re: Let's consider fast food in general: where do you stand?

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Izzo's cheese & black bean/cilantro rice quesadilla when I'm in a pinch. Subway once every 3-4 months.

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I don't really consider these places fast food, even though their food comes out fast.

You should check out Penn & Tellers show about the fast food myth. They did control groups where the people thought they were eating something from a nice restaurant ( that's what they were told) but it was just upper price range fast food like a taco salad from Taco Bell. They just put it on a nice plate and all the people had very positive comments about the taste and freshness of the ingredients, etc.. The next day they were given the exact same thing but were told it was a fast food menu item and it was packaged in fast food containers. To a person, they all gave negative comments. It was the exact same thing.

Incidentally, Carl's Jr deluxe cheeseburger was one of the items used in the experiment. They all said it was the bomb when they thought it was from a gourmet burger restaurant. They said it was just edible when they thought it was fast food. Same people, same burger.

They dispelled several myths based solely on bias in that episode.

I don't eat it. It's disgusting.

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Fast food isn't really cheap anymore. There so many other quality options for the same price. I'm amazed that they're still around honestly.

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agree ... have no idea why people eat that crap ...

I have to be drunk as shite to eat drive thru style fast food, and it's usually taco bell or whataburger. The closest that I come to it when sober is Izzo's or Jimmy Johns.