The Burger King Original Chicken Sandwich is terrible

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Joe Johnson

It seems like "value meals" have crept up at fast food joints to the point that they are almost as expensive as a low-level restaurant. There's a mexican place right by my work with a 6 dollar buffet! It makes it hard to want to eat anywhere else at that price. (as far as fast food goes)
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

I can get a better hamburger, coke and fries at a bar&grill here, for a lower price than a McD's value meal. And you get to chat up a cute waitress instead of some surly dude with acne.
 
Cajungal

Cajungal

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I'm actually sitting across from a great little burger joint that eliminates the need for fast food chains. Great burgers, just no fries. But I don't need fries if there are Zapp's chips and bottled Cokes. :D
 
Mathias

Mathias

makare said:
I usually only eat at fast food places when I'm driving to and from my home. Crappy food makes a 4 hour trip easier.

My sister worked at McDonald's for years and so I got sick of it. So sick of it I couldn't even watch the commercials without feeling bleck. But when I came to school the closes eatery to the law school is McD's so we run over there sometimes. I am a slave to chicken McNuggets. I can't resist.

I don't really care for Burger King, last time I got a meal deal at Hardees (it's called something else in other places I think) it was 9 goddamn dollars so they can eat ME, I loathe Arby's, and I don't eat at Wendy's. The only two fast food places I eat at on a regular basis are Dairy Queen and Taco John's. My general feeling about fast food at this point in my life is the only time I really go out to eat at all is with my friends and if we are going to spend our little money on food I want to be sitting in a place that is comfortable and nice. With Waiters.
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I LOVE Dairy Queen. If Dairy Queen was personified somehow, I'd fuck it.
 
Shakey

Shakey

DQ gives me the runs. It's the only fast food place within 30 miles though, so I still go there if I don't have time to pack a lunch. It's either that or microwaved gas station burgers.
 
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makare

I love DQ's ice cream and their chicken strip baskets.

Now that they have merged with Orange Julius a trip to DQ is borderline orgasmic.
 
Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

My love for the Double Down has been well expounded-upon, so I need not go into THAT here...

I, too have noticed a decline in quality at Burger King, which depresses me... we never went to McDonalds's, because my parents said that they donated funds to the IRA, or somesuch. Whether true or not, I've always carried that concept in my head.

However, for fast food burgers, my all-time favorite is In-N-Out burger, only available in the west... The closest eastern equivalent would be 5 Guys Burgers and Fries, of which we have one in Savannah, and they're pretty damned good. Problem is, they're outside my precinct, so I can't go there to eat... *whimpers*
 
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Mathias said:
I LOVE Dairy Queen. If Dairy Queen was personified somehow, I'd fuck it.
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I agree so much I am quoting and 'like'ing it.
I also add that I will do the above while holding a blizzard in each hand and burrowing my face in a sundae somehow mounted on his/her chest.
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

We have Sonic for decent fast food, but their portions have dropped and the price has rocketed. 10 years ago the chicken sandwich was an actual, grilled chicken breast. Now, while it is still recognizable chicken it is only a quarter of an inch thick.
 
Kovac

Kovac

I find Burger King to be the worst of the fast food places. The service is rubbish and so is the food.

I suspect that they allow their buns to go stale before selling them.
 
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makare

Except one burger king in Sioux Falls. Two of my friends and I stopped there on our way to a class trip. It was weirdly commercial like.

The people working there were very friendly and smiling. It was like they really loved their jobs. When this man gave us our food he said "have a whopper of a good day!" It was odd. But I have to say the service was fantastic.
 
Shakey

Shakey

I love when people are way too happy to be doing their jobs. I recently went to a gas station, and paid in cash. The guy took the bill and flipped it behind his back and managed to get it to land in the register. Stuff like that makes my day.
 
Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

I like Chik Fil A but I only have really gone there when a group of people already wanted to, since I don't like the idea of any of my money going to Focus on the Family or similar groups. I know to some extent all corporations support horrible things, but Chik Fil A is damn proud of their fundamentalist Christian shit.

In Texas/some of the Southeast, Whataburger is pretty decent.
 
Krisken

Krisken

My typical 'fast food' places tend to not be all that fast. Noodles and Company, the local sub shop, and on rare occasions Q Doba. If I want a burger, I'd rather get it from a pub or a custard place.
 
Dave

Dave

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I eat fast food. A lot. WAY more than I should. But when there's no place to eat at your work and you are in an office, it's hard to eat well. Plus there's no place to just sit and eat without having to leave my building anyway.

I can actually eat almost anything from anywhere. But since I've gotten this job my pants have started getting tighter and tighter.

Starting Monday I will be working with a guy at my job who recently lost 50+ pounds. He's going to be my weight loss sponsor.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Dave, how much do you spend on that crap?

We have a place to eat at my job. Numerous people order out every day, spending about $8-$10 every day. I bring my lunch: it costs me $10 a week. Think about how much that difference adds up week by week.
 
Dave

Dave

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The problem is, we don't (haven't) had a lot of food at home. And since both kids were home I wasn't taking food. I know it's counter-intuitive do do it that way, but I mooched and scrounged at work to eat.

Since we went grocery shopping last week we have a lot of food that I'll be able to box up & take with me.
 
Mathias

Mathias

Dave said:
The problem is, we don't (haven't) had a lot of food at home. And since both kids were home I wasn't taking food. I know it's counter-intuitive do do it that way, but I mooched and scrounged at work to eat.

Since we went grocery shopping last week we have a lot of food that I'll be able to box up & take with me.
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Dave,

Do what my wife does. She buys like 10 bucks worth of coldcuts, cheese, and bread. I make five sammiches on Sunday night. Easy grab and go everyday of the week. My lunch is often a sammich, hard sourdough prezels, pudding, and an apple. I also grab two granola bars for in between to keep the metabolism going. All my lunch shit is stuff I can grab and cram into a plastic bag in the morning. Once a week or so I'll grab breakfast at McDonalds or Dunkin Donuts, but the other days I make some oatmeal. Oatmeal is friggin amazing. It will keep you full well into lunch time. Oatmeal is probably the best breakfast food on the planet.
 
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makare

I can't eat oatmeal. It makes me sick and always has. Even the smell of it blech.

And that pisses me off because it is really the cheapest best breakfast food. If I could eat oatmeal it would cut my grocery bill in half because I could eat it for dinner sometimes too. Damn .

When I work at places I have to bring my own lunch I have a lot of trouble. I don't like sandwiches much. I mean I will eat them sometimes but I get sick of them really fast. For a while I was packing a sandwich and it would end up getting thrown away because I would rather just not eat than eat that. Usually I bring raw vegetables like peppers and radishes. I love those things but they are not very filling. Soup is also a good lunch but it is a pain to heat and take with you.

Right now at school I am eating a lot of hummus and crackers. I love hummus. Mmmm. Hummus for lunch and then cottage cheese and soup for dinner. College blows.
 
figmentPez

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The Lovely Boehner said:
I need to try oatmeal. I've never had it before.
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Then, make sure you're aware that there is a huge difference in flavor and texture between the various ways oats can be processed. In my opinion, steel cut oats are the best, but I can understand people that prefer rolled oats or ground oats. Instant oatmeal is an abomination and should be avoided at all costs, it's flavor is bland (which is why it usually has tons of sugar and artificial flavor added) and it's texture is blech.

Personally I like my oatmeal with just a little maple syrup, though some milk can be nice as well. My dad has oatmeal almost every morning. He makes up a huge batch on the weekends, and stores it in the fridge for a quick breakfast on weekdays. The texture isn't exactly the same (it comes out a little drier and more firm) but it's still really tasty.
 
Cajungal

Cajungal

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Mmmmm, oatmeal. Steel cut oats are the best! I like to add fruit and crushed almonds. Talk about keep you full for half a day...
 
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