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Have you tried any of those BIG hamburgers?

Such as the McDonald's BIG ARCH or a Double Whopper at Burger King?
I have not tried the Big Arch.

Sometimes if I buy a burger and am not far from home, and it has two patties, I will save one patty to use with another bun.  Then I would have two sandwiches.  One for then, and one for later!  It made sense when the second patty cost only a dollar more.

Yes, perhaps a strange way to save money.  It is better to cook your own meat and make sandwiches at home.  Sometimes though you just cannot for some reason.


Chrissy

No. OMG no. They are your daily calorie allowance in a single thing. And then you have fries and whatever else... they are the heroin of the wide.

They don't make these kinds of things in countries where people care about not having to buy larger sweat pants.

Quote from: Sephirah on March 20, 2026, 07:33:19 PMNo. OMG no. They are your daily calorie allowance in a single thing. And then you have fries and whatever else... they are the heroin of the wide.

They don't make these kinds of things in countries where people care about not having to buy larger sweat pants.

Well there are plenty of places that have downsized those portions sizes AND increased their prices.  Seems like a double price increase.

At least I made two meals out of those giant burgers.

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on March 20, 2026, 07:40:33 PMWell there are plenty of places that have downsized those portions sizes AND increased their prices.  Seems like a double price increase.

At least I made two meals out of those giant burgers.

More credit to you, Chrissy.

There's a place in the UK called "Five Guys" the stuff they sell is positively obscene. I suspect it started off as one guy... but the dude ate a lot of fast food.

Quote from: Sephirah on March 20, 2026, 07:48:13 PMMore credit to you, Chrissy.

There's a place in the UK called "Five Guys" the stuff they sell is positively obscene. I suspect it started off as one guy... but the dude ate a lot of fast food.

I went there once, they had greasy burgers, and they give it to you in a bag, even though you eat indoors.  They also gave you fries.  Messy.  Expensive.  Some of the sandwich tasted good but then there was too much fat and it was too much.  You were supposed to eat the burger from a torn bag stretched on your table.

A pound of 80% meat to fat organic ground beef is about $9-10 a pound here.  85% meat to fat organic ground chuck runs about a dollar more a pound.

Not to mention they have literal milkshakes with bacon in it.

Chrissy... where do you like to go to eat? Not the obscene, fat-in-a-bag stuff. You pose a lot of questions but... what do YOU like to do?

What is something that Chrissy is like... "this is my go to!"?

Quote from: Sephirah on March 20, 2026, 07:58:26 PMChrissy... where do you like to go to eat? Not the obscene, fat-in-a-bag stuff. You pose a lot of questions but... what do YOU like to do?

What is something that Chrissy is like... "this is my go to!"?

My Sweetie's.  She makes good food.


She also has very memorable desserts. 

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on March 20, 2026, 08:41:10 PMMy Sweetie's.  She makes good food.


She also has very memorable desserts. 

You cannot go wrong with a meal made with love. That is awesome.

Insofar as restaurants, unless I am on business, I prefer go to mainstream sit down restaurants, no place fancy except for special occasions.  I like steak, seafood, TexMex, Asian, and some deli, diner, and cafeteria food.  Plus some others from time to time.  I do not do the fast food drive through much but I will in a pinch.


Chrissy

I am curious now what you do when you are on business, Chrissy, haha. Are you one of those people who have to have other people talk to your people? ;D

Quote from: Sephirah on March 20, 2026, 09:05:41 PMI am curious now what you do when you are on business, Chrissy, haha. Are you one of those people who have to have other people talk to your people? ;D

Oh there are times to meet for with others for a business meal, then there are my out of town business meals by myself.  Then there are meals, usually a breakfast or lunch, supplied because of a conference or at some meetings. 

I have very particular ideas about what a "business meal" is. I suspect highly un-appetising. Power flour. Team building burgers... that fall down in the slightest breath of wind. These days probably AI pancakes. With nutritionally balanced syrup. Which tastes straight out of a focus group. :P

Quote from: Sephirah on March 20, 2026, 09:17:52 PMI have very particular ideas about what a "business meal" is. I suspect highly un-appetising. Power flour. Team building burgers... that fall down in the slightest breath of wind. These days probably AI pancakes. With nutritionally balanced syrup. Which tastes straight out of a focus group. :P

Well they are not stuffy except rarely there may be a pretentious person. These are not state dinners with leaders of nations either.  Translators not needed. 

They could be a work anniversary or retirement or departure lunch, a working lunch, or a meal when with others of another business.  Or just so I do not get hungry when out of town. 

I will not penny pinch when being reimbursed for a meal but I do not usually spend more money on a meal simply because I am allowed to do so.  But I may add shrimp or a lobster tail to a steak meal.
Which is okay because I do not have three big meals each day when out of town.  Just enough to keep me going.  I would not want to gain weight.

Chrissy

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on March 20, 2026, 09:30:49 PMWell they are not stuffy except rarely there may be a pretentious person. These are not state dinners with leaders of nations either.  Translators not needed. 

They could be a work anniversary or retirement or departure lunch, a working lunch, or a meal used when with others of another business.  Or just so I do not get hungry when out of town. 

I will not penny pinch when being reimbursed for a meal but I do not spend more money on a meal simply because I am allowed to do so.  But I may add shrimp or a lobster tail to a steak meal.
Which is okay because I do not have three big meals each day when out of town.  Just enough to keep me going.  I would not want to gain weight.

Chrissy

Girl, if someone is okay with paying you to eat lobster... let them eat lobster! As Marie Antoinette probably would have said. I will be honest... if someone said to me "Yeah we will give you the money you spent on a meal"... I would probably look for the finest Atlantic smoked salmon and the purest Russian beluga caviar.

Which is quite delicious, by the way.

Quote from: Sephirah on March 20, 2026, 09:40:11 PMGirl, if someone is okay with paying you to eat lobster... let them eat lobster! As Marie Antoinette probably would have said. I will be honest... if someone said to me "Yeah we will give you the money you spent on a meal"... I would probably look for the finest Atlantic smoked salmon and the purest Russian beluga caviar.

Which is quite delicious, by the way.

Once I had a meal with three small lobster tails, salad, soup, but I skipped the dessert.  No steak with it.  Oh I also had a shrimp cocktail that had four huge cold shrimp and a red horseradish cocktail sauce that cleared my nasal passages for sure.

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on March 20, 2026, 09:51:59 PMOnce I had a meal with three small lobster tails, salad, soup, but I skipped the dessert.  No steak with it.  Oh I also had a shrimp cocktail that had four huge cold shrimp and a red horseradish cocktail sauce that cleared my nasal passages for sure.

Haha, horseradish will do that to you. You should try Colemans English Mustard. Chrissy. It is a better remedy for nasal congestion than most other stuff.

Honey, enjoy what you eat. It's one of the few pleasures we get to choose.

Quote from: Sephirah on March 20, 2026, 09:58:55 PMHaha, horseradish will do that to you. You should try Colemans English Mustard. Chrissy. It is a better remedy for nasal congestion than most other stuff.

Honey, enjoy what you eat. It's one of the few pleasures we get to choose.

I never heard of this mustard.  Does it also have horseradish?

I suggest Halibut or Walleye fish if you have not tried those Lauren.


Chrissy

I had a long job that involved rewiring computer networks at Sam's Club and Walmart stores all over Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, and Wisconsin. I had an apprentice with me, and we did a lot of travelling.

We were allowed a certain amount for rooms and meals. We went cheap (but clean) on the rooms, and for meals, we would have donuts and fruit juice for breakfast. Then a light sandwich for lunch. That left us enough to eat very well in the evenings!

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on March 20, 2026, 10:03:58 PMI never heard of this mustard.  Does it also have horseradish?

Check your thread about mustard, honey. :) It is similar to horseradish, and wasabi, but a distinctly English take on it. It has the same effect, though.

Quote from: Sephirah on March 20, 2026, 10:10:19 PMCheck your thread about mustard, honey. :) It is similar to horseradish, and wasabi, but a distinctly English take on it. It has the same effect, though.

Okay. I saw the last post with a photograph of the jar but maybe I missed an earlier post that talked about its ingredients.

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on March 20, 2026, 10:12:59 PMOkay. I saw the last post with a photograph of the jar but maybe I missed an earlier post that talked about its ingredients.

The supermarkets which stock it have the ingredients, but... they are really very simple. They don't use like 50 different kinds of additives.

https://www.colmans.co.uk/p/english-mustard.html/00000050147311

I had some that I think was Colmans Brown Mustard. I'm not a fan of mustard, except on burgers and hot dogs with ketchup.

But it has an interesting use that I was experimenting with: it corrodes copper. I had cut some copper plate into strips and rolled them into rings. Brush some of that Brown Mustard (mixed with ammonia and salt) in stripes or patterns, and let it sit for half an hour. The mustard mix leaves a patina where it was.

Check out this short video by Crimson Custom Guitars:

It's been a while since I've had a restaurants hamburger. I can't guarantee what the meat is and the calories are insane.
When i was younger I would go to Jack in The Box. Order a Ultimate Cheeseburger with extra cheese. 2 beef patties, 2 kinds of cheese plus extra cheese. And onion sauce. I wouldn't poop for a week after.that

Quote from: Sephirah on March 20, 2026, 11:04:25 PMThe supermarkets which stock it have the ingredients, but... they are really very simple. They don't use like 50 different kinds of additives.

https://www.colmans.co.uk/p/english-mustard.html/00000050147311

Lauren,

I shall attempt to find this product.  A quick glance shows that I can buy the powder at the market but not the ready made mustard.  I will endeavor to look into this further, I may need to buy via mail order.  I would rather not have to pay about $5USD for 100grams though.  But I guess if it comes from far away, I should expect a premium price.  There are international markets and perhaps the Trader Joe's has it in the store, all I can see online is a hot honey mustard.

Also, comments at your Web site provided show that some think the mustard used to be very hot, but not so hot any longer. 

Chrissy

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on March 20, 2026, 10:03:58 PMI never heard of this mustard.  Does it also have horseradish?

It makes horseraddish seem like Mayo chrissy! Lauren is right, it's as potent as a strong wasabi. definitely stings and clears the nostrils! Nice taste though. It is the only original spice in the UK, until we discovered the delights of India of course (then omg did we run with it!) we became so addicted to it we took over the place for 200 years!

You do have to wonder how on earth Mcdonalds burgers have so many calories. If I make one at home it is nowhere near those lofty figures.

What the hell are we being fed? Pure sugar syrup?

Quote from: Stottie Girl on March 21, 2026, 09:50:54 AMYou do have to wonder how on earth Mcdonalds burgers have so many calories. If I make one at home it is nowhere near those lofty figures.

What the hell are we being fed? Pure sugar syrup?

It is likely the sauces and cheese plus the bun.  Beef calories should be beef calories about anywhere for the same fat content and portion size.  They do not soak the beef in butter.

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on March 21, 2026, 10:12:56 AMIt is likely the sauces and cheese plus the bun.  Beef calories should be beef calories about anywhere for the same fat content and portion size.  They do not soak the beef in butter.

You cannot guarantee the restaurants use all beef. There are fillings and extenders to get more patties out of a quantity of beef. .I think it was McDonald's that got hit because there beef patties did have much beef.

Quote from: Dawn Kellie on March 21, 2026, 11:00:21 AMYou cannot guarantee the restaurants use all beef. There are fillings and extenders to get more patties out of a quantity of beef. .I think it was McDonald's that got hit because there beef patties did have much beef.

I think in the USA if the meat is not all beef you cannot use the word hamburger to describe it.
If you say all beef patties then it also must be all beef otherwise they would be deceitful.

However that may mean you can use all kinds of beef scrap, organ meat, etc. as long it is beef.

Hence, I rarely eat hotdogs.  It is creamed texture beef of whatever parts crammed into tubes.

Chrissy

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on March 21, 2026, 11:23:06 AMI think in the USA if the meat is not all beef you cannot use the word hamburger to describe it.
If you say all beef patties then it also must be all beef otherwise they would be deceitful.

However that may mean you can use all kinds of beef scrap, organ meat, etc. as long it is beef.

Hence, I rarely eat hotdogs.  It is creamed texture beef of whatever parts crammed into tubes.

Chrissy

I think you're right but a lot of the bigger chains say "beef" patties.

I did some work at a winery years ago and depending on wording can mean the wine is aged in a stainless steel tub with a giant oak tea bag in it all the way up to in oak barrels.
It gets tricky on the wording

I saw a HUGE wooden barrel that years ago held wine in this castle.  It was somewhere in Germany.  Apparently there was a tap system that fed the wine throughout the castle.

Chrissy

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on March 21, 2026, 11:43:00 AMI saw a HUGE wooden barrel that years ago held wine in this castle.  It was somewhere in Germany.  Apparently there was a tap system that fed the wine throughout the castle.

Chrissy

Now that was someone who knew how to have a party.
Im not a wine drinker but I can appreciate the effort

Quote from: Sephirah on March 20, 2026, 07:58:26 PMNot to mention they have literal milkshakes with bacon in it.

Chrissy... where do you like to go to eat? Not the obscene, fat-in-a-bag stuff. You pose a lot of questions but... what do YOU like to do?

What is something that Chrissy is like... "this is my go to!"?

Never heard of shakes with bacon in them.

I have heard of a bacon scented candle.

Quote from: Dawn Kellie on March 21, 2026, 11:00:21 AMYou cannot guarantee the restaurants use all beef. There are fillings and extenders to get more patties out of a quantity of beef. .I think it was McDonald's that got hit because there beef patties did have much beef.

There was a massive food fraud scandal in the UK in 2013 when it was discovered that a french meat processing plant was using horse meat in products labelled as beef🤮

It was cheap processed things like frozen burgers and lasagne. The meat came from a Romanian abbotoir and was processed in a french factory but they all knew what they were doing. I have never eaten that type of processed food before but you have to wonder if we in europe and the UK, who have very stringent food safety regulations, can fall foul of this type of fraud, then what are these factories really serving to us?

Ever since then I buy all my meat from a local butcher who displays the names of the local farms he is getting his meat from. I have security in knowing the meat is what it is and as a bonus it tastes way way nicer. Costs a bit though.

I wonder sometimes why I talk so much about food here.  Much more than my clothes or shoes and such. 

I just have to trust that the food I eat is what I think it is. 

I know we have lots of food recalls here in the USA.  You wonder if sometimes workers handling produce wash their hands after using the bathroom.  Lots of Listeria recalls.

Speaking of not washing their hands after using the bathroom, I saw a waitress not washing her hands in the restroom.  I reported that to the manager, I told her that was very unsanitary as she came out of the other stall.  I saw the manager talk with her, presumedly about that. I did not see that same waitress in the dining room while we were eating.  Gross. 

Sometimes I wonder what you do not see while your food is being prepared in the kitchen.
Someone sampling the soup with the big pot ladle instead of a throw away sampling spoon?


Chrissy

I don't mind you talking about food. I like to cook and finding out what others like, eat and the different items from other countries.

Here's one for people. 
Have you tried gator tail?
It's not a joke or euphemism. It's very popular here in Central Florida.
If you ask me what it taste like you will get one of two answers.
1) Gator
2) Kind of like chicken 😋

Quote from: Dawn Kellie on March 21, 2026, 01:06:22 PMI don't mind you talking about food. I like to cook and finding out what others like, eat and the different items from other countries.

Here's one for people. 
Have you tried gator tail?
It's not a joke or euphemism. It's very popular here in Central Florida.
If you ask me what it taste like you will get one of two answers.
1) Gator
2) Kind of like chicken 😋

Alligators scare me.  So do crocodiles.  So do snakes.  I have not eaten any of that.

Why do so many foods taste like chicken?

I suppose when chicken does not taste like chicken, there is a big problem.

My son takes the stance he wants to eat the Gatorade before it eats him 🤣🤣

Sorry for the typo. Im trying to be more careful

Quote from: Dawn Kellie on March 21, 2026, 01:06:22 PMI don't mind you talking about food. I like to cook and finding out what others like, eat and the different items from other countries.

Here's one for people. 
Have you tried gator tail?
It's not a joke or euphemism. It's very popular here in Central Florida.
If you ask me what it taste like you will get one of two answers.
1) Gator
2) Kind of like chicken 😋

odly there is a butcher not too far from here that sells aligator and ostritch meat.

I've had ostrich as there is a local farm for that but there aren't any aligator farms in the UK that I know of which means it has spend god knows how long being shipped. Also not sure it's ethical unless there are genuinely alligator farms in the US bred for meat?

Yes there are gator farms in the us. You can only take it wild if it is threatening humans or your animals. Then you are supposed to contact the game warden, or equivalent.
The rule in Florida is: If you behave a pubblr of water you probably have a gator.

I have eaten turkey and chicken.  I do not think I have had duck or geese.  No big birds.


I have had to eat crow when I was perhaps what you may call a bit immature.

That was hard to swallow.