy's, it's one of the few fast food joints that you can work at and still not be turned off on how they make their food, except for the chili. when you overcook a burger, or accidentally cook too much and it just sits there for hours while you wait for a customer, instead of throwing away the old, charred meat you throw it in a drawer where it just sits all day. at the end of the day, or rather, whenever they feel like doing it, they take that drawer and chop up the meat and throw it into the chili, which gives it this greasy, old taste to it.
that chili was legit. what they serve today is a pale remnant of what it used to be.
i started going to Wendy's back in the 70s and would love the chilli. i think they changed it in the late 90s? around the time they stpped serving it in that big bowl and only gave it to you in a cup. i had heard that story about the old burgers being recycled into the chilli, if that was the case i never noticed. tasted good to me. now its barely meat anymore. mostly beans now. i had also heard they used bloodworms in Mcdonalds chop meat.that's because several decades ago they changed the recipe on the meat. i love wendy's, it's one of the few fast food joints that you can work at and still not be turned off on how they make their food, except for the chili. when you overcook a burger, or accidentally cook too much and it just sits there for hours while you wait for a customer, instead of throwing away the old, charred meat you throw it in a drawer where it just sits all day. at the end of the day, or rather, whenever they feel like doing it, they take that drawer and chop up the meat and throw it into the chili, which gives it this greasy, old taste to it.
i worked at wendy's for a few years back in highschool 20 some years ago and to this day i'll eat anything at wendy's minus the chili.