Late 70s I would kill for a double whopper with cheese (Ok, we won’t discuss other recreational mind altering activities)
They suck now.
Used to be truly flame broiled. Now they taste like steam table microwave crap with plastic tomatoes. Just disgusting.
The true joy is ordering one on a military base that combines all the attributes of a fast food employee with an AAFES employee. Not much chance of either one fogging a mirror, much less the result of that unholy alliance.
And we won’t even discuss Wendy’s slide to craptastic status.
A Wendy’s Double Cheese used to be an ultimate hangover burger. Now if you can get past the blank eyed slack jawed mouth breathing vegetable at the counter the burger tastes like a barely reconstituted beef patty from an MRE haphazardly slapped together with tomatoes done by Mattel.
All put together with Lego hands that have the fine motor skills of a boat paddle and tossed at you with the arrogance of here’s your shit. Eat Hearty.
At Camp Red Cloud in the 70’s, before franchises got there, AAFES had a burger called the Smuggler which was three times better than a Whopper or Big Mac.
The EM Club at NOB Norfolk used to sell "Rebelburgers", which were almost identical to the old Whopper, and even a touch bigger. My mouth still waters to think about them, and that was half a hundred years ago!