Here, for a while at McDonald’s there was a 🍔 called “the 1955” and it was the best, big pieces of onion, an special sauce, buns and big piece of beef with bacon (for Europe standards anyways) it disappeared once and came back for an encore only to be removed again and never return.
Milk Shakes at just about any fast food restaurants. The machines always seem to be down! Pulled up to an Arby’s a few months back to order a Jamoca shake and they said their machine was down. I asked them if I had pulled into the McDonald’s drive through by mistake. We all had a big laugh… but that was months ago and they have now put a sticker on the menu that says their shakes are not currently available :(
Went to a Baskin Robins to order a Chocolate Milk shake and they were out of Chocolate ice cream… on multiple occasions. At least they don’t have a machine to break down!
Sorry our scoop is down. Can I interest you in a birthday cake?
I remember the time when Subway used to serve their sandwiches with the strip of bread on top. Those were the good old days.
You can still get it that way!
Just ask for it ‘cut old style’.
I’m trying this.
unfortunately most people working at subway now are young, and have no idea what you’re talking about.
you can’t even order a subway melt anymore without explaining what it is.
Can’t even get a pizza-meatball-crab sub or an all syrup Dr. Pepper either.
The true failure of the education system that noone talks about…
No one is two words, Mike. It’s an indefinite pronoun that means nobody.
Whoa, you’re so smart.
What a neat fact that I absolutely don’t care about!
Alright take it easy Mike
The Double Decker taco came back for like a month last year and I went to Taco Bell probably eight times once I realized it because it’s my favorite and I’m super pissed that they won’t just make one for me even though they have all of the ingredients, FFS.
It’s not illegal to make one at home.
I’ve tried. The thing that’s hard to replicate is the beans, actually. Though I’ve mostly used canned refried beans; I’ve been meaning to get a can of whole pintos and mash them myself, and see if that helps.
You’ll probably want to start with dry beans. Canned ones are likely just going to be beans boiled in regular water. Meant to be an ingredient in something rather than the star. But if you make from scratch you can add in flavors: onion, garlic, etc.
Plenty of recipes online.
When making refried beans make sure to use pork fat of some kind. I use bacon fat.
Thanks!
Taco Bell Choco-Taco. Yeah, the reanimated corpse of it lives on in some gas station frozen sections, but it’s a shitty product. The original one sold at Taco Bell in the 90s was god tier.
I hate to tell you, but even the shitty Choco Tacos were discontinued a few years ago
It doesn’t matter. They were dead to me a long time ago.
Burger King chicken nuggets from the 90s, before the recipe changed to crap. If I had to pick a flavor that I associate with my childhood, this would be it.
The Angus Mushroom & Swiss burger from McDonald’s. The Angus was the closest thing they ever had to a real burger, but they were too expensive for most people and were eventually discontinued. Fun fact: wages have stagnated yet their basic burgers now cost more than the Angus did.
Runza used to sell frozen dark chocolate-dipped cheesecake on a stick. They were delicious, and small enough that you wouldn’t feel guilty about ordering one.
Yes! Even Wendy’s nuggs suck now, and that’s a real shame. They were the closest thing to that peppery goodness I remember of childhood. Also, nice low key ‘fuck you’ to capitalism and corporate greed, I dig it.
Wendy’s ruined the bacon too. It’s the same garbage you’d get at Burger King, and it’s significantly smaller and tastes worse than the bacon they were using a year or so ago.
Omg the McDonald’s Angus burgers were FIRE. I ate wayyyy too many of the Bacon and Cheese ones and occasionally the Mushroom. I even loved they got put in their boxes with the paper burger holders LIKE EVERY BURGER FUCKING SHOULD.
McDonald’s Salad Shaker or the McDLT
McDs also had an excellent salad wrap for a couple of years.
I loved the Arch Deluxe from McDonalds.
Yeah the Arch Deluxe was seriously amazing
Taco Bell’s Volcano Taco. They brought it back for like a month and took it away again. Technically it’s still available in Kuwait but I can’t get anyone to mail me a bag of the sauce.
If it’s still available in December message me and I’ll mail you a bag when I go.
Thanks! If I remember to come back here, will do!
The volcano burrito for me.
Yes! When taco bell was going for spice and flavor and not just trying to find new ways to add more cheese to everything.
The original Enchirito. It was fairly large and had more sauce and cheese.
Also the Bell Burger.
The burger king (hungry jacks here) chicken burgers with the painted on grill lines.
Arby’s potato cakes
I liked the Arby’s pizza bites from 20 years ago as well.
They had turnovers that were good too
Technically, you can still get it, but the 7 layer burrito was my go-to order when I was on the road and forced to have fast food. The Taco Bell in the next town over was right off the highway, so as I would be zipping between patients, it was usually the only realistic option other than a truck stop that had put people in the hospital three times. So, you know, l decided to live, mas or not lol.
There was a point in time where I ended up eating a lot of taco bell. Enough that I’d had everything on their menu at least once, up until 2005. After that, I haven’t been able to work, so no zipping around three counties wiping butts, which means no need for fast food except as an occasional thing. So I’ve lost track of if they’ve had any temporary stuff or not.
But, yeah, the 7layer was bomb. Like I said, you can still get the same thing by messing around and adding things to other burritos, but that’s a pain in the ass for drive through, if you feel me.
There’s a reason Primus’ Les Claypool mentions the 7 Layer Burrito in “Wynonna’s Big Brown Beaver”.
The shit was good.
Mirroring Taco Bell here. Mine was the cheesey bean and rice burrito…they removed it and re released it, but it’s not the same at all. No pico, almost no creamy jalapeno sauce and just a bunch of rice and beans now.
And they’re obnoxiously expensive for what you get. You could get far better food for the prices Taco Bell demands nowadays.
When they where 99c they were great, but now they’re like $1.89 or something and missing basically everything that made them great.
Over where I am it’s closer to 3 dollars for the cheapest burritoes. Stuff like the 5-layer and grilled cheese burrito are 7 bucks!
Holy shit, that’s like a sit down Mexican restaurant for most of the USA. ($7 for a burrito)
Jack in the Box - Big Cheeseburger
Taco Bell - Volcano tacos
Polish dog at Einstein Bagels.
The only reason I went to McDonald’s before covid was because breakfast was available all day.
Huh? I’ve never seen this. But I’ve had a severe McDonalds related Mandela effect recently, so I think I came from a different universe with a slightly different McDonalds
