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Well, I’ve talked about McDonald’s and Wendy’s, I have to talk about Burger King.  Those are really the big three fast burger places around here.  Let’s start with their famed burger, the Whopper.

Not quite as pictured.
Then there is the new BK Stacker, where you can get two, three, or even four burgers with cheese, bacon, and special sauce.  I got the two burger, no one needs four burger.

 OK, this thing is just a mess.  I almost can not justify eating this thing, then I remembered the Bacaonator (See Hasta La Vista, Baby).  If I ate that thing, this shouldn’t be a problem.  The special sauce here taste remarkably like the Big Mac sauce, which is remarkably like thousand island dressing.

On to the kid’s meals.  Here’s the hamburger.

 The hamburger doesn’t look as good as the picture, but it doesn’t look awful either.  I’ve decided it’s the packaging that has put McDonald’s at the top.  Everything I’ve gotten has been in a box, saving it from being flattened, both Wendy’s and Burger King have used a paper wrapper.

Here is the chicken tenders.

They are supposed to be crown shaped chicken pieces (oh yeah, that’s natural), but the children are convinced they are dinosaur footprints.

And for the non-meat eaters, BK is the only one of the big three that offers a veggie burger.

Again, let’s just blame the packaging for this lame appearance.

OK, I’ve been away for awhile, but rest assured, I’ve still been eating.  It seems from the comments some people understand the point of this website and some do not.  So I feel the need to make the statement “FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY!”, deal with it.  I, in no way, advocate eating in this manner.  My purpose is to compare advertised pictures to the actual product.  Do I expect too much?  No!!!!!!  The worse the product looks, the better.  Hence my issue with McDonald’s.  By packing their burgers in boxes, their burgers hold up fairly well.  NO FUN! Also, McDonald’s does not use mayonaise on all of their sandwiches, which also help the burgers to hold up well.  Burger King and Wendy’s take a huge hit on these two points, although the last burger I got from Wendy’s was oddly enough in a box.  Haven’t seen that before, but I doubt even a box could salvage the appearance of the Baconator. 

 I agree, cooking your own food is both cost effective and better for you.  Which brings me to my other point, no I am not overweight.  When I eat a meal like the ones shown on this blog, I compensate by eating better for my other meals.  Again, I’m not claiming this is healthy and I am by no means losing weight, but I am able to maintain my current weight.

 OK, so who has a problem with cheese?  Yes, I like cheese.  Cheese is good, cheese is our friend.  Accept the cheese, love the cheese.

 Now about the Olive Garden, I eat here, but I still fail to see what the love affair with this place is.  Look, the tag line is “Soup, Salad, and Breadsticks”, no one said anything about wine.  And who is trying to compare that overly sweet, sugared vinegar that the Olive Garden is trying to pass off as wine to the wines of Italy?  Have you been to Italy, and if so, what part, so I can be sure to avoid it. 

Basically, my point here is that this is for amusment only, don’t take it so seriously, I’m not.  And if you don’t like it, don’t read it. 

Another McDonald’s lunch trip. Today, it is a Big N’Tasty.

There is a tomato on there, even though you can’t see it, as well as a TON of mayonnaise, way more than what should be on one sandwich.

Again, there is a tomato on this sandwich. Someone missed with the cheese, it’s partially on the sandwich, but mostly melted to the box. The bacon is strangely rectangular. This precooked bacon thing is taking over, it’s everywhere. I know they offer grilled chicken as a healthier choice, but really, when given the opportunity to choose crispy chicken, wouldn’t you just go for it?

Another winning dinner, soup, fries, and fried raviolis, doesn’t get more nutritious than this. First, let’s look at the fries. They are the Ore Ida fast food fries.

The fries appear to have some sort of coating on them. This is probably to make them cook and crisp up quickly. I suspect they are just coated with some sort of lard-like fat.

They did brown and crisp up nicely, but I have to admit, I like McCain’s five minute fries better.

Next is the fried raviolis. This was sold by Hannaford’s, a grocery store that has recently entered the area. Unlike most frozen raviolis, these did not come with tomato sauce.

These little guys exploded during cooking. Perhaps that’s why they don’t look as fluffy as the picture. Even so, they had a strong cheese flavor and an almost sweet taste.

Lastly, the soup. When I was young, I used to love Lipton’s Country Vegetable soup. Sadly, they discontinued it a long time ago. Since then, I have been looking for a substitute. Picture looks good, maybe this could be it, Bear Creek’s Minestrone soup. The problem here is that the majority of the soups make 2 quarts of soup. I don’t need 2 quarts of soup, but the 1 quart soup mix is hard to find, but I got one.

Mmm, dry soup.

The soup surprisingly looks like the picture. I quickly realized that was because the pasta soaked up moisture like a sponge, making the soup look bulky. Problem is, the soup took on a slightly sour taste. Also, this soup is almost unbearable salty (and I have a very high tolerance for salt). Just as the soup sucked up all the broth, it sucked all the moisture out of my mouth. I spent the rest of the night drinking nearly a gallon of water, just to replenish my system.

The ice cream cakes from Cold Stone’s are different from others (such as Friendly’s or Carvel’s) because they are made with real cake. The Friendly’s and Carvel’s ice cream cakes are a layer of vanilla ice cream, topped with chocolate crunchies, and a layer of chocolate ice cream (Note: Friendly’s is the better ice cream cake of the two). The Cold Stone cake was the Chocolate Chipper, layers of moist devil’s food cake, sweet cream ice cream and chocolate shavings wrapped in a rich fudge ganache.

The cake has to thaw a bit to make it easier to cut, but I guess it was thawed a bit too long, it looks a little too melted. I didn’t like the fudge ganache so I peeled it off. I must have been the only one who didn’t like the ganache because everyone gasped in horror over my ganche removal. What I was left with was basically cake and ice cream, but I must point out, the chocolate chip-like ice cream was a good foil for the rich chocolately devil’s food cake. The website claims that the 8″ round cake serves up to 14 people. They must be 14 people who do not like cake and ice cream. I just don’t see how that 8″ cake could serve 14. This cake was the 8″X12″ rectangle cake, that supposedly serves 25. There were 10 of us and each of us had one decent sized piece, and we wiped out over half the cake. Let’s be honest, if you spent that much money on a cake (and these cakes aren’t cheap), you are going to eat a decent sized piece, not some sad sorry two bite piece.