The Fast Food Thread

mkopec · Mar 5, 2014

I like onions too, I just dont want to smell like one every time I open my trap for the rest of the day.

Crone · Mar 5, 2014

Jersey Mikes and Jimmy Johns both are bomb, but I feel good for different reasons.

Jimmy Johns around me are fast as fugg. You are in and out in like 5 minutes, with a great basic sandwich. Love their bread!

Now if I'm feeling like something a little more, Jersey Mikes is great. They have a lot of great subs, and if feeling really hungry, you can get the Giant size, and be good all day!

Love them both for different reasons.

McCheese · Mar 5, 2014

What's worse than grade F meat? I'm pretty sure that's what Panda Express uses in their Kung Pao Chicken.

Joeboo · Mar 5, 2014

McCheese_sl said:
What's worse than grade F meat? I'm pretty sure that's what Panda Express uses in their Kung Pao Chicken.

That whole concept of grades of meat is a false, FYI(at least in the United States)
http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/badmeat.asp

It's naught but lore, though. In the USA meat is not graded on a scale represented by letters, so one would never see crates of meat labeled Grade D (or any other letter grade)...

If a meat producer wishes, he can have his products graded by a USDA grader, who will assign it to one of eight categories: Prime, Choice, Select, Standard, Commercial, Utility, Cutter, and Canner...

This grading process is optional, however, and even meat assigned to the lowest grades is perfectly edible

Undoubtedly the wellspring of this legend is the prevalence of cartons of food products labeled "For Institutional Use Only" commonly found at facilities that prepare large numbers of meals (e.g., restaurants, hospitals, schools, prisons, military bases), a designation which has wrongly been interpreted to mean that the products contained within those cartons are sub-standard. The "For Institutional Use Only" designation has nothing to do with quality, however; it's an indicator that the contents of the carton have been packaged and sold in bulk for institutional use and are therefore exempt from federal labeling requirements which would otherwise apply if those contents were sold individually to household consumers.

tl;dr, Taco Bell beef is no different than the beef used in things such as hotdogs, frozen hamburger patties, sausages of various kinds, etc. Yeah it's not Prime rib, but it's normal, cheap hamburger just like you'd buy at most grocery stores.

I think their reputation as sub-par meat comes from the fact that they do put filler into their taco meat, it isn't 100% pure ground beef. But the ground beef that is in there is perfectly fine, it just contains soy and wheat products too.

Grimmlokk · Mar 5, 2014

Drinsic_sl said:
I feel like I can definitely taste them, but not to the point that it's something I'd crave. Weird habit I have if I find myself stuck with McDonald's is to get a mcdouble with everything and pull the pickles off afterwards. I like the taste left behind, but the texture of semi-soggy pickles on a burger kills it for me.

Pickle juice

Falstaff · Mar 5, 2014

joeboo_sl said:
That whole concept of grades of meat is a false, FYI(at least in the United States)
http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/badmeat.asp

tl;dr, Taco Bell beef is no different than the beef used in things such as hotdogs, frozen hamburger patties, sausages of various kinds, etc. Yeah it's not Prime rib, but it's normal, cheap hamburger just like you'd buy at most grocery stores.

I think their reputation as sub-par meat comes from the fact that they do put filler into their taco meat, it isn't 100% pure ground beef. But the ground beef that is in there is perfectly fine, it just contains soy and wheat products too.

When some friends and I visited a college we saw them shipping boxes of meat into the cafeteria that said "Grade F But Edible" and others that said "For Institutional Use Only".

McCheese · Mar 5, 2014

joeboo_sl said:
That whole concept of grades of meat is a false, FYI(at least in the United States)
http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/badmeat.asp

tl;dr, Taco Bell beef is no different than the beef used in things such as hotdogs, frozen hamburger patties, sausages of various kinds, etc. Yeah it's not Prime rib, but it's normal, cheap hamburger just like you'd buy at most grocery stores.

I think their reputation as sub-par meat comes from the fact that they do put filler into their taco meat, it isn't 100% pure ground beef. But the ground beef that is in there is perfectly fine, it just contains soy and wheat products too.

Yeah, I was mostly joking. What prompted that post is that I've noticed that the Kung Pao Chicken tends to be not so much "meat" as lots of fat and gristle and other bits that I would probably discard if I were cooking chicken breasts at home. I don't plan on ordering it anymore, actually, because it just tastes like I'm chewing congealed blobs of something mushy slathered in a spicy sauce.

Hekotat · Mar 6, 2014

I guess I'll have to give Jersey Mike's a shot. Sandwich places I've tried in order of best to worst.

Firehouse > Schlotzsky's > Quizno's > Jimmy John's > Subway. I'd almost always rather have anything else than the last two, however, the italian at JJ is good if you add banana peppers to it. They don't fucking have them on their menu though so I have to add them at home, so fuck them.

Falstaff · Mar 6, 2014

You don't like the peppers at JJ that they add to sandwiches upon request?

Noodleface · Mar 6, 2014

I have this thing with onions, I can't eat them. Like.. I enjoy the smell and flavor of onions, but I can't wrap my head around eating any. It makes me gag if I bite into a piece of onion on anything.

Bros. What do I do? I'm certain at this point it is solely a mental problem.

Soygen · Mar 6, 2014

I suggest actually eating some raw onion, just by itself. Really chew it and taste it. Then you realize it's not gross and you can stop being a faggot about it.

BrutulTM · Mar 6, 2014

Onions can be tricky because they can vary so much from one to the next and also by how old they are. Red onions can be sweet and mild, but then once in a while you get one that is really hot and strong and I think those are the ones that turn people off.

McCheese · Mar 6, 2014

Noodleface_sl said:
I have this thing with onions, I can't eat them. Like.. I enjoy the smell and flavor of onions, but I can't wrap my head around eating any. It makes me gag if I bite into a piece of onion on anything.

Bros. What do I do? I'm certain at this point it is solely a mental problem.

Aren't you a super taster, or was that someone else? Anyway, I think you're doomed to be a faggot and eat like a picky child for the rest of your life unless you just man the fuck up and eat onions, as the Soygen suggested.

BrutulTM_sl said:
Onions can be tricky because they can vary so much from one to the next and also by how old they are. Red onions can be sweet and mild, but then once in a while you get one that is really hot and strong and I think those are the ones that turn people off.

I ran into one of those super onions last night. I started eating it and it was like, holy shit, it's like acid in my mouth and nasal passages! So I doused it in spicy brown mustard and solved the problem like a real man, instead of gagging and not eating it like a faggot.

Noodleface · Mar 6, 2014

Actually I can eat raw onions in a salad. I can't eat that shit cooked.

I'm a super taster but I think it comes down to texture.

GOD I AM SUCH A FAG

BrutulTM · Mar 6, 2014

I only knew one other person who referred to themselves as a super taster and she is a shitty little spoiled brat of a child woman. I think you are correct about being such a fag.

McCheese · Mar 6, 2014

I think Tarrant is our other resident super taster here on the boards, if I'm remembering correctly. Of course, that only makes it more likely that Noodleface is, indeed, a fag.

In other news, I got the teriyaki chicken at Pandra Express today instead of the rat-meat they pass off as Kung Pao Chicken and I really enjoyed it. It was an actual, grilled chicken breast that I saw them take off the grill and they cut it in front of me and then ladled on the sauce. A+ would recommend.

Noodleface · Mar 6, 2014

Yeah Tarrant is official though.. he got like, tested or something at a college.

I'm just a regular ol' non-test fagmunch

Hekotat · Mar 6, 2014

Noodleface_sl said:
I have this thing with onions, I can't eat them. Like.. I enjoy the smell and flavor of onions, but I can't wrap my head around eating any. It makes me gag if I bite into a piece of onion on anything.

Bros. What do I do? I'm certain at this point it is solely a mental problem.

I have the same issue if the pieces are too large. I swear it changes the texture.

Grimmlokk · Mar 6, 2014

Noodleface_sl said:
Yeah Tarrant is official though.. he got like, tested or something at a college.

I'm just a regular ol' non-test fagmunch

The only thing faggier than being a super taster is being a self-declared super taster. You're like those dipshits that decide they have gluten allergies or Aspergers.

Kirun · Mar 6, 2014

Grimmlokk_sl said:
The only thing faggier than being a super taster is being a self-declared super taster. You're like those dipshits that decide they have gluten allergies or Aspergers.

Grim is right, Noodle. You're throwing yourself in with people like Camerous and Tarrant. Not exactly high-praise. What a total faggot..

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