Jack in a box burgers in general. I would always get an ultimate cheeseburger once a week back in the 90s-2000s. Now all their burger meat is just bland and dry.
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Fast food menu items that don't taste as great anymore?
- Thread starter hwarang
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The beef tallow fried mcfries were really good.
Gotta go to like steak or specialty restaurants to get animal fried fat fries nowadays.
Duck fat and beef tallow make great fries.
Pizza Hut is the big one.
Also, remember how good Chicken Littles from KFC were back in the 90s?? The new ones are just ok, but nothing like the stuff I ate in high school.
Also, remember how good Chicken Littles from KFC were back in the 90s?? The new ones are just ok, but nothing like the stuff I ate in high school.
I had forgotten the encharito, damn you. It's like it's gone all over again
They used to batter and fry actual chicken strips in their extra crispy mix when I first worked there as a teen.
Then about a year later, they started using premade ones that come in frozen from a truck.
Seconded. I had not eaten at McDonald's since Super Size Me came out, and earlier this year I was forced to because it was either that or Wendy's. I got a Big Mac thinking "Well, it's shit food, but food that's shit for you normally tastes good, right?"
No. No it does not. What a mediocre and depressing sandwich the Big Mac has become. I can see why our President loves these fucking things.
The Sausage McMuffin at McDonald's. It's a thinner, less meaty patty, you can get close to it with two Sausage patties but even still.
Also, any fast food in the states, it's so bland and salty, McDonalds and Taco Bell up here are so much better(even if for taco bell we don't have all the same things)
Also, any fast food in the states, it's so bland and salty, McDonalds and Taco Bell up here are so much better(even if for taco bell we don't have all the same things)
came to say this about the fries..... the flavor isn't nearly as good. There was a point that McDonalds use to do advertisements based on how good the fries tasted.
checker's burgers used to be the best for me. were well seasoned and not greasy at all. i got one recently and it was absolutely bland and just greasy mushy awful. mcdonald's quarter pounder patties tastes similar to the old checker's burgers so that's what i go for now if i want one.
wendy's burgers definitely aren't the same, arby's chicken for their sandwiches went way downhill. they're so much smaller and the texture is just off now
wendy's burgers definitely aren't the same, arby's chicken for their sandwiches went way downhill. they're so much smaller and the texture is just off now
Wendys as a whole has gone downhill. They used to be the gold standard for fast food, and I think they are now even with the other guys.
The Whopper (and Burger King in general) has been in gradual decline since the mid-2000s, but the last 5 years have been really rough. I don't know about your local place, but all of them around me are either closing or are filthy rundown husks.
I miss when the Taco Bell Mexican pizza used to have green onions on it. It was the best. Then they had an ecoli situation and dropped green onions everywhere.
A lot of people are correct in this thread and without a doubt most recipes have most likely changed slightly, especially since the mid-2000s where I felt like most places tasted pretty good and had some sort of texture/flavor difference between resturants.
McDonalds all-around has degraded significantly. Even their fries, which people who don't eat fast-food would agree were good, are not the same. Their McNuggets are practically inedible (not as much as Burger King's at least), and even the Chicken Tenders which got re-introduced some years ago have already been downgraded since then.
McDonalds all-around has degraded significantly. Even their fries, which people who don't eat fast-food would agree were good, are not the same. Their McNuggets are practically inedible (not as much as Burger King's at least), and even the Chicken Tenders which got re-introduced some years ago have already been downgraded since then.
The worst part about this was it was eventually determined the ecoli out break originated from lettuce. But the damage done by the green onion rumors had already taken its toll.
First thing that popped to mind for me was also the Burger King chicken tenders...but not the crown ones, I'm taking it even further back.
Pre-crown back the earlier days, BK tenders came in more of a small strip shape, but the key is that the way the breading was applied created these little regularly spaced ridges running perpendicular to the length of the tender. Almost like a chocolate bar, this would semi-naturally section each tender off to enjoy one small bite at a time for maximum enjoyment while encouraging you not to eat them too quickly. They've never been quite the same since, and the most recent incarnation of BK nuggets are just...saddening.
The consistency of quality in Wendy's spicy chicken sandwiches also seems to have worsened over time. It's still good but sometimes I wind up with a patty that's not very crispy and seems like it's been hanging around a bit too long. Maybe it's just me but these used to seem a lot fresher years back.
Pre-crown back the earlier days, BK tenders came in more of a small strip shape, but the key is that the way the breading was applied created these little regularly spaced ridges running perpendicular to the length of the tender. Almost like a chocolate bar, this would semi-naturally section each tender off to enjoy one small bite at a time for maximum enjoyment while encouraging you not to eat them too quickly. They've never been quite the same since, and the most recent incarnation of BK nuggets are just...saddening.
The consistency of quality in Wendy's spicy chicken sandwiches also seems to have worsened over time. It's still good but sometimes I wind up with a patty that's not very crispy and seems like it's been hanging around a bit too long. Maybe it's just me but these used to seem a lot fresher years back.
Got a McDonald's Milk Shake the other day, WTF is that now?
The Dairy Queen chicken basket has become a joke.
The Dairy Queen chicken basket has become a joke.
Can vary a lot from one restaurant to another. I think you're more likely to get them served stale now. It's as if ever since they made it a point to cook the Quarter Pounders fresh all the time, they've slacked on their other staples in compensation.
I remember when McDonalds debut it chicken nuggets. It was a family event treat for my poor family. I remember it being real chunks of chicken. Years later, I got some with my hard earned teenage cash and it was night and day.
This too. I loved these and chef boyardee ravioli. I detected no change in quality.
Unfortunately for me. I didn't know milkshakes could be thick and room temperature.
Every time, I go "Shit yeah! McRibs!" then I buy one, prompting a downward spiral of soul searching, wondering who I am and what my purpose is.
Until they release it again.
I had some sort of pork quesadilla at Taco Bell in shenzhen earlier this month. It was dogshit. Was sooo gross. Anyway I agree. Next time I'll get the volcano burrito that shit is the bomb
no. Because we are a forum of vast age differences, yet we can identify a period of years where recipes seem to have gotten worse. It's all to save a buck and keep those profit margins.
Sometimes, but I really think some of this stuff just nosedived in quality.
I think Pizza Hut is the biggest offender. Not only is the food just sad now, but any actual dine-in areas that I've seen in the past decade (which admittedly isn't many) just look derelict compared to the '90s.
This is sad, since one is opening up in my town. The chicken basket was top-tier for me growing up.
They have sadly strayed from the path that is Dave's Way. You could feel it coming when they started to nerf the $1 menu.
I'll say that once you leave fast food for a good half year, most of the items and places taste horrible. I used to crave BK burgers and having one last week sent my stomach into a spiral. It was not tasty. Oddly enough my exception is Taco Bell. I can usually eat their bean burritos no issue.
It should be called the 4 nuggets, cloudy water, piece of bread they forgot to toast, and half a small fry basket now.
Before quarantine, I was eating one fast food cheat meal a week. But now, I don't eat it at all and not only do I not really want any, the idea of wanting fast food seems rather strange to me.
Having tasted big macs from every country ive gone, american big macs are a fucking travesty (they had something called angus burger at the time, circa 2011, were i had to buy that instead becuase their big macs tasted like plastic) I dont know if they were better before. Spanish ones are still the best, its aguilty pleasure every time i go.
You mean porras? Becuase if they were long and fat, those are porras, not churros, no matter how a americans like to called them. I havent seen a real churro sold in america ever.
McDonald's burgers taste like garbage as well, I'd rather spend a few more bucks for something decent.
Wendy's nuggets have gotten worse with slight changes in the breading. This is pretty recent.
Sonic used to have really good burgers. Went there one day years later and it was the saddest burger I've ate in years.
Sonic used to have really good burgers. Went there one day years later and it was the saddest burger I've ate in years.
Fast food fries were never the same after they changed the oil in the early 2000s. I pretty much stopped eating fast food altogether after that. Which worked out for the better, in the end.
wow I forgot about those. That was the only thing I use to eat at McDonalds when I use to eat there at one point.
It was too powerful. Completely ruined the fast food meta.