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[Spyk'd]

For years after if you asked her if she wanted a Meatloaf Sandwich she would get sick (that and the sight of Mountain Dew).

I can't drink orange soda to this day due to a long night when I was young of dark rum and orange soda...


>hac<

 

[McCall St. Brewer]

For me it was Orange Crush and Orange vodka. Had to play in the marching band at a football game the next day. Almost didn't make it. Man, was I ever in bad shape that day!

 

[merc]

Sonic's chicken fried steak toaster sandwich. This went the way of the Dodo around here, and it seem's sonics quality went with it. Even their Ice Cream sucks now days. Now they're only good for a Cherry Lime-aid or an Ocean Water drink.

Micky Dee's Double Big Mac.

The Big Montana is still available @ Arby's, it's just called the 1/2 lbs Roast Beef (or something along those lines).

A&W drive-ins. Not many around anymore. (Chili Cheese Burger w/bacon, YUM!)

They're probably still available, but I'm 800 miles away so I'll list them here,
1. Deep Fried Chicken Gizzards at Interstate Speedway (Jefferson, SD)
2. Frito Pie at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, AR


Old school mom and pop greasy spoon resturaunts with the deep fried, breaded, pizza burgers. When I was a kid in Nebraska, you could hit THE resturaunt/diner in most any small town, and order a Pizza Burger. It would always be a processed patty, with Mozz Cheese, pizza sauce, pepperoni, all in breading. You could always depend on it being good at filling a hole and making a turd.

 

[McCall St. Brewer]

Heck, I just remembered another one. Does it seem to everyone that the Quarter Pounder at McDo's taste different than back in the day?

Allan

Wow, thank you for thinking of that. I was beginning to think it was just me and that my tastebuds had changed over time. Mc D's Quarter Pounders do taste different nowadays, and much for the worse if you ask me. I don't know how the cook their stuff these days, but did you ever notice that when you pull up to a Mc D's these days you never smell hamburgers frying? At breadfast time you never smell eggs or bacon cooking either. Does their stuff all just come pre-cooked and they just heat it up somehow? Yecch.

 

[Jesse17]

Can you still get the McRib? I used to love the McRib.

Oh, I like the McRib too, but they only sell it for a month or so each year. WTF? If it sells, why wouldn't it sell ALL year?

 

[Spyk'd]

Wow, thank you for thinking of that. I was beginning to think it was just me and that my tastebuds had changed over time. Mc D's Quarter Pounders do taste different nowadays, and much for the worse if you ask me. I don't know how the cook their stuff these days, but did you ever notice that when you pull up to a Mc D's these days you never smell hamburgers frying? At breadfast time you never smell eggs or bacon cooking either. Does their stuff all just come pre-cooked and they just heat it up somehow? Yecch.

This happened when they made them stop using lard. The fries suck now too.


Also, let's talk about size. I remember when a Big Mac was BIG.


Am I crazy or was it me just getting bigger, not the sandwich getting smaller?


This may be painfully obvious as well, but they used to have two kinds of pies, apple AND cherry (filled with LAVA of course!)

:cross:

 

[Xinf3]

Oh, I like the McRib too, but they only sell it for a month or so each year. WTF? If it sells, why wouldn't it sell ALL year?

I actually asked a manager one day. she said that in certian areas they carry it full time but in most areas it is a marketing trick.
they only carry it for a short time so people don't get sick of 'em and stop eating them altogether.
all I know is it worked on me because I only goto McD's when i see a McRib commerical, and will order two of 'em.

 

[Hell Brew]

This happened when they made them stop using lard. The fries suck now too.


Also, let's talk about size. I remember when a Big Mac was BIG.


Am I crazy or was it me just getting bigger, not the sandwich getting smaller?


This may be painfully obvious as well, but they used to have two kinds of pies, apple AND cherry (filled with LAVA of course!)

:cross:

Right! There is no way that pie filling should be as hot as it is. I have gotten 3rd degree burns on my lip from that **** oozing out.

 

[newbrewoob]

How about the Mc DLT? "The cold side stays cold and the hot side stays hot"
It was served in the side-by-side styrofoam box.

Thats the other thing I miss.....the nice sturdy styrofoam containers everything used to come in.....ahh those were the days before we knew what CFC's were.

 

[Chriso]

Has anyone tried to take a Big Mac out of its box recently? Damn thing is designed to have 0.1" clearance, I swear!

Speaking of which, Big Mac's suck a lot more than I remember. Tried one the other day for nostalgia's sake. No thanks.

 

[Bernie Brewer]

How about the Mc DLT? "The cold side stays cold and the hot side stays hot"
It was served in the side-by-side styrofoam box.

+1. The damned thing had so much lettuce on the "cold side" that we'd order it with a packet of thousand-island dressing and make a salad with the lettuce.:rockin:


One thing I miss around here is George Webb's. The restaurant is still around, but only in the Milwaukee area. The one close to me closed up probably 20 years ago. Great burgers, and great all around bar-time food.

 

[c.n.budz]

Speaking of McD's products that fell by the wayside... Does anyone remember when they sold pizza? It was out in the mid to late 80s and it was disgusting

 

[Dr Vorlauf]

How about the Mc DLT? "The cold side stays cold and the hot side stays hot"
It was served in the side-by-side styrofoam box.

Thats the other thing I miss.....the nice sturdy styrofoam containers everything used to come in.....ahh those were the days before we knew what CFC's were.

Yep the Mc DLT. Had 1/2 a head of lettuce ...



Even better:

 

[Buford]

It's not really fast food per se, but the Krispy Kreme here stopped selling the blueberry filled doughnuts with powdered sugar on them ages ago. I think the chain as a whole still offers them, but you can't get them here anymore. I used to go in there and order a whole dozen of the things and eat half the box before I left sometimes.

 

[ohiobrewtus]

Wendy's Wild Mountain chicken sandwich:

http://grubclub.blogspot.com/2004/12/wild-mountain-chicken-wendys.html

It's seasonal and I think it's just about in season.

I actually like the Reuben's that McDonald's had for a while. They weren't great by any means, but they sure beat a burger when you didn't have much time for lunch. Arby's Reuben is better, but I don't think they came out with theirs until right about the time that McD's cancelled theirs.

 

[Evan!]

Just curious, but...what exactly do they use to make the fake rib "bones" in the McRib?

I have a sort of anti-favorite. When I was in college, BK had this "Triple-Cheese Whopper" that had 3 types of "cheese" on it, and sounded/looked unbelievable gross. I put cheese in quotes because...well...it was only cheese in a loose sense of the word. My friends and I dared each other to order them, so we all did it one day. Gag. It had swiss, american and...something else. We called it the CK-1 burger, because that third cheese-substitute-type-product tasted like perfume. Nobody could finish it.

 

[Soulive]

Speaking of McD's products that fell by the wayside... Does anyone remember when they sold pizza? It was out in the mid to late 80s and it was disgusting

I remember that. I never had any of it but I remember them selling it. I was at a McD's in Halifax (Nova Scotia) about 4 years ago and they had pizza...

 

[Buford]

I remember that. I never had any of it but I remember them selling it. I was at a McD's in Halifax about 4 years ago and they had pizza...

I was confused by that for a second, as my hometown is Halifax... in Virginia. The place names could be confusing to people from elsewhere since VA shares a lot of its town names with other locations. "Where are you from originally?" "Halifax." "You're from Canada?" "No... look, you know where South Boston is?" "You're from Massachusetts?" *sigh*

Now back to the forgotten food or vaguely food-like products discussion.

 

[Bobby_M]

Does anyone remember the pitas at Wendy's? I was addicted to the Ranch Chicken one. It had cubed chicken breast and brocoli slaw on it. It sounds a lot worse than it was.

 

[pjj2ba]

Burger King's Ham and Cheese sandwhich called the Yumbo. It was what I always ordered as a kid when we ate there.

We were on vacation this summer and came across a still operating Howard Johnson's restaurant in Lake Placid, NY. We were seriously considering going there for both of our childhood memories of fried clams or spaghetti. Both staples for us as kids. We passed, and went to a brew pub instead. It was a tough decission though - seriously.

 

[Vels]

I have a sort of anti-favorite. When I was in college, BK had this "Triple-Cheese Whopper" that had 3 types of "cheese" on it, and sounded/looked unbelievable gross.

Swmbo and I went to Southern France this fall, and a Frech chain "Quick", like Wendys, had a limited time offer for a triple mega cheese burger with cheese gravy everywhere. Judging from the poster it looked like a heart attack waiting to happen. Still trying to not be grossed out when thinking of it.

Cheers
Jakob

 

[G-E-R-M-A-N]

Whoever took the cheesy beefy melt off the menu at Taco Bell, should be beaten with a rubber hose.

 

[jzal8]

My favorite McDonald's burger used to be the big and tasty. I think they discontinued it like 10 years ago. It was pretty much their version of the whopper.

 

[rabidgerbil]

+1 on anything with the Sante Fe sauce from Taco Bell, loved the Sante Fe Quesadilla...

+10 on Taco Bell being a bunch of EAC bastids that put something out on a "special" menu, and then take it away two months later, never to be seen again. Obviously it is their corporate strategists that are "special".

 

[Chriso]

My location still has the Big & Tasty.

1/4 lb pattie, lettuce, onion, tomato, K + M on a seeded(?) bun.

Tried to be the Whopper's competitor, but foo' can't touch 'dat.

 

[Buford]

There's a mushroom cheeseburger that Wendy's seems to have every now and then, and I don't know if they have it right now or not. Damn that thing is good.

 

[c.n.budz]

There's a mushroom cheeseburger that Wendy's seems to have every now and then, and I don't know if they have it right now or not. Damn that thing is good.

The Bacon Mushroom Melt. It's the bomb!! They usually have it around here in the fall, and I always get a couple while they're available

 

[landhoney]

Whoever took the cheesy beefy melt off the menu at Taco Bell, should be beaten with a rubber hose.

+1
Only a few weeks ago we lost that one forever. I only had it twice, but it was good. We have the Big n' Tasty here as well.
Those BK, 'no whopper' commercials are fairly humorous. Imagine ordering a whopper at BK and getting a Big Mac..... .

 

[Chriso]

Those BK, 'no whopper' commercials are fairly humorous. Imagine ordering a whopper at BK and getting a Big Mac..... .

I know it! I mean, if I ordered a Whopper and I got a Wendy's Double Classic Cheeseburger, that wouldn't be such a bad thing. Both have hearty, good patties of beef. But a Big ****in' Mac? No way jose. Not gonna fly. If I order a double Whopper w/ cheese and they give me a Big Mac, I'm gonna give them 3-5 weeks in a cast. A FACE CAST.

 

[swh2645]

I am no vegetarian or health nut or anything but does anyone else find this thread entirely disgusting?