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Yeah, as a society, we're screwed, and its mostly because of our fast-food industry

But like I said, depending on what region of the US you are visiting will affect what fast-foods you should check out.

For instance, it's not fast food, but if you are hammered drunk and are in the south, you need to head to Waffle House (in fact, I'd only recommend them if you are drunk or severely hung over)

 Albatross wrote:


Yeah, we have McD and BK over here, Ensis! I usually only visit them hungover, though...

We are also starting to see Taco Bell stores springing up, but I can't say they've impressed me much. I have a lot of time for KFC, though. I don't mind a Subway, either.

Ooh, tell you what I did have for the first time the other day - Cinnabon!!! Oh. My. Teeth. Really tasty, but I could feel the diabetus trying to suck out my life-force as I was eating it. Thankfully, I live a few hundred miles from the nearest one, otherwise I'd probably go there every day.


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Oh, I'm going to Tenessee, btw.

Also someone mentioned Arby's don't go there it's disgusting.

Stay away from BK cinnamon rolls in the morning

 Albatross wrote:
So, any Americans care to recommend good fast food outlets for me to try when I pop over for a visit in a couple of weeks?

If there's one nearby, go eat some Popeye's chicken. It kicks the ever livin' crap out of Kentucky Fried.

Relapse wrote:

 Albatross wrote:
So, any Americans care to recommend good fast food outlets for me to try when I pop over for a visit in a couple of weeks?

If there's one nearby, go eat some Popeye's chicken. It kicks the ever livin' crap out of Kentucky Fried.

He's going to Tennesse, where we got Popeye's, Church's, KFC, Bojangles (dunno never had them), and Chik-fil-a

Egg Nog

Also, whenever I head south of the Mason-Dixon line I MUST have Waffle House.

Whenever I am in the Midwest it is Taco John's. Too bad I live in the Midwest, so I have Taco John's once a week. :(

Waffle House is out here in the far west as well, still great drunk food though I usually end up at village inn or ihop

 Easy E wrote:


Also, whenever I head south of the Mason-Dixon line I MUST have Waffle House.

Why do so many people apparently like Waffle House? Seriously the gak is nasty! I got stationed here at ft. Campbell, so I've had my obligatory one trip to WH, and I gotta say, I'll stick with Mr. G's, IHOP or Denny's

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 Easy E wrote:


Also, whenever I head south of the Mason-Dixon line I MUST have Waffle House.

Why do so many people apparently like Waffle House? Seriously the gak is nasty! I got stationed here at ft. Campbell, so I've had my obligatory one trip to WH, and I gotta say, I'll stick with Mr. G's, IHOP or Denny's

Hmmm... WH is da' bomb dude.

You must got bad experience...

Plus... it's dirt cheap. iHop/Denny is an upgrade for sure... but, sometimes, I just want bacon and eggs with my cawphee...

 whembly wrote:

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 Easy E wrote:


Also, whenever I head south of the Mason-Dixon line I MUST have Waffle House.

Why do so many people apparently like Waffle House? Seriously the gak is nasty! I got stationed here at ft. Campbell, so I've had my obligatory one trip to WH, and I gotta say, I'll stick with Mr. G's, IHOP or Denny's

Hmmm... WH is da' bomb dude.

You must got bad experience...

Plus... it's dirt cheap. iHop/Denny is an upgrade for sure... but, sometimes, I just want bacon and eggs with my cawphee...

To be fair he recommended Arby's so I wouldn't trust his judgement.

 Cheesecat wrote:

 whembly wrote:

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 Easy E wrote:


Also, whenever I head south of the Mason-Dixon line I MUST have Waffle House.

Why do so many people apparently like Waffle House? Seriously the gak is nasty! I got stationed here at ft. Campbell, so I've had my obligatory one trip to WH, and I gotta say, I'll stick with Mr. G's, IHOP or Denny's

Hmmm... WH is da' bomb dude.

You must got bad experience...

Plus... it's dirt cheap. iHop/Denny is an upgrade for sure... but, sometimes, I just want bacon and eggs with my cawphee...

To be fair he recommended Arby's so I wouldn't trust his judgement.

Arby's... bleh...

Lion's Choice is if anyone's hankering for good roast beef sammich.

Arby's is awsome. I don't know what you guys are talking about. Must have had a bad batch.

yeah seriously... WH, I went there when I was sober so perhaps that was my problem.

Squares Bars. I crave the delicious, rectangular, moist, sticky, chewy packets of pure heaven...

Has anyone tried White Castle? The absolute THE. BELLY. BOMBER!

Seriously... can't handle it anymore...

 Easy E wrote:
Egg Nog

Also, whenever I head south of the Mason-Dixon line I MUST have Waffle House.

Whenever I am in the Midwest it is Taco John's. Too bad I live in the Midwest, so I have Taco John's once a week. :(

mmmmm... potato oles.

It looks like there are some Chipotles down there. Go to Chipotle. They make ridiculous burritos and bowls. And it's all generally hormone free locally grown nonsense that I couldn't care less about (or could I?) but it tastes amazing.

I eat like a 22 stone man with chocolate biscuits crisps and popcorn, yet I'm skinny still.


At one point my snacks a day were
4 Chocolate Yoghurts.
3 Yorkies
A big bowl of popcorn.
A magnum or a third of a ben and jerries pot.
2 Packets of crisps.
A triple chocolate muffin.
2 Kit kats.
5 Ginger snaps.

Once I ate 400+ party rings.
I'm still only around 8-9 stone.

Bearing in mind my breakfast was 2 bacon 1 scrambled egg and 2 waffles.
And my other meals were of same proportion.

Metab off the charts perhaps?

Mongolian Grill. I have come up with some downright Toxic combinations at these places. I have even made one cook gag when he asked me what was in it. (in his favor, it was his first day)

Soda. I love it, I love it, I love it but I am aware of my unhealthy daily consumption of it and have been trying to ween off of it by using it only for tired spells during class

 InquisitorVaron wrote:
I eat like a 22 stone man with chocolate biscuits crisps and popcorn, yet I'm skinny still.


At one point my snacks a day were
4 Chocolate Yoghurts.
3 Yorkies
A big bowl of popcorn.
A magnum or a third of a ben and jerries pot.
2 Packets of crisps.
A triple chocolate muffin.
2 Kit kats.
5 Ginger snaps.

Once I ate 400+ party rings.
I'm still only around 8-9 stone.

Bearing in mind my breakfast was 2 bacon 1 scrambled egg and 2 waffles.
And my other meals were of same proportion.

Metab off the charts perhaps?

Swap you metabolisms for a couple days?

 InquisitorVaron wrote:
I eat like a 22 stone man with chocolate biscuits crisps and popcorn, yet I'm skinny still.


At one point my snacks a day were
4 Chocolate Yoghurts.
3 Yorkies
A big bowl of popcorn.
A magnum or a third of a ben and jerries pot.
2 Packets of crisps.
A triple chocolate muffin.
2 Kit kats.
5 Ginger snaps.

Once I ate 400+ party rings.
I'm still only around 8-9 stone.

Bearing in mind my breakfast was 2 bacon 1 scrambled egg and 2 waffles.
And my other meals were of same proportion.

Metab off the charts perhaps?

Its an age thing - I was like that when I was young. Just wait till you hit mid twenties/thirties - it'll bite you in the ass, believe me.

Large cod and chips plus a couple a pickled gherkins and a 1.5 ltr bottle of Coke.... The large cod 'n chips from my local chippy goes 3lbs... That's 3lbs of deep fried goodness.

Why?! I'm getting older and fatter every week thanks to this stuff!

Hey....remember the MRE bread packets........

To be fair, Waffle House food isn;t that great, but the atmosphere is priceless!

1. If the cook wasn't ashing into your waffle when he was making it, then you didn't go to the right Waffle House.

2. If you didn;t slide to your booth on a thin film of grease, you weren't at the right Waffle House.

3. If the waffle iron had been cleaned in the past year, you weren't at the right Waffle House.

4. If your waitress didn't fit a ridiculous Southern Waitress stereotype, you weren;t at the right Waffle House.

5. If you.... well.... I think you get the idea.

The things I can't really resist:

Five Guys Bacon Cheeseburger (remember that's two patties) with mushrooms, onions, maybe a little bbq sauce, lettuce, and tomato, and a regular five guys fries (I usually eat the bag fries, since bag fries are best fries). Note: This is easily replaced by regional burger chains, so INN-N-OUT also falls under this, they just don't have any in the Midwest...

White Castle - This one is weird because I love it, but I always go overboard and I don't want to touch the stuff for like a year. The last time I had White Castle sliders was August 2011. A buddy and I had the hankering for those tasty little squares of grease, and we each got a crave case (30 burgers). We proceeded to eat about half of our cases each. I then had white castle for lunch and dinner the next 3 days... My mini fridge in college smelled like sliders for weeks after that.

Q'Doba/Chipotle - For my burrito fix, I love just the gooey wrapped death. Though after having Q'Doba for the past 4 months and not touching Chipotle until last night, I can safely say that I much prefer the bloody death my bowels suffer from Q'Doba over Chipotle

Asian cuisine - from classy sushi to home made thai food, to greasy chinese buffet or delivery, I fething love it all... Which sucks because my parents hate it, so it rarely comes up as a topic of what is for dinner D:

Mexican - This is pretty much the same as the asian food... I love mexican food like no one's business. My parents lived for 17 years in the American southwest, and would often cross the border into Mexico for quality mexican food... I'd like to think this love has rubbed off onto me...

I'm a big fan of anything Cleveland in nature... So that usually means anything involving polish sausage/bratwurst/etc.. smothered with peppers, onions, and brown stadium mustard (a Cleveland favorite, feth you Heinz Ketchup!)

And then there are the "regional" things that I've had while traveling.

in the Canton, Ohio area there is a place called Ianazone's Pizza. There are a few in other places, but this chain of pizza shops makes a spicy pizza sauce that goes great with the spice of pepperoni... My housemate and I would get it at least once a week while I was living in the area.

Philly Cheessteaks from Philly... Preferably whiz wit, and from Geno's, though Pat's does it well too... I've had them in other places in the country, and nothing compares

Gak on a Shingle from the Lehigh valley are of PA. My buddy is from there, and while visiting him, we went to this diner in Allentown, Pa and had Creamed Chipped beef which looks terrible, but damn that salty dish hits the spot when you're drunk at 3 in the morning

And when I was in San Fransisco, I went to this little cafe that had Croque Monsieur, which I would eat anywhere, but the only place I know to get it is in San Fransisco...


I'm really really really fething surprised I'm not like 300+ pounds...

 InquisitorVaron wrote:
I eat like a 22 stone man with chocolate biscuits crisps and popcorn, yet I'm skinny still.


At one point my snacks a day were
4 Chocolate Yoghurts.
3 Yorkies
A big bowl of popcorn.
A magnum or a third of a ben and jerries pot.
2 Packets of crisps.
A triple chocolate muffin.
2 Kit kats.
5 Ginger snaps.

Once I ate 400+ party rings.
I'm still only around 8-9 stone.

Bearing in mind my breakfast was 2 bacon 1 scrambled egg and 2 waffles.
And my other meals were of same proportion.

Metab off the charts perhaps?

That or you've got some tapeworms dodging the rent!

You know it is Halloween, what's everyone's favorite candy?

I am shamelessly addicted to Milkyway, Hundred Grand, Mike & Ikes and anything with peanut butter.

I also get $2 Chipolte today, hell yeah going for dinner in costume

I love Kitkats, Runts, and Gobstoppers. Can't stop eating them.

I love Senor Froggy's taco's! But I actually have pretty good self-control when it comes to junk food I rarely eat it, or maybe I'm just too cheap to spend my money on it.

Lion Bars. But they don't have them in America.