Fast Food


McDonald's, KFC, and the food we can't seem to live without. (142 posts)



Don't Like Your Subway? Call 911

There are plenty of reasons to call the police: home invasion, armed robbery, kidnapping, heck, even locking your keys in the car is a great excuse to call the cops, but calling them because a fast-food restaurant messed up your order is NOT one of them!

And yet, it still happens. Reginald Peterson, a 42-year old construction worker and former felon, dialed 911 TWICE because a neighborhood Subway forgot to add sauce to his spicy Italian sandwich.

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23 comments · August 8, 2008

Kentucky Fried Miracle...

To most people 2,400 boxed-lunches of Kentucky Fried Chicken is one BIG coronary waiting to happen, but for Egyptian evangelicals it's a bona fide "loaves and fishes" miracle.

It all happened when members of the Egyptian Evangelical Association finished passing out 3,500 preordered and accounted for boxed-lunches from KFC at a ministry meeting in Cairo, Egypt.

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8 comments · August 6, 2008

Vote: Will You Try Dunkin' Donuts New Menu?

Dunkin' Donuts recently announced a new menu containing "better-for you" food and drink. They've called it DDSMART. Food must meet the following criteria:

25% fewer calories; 25% less sugar, fat, saturated fat or sodium than comparable fare, and/or contain ingredients that are nutritionally beneficial.

Is that enough to make you want to eat there?

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25 comments · August 4, 2008

The 7 Hamburgers of the Apocalypse

Hamburgers, next to apple pie and statins they're the ambassadors of American cuisine--for better or for worse--and these harbingers of heart disease might be the baddest of all.

Here are 7 over the top hamburgers that are guaranteed to clog your arteries by just looking that them:

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178 comments · July 21, 2008

Subway: Flavored With a 7-inch Knife


Source: NYPost

John Agnesini bit into a foot-long Subway and discovered a little extra: a 7 inch serrated knife. It appeared to be baked into the bread.

"It's shocking. You see this metal knife. I mean, it's one thing seeing a hair or something," Agnesini said. "If I didn't look at it, could you imagine what would happen? I could've slashed the side of my mouth." (NY Post)
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23 comments · July 16, 2008

McDonald's: Return of the Tomato

Let me start off by saying this. You'll never catch me within 50 feet of a McDonalds. Seriously, I get queasy just driving by fast food joints, but for those of you hooked on the Ronald. Good news! Arguably the one healthy thing on the menu is back. Tomatoes have returned.

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18 comments · June 19, 2008

The Most Sugary Beverage Is...

A Baskin-Robbins Heath Shake.

It contains 266 grams of sugar. If you doubt me you can check the source here.

A quick glance might make you think it said "Health shake" - but no:

This toffee/coffee mix begins with Heath ice cream blended with coffee, Heath Bar candy pieces and caramel, topped with whipped cream and even more Heath Bar candy pieces.
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32 comments · June 2, 2008

How Many Calories in Coffee?

There is considerable confusion over the caloric content of coffee. Not all coffee drinks are high in calories. Coffee - without additives - is almost a zero-calorie drink.

Here is a complete guide to understanding coffee calories.

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41 comments · May 28, 2008

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