/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>5787197
>I was really excited about it
theres your problem

its just fast food, there's no magic there

>>5787200
>its just fast food, there's no magic there
Yeah I know, but I was just expecting a lot better. The first time I had the Wendy's pretzel cheeseburger, among other things, I thought, "wow, this is pretty good". I figured I would have that sort of experience.

>>5787197
nostalgia has something to do with it, but affordability is what keeps bringing me back.

>>5787197
i love it

>>5787197
animal style just ruins the burger I think, its fine on the fries though. try one again if you can without all that gunk.

>>5787229
Get that diarrhea out of here. I almost puked after I took a bite out of one and tossed it out. I was pissed cause all I had were the fries left and was pretty hungry.

>>5787197
You should try Shake Shack.

>>5787211
>Wendy's pretzel cheeseburger
I got the shittiest bacon I've ever eaten. It was mostly fat and had no flavor. Wasn't even crispy. McDonald's has better bacon and I fucking hate McDonald's.

>>5787229
>Hand-Sliced Beefsteak Tomato
WOW, one of the most popular tomato varieties and they take the time to slice it BY HAND???

>Fresh Chopped Onions
FRESH chopped onions? Woah, if these were hand-chopped I'd think I died and went to heaven.

>Mustard
Where does one purchase such a fine condiment?

>100% Beef Patty
Ah, only the finest of the most common of meats, fed subsidized corn, antibiotics, growth hormones, and a nice post-processing injection with water to increase the weight

>Fresh Buns
An imaginative departure from the usual hardtack hamburger buns

>Pickles
A true Southern California Tradition

>Tommy's Famous Chili
A true feast for the eyes.

>Double Thick Slice of Real Cheese
Doubling the regulated cheese slice thickness? REAL cheese? My god, they must be losing money on this masterpiece. I wonder if the cheese is hand-sliced?

>>5787257
>It was mostly fat and had no flavor.
Then it wasn't fat. Fat is flavor.

>>5787257
Mine was really good. I can't recall if the bacon was crispy or not, but I don't like overly-soft bacon either so I would have noticed.

McDonald's bacon is too... microwaved-on-high.

>>5787197
>nothing to write home about
>writes home about it anyway

>>5787197
Were you that exicited when you first took cock up your ass?

>>5787262
>/ck/
>home
Imagine if that were the case.

>>5787260
If you believe that I highly recommend trying a spoonful of lard and you will quickly find out that isnt always the case

>>5787229
Wow that looks like shit. I would never pay money for that. Also Sliced onions are far better than chopped.

>>5787260
there are oils used in cooking specifically because they have a neutral flavor... ya dingus

Have u tried in-n-out tacos?

i go cause it's better and cheaper than BK. also, next time get the fries well done animal style hold the cheese. it's better.

>>5787290
true, but bacon fat is absolutely not one of them ya dingus.

I personally don't care for animal style, it's too much salt and grease. If I'm feeling thin I ask for a pack of spread.

Double-single with whole grilled onion is the perfect fast-food burger in my humble opinion.

>>5787319
Actually lard is very neutral

you have to eat the fries quick cause they only taste good when they're hot

>>5787197
You were disappointed because although they are descent burgers, In N Out has been over hyped to hell that anyone would be disappointed.

>>5787345
this. especially nasty when the cheese starts to recongeal. first time i went i hated it too because i made the mistake of taking it home to eat. by that time it's useless. get it with the open face box and eat it in the parking lot. or just walk in and sit down.

Hi OP... I would agree. In N Out isn't really outstanding. For me, it is just something I crave sometimes. If I wanted a great burger I would probably just go to a local bar or something. In N Out is more of something like that I will crave once a year at the most.

>>5787259
>being this mad
I'm sorry your life is so shit and worthless, anon.

>>5787386
Tommy Burger is bad tho

>>5787386
>the worth of my life is based on some shit burger
Feels bad bro

>>5787413
It's based on your ass ravaged reaction to an image of a burger that has no singular effect on your life.
What's your address i'll send you a real doll so you aren't so lonely and don't kill yourself.

>>5787427
So you have a real doll just laying around to send to someone?

>>5787445
He wears them out quickly but can't discard them because of sentimentality and a feeling he confuses with love.

>>5787427
>>5787445
There once was an abomination who had no place in this world. She clutched this doll tightly, and eventually was drawn into a cold and lonely painted world.

>>5787427
>It's based on your ass ravaged reaction to an image of a burger that has no singular effect on your life.
It's based on your ass ravaged reaction to a post replying to an image of a burger that has no singular effect on your life.

>>5787211
The Wendy's pretzel bacon cheeseburger was the first time I'd ever had a fast food hamburger and thought "this is actually really good" instead of "this is fuel I'm putting into my mortal husk to sustain life."

>>5787458
I have had it a couple times since its re-release but it doesn't seem the same. Now you can pay 40 cents in Canada and substitute for a pretzel bun. Takes the thrill out of it.

>>5787458
Viral marketers pls go.

>>5787453
Simply epic
*tips fedora*

>>5787197
>Anyone else feel the same way?
I had the exact same experience as you, OP.

People tell me I must have gone on a bad day or went to a shit location, but it seemed plenty popular. I even had to wait a while for my food, and everything was still cold, soggy, and depressing tasting.

I'd rather go to pretty much any other burger fast food place.

>>5787458
if you're eating fast food shit and thinking "this is fuel i'm putting into my mortal husk to sustain life" instead of having it as a comforting indulgence or guilty pleasure, what's the point? if you don't enjoy it, why would you subject your body to all that grease and fat and cholesterol?

>>5787512
Poorfags being poorfags? Not everyone can afford to eat food just for the taste. Pic related

You didn't order the fries well-done

>>5787512
convenience.
I'm busy from 11:30 til around 8PM everyday.
I have around 15 min if I time it right.
It's either a cliff bar or fast food.

>>5787529
CLIF are boss-tier if you haven't got too much time to eat.

That said, MRE Poptarts probably would be less of a wallet pain.

In n Out and Five Guys claim to fame is that they're both the best of the mediocre. InO is slightly better than 5G because its burgers don't fall apart when you pick them up and you don't have to sell your (or someone else's) ovaries to afford to eat there everyday.

So hurray: you got a 6.5/10 burger (5G is 6/10) when most other burger chains are 5/10 and the bad ones are 4/10. Hurray for you.

>>5787458
Are you Amish?

>>5787292
looks legit

>>5788111
There was a Taco Bell just off campus one of the two places I went to uni. It was in Amish country and there'd be Amish teens hanging about inside, eating tacos and Dutching at one another.

>2014
>not eating at The Habit

>>5787197
OP here my take,
first the fries, I agree that they are limp, bland bla bla bla. If you are going to fry fries from fresh potatoes you need to fry them twice to crisp them.
But the burgers, they are great because of thier freshness, I liken it to a Mexican coke. Try it and you think no big deal. But get used to it then go back to the more processed burgers, that is when you realize the difference, and it is stark.

>>5787512
Because I'm on the road traveling (thereby lacking access to home cooking) and under cost and time constraints.

>>5788129
i live near the amish too. i always see them at my local shopping mall. a local walmart even has a hitching posts in the parking lot so they can tie up their horses.

it's always a mindfuck to see these people out and about at the same places you go to

Why not just go to five guys or a local burgwr place at this point. All i ever see here are people trying to convince me in and out is great and everyone else saying its over hyped and not that good.

>>5788851
I don't live near school. That's 3 hours on the highway from where I live now. At school, though, the Amish were everywhere. Some, believe it or fucking not, worked at the dining hall. They're just regular folk, really, with an antiquated belief system.

The Mennonites are a bit... weird. It's odd that I find them stranger than the Amish. I mean: I get it. You're Amish. You shun fancy things like electricity and keeping your teeth past the age of 13. That's why you dress like that. But Mennonites? What's keeping them from just... you know... dressing in a more modern manner?
I was raised with a peace church background myself and most adopt plain dress but not the way the Amish, Mennonites or Hutterites do. We just wear t-shirts and jeans year round and stuff like that. No jewelry or fancy shit. No labels. Unless you know exactly what to look out for, you wouldn't know most of us from anyone else. Mennonites, though... they specifically separate themselves from others almost entirely just from the way they dress. It's bizarre to me.

Where I live now, though, there is a coalition of Mennonites and Amish. Mennonite retailers buy Amish goods (or transport Amish and their goods with them) to sell in the city. The nearest Amish or Mennonite settlements are about an hour and a half away by car. Maybe even two hours.

Still, Amish wimminz can cook like whoa.

>>5788890

It's great if you want a good burger. It's over hyped if you're expecting 80/20 chuck/sirloin 1 inch thick burger cooked medium rare with brioche bun, garlic aioli, heirloom tomatoes, gruyere cheese and truffle fries.

>>5788948

This. In-n-out gets it's reputations for being better than McShit's, Burger King, Wendy's, etc while still being the same price. It's pretty much the best genuinely "fast-food" burger option. Also, it's will forever be a part of Southern California culture.

>>5788965
Nevada ,Utah,Texas and Arizona are not southern California.

>>5788977
Are you retarded?

>>5787259
I'll hand slice ur dong m8

>>5787331
>Double-single with whole grilled onion is the perfect fast-food burger in my humble opinion.
this nigga right here gets it

>>5787197
First thing I tried when I went to Cali this summer. I have to say, its not as good as everyone says. Compared to other fast food its better and compared to Five Guys, its the same quality, pretty greasy. Not sure what all the hype is about. Del Taco was slightly disappointing too

>>5788977
>implying that's where it started
fuckwit detected

>>5789139
Trying any food in California other than Mission burritos and Asada fries is just asking for disappointment.

>>5789139
That's just it
ITS FUCKING FAST FOOD
It's better than other fast food, still
IT IS JUST FAST FOOD
Fucking retards

>>5789178
>>5789186
ok but for people to speak so highly of their shitty fast food is retarded, not someone wanting to try it.

>>5789186
Literally everyone I talked to on my stay said, "oh you have to try In n Out if you're from the east coast, there's nothing like it" and it was pretty shit

>>5787846
What makes a pop tart an MRE pop tart?

>>5789191
>>5789186
>>5789139


in n out is fucking delicious, and I'm not even a commie-fag. y'all must be on crack

>>5789205
its the same as Five Guys

>>5789208
five guys costs an arm and a leg. theres nothing special about a decent 10 dollar burger

>>5789217
theres nothing special about In n Out either

>>5789208
Except Five Guys costs nearly 3 times as much and falls apart if you look at it funny.

If I'm gonna spend that kind of money on a burger I could get a full pounder from Fuddruckers instead.

>>5789225
$10 quality at a $3 price tag. That's pretty fucking special, I'd say.

>>5789217
Ten bucks jessus i never spend more than what seven bucks. Its only that much if you get fries. For what i get its about as expensive as what i would get at wendys and i get more food too.

>>5789231
not even

>>5789231
>$10 quality
It's fucking lettuce, tomato, cheese, "special sauce" and patty. Same exact shit as on a big mac.
At least five guys lets you put a bunch of ingredients on your burger.

>>5789543
>bunch of other ingredients
Certainly not $7 worth of other ingredients. Fuck 5G.

ate white castle for the 1st time last night. my insides are rejecting it ;_;

>>5788797
tfw habit less than a mile away.
if in-n-out didnt ut thousand island on their burgers no one would be going
they fuck up their fries almost always
too thin
too crispy

Had a nice burger at the habit though and malt vinegar + chalula for fries

>>5789550
but aren't five guys burgers generally bigger? and where is personal taste in this argument? I'm fine with people liking something i don't like, but it seems like most of the arguments i see in favor of in and out over five guys is that five guys costs more. but from what I've seen when i get a burger and fries from five guys is that for the money im getting about the same amount of food or even more. in and out just seems like a improvement over the normal fast food places like burger king and mcdonalds. but five guys is more like a super entry level specialty burger place. its like they don't even serve the same purpose but people just keep spewing shit and trying to defend their poorly placed fanboyism.

>>5791632
I like neither 5G nor InO. However, I don't find the sandwiches to be much bigger at 5G. A Double Double uses two 2oz patties. That's a quarter pound. Last time I went to InO, I paid $2.90 for it. This was 10 years ago, mind you. Looking it up, the price has since gone up 50¢ to $3.40.
5G, though: a standard burger (not a little burger) uses a 3.2oz patty (1lb makes five patties). Due to their unusual sizing, the only way to accurately portray the cost is by the pound.
An assembled cheeseburger from 5G costs $6.79. Five of those, 1 pound of precooked beef, will cost $33.95.
An assembled Double Double from InO costs $3.40. Four of those, 1 pound of precooked beef, will cost $17.

I find the two sandwiches each to be comparably mediocre. 5G might be a quarter point beyond InO but that quarter point of superiority doesn't validate a pricetag double that of the Double Double.
Nonetheless, you're really arguing which is the best of the mediocre burgers.
If price is no object and you don't mind paying for something well beyond the point of diminishing returns, 5G is absolutely the better of the two.
So there you have it.

A double double animal style is like $4 or so.

In-N-Out isn't fine dining, but goddamn if that isn't the best you'll do for sub $5.

>>5791755
>If price is no object and you don't mind paying for something well beyond the point of diminishing returns, 5G is absolutely the better of the two.
Well said, Anon. I'm no fan of fast food burgers, but if I'm going to have one I go for In N' Out because because it's a pretty good burger for the price. I don't go to Five Guys because I don't like paying nearly the cost of a proper meal for a fast food burger, even if it is marginally better.

yeah, I think you are right. I went to a place I loved as younger person. fast forward 20 years. same place, different day. still packed(good for them) but very expensive and the food...just ok.. you are not alone. thanks op. we build stuff up in our mind. remember the best, forget the rest. that's good but can be dangerous.

>>5791797
>goddamn if that isn't the best you'll do for sub $5.
Depends on where you live. I have plenty of under $5 options available to me that include: two vegetarian curries over rice ($3.50), banh mi sandwich ($4.50 or less, depending on where you go), veggie fried noodles from a street cart ($1.50), pork fried dumplings (4 for $1), tacos ($1.50 or $1.75, depending on which you order), shitty pizza ($1 a slice) and grilled meat on skewers ($1 to $1.50, depending on what you get).

I never even think about hitting a chain when I want to eat on the cheap.

>>5789139
I've been in California this summer too and have yet to go to an In-n-Out. I've always found Five Guys to be super greasy and make me sick - sometimes I think McDonald's is healthier, despite the more sketchy ingredients. After reading this thread, I no longer feel like I'm missing out.

>>5791755
best post in bread thank you for replying to my confusion about pricing. i still like five guys but i only go once a month so price doesn't matter to me. also gotta eat those free nuts.

>amerifats arguing about burgers
>87 replies typed with greasy fingers

>>5795049
At least a few of the replies ITT are mine. I'm neither fat, nor American and therefore certainly not Amerifat.
My fingers are, however, usually greasy. I've sweaty hands. :-(

>>5789208

>five guys
>the same

Way more expensive. Yes they have toppings but their malformed patties lack flavor.

Also no protein style or spread sauce.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrmOov5LtPA&list=PLYigBk2X8CETRtw6ZHf_1fRNF-mPWQxh3&index=4

>>5787264
anal sex is probably safer that eating that kind of burger often, and yes I am taking AIDS into account

>>5787319
You do realize that most of the flavor from bacon is because of the salt curing process, and has nothing to do with the fat content, right? In fact, the cheapest/shittiest bacon comes from the higher fat content slices, because nobody sane wants >40% fat on it.

Fuck I've been on /ck/ for 5 minutes and I've already ranted about three things to three retards

How many of you cook professionally for a living.

>>5787259
the best part is that they BRAG about using "real" cheese.

>>5787197
5 guys ftw!

Did the fatburger challenge when I was in NYC
best fucking burger I ever had

>>5795691
I don't. In fact, my wife does most the cooking around here.

This is how you don't hate yourself at In-N-Out.

>customize the hell out of your burger order
>customize your fry order

For example, this is my usual order

>cheeseburger, whole grilled onions, light on the chopped grilled onions, light on the spread, with chopped peppers in the spread, extra toast on bun, cut in half

>extra crispy animal style fries light on cheese with a side of spread

Their register system is advanced enough that they have the whole thing punched in electronically without any problems and pretty damn quick.

There's really no point in eating the "standard" secret menu options when their system is this flexible.

>>5787197
whjat is ANIMAL STYLE

>>5797876
Chopped grilled onions and whole pickles with a burger that's seasoned with yellow mustard during grilling.

Rather than a whole slice of raw onion with chopped pickles and a burger seasoned with salt and pepper during grilling. (Regular burger)

>>5797878
thank you!

>>5791755
>a standard burger (not a little burger) uses a 3.2oz patty
doesn't a standard 5g burger use two patties?

it's a cult

>>5797902
As someone that eats semi-regularly, I kind of have to agree. The adherents are almost religious about it.

>>5797881
Hrm. Yes, I believe you're right. I was mistaken, sorry. See, I ordered a regular once and will never again because the burger fell apart when I picked it up. I've gone a few times since and just get a little cheeseburger, which is much less likely to fall apart (but still does about 40% of the time).

In fairness, we'll recalculate.
3.2 × 2 = 6.4 oz
2.0 × 2 = 4.0 oz

6.4 oz and 4.0 oz each divide into 2lbs (32oz) cleanly.
32 / 4.0 = 8
32 / 6.4 = 5

8 × 3.40 = $27.20
5 × 6.79 = $33.95

Still cheaper at InO. Is a quarter point of superiority really worth an increase in cost of 25%? You an get ten Double Doubles for the price of five 5G burgers.

Like I said before, I'm not a fan of either. They're both fairly comparable in quality but 5G is admittedly just slightly better... if the damned thing can stay together, that is.

The first time I had a double double I was blown away. Haven't had a burger that tasted even remotely similar from any other place so far.

>>5798006
holy fuck its ulililililia

>>5801238
wut

>>5795433
If you arent eating anything else yeah probobly. Dat colon cancer bro.

OP you should try the burgers at The Habit, my favorite in cali

>>5802026
Even more expensive than 5 guys and still the same quality burger.

>>5802043
More expensive than 5 Guys? That is a straight up lie dude. Where do you live?

>>5797875

you autistic fuck. burn in righteous fire

>>5801250
sure is summer in here!

>>5802123
wut

>>5802165
:3

>>5802199
Ɛ:

>>5787197
Dropped by In n out yesterday.

Cheeseburger w/onions and pickles. Fries and free spread.

$4.40 for a cheap fresh meal

I greatly prefer Five Guys over In and Out. Over that though, I go to Meatheads for chain burgers. This La Briola place a town or two over has the best burgers in the area, aside from places downtown.

>>5802250
I think 5 guys is okay but too much food and too pricey for what it is.

There's no good local burger joint in my town though that isn't $12 a burger

>>5802288
>too much food.

>>5802295
>want burger and fries
>smallest burger is fine
>have to pay for huge bag of fries
>eat some fries
>rest get soggy and stale

What about burger 21?

Hardees was p good when I went to winston salem over the labor day weekend

>>5802303
they have a smaller size for fries now skellington friend :^) so just get a little fry.

>>5802319
Is it cheaper than $5.50? Because that's a dbl dbl w/fries.

>>5802322
might be, not sure. realy you shouldnt care about a dollar difference unless you eat there all the fucking time, and i really hope you don't do that. its unhealthy when you go out to often. the little fries is 3 bucks where i live but if money is the main concern get a mcdouble off the dollar menu.

>>5802344
I don't want to overpay for this quality of food.

If the food is good, then i will pay more.