Hitting McNuggets below the belt

Post #23,724 by Andrew Grygus 1/10/02 3:24:15 AM Reply	Hitting McNuggets below the belt Some ad guy for Carl's Jr. is earning his keep. "Can you find the nuggets on this chicken? - Neither could we." "Introducing Chicken Breast Strips - Because chickens don't have nuggets" Wonderful job of casting aspersion on the competitors product without even lying!. "Um, gee, what do you suppose is really in a McNugget?". [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #23,729 by CRConrad 1/10/02 5:08:57 AM Reply	Well, on male chickens, maybe... ;^)
Post #23,752 by Yendor 1/10/02 10:23:24 AM Reply	Oh, hush! It's been about 5 years since I've had a Carl's Jr. burger. They don't have 'em out here near Chicago. Those are some of the best damn burgers I've had. If it doesn't get all over the place, it doesn't belong in your face. -YendorMike "The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by the skeptics or the cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who dream of things that never were." - John F. Kennedy
Post #23,755 by SpiceWare 1/10/02 11:02:43 AM Reply	Saw some in Oklahoma didn't stop at one. I did notice that the [link\|http://www.carlsjr.com/home/\|Carl's Jr.] signs where very similiar to the signs at [link\|http://www.hardees.com/\|Hardees]. They both have the smiling star done in the same colors and style. That's interesting - they both have a "Six Dollar Burger" for $3.95. Guess they're the same company now? Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #23,853 by nking 1/10/02 11:48:20 PM Reply	Same company, I think? I went to a Hardees and saw some deserts with the words "Carl Jr" on them. I had no idea what that meant until I read your post. Hardees bought out "Burger Shef" in St. Louis over a decade ago. All the "Burger Shefs" became Hardees. Sort of like Shoney's, the own those "Big Boy" stores and "Captain D's Seafood", "Lee's Famous Chicken", and some others. You wouldn't know it unless you worked at one (like I did over a decade ago when I was in college) or know somebody who works there or own stock in the company. "In order to completely solve a problem, you must make sure that the root of the problem is completely removed! If you leave the root, the problem will come back later to get you." - Norman King
Post #23,887 by SpiceWare 1/11/02 9:40:32 AM Reply	yep, same parent company digging into their sites I see that both are owned by [link\|http://www.ckr.com/\|CKE Restaurants.] Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #23,760 by cforde 1/10/02 11:49:24 AM Reply	burgers Carl's Jr. are ok. Me, I prefer [link\|http://www.in-n-out.com/\|In-N-Out Burgers]. They have great fries too, made just as needed on the premises. Have fun, Carl Forde
Post #23,842 by bconnors 1/10/02 10:49:26 PM Reply	Have you been to the Come Back Inn out in Maywood or Melrose Park? (I forget which suburb it's in). That's the place with a stuffed polar bear in a revolving glass cylinder over the front door, and inside over the stone fireplace they have 1/2 of a moose, and the other side of the fireplace has the other 1/2 (I know which side I preferred to look at!) They had great 1/3 pound burgers and plenty of midwestern beers on tap. Or out in Downers Grove many years ago was a place called the "Beef 'N Barrel" that had a "Belly Buster" - two 1/2 pound patties on a double decker bun. If you ate one in one sitting without hurling, you got a certificate of achievement. Once a year they had a contest to see who could eat the most in (I think) an afternoon. HS football players used to go in, scarf them down, run to the men's room and hurl, then come back for more. Can't remember what the grand prize was, though. God, I miss Chicagoland! BConnors "Prepare for metamorphosis. Ready, Kafka?"
Post #23,878 by boxley 1/11/02 8:33:28 AM Reply	okechobee burger take two pita's insert 1 patty that is the radius of the pita's add lettuce tomato onion and special sauce. Eat all day on one of those. thanx, bill My Dreams aren't as empty as my conscience seems to be
Post #23,892 by Yendor 1/11/02 10:24:54 AM Reply	Hmmm...Nope Haven't heard of any of the places you've mentioned. I'm closer to Downers Grove than either Maywood or Melrose Park. I'll have to check those places out. Thanks for the tips! :) -YendorMike "The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by the skeptics or the cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who dream of things that never were." - John F. Kennedy
Post #23,957 by rickw 1/11/02 4:32:44 PM Reply	Fudruckers There used to be on on the southwest corner of 59 and New York street in Aurora. Good burgers, and you dress them yourself. FAQ! We're scrod!
Post #23,961 by wharris2 1/11/02 5:33:57 PM Reply	Several that I know of in the Midwest "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth
Post #24,016 by boxley 1/12/02 8:37:19 AM Reply	I like the concept of self dressing but expensive place My Dreams aren't as empty as my conscience seems to be
Post #24,020 by jb4 1/12/02 8:56:03 AM Reply	Re: Fudruckers Yeah, they're all over the Chicagoland area (Suburbs, mainly...I don't know of one within the city limits) Good stuff! They recently expanded their menu; now have sirloins and chicken sandwiches, and such. Also desserts! Try putting jalapenos on your burger next time. jb4 (Damn! It's 8:00 in the morning and already I'm hongry!)
Post #24,021 by mhuber 1/12/02 9:36:41 AM Reply	Nice. There used to be a bunch in the Milwaukee area, but they are down to one. Nice, but a bit expensive. We go there as a treat once in a while. ---- "You don't have to be right - just use bolded upper case" - annon.
Post #24,027 by Another Scott 1/12/02 10:42:16 AM Reply	Roy Rogers too. They don't have some of the fancier condiments of Fudruckers, but you take your sandwich to a bar with lettuce, tomatoes, etc. Cheers, Scott.
Post #24,051 by wharris2 1/12/02 2:07:49 PM Reply	Dammit, yer making me go there It's 2:09 PM, do you know where your lunch is? "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth
Post #24,077 by wharris2 1/12/02 6:28:56 PM Reply	Found an interesting place anyway I had fully intended to go to Fuddruckers after the exchange, but for some reason found myself in a strip mall that had a chinese buffet. Oh. My. Gawd. This corner-in-the-wall place had the best Chinese buffet I've ever had. I've been to a number of them, and this beat them all hands down. Fudruckers? Heck with them, I'm going to this chinese buffet anytime. "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth
Post #24,144 by Yendor 1/13/02 3:52:10 PM Reply	Ayuh It's still there. Matter of fact, it's been a while since I've been there. Gonna have to go hit it up for a burger and fries sometime. :) I remember driving by this Fuddruckers one time, and someone had thrown rocks at the sign so that the "uddr" were unlit... -YendorMike "The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by the skeptics or the cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who dream of things that never were." - John F. Kennedy
Post #24,427 by bconnors 1/15/02 10:05:17 AM Reply	Oh, the memories! That's my old neighborhood! I used to live 2 miles west of Fox Valley Mall, straight down Ogden Ave. There was a strip mall with a Rosati's Pizza behind some tiny bank that changed its name every year - I was right across the street from there. New York St/ Aurora Ave (I think that's what Naperville called it) and Route 59 - what an intersection. If you couldn't find it in the mall or in any of the stores from 75th Street north to the railroad tracks, mankind didn't build it. Restaurants, fast food joints, Best Buy, Home Depot, golf equipment, grocery stores, etc. Traffic was always a mess on Saturday afternoons. Is the Checkers still on the NW corner, or is that gone now? Man, I'm really getting homesick and nostalgic lately. I miss Chicagoland, but I'm not learning any new skills that will convince a future employer to relocate me. BConnors "Prepare for metamorphosis. Ready, Kafka?"
Post #24,443 by jb4 1/15/02 11:52:32 AM Reply	So where's your current stompin' ground? jb4 (Resistance is not futile...)
Post #24,445 by SpiceWare 1/15/02 11:59:56 AM Reply	Houston specifically the SW area - Stafford, Missouri City, Sugar Land. We get together occasionally for lunch(his new job is 2 buildings over from mine) and play Guantlet on the PS2 every so often. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #24,460 by jb4 1/15/02 1:55:41 PM Reply	I was afraid of that... ...something told me youse mopes ended up in Tejanoland. My deepest sympathies.... jb4 (Resistance is not futile...)
Post #24,463 by SpiceWare 1/15/02 2:03:36 PM Reply	no sympathies needed I've lived lots of places(25 by the time I was 25) and have no qualms about living in Houston. It does not fit the "reputation" the rest of the country has dumped on it. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #24,057 by Ashton 1/12/02 4:04:38 PM Reply	Foney-burger experience FWIW Hey.. I used to eat dead cows too. Finally a sweetie informed me of the obvious (as I was eating it): IT's THE TRIMMINS (and texture) as much as the 'meat' - that IS the hamburger experience !! GardenBurger and several other brands are generally available now: with 'char-broiled' flavor I defy you to deconstruct ;-) Use a Real non-preservative, non-cardboard fresh decent bun + other suitable condiments - ya gotta try this at least Once, ya wimps! Yes I understand - when on the road etc. no chain has been smart enough to do this Right (as above) - in fact in MnsHO: those that did sorta offer alternatives.. made them w/o the beef pheromones - to keep their [M$] captive [M$] audience enslaved to megatons of ground-up cattle (and colonoscopies: the little burger-bits like to hide out in the folds, as they putrefy, etc.) At Home: it's a cinch to make the test. Anyway.. I aver: there IS 'burger' after deadcow. It's like gettin yer friend to just Look at KDE after addiction to dancing otters. You know about That one.. [/deadcow screed] Ashton not holier than thou - just better fed and - apparently fooled quite nicely by the ~taste equivalents. (and actually - my taste buds are generally.. rather Picky)
Post #24,087 by boxley 1/12/02 7:50:47 PM Reply	look at the salt content of that non fur burger after all alcohol will disolve the grease, nothing you can do about the salt. thanx, bill My Dreams aren't as empty as my conscience seems to be
Post #24,098 by Ashton 1/12/02 9:12:41 PM Reply	Wish ya wouldn't confuse this stuff with facts :( Yeah - 13%. Dunno what a std. McMac w/o bacon chimes in at (?) Depends on whether or not ya use bottled dressing on yer salad too, so never mind. Gotta see if my onion rings are done yet.. A.
Post #24,100 by Andrew Grygus 1/12/02 9:33:35 PM Reply	Salt content Seems to me this salt business is treating a symptom, not the actual problem, and is an aberation of Western medicine. If salt itself were that much of a problem, the entire population of Japan would have been wiped out and I would not be driving a Toyota. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #24,088 by boxley 1/12/02 7:52:21 PM Reply	Shoneys a southern burger experience a chain that monday thru friday offers a lunch buffet of sirloin burgers, dogs fries full soup salad and desert bar for 5.95. We usually try to eat thanksgiving dinner there if travelling 6.99 full turkey and trimings dinner. thanx, bill My Dreams aren't as empty as my conscience seems to be
Post #24,153 by Meerkat 1/13/02 5:09:22 PM Reply	Doesn't anyone make their own anymore? In the time it would take to queue at the local McDonald's drive-through of a Friday evening, I can whip up a burger much tastier and (possibly) better for you. It mightn't be the paragon of nutritional excelence, but at least I know (have a fair idea) what's in it. Failing that, I pick Hungry Jack's over Maccas anytime :) On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.
Post #24,155 by bepatient 1/13/02 5:14:49 PM Reply	Did that for lunch today... ...one for me and the wife...fresh lettuce, tomato....and cheese that reminded me of...well cheese....unlike the yellow plastic you get at the traditional burger joints. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]

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