What’s Cookin

[C.J.]

I'm same as you, can't remember the last time I went to McDonald's.
Wendy's and Burger King a few times in the last year. Their little bacon cheeseburgers are about the size of sliders but they're good enough to cure the munchies when you're in need.

The food has always been crap and we knew it but it was CHEAP crap, not anymore. Those square burgers you like used to be $0.99. For $3 you could get a burger, a fry and a frosty. That’s a good deal for cheap food, for $20 I coulda gone to the Mexican restaurant across the street and had a sit down dinner with a beer.

I will admit I did enjoy the Big Mac though, haven’t had one of them in ages. Nuggets are nuggets, they’ll make a turd just as well as anything else.

I used to do the Egg McMuffin breakfast meal cus it was $5 and they put the creamer in the coffee for you. Yes, I’ve thrown many a hash brown out the window because they were soggy. How do you F up a hash brown, it’s McDonald’s for cryin out loud. They have that shit down to a science. 350? degrees for X amount of time in a deep fryer and you get a crispy hash brown EVERY SINGLE TIME. Or at least that’s how it’s supposed to be but that’s what you get for $5 and I try not to sweat anything under $5.

That same $5 breakfast meal is $10 in Scottsdale. That was the straw that broke the camels back cus now I’m gettin pissed. For $10 I want that hash brown and I want it to be crispy.

Now you know why we cooked our own lunch a lot at work, cus I can make soggy hash browns for free!

 

[C.J.]

Salad and garlic knots.

 

[Incognito]

The food has always been crap and we knew it but it was CHEAP crap, not anymore. Those square burgers you like used to be $0.99. For $3 you could get a burger, a fry and a frosty. That’s a good deal for cheap food, for $20 I coulda gone to the Mexican restaurant across the street and had a sit down dinner with a beer.

Fast food workers are so bad these days you just have to laugh and double/triple check every aspect of the service. As far as prices McDonalds here is the cheapest calorie you can buy. But you can't trust you'll get that food---------fresh and otherwise professionally handled.

Professionalism is just not to be expected anymore. Minimum wage minus inflation (grossly under reported) for multiple generations results in a paycheck that appeals now to mostly (only in many restaurants) Third World Immigrant labor. So why would the corporation or it's customers expect the same level of professional worker. You sure don't get that here. I imagine in other regions, less overhwhelmed by Third World immigrants you'd find a decent class of workers just based on some fading memory of a work ethic.

 

[highup]

Pumpkin pie tonight with vanilla bean ice cream.
....a samwich later.

 

[havasu]

Had the step daughter and her family over for swimming, drinks and dinner. This was my other half's wish for Mother's Day. I picked up 5 Rib Eye steaks, cooked medium rare of the BBQ, had fresh green beans, Mexican corn, a nice green salad, and freshed mashed potatoes. Topped off with a lemon pound cake with a sugar glaze with sprinkled blackberries. I even had a few Coors Lights while doing the cooking.

 

[highup]

Makes me wanna say:
HEY GRANDPA, WHATS FOR DINNER!

 

[C.J.]

Oh baby, I got some Pimento cheese, and not the American cheese kind.

 

[C.J.]

Mushroom raviolis and Caesar salad.

 

[kwfloors]

Tri tip strip with corn on the cob and asparagus. Just got a half of beef.

 

[C.J.]

I let somebody else do the cookin tonight, how bout you. I ordered the ribeye with shroom gravy, smashed taters and broccoli. Then I had some bad ass brownie thing for dessert. Best part is… no dishes.

 

[kwfloors]

Cooking tenderloin potatoes corn and asparagus tonight on the grill.

 

[JPfloor]

A cupcake with an outer lining of Belgium Chocolate filled with Homemade Vanilla and Strawberry ice cream, topped with Pound Cake and Strawberry purée….

 

[highup]

I let somebody else do the cookin tonight, how bout you. I ordered the ribeye with shroom gravy, smashed taters and broccoli. Then I had some bad ass brownie thing for dessert. Best part is… no dishes.

Is that Marie callender's?

 

[C.J.]

Is that Marie callender's?

Friday night is goin out night. Nothin too fancy though, I’m not dressing up or anything like that. The smashed taters are still in the shape of the scooper and they give you a sweet? bread roll that I never eat.

 

[DarisMulkin]

It was hot out yesterday so I don't want a hot meal. It was a cold meat sammich and cottage cheese with watermelon.

 

[C.J.]

What can I say. These things are delicious, I could eat 10 of em. Lol. I usually get the Bumble Bee brand but my wife found this one at the dollar store. I was pissed because even though it was only a buck, it only has 5 crackers and the Bumble Bee brand has 6. I want that 6th cracker.

 

[highup]

Boo hoo, they have crackers for a buck too. Excuse me $1.25
Not a bad price.
I'll have to check those out, Thanks for the heads up.

 

[C.J.]

I made a banana split! Mmmm. Then yesterday I had some Mexican street corn for the first time ever. Not bad.

 

[DarisMulkin]

I tried the Mexican sweeet corn tonite, I wouldn't try it again. To me I expected the seasoning to be hot, it wasn't.

 

[highup]

Okay kids, sweet corn or street corn?
I'd buy mine in a bag from Kroger.
Butter, salt, works for me.