Fast food lovers
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Mslmesq
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I'm curious, mostly because it is incomprehensible to me, but what is it you love about fast food? Because if you told me you love a good hamburger and french fries, I get that. But would you really take a fast food version over a really high end quality version from a really good restaurant or home cooked? Is it really the fast food you like or the meal? And if so, aren't you just settling on a not as tasty version of what you could have.
I really want to know because I would definitely eat a burger and fries and fit it into my calorie count if I wanted to. But on the days I did that, there is not a chance in the world I would settle on a not as delicious fast food version of it.
I really want to know because I would definitely eat a burger and fries and fit it into my calorie count if I wanted to. But on the days I did that, there is not a chance in the world I would settle on a not as delicious fast food version of it.
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5 double cheese burgers for $5 is a big reason. I think it taste good but not as good as other burgers but certainly good enough.
I also eat it specifically because its high calorie and high sodium on days I need it.0 -
I don't think it's necessarily settling for one or the other. Sometimes I am in the mood for a particular taste that comes from a specific meal at a fast food joint. For example, I can make a taco at home with 90/10 ground beef and fresh, organic ingredients, but maybe I want a volcano taco instead.0
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Convenience and price. If I'm hungry like, want food NOW and I can stop somewhere and get a baked potato and chili for $5 instead of driving to the store and buying stuff to make chili and baking a potato I stop at Wendy's. Same thing for burgers. I have to make sure I have the ingredients on hand and if it's just me and I want ONE burger then why not spend a dollar or two and get it in less than 5 minutes. French fries also taste a lot better from fast food places because hey, they're deep fried, I don't have a fryer or oil at home and in the oven they're dry (I don't like condiments). As for taste, I sometimes actually prefer a fast food burger (Sonic is really good) to say Ruby Tuesday or a steak house because they tend to overcook their burgers on the outside and undercook them on the inside. I ask for medium well and I still get pink in the center and charred on the outside, is it too much to ask for brown all the way through?0
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I discount most franchised fast food on taste alone. Don't see the appeal at all.0
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Believe me, if I could make my own Carl's Jr. grilled bacon cheeseburger and have it taste like that....OMFG I would.
YOLO right?0 -
Oh, look -- yet another fast food bashing thread! Bring on the food shaming...
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I love Harvey's burgers and onion rings. I also really love my home made burgers from grass fed meat. I like them both, so I eat them both.
I don't like Wendy's burgers, so I don't eat those. I do like McDonald's cheeseburgers so I eat those. Are you noticing a pattern yet?0 -
No restaurant will ever have Taco Bell nacho cheese.0
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Have you ever had Qdoba (chipotle)?
I don't dig most of the fast food joints but I don't mind them. I love Qdoba. Popeyes is awesome too! Taco Bell is 4 AM is awesomesauce!
In many cases though I agree, a high end joint or a mom and pop shop is better but I got no hate for fast food.0 -
Oh, look -- yet another fast food bashing thread! Bring on the food shaming...
*yawns*
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Mcdonald's nuggets are impossible to replicate. and they cure my hangovers
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The convenience of having someone else do the cooking for you.0
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5 guys is pretty fast. I love their burgers and fries.0
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Is the point of this thread for you to be convinced to eat fast food? Or just let everyone know that you dont like it/ dont eat it?0
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Taco bell, is AMAZING and and know it isn't great health wise but I love it and I crave it from time to time. This week for the first time I had a a protein burger from in n' out, delicious! Yummy just a tad bit more messy than the normal with the bun but just as tasty. :-)0
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I used to be badly addicted to fast food...its quick..easy...and convenient...and it has a certain taste that i cant duplicate...but if i go a while without it i dont really want it and it makes me sick when i eat it...0
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I find the food addictive quite frankly. If I start eating at McDonalds, I begin more of it right away. I have to stay away. Other places aren't as bad, but I think I have quite sensitive taste buds and am always looking for the most intense flavors I can find. And usually, I find them in restaurants/fast food places. (I don't know how to use spices very well at home)0
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Warm. Salty. Cheesy. Addictive. Even chewing it feels better that chewing other stuff. I cannot describe.0
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