Pizza companies and the B.S they came up with

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**filbert**

When I lived in New Zealand, I was always partial to a Wendy's in order to satiate my junk food needs.

Such a shame they don't have any outlets over here.

**SilverMK2**

dogma wrote:
SilverMK2 wrote:
Here in the UK our fast food chains seem to take pride in being as slow as possible and serving meals that are as far from being actual food as possible...

I see you've eaten at KFC.

I have in the UK a few times, but I don't recall ever visiting one in the USA/Canada. Though I "ate" in McDonald's a few times as apparently that is the only chain that operated along the highways/etc that we drove along

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filbert wrote:When I lived in New Zealand, I was always partial to a Wendy's in order to satiate my junk food needs.

Such a shame they don't have any outlets over here.

There used to be a Wendy's in Stafford. Not sure if it is there any more as I've not been there in a few years. May also be a different chain with the same name?

**Necroshea**

Replying to OP, it might just be a matter of personal taste. I personally like to have everything I eat warm be super hot. I think over time after my mouth peeled a few layers off it started getting somewhat heat resistant, or at least that's what I think. Many of my family members don't see how I eat things as hot as I do.

**PapaPiggy**

The best part of living in America, we have fast food out the butt, but we can never make up our minds on where we are eating at. And personally i like cold food or room temp food. It comes from when i used to use a certain drug that makes you hungry. But hey I still think we need to get up in arms about pizza that burns and maims.

**ineptus astartes**

RatBot wrote:
Goddard wrote:
Cheesecat wrote:
FITZZ wrote:
Medium of Death wrote:Moving on to something else completely, the greatest excuse I had from a pizza place was 'We are out of LARGE DOUGH...'

What the hell?

Many Pizza chains get their dough pre-prepped and frozen,boxes of disc messured small,medium, large..etc, these "dough disc" have to be panned and proofed ( allowed to thaw and rise) for a few hours before they can actually be used to make a pizza on.
So in all probability the place you were ordering from had either had a very busy day/night and had run out of all the proofed large dough they had on hand, now they could have always mashed a few medium disc together, but since the ovens are often calbrated to cook a pre-messured size at a set time, it may have come out over/under cooked...
I would have just given you a deal on two mediums...
...Yes, I was a manager at a Pizza Hut many years ago.

Wow, I could not picture you being a manager at Pizza Hut.

Same, lol!

I can't either, but that's probably also because in my mind's eye Fitzz is Captain Spaulding, thanks to his avatar. The mental image of a psychotic redneck serial-killer clown managing a Pizza Hut... does not compute.

Nah, IRL, FITZZ is a lot more scary looking than the good (bad) captain.

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Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:
And if you said that you then fell in love with the girl of dreams, your band mates then dump you, you'd have described EXACTLY what's happening to my 21 yr old son at the moment!
funny how some things never change, just the actors playing the role, huh?

Here are some of Jung's classic archetypes:

The father: Stern, powerful, controlling
The mother: Feeding, nurturing, soothing
The child: Birth, beginnings, salvation
Story archetypes
The hero: Rescuer, champion
The maiden: Purity, desire
The wise old man: Knowledge, guidance
The magician: Mysterious, powerful
The earth mother: Nature
The witch or sorceress: Dangerous
The trickster: Deceiving, hidden
Animal archetypes
The faithful dog: Unquestioning loyalty
The enduring horse: Never giving up
The devious cat: Self-serving

now adds Pizza Hut Manager to list.

We all know Darko...

**KingCracker**

helgrenze wrote:Hey now.. Arbys has the best processed cheese food stuff out there.

Ya know what, Ill give ya that one. They are a fastfood, but thankfully they dont make EVERYTHING in the deepfryer. Anyone notice that coke at McDonalds taste like grease? How the hell does that happen? Those drinks come in vacuum sealed bags for feth sakes!!!!!

Also the Arbys bigass roast beef sandwich is just the tits

**SilverMK2**

helgrenze wrote:Hey now.. Arbys has the best processed cheese food stuff out there.

"Best processed cheese" is kind of like "best hernia"

**helgrenze**

I will have you know that pasteurized process cheese product is an official food designation, recognised and regulated by the FDA.

**PapaPiggy**

helgrenze wrote:I will have you know that pasteurized process cheese product is an official food designation, recognised and regulated by the FDA.

Doesn't mean it doesn't kill you a little inside. Eat at your own risk...

**helgrenze**

Papa.... you can have my Cheezewiz when you pry it from the roof of my cold dead mouth.

**Cheesecat**

helgrenze wrote:Papa.... you can have my Cheezewiz when you pry it from the roof of my cold dead mouth.

Ugh, can't stand Cheezewiz.

**Grakmar**

So, this thread went from being about
1) delivery pizza being too hot to
2) different types of chain pizza to
3) different awesome local pizza joints to
4) really bad fast food options to
5) cheese wiz

I've come to the conclusion that the OP's pizza was too hot, because he had cheese wiz as a topping.

/thread

**Albatross**

I like all my food to be luke-warm, like a pensioner or small child.

**nectarprime**

No pizza is ever too hot to eat. I will brave turning the entire roof of my mouth into one giant blister if it gets me that molten cheesy goodness one second faster.

**KingCracker**

No...everything can be to hot to eat. I have some weird quirk with my stomach, that if something is even remotely hot, it feels like I swallowed a friggin glowing hot lump of steel. And it hurts for a good 3 seconds. So yea...warmishlyhot? Thats how I like it. And that new word is fun to say out loud as well. I want it warmishlyhot. Rolls off the tongue

**Mannahnin**

If we're talking general quality fast food, it's all about Five Guys Burgers and Fries. Heck, when I first encountered them on a trip to a GT I wrote a whole section on them in my GT report:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/59160.page

The lunch break was the high point of the drive. This place called Five Guys Burgers and Fries we stopped at right along the highway. Four something for a hamburger, but what they mean by a hamburger is two big patties smothered with mushrooms, grilled onions, lettuce, tomato, mustard, ketchup, mayo, and optionally a list of about eight or ten other things you can get for no extra charge. I did pay a little extra for bacon on mine, because anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Combine this with them dumping a giant scoop of peanut-oil cooked fries in your bag, more than you can possibly eat, and you have a meal fit for a king or a wargamer. I didn't even eat dinner that night. Beer held me fine.

**RatBot**

I wish I could eat at Five Guys but for whatever reason they insist on cooking with peanut oil and I'm allergic to peanuts, and while highly refined peanut oil doesn't actually contain any of the protein that triggers allergic reactions (or so I've read, but it's definitely got something to do with how it's prepared), not all peanut oil is thus refined, so I'm not gonna take the risk. :(

**Coolyo294**

The fries at Five Guys are the best I've ever had.

**Cheesecat**

Coolyo294 wrote:The fries at Five Guys are the best I've ever had.

I haven't even heard of the place and I know it's good, it would be awfully unfortunate if you had peanut allergies though considering they cook everything in peanut oil, then you couldn't have any of there wonderful

food.

**Some_Call_Me_Tim?**

See, this thread is why I get my pizza from local pizza places, not chains. Seriously, they tend to be sooo much better: fresher ingredients, better customer service, nicer accommodations if you choose to eat in, and as a plus, cute chicks serving the pizza. :O

_Tim?

**MrH**

Looks like I'll be stepping into the unknown for dinner tonight, I just got a leaflet from "Pizza Espressa" whoever they are and they're offering any pizza, any size for £9.95. Fingers crossed it doesn't taste like ass.

**Infreak**

A Five Guys Burger opened up right by my work not too long ago. I've heard it's awesome. They seem to be popping up everywhere now.

I think I'm gonna actually try them now that I've been reminded.

**Grakmar**

Infreak wrote:A Five Guys Burger opened up right by my work not too long ago. I've heard it's awesome. They seem to be popping up everywhere now.

I think I'm gonna actually try them now that I've been reminded.

Fair warning: You'll get addicted to them, which will quickly lead to putting on more than a few pounds.

**Infreak**

Metabolism don't fail me now!

**Cheesecat**

Infreak wrote:A Five Guys Burger opened up right by my work not too long ago. I've heard it's awesome. They seem to be popping up everywhere now.

I think I'm gonna actually try them now that I've been reminded.

Yay! There's one coming soon to Kamloops so even I can dine on American cuisine and not be stuck with just eating beaver tails, poutines and drinking it down with a shot maple syrup afterwards.

**nectarprime**

5 Guys is good... but no onion rings. UNACCEPTABLE. Good burgers though.

Fatburger is still my favorite.

**Infreak**

**UPDATE**

Went there for lunch. Grade A+++++. Excellent and eveyone should try it.

Onion rings be damned! A burger is all I need now.

**Lord Poison**

RatBot wrote:I would rather get a pizza that's too hot than a pizza that's too cold.

No offense but this is possibly the single most ridiculous complaint I've ever seen on the internet, barring inane conspiracy theories and 2012 buffoonery.

I've seen worse

**MrH**

It wasn't bad, the sauce was a little too sweet and the cheese was a little bland but it wasn't bad for the price, especially since it was huge (15").

**Troy**

Albatross wrote:I like all my food to be luke-warm, like a pensioner or small child.

You eat children and pensioners?