thekidsgirl said:

I liked Taco Bell back when I was in middle school, when I didn't know any better

Anytime there was a day we didn't have school my childhood bestfriend and I would walk there and feel like we were going to Disney World

Hungry kids see things through their stomachs

I remember my aunt could barely afford to feed her kids and she always bought the cheapest food ever and I threw some bargain basement hot dogs in the shopping basket and when my stepdad cooked em for dinner, he threw a fit about how terrible they were and WTF was I thinking.

They sure tasted amazing at my aunts house when there was nothing else to eat!

KoolEaze said:

JustErin said:

The difference is grade of food.

You mean lower quality meats being used in US fast food chains as compared to Canadian food standards?

Absolutely. Lower quality everything, not just meats.

But then again, I haven't been to the US for several years so maybe it's not as bad now.

I only ever had Taco Bell as bartime food in the 80s (because I had a friend who always wanted pintos and cheese when she was trashed). So I'm pretty sure it only tastes good if you're wasted.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

thekidsgirl said:

I liked Taco Bell back when I was in middle school, when I didn't know any better

Anytime there was a day we didn't have school my childhood bestfriend and I would walk there and feel like we were going to Disney World

Hungry kids see things through their stomachs

I remember my aunt could barely afford to feed her kids and she always bought the cheapest food ever and I threw some bargain basement hot dogs in the shopping basket and when my stepdad cooked em for dinner, he threw a fit about how terrible they were and WTF was I thinking.

They sure tasted amazing at my aunts house when there was nothing else to eat!

Kids prefer the the bad foods! My spoiled little cousins get taken out to nice restaurants all the time on the weekends, but if there aren't chicken fingers/nuggets on the menu they will freak out.

It still is! mothafucka!

KEEP IT GRUNJI!!!

Last time I ate at Taco Bell was in 1997. I don't know if I didn't have the cravings for it anymore or what but after that year I didn't go no more. Every Friday or whatever I would go out with my parents to the store, we almost always stopped there so I could eat soft tacos.

TonyVanDam said:

kpowers said:

I remember when Pizza Hut tatse good

Save THAT^ for the next pizza thread. I have plenty to say about how Pizza Hut had felt off in recent years.

Do tell

None of these places are good like they used to be.

KoolEaze said:

JustErin said:

The difference is grade of food.

You mean lower quality meats being used in US fast food chains as compared to Canadian food standards?

These days, it's rumor that Taco Bell has sand in their beef!

vainandy said:

None of these places are good like they used to be.

Sad but true.

TonyVanDam said:

KoolEaze said:

You mean lower quality meats being used in US fast food chains as compared to Canadian food standards?

These days, it's rumor that Taco Bell has sand in their beef!

People have been starting rumors about restaurants for ages. I remember back in 1979 when people were saying that Wendy's had worms in it's hamburgers.

vainandy said:

TonyVanDam said:

These days, it's rumor that Taco Bell has sand in their beef!

People have been starting rumors about restaurants for ages. I remember back in 1979 when people were saying that Wendy's had worms in it's hamburgers.

Some rumors were true to an extent. For example, how many dogs in the 1980's ended up missing after a cheap "Chinese" takeout joint open for business near the hood?

TonyVanDam said:

vainandy said:

People have been starting rumors about restaurants for ages. I remember back in 1979 when people were saying that Wendy's had worms in it's hamburgers.

Some rumors were true to an extent. For example, how many dogs in the 1980's ended up missing after a cheap "Chinese" takeout joint open for business near the hood?

People always say that but Chinese food was absolutely delicious in the 1970s and 1980s. When the 1990s came along, they started tasting all "Americanized" because they started trying to cater to the tastes of people who didn't even like Chinese food in the first place but ate there simply because it had an all you can eat buffet.

Like I always say though, if they were using dogs and cats back then, they need to start back doing it again because whatever they were doing was absolutely delicious back then. Best damn cat I've ever ate.

I never used to eat Taco Bell, but I have started to eat the veggie 7 layer burrito.

It's still a terrible burrito, but I will eat it on a road trip if I don't want McDonalds

All taco bell has going for them are their chalupas.

BlackAdder7 said: my GOD i love Taco Bell. here is a little poem i wrote about Taco Bell:

¿Taco bell de Taco bell haces sabor de comida así engrosar taco bell taco bell puede curar gente, hacer bien ellos están divina?
debe ser, you está bien!
Taco Bell Taco Bell!!

great poem! i dunno about healing the sick but taco bell can be pretty tasty.

TonyVanDam said:

vainandy said:

People have been starting rumors about restaurants for ages. I remember back in 1979 when people were saying that Wendy's had worms in it's hamburgers.

Some rumors were true to an extent. For example, how many dogs in the 1980's ended up missing after a cheap "Chinese" takeout joint open for business near the hood?

It was not the Chinese that took bow wow it was the Vietnamese. Its common knowledge that Vietnamese had dog on the menu and I have seen with my own eyes an elderly Vietnamese woman throwing rocks at pigeons downtown and then scooping up the fallen bodies and putting them in her grocery bag no doubt for some special feast. People just looked at her in shock but I knew she gonna chop and stir fry those lil bastards.

I like their mexican pizza

vainandy said:

TonyVanDam said:

Some rumors were true to an extent. For example, how many dogs in the 1980's ended up missing after a cheap "Chinese" takeout joint open for business near the hood?

People always say that but Chinese food was absolutely delicious in the 1970s and 1980s. When the 1990s came along, they started tasting all "Americanized" because they started trying to cater to the tastes of people who didn't even like Chinese food in the first place but ate there simply because it had an all you can eat buffet.

Like I always say though, if they were using dogs and cats back then, they need to start back doing it again because whatever they were doing was absolutely delicious back then. Best damn cat I've ever ate.

THAT^ is the closest you ever admit to eating "pussy"! (j/k )

[Edited 2/14/12 17:49pm]

HotGritz said:

TonyVanDam said:

Some rumors were true to an extent. For example, how many dogs in the 1980's ended up missing after a cheap "Chinese" takeout joint open for business near the hood?

It was not the Chinese that took bow wow it was the Vietnamese. Its common knowledge that Vietnamese had dog on the menu and I have seen with my own eyes an elderly Vietnamese woman throwing rocks at pigeons downtown and then scooping up the fallen bodies and putting them in her grocery bag no doubt for some special feast. People just looked at her in shock but I knew she gonna chop and stir fry those lil bastards.

I know it was some Vietnameses. But a few of them dared to called it "Chinese" food at the time.

NOPE NOT NEVER WAS TACO BELL REMOTELY GOOD....NOT EVEN BEFORE THE LIL DOG...what I need to know was it ever real meat?

QueenBad said:

NOPE NOT NEVER WAS TACO BELL REMOTELY GOOD....NOT EVEN BEFORE THE LIL DOG...what I need to know was it ever real meat?

It was a rumor in the 90s about them using horse meat but I don't believe it. I think their beef is mostly beans and wheat mixture.

I actually like it better now than back then I like the fresco style tacos and the crunchwrap supreme

Haa! Did anyone catch that news bumper after the ad featuring legendary news anchor Mort Crim on the Detroit NBC affiliate?

I'll NEVER FORGET when someone who used to work there said that it says "Grade D but edible" on the gound beef that they use. So that explains a lot.

HotGritz said:

TonyVanDam said:

Some rumors were true to an extent. For example, how many dogs in the 1980's ended up missing after a cheap "Chinese" takeout joint open for business near the hood?

It was not the Chinese that took bow wow it was the Vietnamese. Its common knowledge that Vietnamese had dog on the menu and I have seen with my own eyes an elderly Vietnamese woman throwing rocks at pigeons downtown and then scooping up the fallen bodies and putting them in her grocery bag no doubt for some special feast. People just looked at her in shock but I knew she gonna chop and stir fry those lil bastards.

What in the fuckity fuck?!?! x 100

TonyVanDam said:

KoolEaze said:

You mean lower quality meats being used in US fast food chains as compared to Canadian food standards?

These days, it's rumor that Taco Bell has sand in their beef!

It's somewhat-true.

They use silicon dioxide in the beef to keep it from clumping...which is a primary component of ordinary sand and quartz.

TonyVanDam said: 'Remember when Taco Bell was great?'

How the mightly has fallen since 1979.

yup! until i found out that most of their meat is synthetically altered. used to love me some chicken burritos.

(but i will sneak there every now and then and order a chicken saled bowl w/out the chicken. when i get home i add my own left over roasted chicken sliced up. taco bell's chicken is 'ultra salty,' taste nasty imo.

then i run over to popeye's ( 2 blks away) and order a bowl of their rice and red beans.

mmmmmmmmmmmmm some good taste combo to me!

[Edited 2/16/12 16:04pm]

free2bfreeda said:

TonyVanDam said: 'Remember when Taco Bell was great?'

How the mightly has fallen since 1979.

yup! until i found out that most of their meat is synthetically altered. used to love me some chicken burritos.

(but i will sneak there every now and then and order a chicken saled bowl w/out the chicken. when i get home i add my own left over roasted chicken sliced up. taco bell's chicken is 'ultra salty,' taste nasty imo.

then i run over to popeye's ( 2 blks away) and order a bowl of their rice and red beans.

mmmmmmmmmmmmm some good taste combo to me!

[Edited 2/16/12 16:04pm]

Popeye's has some GOOD friend chicken.

Never tried the rice & beans though.

Does anyone remember (or still have a) Roy Roger's fried chicken???

They also have THE BEST french fries IMO.

All the restaurants in NY closed (I think there may be one left in Penn Station)...but there's some in the Rest Stops on I-95 (that's the main North/South Interstate highway on the East Coast for my foreign friends)...sometimes when taking a trip, it's timed just-right and we can stop off and get some Roy's for lunch.

PurpleJedi said:

free2bfreeda said:

yup! until i found out that most of their meat is synthetically altered. used to love me some chicken burritos.

(but i will sneak there every now and then and order a chicken saled bowl w/out the chicken. when i get home i add my own left over roasted chicken sliced up. taco bell's chicken is 'ultra salty,' taste nasty imo.

then i run over to popeye's ( 2 blks away) and order a bowl of their rice and red beans.

mmmmmmmmmmmmm some good taste combo to me!

[Edited 2/16/12 16:04pm]

Popeye's has some GOOD friend chicken.

Never tried the rice & beans though.

Does anyone remember (or still have a) Roy Roger's fried chicken???

They also have THE BEST french fries IMO.

All the restaurants in NY closed (I think there may be one left in Penn Station)...but there's some in the Rest Stops on I-95 (that's the main North/South Interstate highway on the East Coast for my foreign friends)...sometimes when taking a trip, it's timed just-right and we can stop off and get some Roy's for lunch.

That Chicken looks dry as hell.....but yes, I remember Roy Rogers. The closest thing we had to them was the fried chicken sold at Hardee's.