Fast food CAN be good

I'm a 5 guys fan.. Love their burgers and fries.

Culvers is also another favorite of mine.. Worked there for 4 years during high school and college, and nothing will ever replace a butter burger and cheese curds in my heart. Plus their Custard is amazing.

Not a huge Chipolte fan.. but I like Moe's a lot. Their Steak Taco and Queso is quite good.

Also loving Jersey Mikes over any other sub place any day. Fresh cut meats and cheeses is def. the way to go.

A Culvers just opened locally. Exactly WHAT is a butter burger?

I forget about Culver's and Moe's..... oh and Jimmy John's..... I lived in the midwest for a number of years but I can't find those (or white castle) out here in PA. :frown:

I forgot about Culver's. I made the mistake of getting cheese curds the first time I ever went there. So yummy, but I felt so gross afterward.

Fries are funny things. Especially from McDs. When they are freshly cooked they are gorgeous, but when they aren't they're a bit...meh...

Yeah, I don't order fries anymore except from Runza because everywhere else if they're not perfectly fresh I can't eat them.

I am a SAHM with no vehicle so home cooking is my only choice most of the time ( its what Id do anyway really) so it makes fast food even more of a treat than it every was ( i always got a coffee any time i left the house, and usually someting to eat with it, then I had to get the kids something too, WICKED bad!).

My favorites:
Wendys- chicken apple pecan salad with the pomegranate dressing ( half size) soooo good! seriously its my guilty pleasure
McDonalds-plain cheese burger or chicken mcnuggets with sweet and sour ( the chicken nuggets make me remember skipping school to have fun all day with my mom we'd eat there and then go shopping, and go to the garden center then work on the garden together and paint or do a craft, it was so fun)
Subway-sweet onion chicken terriyaki ( I get a 12 inch half now and half for lunch tomorrow) with spinach,chedder and cucumbers
Burger King- Grilled chicken sandwich with cheese and lettuce sooo good.
KFC- snack size famous bowl and a biscuit
Dunkin Donuts- egg white turkey sausage wrap with a med pumpkin coffee with 2 creams
Honey Dew- med ice mocha madness with fat free 1/2 and 1/2 and some coconut dew drops

The only thing on this list Ive had in the last 3-6 months is subway twice and dunkins 3 times, yum. But I walked both places subway is 6 miles ( its in our mall so I went to shop) and dunkins is 3 miles ( next to a small grocery store I frequent)

In Brighton we have 2 famous burger joints

Grubbs and Burger Off

Said Grubbs is pretty much opposite my house! Their Malaysian Burger is to die for (Chilli, Peanutbutter & Lettuce) as is the original (Dill Pickle, Mayo, Lettuce, Tomato, Cheese) hell all their burgers are to die for! But Burger Off ones OM OM OM OM they're even more to die for because they resemble home made burgers (not perfect discs, obviously made of mince *I know all burgers are but these are truly loose in a home made kind of way*) OM NOM NOM NOM they also serve the hottest burger in the UK, I've had it and it hurts spicier then a Phall that's for sure.

no in and out burger here..or steak and shake

but I love jimmy johns
baja freah
wendys salads...i have yet to try their "new" burgers

i hate Subway too. meats are slimy and the bread tastes weird. got food poisoning from Taco Bell so I'll never eat there again.

love In and Out and Five Guys. i switch back and forth as to which i like better but overall i prefer Five Guys.


fwiw i havent had any fast food since June and i dont plan on having any until at least August 2012.

I have a theory that some things are simply just drilled into you while you grow up.

I have always heard this mythical legendary status of a White Castle burger.... after all how many burger joints get a MOVIE..

as a southerner , We really dont have White Castle. So... i was left out on that. Anyway, it was only like about 5-6 years ago when on a business trip we did the White Castle in Columbus.

So didnt get it. (However was the only funny moment of whole trip is hearing "Id like 20 Sliders and a Diet Coke" that STILL gets me giggling)

BUT... the reverse is also true and i can accept that. See, in the South "Whataburger" is a staple here... and i also have a theory that growing up with this 24 hour burger joint, THIS is the place you would stop when youve had that "drinking night" with the boys/girls... what have you.. so-- its hitting that food/memory button. But i have taken at least 2 people from up north who swear by White Castle, and they "MEH'd " my beloved Whataburger so much that i had to just give up on the whole best burger conversation.

I think its just how you grow up.

(im not here to debate cooking at home vs fast food.. but lets be real... a LOT of us are here because of fast food... while its awful.. there is a REASON we kept going back!!!!! hehehe)

Five Guys - overpriced and totally overrated (I may get flamed for this)

Stopped reading here.

chipotle, baja fresh, and panera do NOT count as fast food

admittedly i had wendys yesterday for the first time in AGES. had a baked tater and a small frosty--still trying to eat soft foods post-wisdom teeth extraction. argh. i want to get back to exercising and eating what i want!!