Was out running around today and since everyone here was singing praises decided to try BK again for a meal. Wife and I were impressed with the Whopper meal. Apparently they have upped their game. A few months ago got one and it was no where near as good.
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But you or I can get food poisoning anywhere, even a high end restaurant.
Just saying s%@t happens.
Over 35 years ago my aunt was in town and she made some tofu fritters. I ate a few and next morning i was really sick. Turns out i had the stomach flu. Took over a week to get back to normal.
I remember for at least a decade after getting sick, id gag at the sight of any tofu, or just the word tofu.
Coworkers wanted to order up Japanese take out food, i would refuse and turn gree . Could not ve in the same room with them if they ate Miso soup.
I associated the tofu fritters with my stomach flu, but i think it was just a coincidence.
Eventually i started eating Japanese food and the miso soup, didnt gag at the thought of tofu.
Imagine if it was beef burgers instead of tofu. Or bacon.. that be a nightmare for me at least.
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1991 Chicken Taco from Taco Bell ... I lost a few days in my bathroom floor unable to even get to the bed.
In the Philly suburbs for any given 20 mile radius, there are 10 McDonald's to every one BK. The one I know of in Avondale,PA is relatively new. Last time I was in there 5 years ago...it was filthy. No thanks.
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The best one was in Newark Delaware but it didn't survive covid
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something to keep in mind when eating out at any restaurant is how often customers can catch Hepatitis A.......from Subway restaurants, Taco bell, you name it.
I recall (vaguely ) a News story I think from early 1990s. I live in Vancouver Canada and this happened in Seattle Washington, only a 3 hour or so drive across the border, so we get Seattle tv News channels, local Seattle news is easy to get a hold of.
Anyways, I think it was a Jack 'N the Box or something, hepatitis outbreak in Seattle.
Turned out the grill cook was coming to work sick with a poorly wrapped leaky fluid arm and cooking up the customer orders. He was tested for hepatitis and turned out to be the culprit. Something about he had no medical plan or medical insurance, could not afford it on the low minimum wage he got, so he kept showing up to work sick.....
Just Google '' hepatitis fast food worker infects'' and you might be there for a few days reading up on all the reported cases . And the Lawsuits.
I recall (vaguely ) a News story I think from early 1990s. I live in Vancouver Canada and this happened in Seattle Washington, only a 3 hour or so drive across the border, so we get Seattle tv News channels, local Seattle news is easy to get a hold of.
Anyways, I think it was a Jack 'N the Box or something, hepatitis outbreak in Seattle.
Turned out the grill cook was coming to work sick with a poorly wrapped leaky fluid arm and cooking up the customer orders. He was tested for hepatitis and turned out to be the culprit. Something about he had no medical plan or medical insurance, could not afford it on the low minimum wage he got, so he kept showing up to work sick.....
Just Google '' hepatitis fast food worker infects'' and you might be there for a few days reading up on all the reported cases . And the Lawsuits.
There's still one on Concord Pike near Charcoal Pit. It's been there for decades.
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nahhh....lol....I mean, go get one if you really want one. I guess it's kinda like roll the dice and hope for the best.
I tell you, no lie, I have this idiot older brother who lately has been going to Mcdonalds and or Subway/Mr.Sub EVERY DAY/EVERY night. ...no hepatitis. DRinks 5-9 cans of Coke per day/night. And no he ain't 800 lbs.
Most likely to die of diabetes or have a second heart attacks...plus he smokes/inactive/lazy/age 65 year old manchild. . A ticking time bomb.
Just look after yourself, eat well, exercise, wash your hands, take your vitamins and live your life , including the occasional treat of junk food and hopefully you live a ripe old age somewhat healthy!
Go eat at BK if you wish.
Just go for a walk later and maybe eat a fern or two later to counter balance it.
Harvey's is my least favourite, and I'm surprised that they are fresh patties. The few times I've eaten there, they look like something that was previously frozen; I'm not sure how to explain it.
We're going to 5 Guys today.
Thank you for this.
I effectively practice recalling vile things when I have a pang for any easy food. It kills or abates my appetite.
I'd love to share this effective dietary tool with you all, but it was SUCH A DISGUSTING EXPERIENCE it would be understandably censored.
CLUE: It was an odor which welled up from a working restaurant's basement with the force of an avalanche.
Also, easy food is frequently nutritional garbage.
And yes, I know good food can be made quickly and easily.
However, those recipes aren't readily marketable as high profit fodder.
We're only 2 days away from my trip to a Burger King for a promotional Whopper 2.0! I can hardly wait.
And as far as coffee out goes, I can think of only a handful of times IN MY LIFE when a cup of coffee out was "pretty good to great".
It's predominately weak except for Starbucks, which is coffee made for people who chew tobacco and smoke cigars at the same time.
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The first McDonald's opened in Regina on Albert St (the main N-S drag) in May or June 1970.
The parents took me and my sister there on a Sunday evening. We young folks loved it. I had a Big Mac. The parental units were not impressed.
The one downfall of The Whopper however is, if you haven't perfected your hold and delivery system and you happen to get that raw onion/mayo/pattie grease concoction on your hands, you're smelling like B.O for the next several hours. Even the most robust hand soap can't remove that funk
I worked at Burger King back in the '70s and I had to wash my clothes everyday because of the smell of that place
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Starbucks coffee gives me the Runs within minutes.
Xlax in a cup.
And im italian canadian, got used to drinking espresso at a young age, and home brewed coffee.
There are some great coffee shops in my city.
Actually first Canadian starbucks opened here in Vancouver Canada ....our coffee culture goes back a long time. The Italian, Portugese and Greek cafes are the best ones here, chain coffeeshops are hit and miss.
We moved to Kamloops in 1974, which already had a McDonald's, out in Valleyview. (If I recall correctly, the "odometer" at that time read "OVER 12 MILLION SERVED".) A second one opened, this one in North Kamloops, in September 1976. Dad was given three free passes to opening day, and gave them to me.
I took two buddies to the all-you-can-eat gala. The three of us ate mightily - I likely went for my usual hat trick - a Big Mac, a QP with cheese, and a Filet-O-Fish. I was a bottomless pit back then.
I got a Whopper for lunch. It was actually better than I remember. Pretty good in fact. But it feels like a brick in my stomach. I got it with a diet Coke and no fries. Fairly certain that I could not eat two Whoppers without serious gastrointestinal distress.
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