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F.O.A.D.

On 9/22/13 6:36 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 22 Sep 2013 14:16:08 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Fri, 20 Sep 2013 16:06:04 -0400, skin a cat wrote:

On 9/20/2013 2:51 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:14:36 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

My wife says Burger King is better than McDonald's for burgers, but that
opinion is based upon "tastings" decades ago.

IMHO the burger itself is secondary to the bun and the dressings on a
whopper. It is basically a tossed salad on a bun with a little chunk
of char broiled flavoring.

Don't waste your money on a double meat whopper.

Some are stores better than others and I can't really say why. They
are supposed to all use the same recipe but some have fresher produce
or something.
I ate a lot of free whoppers when I was doing the register surveys and
rollouts around Tampa St Pete.

Like most restaurants, some are squeaky clean, other are **** holes.
Look around the register and as much as you can see from the counter.
It will give you a clue. If they don't pull out the register and clean
under it, they don't clean much else either.

Two whoppers for five bucks last week at Burger King so I grabbed two
and came home to share. Nobody was home, so I at both Come on guys,
every once in a while is still ok...

When I drive down to NC to play a week of golf with my brother, I always get two double whoppers
during the ride down. This is maybe two or three times a year. I agree - every once in a while is
OK.

I think a double is a tad too much chewy meat substitute. I don't mind
a half pounder if it is a fresh beef, preferably lightly hand packed.

AKA a good "bar burger".

I've tried a Five Guys burger a couple of times, and they seem several
cuts above the burgers served by competitors such as McDonald's,
Wendy's, et cetera, but I am not much of a burger fan. Five Guys,
however, does overcook them. And the fries from Five Guys don't taste
as if they came from a processing plant, like McDonald's fries do.