Which is exactly why they’re only sold in the NE now. It doesn’t take much time for frozen lobster to get mushy and nasty. Which I found out.
Right? Those things should be awesome but they’re pretty meh. Adding salt should help but then it’s just salt sitting on top of meh.
About 25 years ago McD’s introduced a “veggie burger” to the UK market that turned out to basically be a carrot-and-pea fritter. It was revolting.
Fortunately, veggie burgers in general have greatly improved in quality in the interim.
Domino’s ‘specialty chicken’ which is cubes of chicken breast coated with a few sauces (bbq, ranch, buffalo), with bacon thrown in, of course, and baked. It’s a good idea in theory, but the chicken we ordered was kind of dry and WAY too salty. Almost inedible.
Ooh, another one: Pizza Hut had a special extra-spicy pizza on offer. I like extra spicy food so I thought I’d give it a try.
What it had on it (from what I can remember): pepperoni, spicy sausage, jalapenos, green peppers, onions, hot sauce, yellow mustard.
What it tasted like: yellow mustard, yellow mustard, yellow mustard, yellow mustard, yellow mustard, yellow mustard, yellow mustard, yellow mustard and yellow mustard.
Mustard pizza should not be a thing, ever.
Had to be some abomination from Subway they called the grilled chicken club, or something similar. The “grilled chicken breasts” had a foam rubber like texture I’ve never experienced before. It could not have been actual chicken. Truly vile.
A close second was a Wendy’s triple burger. Never has so much grey meat been piled so high and wide.
It has been years and years since I’ve given up eating fast food of any kind, but those experiences in particular stick out in my mind to this day.
But their commercials are great. I’d see the movie those commercials are a trailer for.
I can’t contribute to this thread, because I never trust any of the gimmick concoctions. It’s like alternative medicine - when it gets accepted, and is no longer “alternative”, I’ll try it.
Emphatically disagree. They aren’t close to McDonalds Fries since they aren’t even fried, but they taste just fine. Reminiscent of Arby’s Curly Fries and the nacho cheese sauce is pleasant. Sometimes I just want fries with my fast food, and the Bell always fell short there, so this is a winner in my book.
Wendy’s Poutine. Admittedly, I’m not Canadian, so I don’t know what good poutine is supposed to be or even if there is good poutine. But this stuff was a disgusting mess.
I fell like this is pretty mainstream these days. Just about every chain pizza joint has various chicken pizza combinations as a standard non-red meat option and the chicken is universally mediocre.
In Sarasota around the turn of the 90s, I worked in a BK and if you ordered a “Veggie Burger” at least at that BK you got a regular burger but without the meat . Maybe they added tomatoes and lettuce on burgers that don’t normally come with them but the idea of eating patties, tomatoes, lettuce, pickles, and ketchup and mustard with nothing else sounds even grosser to me than just eating mustard on a regular burger.
Why are we talking about potato cakes like they were a limited run thing that died? They’ve been a mainstay at Arbys since I was a kid in the '80s.
Yeah, but they hardly push 'em. They’re a tiny byline on the menu, you’re always told none are ready and you’ll need to wait for 'em.
I agree with others on the McRib. I tried one once and was at best meh about it. I don’t understand all the hype about them (although I suspect much of that hype is manufactured by McDonald’s ad agency).
I’ve been a vegetarian for a long time, so maybe I’m missing something, but your description seems to be a burger without a bun, rather than without meat. Did you mean a bun instead of of patties?
I can assure you vegetarians do eat buns. Frequently. Occasionally without any contents as that’s the only vegetarian thing available… And no, it doesn’t magically taste better to us. I would be more than a bit annoyed at being sold one as a ‘burger’.
Yep, but oddly, when KFC did ribs, they were excellent. IMHO. Of course that was back in the days they had the Colonels *real *gravy, not the library paste they use now.
I have had a few “cheesy” things at Taco Bell where they used that "nacho cheese’ lubricating oil crap. Nasty. Of course, ymmv.
They still make them.
Yeah, that wasnt bad at all.
The Whopperito!
Ground taco meat with Whopper fixings inside a tortilla. A soggy mess that just fell apart as you tried to eat it and spicy taco meat just tastes gross with dill pickles. So gross. I ate a few bites and threw it away.
But it’s a special request and the kids usually don’t know what you’re talking about. And if it doesn’t have the three olive slices on top, forget about it!