I’ve been cutting back on fast food mostly to how terrible the experience is now rather than not liking the food. I used to go the KFC that’s next to my work a lot on my break,
now just order from the restaurant at work.

As for KFC

Walk in, people standing far off to the side and expecting to be in the queue. grubby barefoot white trash parents screaming for Aiden/Brayden/Jayden/Zayden to stop running around while they take forever to order 87 family feasts. Or go in the Drive-Thru line that gets so long it occasionally blocks off the entrance to my work.

Finally Get to the counter

“Are you menulog?”

“No.”

(I know some Indian people get this a lot, some claim to take the food out of spite :lol:)

“…..”

“Can I please get a regular zinger burger combo with Pepsi for the drink?”

“What size?”

“Regular”

“What drink?”

“…Pepsi.”

“Thank you”

“……” gives me receipt and says nothing.

Tried to shoulder past to get my food while said parents are inspecting their banquet and standing full spread huffing over the counter.

I don’t expect fine dining treatment but the service has gone drastically downhill there over the years. I order Menulog to solve said problem but it’s double the price so I’ve been trying not to use it.

Important cultural question:Is the HSP (Halal Snack Pack) a bastardisatiom of Arab culture found only withing Australia, or is it other places also?

I suspect it may be unique in the same way chips and curry are unique to the UK

I reckon we covered it a few months ago. c mentioned there was a version of it in The States. I could be wrong.

Another question.. are " Potato Cakes " a thing overseas?

It's thinly sliced potato deep fried in batter. You'd buy it at a Fish & Chip shop.

It's also the closest thing to heaven if covered in Chicken Salt.

Wait, is " Chicken Salt " a thing overseas?

Feb 21, 2024 10:58:53 GMT NATH45 said:

I reckon we covered it a few months ago. c mentioned there was a version of it in The States. I could be wrong.

Another question.. are " Potato Cakes " a thing overseas?

It's thinly sliced potato deep fried in batter. You'd buy it at a Fish & Chip shop.

It's also the closest thing to heaven if covered in Chicken Salt.

Wait, is " Chicken Salt " a thing overseas?

Chicken salt is Australian and I think we should be willing to go to war to keep it that way.

The only fast food I eat is In N Out and I have only had that a couple of times since it is not available in the East. Other than that I have not had fast food from the regular offerings in over a decade. Why?

1) It is all frozen products awful for you
2) Very expensive for frozen
3) In the NY area there is really no need for fast food. Plenty of pizza places, deli's (though I do not eat cold cuts, but definitely a better option than subway), mom and pop places offering burgers, Mexican, etc. Better quality and the same price.
4) I have never had Taco Bell, Chick Fil A, and a bunch of others.

Which place do I miss the most (excluding In N Out).... KFC, I love fried chicken. However, there is a mom and pop place for that too!

I have never been a fan of Plated or whatever service for groceries delivered for a meal or two. It is just another marketing trick. It is a pretty simple concept to go grocery shopping for a meal or meal plan for the week. I can't figure out that I need one onion or two potatoes for a dish or two so I need a random guy to deliver it for me? I don't know seems unnecessary.

What might seem simple for some, isn't for others or is simply tedious. Being a woman, often times it's seen as our 'job' to be making the meals which often takes the fun out of it and makes it a chore (doesn't seem to be the case for you lot of chefs and enlightened men though) and then it becomes 'what are we going to have for dinner tonight' over and over again until you die. I hate cooking, meal planning and grocery shopping so to me, those meal services are worth every penny.

NATH45 iNCY

Gonna need an explanation on chicken salt. And potato cakes. Thanx.

When I was at the Minnesota State Fair in August they had something called Australian battered potatoes. Which was a thick potato slice deep fried, then covered in nacho cheese, ranch dressing, and bacon bits. This clearly sounds like an Americanized bastard version of yours.

Feb 21, 2024 22:12:35 GMT Foos said:

Gonna need an explanation on chicken salt

Remember the Chicken in a Biskit crackers I sent you? Like that.

Feb 21, 2024 22:12:35 GMT Foos said:

NATH45 iNCY

Gonna need an explanation on chicken salt. And potato cakes. Thanx.

When I was at the Minnesota State Fair in August they had something called Australian battered potatoes. Which was a thick potato slice deep fried, then covered in nacho cheese, ranch dressing, and bacon bits. This clearly sounds like an Americanized bastard version of yours.

Hi Foos,
Thank you for your inquiry into this piece of Australiana.
When I was a kid, many moons (ang kg's) ago, the main take-out store in Australia was the humble Fish and Chip shop.
Here is a photo of the type of establishment to which I refer:



These were on most street corners where you had a milk bar (Sometimes referred to as a deli or convenience store, where you would buy milk and bread).
This is a typical menu:





These are the humble potato cake, they are multiple thin slices of potato battered and deep fried:



This is chicken salt, once you had these to fries, you will never accept another substitute when it comes to your condiments of choice:




I implore all reading this thread to not walk, but run to Amazon to secure chicken salt, your taste buds were born for this.

Thanks for the answer iNCY. Sounds like chicken salt is very similar to seasoning salt.

Also, and a must for any visit to a fish and chip shop...

The mighty Australian Dim Sim.



What's in it? Who knows, vegetables apparently. It can come fried and covered in Chicken Salt. Or steamed and dripping in Soy Sauce.

Again... it's heaven.

Feb 20, 2024 3:29:57 GMT Michinokudriver said:

Krispy Kreme was great the first time I had it.

Then okay the second, then anything after that it was just another donut

That was the general consensus around here. Found a Baltimore Sun article mentioning the late 90s Krispy Kreme craze...
www.baltimoresun.com/2014/05/20/comeback-for-krispy-kreme-craze-in-baltimore/

The Krispy Kreme mentioned in the article was like a 5 minute drive from where I live(d). TIL it was the first one in the Baltimore area. To this day I pass by the old location a minimum of 5 days a week. Guarantee you I knew a bunch of the "hundreds" in line on opening day. May have even been among them myself. 

Krispy Kreme was always an early morning stop if I took the train into Melbourne, there's a store right near Southern Cross.

I also knew people who would purposely drive out of their way in Melbourne to get Krispy Kreme...

Now, there's two locations locally and it's a little bit of... meh, they ain't that good.

Tourist tip sheet for the record.

Don't Americans have the same deal with soft drink? Some places call it soda, others call it pop?

It's the true civil war...

Soda and Pop for soft drink I get the logic too but calling all soft drink “coke” baffles me.

Feb 22, 2024 14:32:05 GMT System said:

Soda and Pop for soft drink I get the logic too but calling all soft drink “coke” baffles me.

It's the same as calling all tissues Kleenex or photocopying Xeroxing.

The new Taco Bell value menu has had a few spins with me lately, the stacker is under $3 and good on its own for a lunch.

And iron maiden - I love to cook… when I cook. If it were my daily task to figure out what to make for everybody I’d hate it. My wife handles that a good chunk of the time because she is home 2 hours before me and is much more particular about what she wants day by day while I’m open to anything. I’ll fill in when needed, but am thankful to not do it all the time.

We have a similar naming problem for what I would call a bread roll.

That's a bun or dinner roll.

Feb 22, 2024 17:08:49 GMT mikec said:

And iron maiden - I love to cook… when I cook. If it were my daily task to figure out what to make for everybody I’d hate it. My wife handles that a good chunk of the time because she is home 2 hours before me and is much more particular about what she wants day by day while I’m open to anything. I’ll fill in when needed, but am thankful to not do it all the time.

My ex was home at 4pm every night and would nap. Meanwhile, I didn't get home until 6pm (after an hour long bus ride), had to pick up our kid up from the sitter just up the street and then go home and make dinner for a picky, ungrateful ass who complained about everything I cooked. It's no wonder I can't stand cooking/baking anymore.  

Every time you take the meal planning, chores or kids on, your partner appreciates it more than you know. Although I don't think I have to tell you lot this as most of you sound like wonderful partners and parents. Some are even the main caregiver/provider and meal makers. Good on ya! 

I make it a point to always thank my mom or whoever cooked my meal, because a) I didn't have to and b) I remember the days I didn't get a day off or so much as a thanks. Gratitude goes a long way. 

Bread cake? Is that place populated entirely by seven year olds?

" lump of bread " lol.

And South Australia calling a potato cake a fritter.. they may as well be a different country.

For context, we don't really have regional dialect in Australia, except for South Australians, those chocolate milk drinking, fritter eating bogans somehow speak with a posh accent.

I think the GP may be pushing back against prices. I used to see Maccas (...) dual drive thrus constantly out into the street, pretty much open to close. Closing the lobby and dealing with the dual drive thru (it's the merge that gets me) steered me away from them. Haven't noticed that lately so I'm not sure if they're reached a tipping point price wise with consumers or what.

McDonalds really pushing away from human interactions with the kiosks and removing the drink machine in their remodels. Good luck getting anyone's attention inside. If anything I can see them going completely drive thru only and just making it like Sonic and having the menu boards just be outside kiosks...

Feb 22, 2024 20:37:10 GMT @ness said:

McDonalds really pushing away from human interactions with the kiosks and removing the drink machine in their remodels. Good luck getting anyone's attention inside. If anything I can see them going completely drive thru only and just making it like Sonic and having the menu boards just be outside kiosks...

They're trying to reduce the need for employees as much as possible.

Feb 22, 2024 20:51:52 GMT Gyro LC said:

Feb 22, 2024 20:37:10 GMT @ness said:

McDonalds really pushing away from human interactions with the kiosks and removing the drink machine in their remodels. Good luck getting anyone's attention inside. If anything I can see them going completely drive thru only and just making it like Sonic and having the menu boards just be outside kiosks...

They're trying to reduce the need for employees as much as possible.

Keep raising those prices and they won't need any!

The inside of McDonalds is reserved for teenagers, backpackers who are using the wifi and old people who still consider it a day out.

I'm a proud Melburnian but even I can admit that our food names don't make a lot of sense. It bares no resemblance to a cake, so I think potato fritter (of the same family as banana and pineapple) is the most logical name. Scalloped potatoes is a different dish entirely so who knows what rugby country is thinking.

Parmi also makes more sense than parma, but I'd never be caught dead saying it.

Feb 22, 2024 20:58:26 GMT iron maiden said:

That's a bun or dinner roll.

I live in the blue region where a lump of bread is called a bun. If "roll" were not an option then bun is the clear favourite. Bread roll sounds the most natural to me.

Not long ago I went to the purple area and entered a fish and chips shop. On the menu was a bizarre item called a "fish tea cake". I'd never come across that term befoer but I quickly reasoned that this is battered fish in a bread roll. That's exactly what I wanted. I consumed a tea cake that has nothing to do with tea, nor cake.

Incidentally, the specific name for battered fish in a bun is "fish butty". Ditto for chips. "Chip butty". But not in the purple area.

There's no rolls in fast food, only biscuits.

Feb 22, 2024 21:46:18 GMT Emperor said:

Feb 22, 2024 20:58:26 GMT iron maiden said:

That's a bun or dinner roll.

I live in the blue region where a lump of bread is called a bun. If "roll" were not an option then bun is the clear favourite. Bread roll sounds the most natural to me.

Not long ago I went to the purple area and entered a fish and chips shop. On the menu was a bizarre item called a "fish tea cake". I'd never come across that term befoer but I quickly reasoned that this is battered fish in a bread roll. That's exactly what I wanted. I consumed a tea cake that has nothing to do with tea, nor cake.

Incidentally, the specific name for battered fish in a bun is "fish butty". Ditto for chips. "Chip butty". But not in the purple area.

The Newfoundlanders make something called a 'fish cake' this is pieces of fish mixed with potato made into a small patty and covered in bread crumbs and spices and fried. 

Also I'm a 'pop' person. Soda is Club Soda.