# Fast Food Cravings **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2019, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168 "2019-03-15T04:10:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168/1 "2019-03-15T04:10:35Z")
We seem to be on a roll with Fast Food opinions and obviously we all agree completely. So, what do you sometimes crave even though you darn well know it isn’t by a long shot the best example of what it is supposed to be… but nothing else will do. For me: Skyline Chili. It is served over a heaping pile of spaghetti, and topped with a mountain of cheese, and doesn’t taste like any other kind of Chili… but sometimes I just must have it. White Castles. They don’t taste like burgers, and they have an effect on me that can clear a room, but a couple of times per year I just have to get several (usually when my wife is out of town). Taco Bell. A couple of crispy tacos. They fall apart when you look at them and they aren’t anything like a “real” taco but again sometimes they are just something you have to have. I have many others but I’ll let some others take a shot. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168/2 "2019-03-15T04:39:23Z")
McDonalds cheeseburgers. Pickles and salty fat on bread. De-fucking-licious. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168/3 "2019-03-15T04:46:45Z")
I love those pretzel sticks at Sonic. So much salt you can feel your blood pressure rising while you eat them. It’s a good thing I live too far from a Sonic to get them too often. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168/4 "2019-03-15T04:49:41Z")
[Buffalo Chicken Pizza](https://www.cicis.com/menu/pizza/buffalo-chicken) at Cici’s. I know it’s crap, but it’s really yummy crap. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168/5 "2019-03-15T05:14:33Z")
Fast food of choice: the classic McD’s Quarter Pounder with Cheese. No veg, no mayo. Just beef, bun, pickle, ketchup, and mustard. With salt and pepper. Bean and cheese burrito, with hot sauce. Beef/beanless chili and cheese burrito. Wendy’s chili, made with the burgers that don’t get served. KFC strips and Zingers. Gyros and schwarmas. Fish and chips with salt, malt vinegar, and/or tartar sauce. Pizza by the slice, either Sicilian or NY-style. Favorite toppings: pepperoni and Canadian bacon, Italian sausage and mushrooms. anchovies and green pepper. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168/6 "2019-03-15T05:49:17Z")
Oh, yeah! Taco Bell! I call it 'Grazh Meal". ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168/7 "2019-03-15T05:49:24Z")
Chicken McNuggets don’t taste much like chicken, but every so often I just have to have them. And another vote for White Castles. I don’t have a White Castle near me, but my local grocery shop sells them in the freezer section…so I regret to admit that I even enjoy microwaved White Castles. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168/8 "2019-03-15T05:53:12Z")
> [@Enola\_Gay](#): > > I don’t have a White Castle near me, but my local grocery shop sells them in the freezer section…so I regret to admit that I even enjoy microwaved White Castles. I just went through three large boxes of them. Brought back all kinds of memories. :o They have to be eaten in combination with orange soda, though. Otherwise the experience is just not the same. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168/9 "2019-03-15T05:55:14Z")
I just have to have me some Long John Silver’s a couple times a year. I also like Mickey D’s Filet-o-Fish occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168/10 "2019-03-15T06:14:38Z")
jack in the box tacos…no one’s version of god knows what they make them out of …but ill eat a dozen or so by myself ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168/11 "2019-03-15T14:16:37Z")
Culver’s Butter Burger w/cheese - just the bun, burger, cheese and salt. Then follow it up with a scoop of their chocolate custard. MMM MMM MMM (Of course, fries are also involved) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168/12 "2019-03-15T14:17:29Z")
Every once in a while I get a craving for a McD’s apple pie dipped in a caramel sundae washed down with coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168/13 "2019-03-15T14:24:58Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Fast food of choice: the classic McD’s Quarter Pounder with Cheese. No veg, no mayo. Just beef, bun, pickle, ketchup, and mustard. With salt and pepper. And onion. Unless you order them without. But I love the onions. My other favorite crave is the McChicken sandwich. The cheapo chicken sandwich made with the preformed “chicken” and black peppery batter. And lettuce and a big dollop of mayo. I also like their sausage biscuits, and they are extraordinarily cheap if you get them without the egg and cheese. And I like the plain version much better. They were .99 for forever but I think they recently went up to $1.50. But cheap, especially since the same sandwich with egg and cheese is $4 or so. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168/14 "2019-03-15T14:57:47Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > And onion. Unless you order them without. But I love the onions. And cheese, of course. I forgot the cheese. :smack: I like to round out my McD’s experience with a side of chicken nuggets and country-style potato wedges, with curry sauce. And maybe a Filet-o-Fish too. Sausage biscuits, mmmmmmmmmmm! :o ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168/15 "2019-03-15T15:08:48Z")
Two Guys burgers and fries. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168/16 "2019-03-15T15:12:04Z")
Arby’s French dip sandwich. Any of their sandwiches, really, but since I tasted the Fd, that’s the only thing I order there. Obviously the meat is it’s own species (possibly literally)and I’m pretty sure the “au jus” is just beef bullion with large quantities of salt added to it. But damn, once I get the thought in my head, I will obsess until I eat one. And then I think, “well this is the most unhealthy, diet blowing thing I could do to myself today, so I might as well have some curly fries too.” And then I have to order the large because as yummy as they are, it seems like half of the serving is those lame, burnt nubs. Luckily I’m munching on some peanuts right now so thought of all the salty goodness isn’t that appealing at the moment. :o ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168/17 "2019-03-15T15:17:06Z")
Taco Bell is very difficult to get hold of in the UK, so it has been years running into decades since the last time. However, a quick trip over the channel will get you to Buffalo Grill, a genuine French Tex-Mex experience. > **[Buffalo Grill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Grill)** > > Buffalo Grill is an American-themed steakhouse chain headquartered in Montrouge, France. Outlets are primarily sited in retail parks and medium-sized city outskirt locations. > Buffalo Grill is France's largest themed restaurant chain (as measured by sales and locations) with 360 locations in 3 countries (France, Switzerland and Spain). The majority of the locations are in France. > Buffalo Grill serves about 31 million meals per year and reached over €557 million of sales in 2017. Buffalo Grill ha... I crave right now (a situation made even worse by recently being ordered off red meat - Damn.) j ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168/18 "2019-03-15T15:17:26Z")
The McD’s Quarter Pounder w/ Cheese, especially since you can always get 2 for 1 by writing in some random 7-digit number on your previous McD’s receipt and telling the cashier you did the survey. ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168/19 "2019-03-15T15:27:18Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > The McD’s Quarter Pounder w/ Cheese, especially since you can always get 2 for 1 by writing in some random 7-digit number on your previous McD’s receipt and telling the cashier you did the survey. Now there’s a worthwhile life hack! Of course, if I did that, I’d just let the receipt sit in my wallet until it expires, like all the rest. But at least it would save me the effort of taking the survey. ---
**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168/20 "2019-03-15T15:33:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Every once in a while I get a craving for a McD’s apple pie Ooh, I haven’t had one of those in over two decades. Did they ever go back to frying them? Not the best participant in this thread, sadly. I like fast food, and eat it regularly. It’s just I quit eating the pies when they changed them. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-cravings/831168.md?page=2)