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Losing weight is the new steroids.
I have to say that on those rare occasions when I drive through McD's or Wendy's I have the same thoughts, both while I am eating and later when I feel like there's a lead blimp in my belly. Add in additional prodding from the movie Supersize Me and there's plenty of reason to eschew chewing on a Big Mac in favor of something lower on the food chain.
I fail to see what's wrong with vegetables, though. I guess he has to keep a shred of masculinity in public by denouncing them. I mean, no self-respecting Major Leaguer would be caught dead at the veggie end of the buffet table!
“You take your first bite of a McDonald’s burger and it’s like ‘Why did I buy this?’” Lincecum said to reporters.
That really makes me want McDonald's for lunch. The first bite of a Quarter Pounder... mmm. Yeah, it's gonna happen.
Now, more importantly, is this Tacolicious place any good? The name is just ####### terrible, but I like me some tacos.
Thought I was alone in this. My parents didn't let us eat fast food growing up (no big health reason since there was lots of incredibly unhealthy foods they used to feed us at home) and once I was able to go out on my own I used to love McDonald's, Burger King, etc. Now...just the thought of the stuff makes me feel ill. I will splurge on gourmet burger places though.
Name is strike 1.
In the Marina, strike 2.
$4 per taco, strike 3.
It better be the untapped nectar of the gods to overcome that.
I'm getting old, but I didn't read his comment as bashing vegetables. I read it as an admission that he could be eating healthier than he is, but still has made some positive changes. Re-reading it four times, I guess there may be a little edge to the comment, but I still think it's more self-effacing then anything else.
They're good. They'll do special things like grill onions and give you your choice of condiments so you can have mustard instead of mayo or ketchup if you want. I recall the fries being very good as they made them fresh every day.
In the Marina, strike 2.
$4 per taco, strike 3.
$4 taco is a little pricey. Best to stick with burritos, I think.
I wish In-and-Out was somewhere East of Texas, like, say, NYC. Shake Shack is probably our closest competitor, and it doesn't come close.
Lincecum is my teenage daughter's favorite player. Big Surprise.
If he's lost 22 pounds, he'll make Roger Moret look like Aurelio Lopez.
However, that said -- good for Tim... I lead a pretty unhealthy lifestyle and about 4-5 years ago, I cut both fast food and pop/soda/coke/soft drinks completely out of my diet. I'm still pretty amazed by how much better I feel based on what now, seems like a really small change in habits. Of course, I've basically replaced the McDs/BurgerKings/TacoBells with taquerias/mom-and-pop hot dog stands/gyro shops.
I still won't be running a marathon anytime soon - but I do find that I sleep better and feel noticeably less 'blah' than I used to.
edit: Post #18 gets a +1 from me for the first sentence.
You simply have not lived if you have never visited In and Out urge! I make it a point when I visit Socal to stop at In and Out at least once.
Family owned, honest-to-goodness emphasis on quality in both food and service, lines out the door pretty much any time of day that they are open, tasty burgers and fries. They have a potato dicer positioned right over the fry oil so they wash the potatoes and then dice them directly into the fry oil. F@cking awesome.
If they went national it would appear to be awesome at first blush, but like attempts by other outfits to go national the quality would suffer drastically I'm afraid.
Having said all that, I wouldn't make burgers and fries a daily part of my diet. Pay attention to your body, it knows what's good.
The best fries I've ever had are made by a Japanese restaurant near my apartment.
In-n-Out = Five Guys.
Both are better than Shake Shack.
If I had to eat one food for the rest of my life, that'd be it.
Some burger chain, whose name I can't remember, just opened up shop in Brooklyn (Fort Green area). The burgers were underwhelming, but the fries were spectacular.
Best fries I've had, while we're having this discussion, are the truffle fries at The Basin in Saratoga. Though there's a Belgian place in SF that comes a close second.
"I've been swimming in raw sewage-I love it!"
Not cherry Pez?
In a swim race between Jason Heyward and The Timmeh, who wins? Who drowns?
Obvious Al Campanis joke inserted here.
Try them "extra done" next time.
They're still not great, but they're better than the standard issue.
Shake Shack is overrated. I work near the location in Madison Square Park and when the weather is nice, the line is always prohibitively long. It's so not worth the wait. Back Forty on 12th and B get my vote for best burger in town.
Actually, the burger we do is pretty darn good. We use Australian Wagyu beef, Talbot white cheddar, and applewood smoked bacon. The only negative is that the bun doesn't really hold up well to the beef's juiciness.
I had no idea that Boy Genius Report serves burgers.
This sir is blasphemy.
I really like In and Out, but don't get the love. I've never been blown away by a meal there.
Never had Shake Shack, but everyone I know who's been there has said that it's overrated.
It was Smashburger.
1) proper exercise;
2) supportive diet, as in eat what supports your exercise regimen and metabolic requirements and cut out what works against those goals;
3) proper sleep, which is more important than given credit for among the hustle-bustle set;
4) lots of sex (YMMV)
If The Timmeh only gets 1 and 2 right he's probably doing better than he was last year or previous to it. I wonder if an MLB player really gets enough restful sleep during the season, but their travel schedule no doubt cuts into that.
Point 4 is left as an exercise to the reader. I'll just say that I'm happy.
Best fries I ever had were at Mills' Diner in Chateaugeay, NY. But that was 34 years ago and I have no idea if they even exist anymore. The diner that is. Actually, the town as well now that I think of it.
My rankings of the 4 chains mentioned earlier:
1. Five Guys - This is the only fast food joint that puts halfway decent bacon on the burger.
2. Fatburger
3. In-and-Out
4. Shake Shack - I've only eaten at SS once. It was nothing special.
Best french fries I've ever eaten are at a little place called Tomy's in Garden Grove, CA. They have a great burger as well. Best burger I've ever had was at Litton's Market in Knoxville, TN.
Yeah, what's that about? I've never had Shake Shack and don't really know anything about it, but I just can't imagine how it would be worth standing in line for 30+ minutes. Surely these people could find five other quality burgers within a few blocks of there. Why would you wait in that line?
Lately, I've slowly been coming around to the idea of blue cheese on my bacon burgers.
In fairness, nectar would make for an incredibly unwieldy taco.
Just use moldy buns. Same effect.
(Not a fan of blue cheese. Can't remember if that was the case before I was told I was allergic to penicillin, though.)
Also, 5 guys is over-rated. Of course it's better than your average fast food, it's twice as expensive! I'd prefer almost any local burger shop over 5 guys. The price is the same and the burgers will be better.
Y'all need to try some of NC's Cookout!
This is a more awful statement than anything even hinted at in the political thread.
(They're the kind of place that considers a corn dog a side.)
It's ma'am, thank you very much.
Eh, I don't know - the on-topic comments on the Castro rape thread........shudders.
Yeah that thread scared me off like 10 pages ago, maybe 20.
I just took a peak. That #### has gone all preachy libertarian now. I say bring back the rape!
These two topics combine (not-so) wonderfully if you're a fan of the WWE's Kane. #ronpaul #katievick
And then there's White Castle. Oh sweet, sweet sliders -- it's been too long.
Doesn't that describe every political thread on this site?
I have this experience every time I go to any crassfood place now. I want it when I order it, then it's gross during the first bite.
Maybe it's the knowledge that you're almost literally eating garbage that's been flavored with synthesized chemical spray.
Timbaco! Timbaco! Timbaco!
This happened to me with KFC a few years ago. I hadn't had it in 20 years, had 20 minutes to kill before me movie started and was hungry. I walked by a KFC, it smelled good. I took one bite and realized what an awful mistake I had made. Truly horrific stuff.
I only eat fast food when I am travelling and have no other choice (in a airport terminal or by the highway)
Too greasy. Fer crissakes, they do call them "butterburgers".
Forget burgers, what's the best bigtime fast-food drive-through item out there? I used to be partial to the gyros at Miami Subs but I may have been swayed by the delicious novelty of getting a hot gyro at 4AM. During long road trips Mrs. Redneck and I will both schedule our stops around a Krystals if there's one on the way.
The last time I could even look at a KFC without being revolted was ten years ago. Me and my workmates went there for lunch, and I ordered the chicken (imagine that). It nearly made me puke.
I've had great success going Paleo. (Well more primal than paleo). I recommend it.
Praise for White Castle invalidates anything else you have to say.
W/ 5 Guys fries, I recommend the cajun seasoning. And bringing six or so friends to share them with. Their burgers are variable in quality but peak above any national chain I've experienced (have not had in-n-out).
[All this said, I got takeout from a taqueria for lunch, albeit a gentrified one.]
Holy god yes.
Yeah, I meant to point this out the first time someone criticized 5 Guys fries. You have to get them with the seasoning.
...stumbling into White Castle at 4:30 am brings comfort and a sense that everything will eventually be all right. Sometimes you just have to eat the food you deserve to eat.
Shake Shack is overrated, In-n-Out is about even w/ Five Guys, maybe better on the burger but worse on the fries.
Can we agree that Qdoba is superior to both Moe's (terrible) and Chipotle (underwhelming, too pricy)?
Roadkill?
The people I know who have moved here from CA state emphatically that there is no better burger on God's green Earth than In-N-Out, and everything else is the worst. burger. ever. The people I know who have moved to CA from here shrug and say In-N-Out is like Five Guys but with much worse fries*, and don't understand the fanatical devotion In-N-Out has. People I know from other western states where In-N-Out is located seem to agree with the latter group. I've never been to In-N-Out, but I'm going to CA this summer and hope to check it out.
I can stomach KFC, McDonald's, and Five Guys, and have visited each in the last week. Lightweights.
* Echo Der K in #83 about the cajun fries at Five Guys.
I've had great success going Paleo. (Well more primal than paleo). I recommend it.
I've been doing a somewhat half-assed version of the paleo diet (I mean, I'm not going to completely kick things like pizza, beer and Honey Nut (among other carbs) to the curb), hoping that eating a bit more fat would result in less of my general lethargy/exhaustion. I think I've had some luck, but still find my self feeling tired too often. (Obviously I understand that diet could be just one of many culprits here.)
Want the triple decker? Okay, but it'll cost extra, but you want grilled onions, cooked medium rare, with well done fries? And its all free with your meal? Now, that's service.
Which other fast food place would even dare try to cook a burger medium rare?
Moe's is definitely terrible. (It's also the dominant chain of that style where I live - grrrrrr.) I slightly prefer Chipotle over Qdoba, but could go either way. I wish the former offered more exotic choices and the latter made "signature selections" that were more inline with my preferences. Luckily, I've got a host of local options that I prefer over those two (which are fine, don't get me wrong).
Oh, among national chains, Baja Fresh was pretty solid. No longer in my neck of the woods, though.
Which other fast food place would even dare try to cook a burger medium rare?
Not legal in my state. Otherwise, 5 Guys does that other stuff too.
Not legal in my state.
That seems to be the case in the DC area, too, but does anyone know why that ridiculous law only seems to apply to fast food joints and not to sit-down restaurants? Is it an implicit recognition of the dog food quality of most fast food beef?
Haven't tried Moe's or Qdoba, but Baja Fresh runs rings around Chipotle. The marinade they use on their chicken and beef before they grill is fantastic and they have the best salsa bar hands down; a blend of the spicy red and smoky chipotle salsas kicks ass on just about anything ...
I love Steak and Shake, and it's not just in the South - they opened one when I was living in Lansing, Michigan (though I assume they found out I was there and figured it would be guaranteed to turn a profit just from my orders).
As for Waffle House... I could eat at the Waffle House 3 meals a day forever. When I was in college, they had an all-you-can-eat menu that probably singlehandedly took 10 years off my life. It kills me living in California that there's not one nearby. I'm in severe scattered and covered withdrawal.
Even at a sit-down restaurant, I wouldn't chance it. I think the only way to do medium-rare or bloodier is if you're buying and grinding your own cuts of meat.
I hear the Jerk Burger store called, and they're running out of you.
I view Qdoba as the red head stepchild to Chipotle. Chipotle is good for a chain and if your area doesn't have a good Mexican/Latin presence then they might be your best bet. I stay away from Chipotle because it is too much food and I'll regret it later. Baja Fresh is not bad but I didn't really find anything about it all that special.
Even at a sit-down restaurant, I wouldn't chance it. I think the only way to do medium-rare or bloodier is if you're buying and grinding your own cuts of meat.
This harkens back to the peanut allergy thread we had the other day. There is an extremely small chance you get sick from eating undercooked meat, even ground beef, and because of that we don't get to eat it if we so choose too.
Doing it yourself is probably far more dangerous than going to a store and getting it. Generally speaking the dirtiest place for food is in your possession.
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