NO Quiero Taco Bell: Fast food employees list 14 items off the menu they would NEVER try and...

Daily Mail ^ | 9/28/14 | Alexandra Klausner

[Libloather]

THE WORST 14 FAST FOODS ACCORDING TO EMPLOYEES

1. Anything from McDonald's McCafe
2. Ballpark hotdogs
3. Steak and beans at Taco Bell
4. Wendy's chili
5. Anything off the Starbuck's secret menu
6. Movie popcorn
7. Panera pasta
8. McDonald's chicken nuggets
9. Beans at Taco Johns
10. BBQ sandwiches at KFC
11. Quesarito at Chipotle
12. Eggs at Einsteins Bagel's
13. Gas station slurpees
14. Dunkin Donuts' doughnuts

[bgill]

Hubby doesn't like Schlotskys and there isn't one around here so I was out of luck until I stumbled up his clone. The clouds parted, the sun shined down and angels sang when I first bit into the homemade version! Yes, he's a pretty good cook and has a Taco Bell recipe which I need to try. Even if it weren't for the ick factor in eating out, I'd still cook at home due to the cost and we're out in the country so fast food isn't fast with the distance traveled.

[Texicanus]

Admitting my kitchen wouldn’t pass an inspection...

My wife is the chief inspector and I fail each time she runs an inspection of the kitchen. But she never fails to show at mealtime.

But as you say “it’s my germs”, not some undocumented alien from a third world shithole with contagious untreatable diseases contaminating my food. If heat won’t kill it and bleach won’t disinfect it, I’m in trouble.

[bgill]

Adding water to refresh the beans and cheese is true at sports concessions. If you’ve had nachos that are too spicy, it’s because they added more jalapeno juice. If the nachos are too watery then they added too much water. The nacho cheese gets browner as the day progesses.

[GailA]

That is a sign I like to see.

I solved the Christmas shopping thing, we have 7 grands and 5 great grands, they all get gift cards, and I get gas points. Plus 1% back on Discover. I can do my Christmas shopping in under 10 minutes. Even hubby’s gift can be Amazon Prime ordered. Last year he got a cut off saw he’d been wanting and Amazon had it cheaper than any place.

Found out they carry my hearing aid batteries for about $14 a box for 60, comes out around .28 cents each. I get a week out of a pair. And since we will be buying for the 2 of us once the VA gets off their butts and he gets his hearing aides, he’s lost most high Freq sounds from jet engines, back in the 60-80’s.

[lonevoice]

I worked in a 4 star hotel when I was young. It doesn’t matter if it is a 4 star or fast food, but the morals and cleanliness of the wait staff and chefs. You’d be just as surprised by what goes on in the expensive joints too.

Exactly. When I went to high school in the San Diego area, a lot of college age acquaintances worked as room service waiters at a particular 5 star resort/spa that catered to celebrities, politicians and the very affluent. The things I heard regarding food preparation were shocking. Many an "A" list celebrity, Senator, and on one occasion a sitting President, would be appalled to know that spit wasn't the only disgusting bodily fluid that found its way into their food.

A few times a year immigration agents would come through demanding to see green cards. Many of the illegal wait staff would be given free bus rides across the border, only to reappear a few weeks later and be given back their jobs. But, the stories I heard of food tampering didn't come from the illegals, rather it was from entitled middle class kids who resented the fame and wealth of the customers they served.

Eating in any restaurant is a crap shoot. You pays your money and you takes your chances.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

I love fast food. It's all good. OK, almost all of it 8-)

And try the McDonald's Caramel Frappe. You won't be sorry.

[Texicanus]

Last time went to Schlotsky’s. I could have gone home and cooked it faster...And I live out in the country too.

[GailA]

I wear loose Tees or a vest, no one would know. Just easier to boycott them to me.

The mall has up no guns signs, I carry any way. Very dangerous high crime place.

[SZonian]

Aww fer cryin’ out loud...really?

I use leftover meat for just about anything...always knew the chili from Wendy’s was made that way and it’s not really bad...just a bit on the “weak” side.

And Minnie clutch yer pearls because I also used water to rehydrate stuff that got a little dessicated while in the pan...oh my...

Wasting food is one those things that will get my hackles up in heartbeat...I have a really hard time with it...so I suspect that finding ways to re-purpose items is high on the frugal family’s list.

This “article” smacks of a hit piece on the FF industry...to get people pissed off and to recount their “stories” and to support the socialists push to raise the minimum wage, IMO.

If you’ve ever had Scouts cooking your food, then you have probably witnessed just about everyone of these “horror” STORIES [hey, it’s your lie, you can tell it how you want] and possibly more and I’ll just about guarantee that you ate what they prepared...

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

The Starbucks secret menu is way too large to include here, especially because many of the items are ordinary, like the “small” sized coffee, called a “short drink”, and French pressed coffee (which I like).

Other stuff they have that is quite ordinary:

Short Cappuccino (Italian style. Less milk and a stronger flavor)

Cafe au Lait (Misto without foam)

Widow Maker (Half iced black tea, half iced black coffee)

London Fog (Earl Grey tea w/vanilla flavoring)

Red Eye (Coffee plus 1 shot of espresso)
Black Eye (Coffee plus 2 shots of espresso)
Green Eye (Coffee plus 3 shots of espresso)

Plus, they have a ton of options for a Frappuchino, if you like that sort of thing.

Personally, I wish they would offer at least one kind of Turkish-Austrian coffee. Though they would have to have demitasse cups. You can make it at home, though it helps to like the taste of cardamom herb.

[Scoutmaster]

I didn't say that using previously cooked hamburger patties to make chili was a problem. I was replying to posters who said they doubted the Wendy's chili story.

The case study to which I referred didn't present the hamburger patty/chili as a negative. Instead, it showed how a 'fast-foot' restaurant chain could stake out a niche of serving freshly cooked hamburgers based on a system of estimation, and how the restaurant chain took what would have been loss from that system of estimation (excess patties from over-estimation) into a positive: chili, with a simplified recipe calculated from those estimated patties.

[PapaBear3625]

I don’t eat fast food, except on long road trips. For lunch at work, I just bring leftovers to microwave. At least I know exactly what’s in my food.

[867V309]

Back in the day, I used to get colds/flu/respiratory crud. Only food that made me feel better was Wendy's chili. Go figure.

[tumblindice]

Mmmmmm ... blowfish!

[Larry Lucido]

I’ll bet it’s the chili seasonings that did it.

[Scoutmaster]

I'm laughing at the mention of 'Scouts cooking your food.'

I know I've eaten a lot of abnormal minerals, roughage, and six- or eight-legged protein over the years. It's what I don't know about that . . . I don't want to know about.

[867V309]

I’ll bet it’s the chili seasonings that did it.

Bet you're right. Now I'm totally addicted to hot.

[Scoutmaster]

The meat doesn't expire. Wendy's advertises freshly cooked burgers and doesn't place burgers or patties under a heat lamp. Cooked patties are only allowed to sit on the warming side of the grill for a certain number of minutes. After that time, they become an ingredient for chili.

If any condiment has touched a patty, the patty is thrown away.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I love Wendy’s chili. Is that so wrong? :-(

[Brother Cracker]