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Anyone still occasionally eating at Taco Bell? It’s pretty depressing these days, but after a long day it’s still not terrible to pick up a Nacho Crunch Double Stacked Taco, Beef burrito, and Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito for $3, to compliment your burger.

>> No.14725281

>That raw-ass burger

Ew.

>> No.14725282

>>14725276
Fat

>> No.14725283

Damn, that burger looks fucking good.

Taco Bell is still pretty good for cheap food, but my roommate and I are eternally buttmad they increased the price of the griller to 2 bucks and beyond. They're getting smaller every year too, what a load.

>> No.14725284

>>14725276
>undercooked burger
n-no thanks

>> No.14725339
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It may not be what it used to be, but in all honestly, where else can you still go to get the same quality, variety, and quantity for $3? I'm not defending everything going to shit, but there is something to say about the last hold-out of a bygone era, even if it's in its death throes.
>>14725283
>getting smaller every year too
As long as you're making more money every year you can always justify it by telling yourself you're getting bigger every year. It may be fake, but it might make you feel better.

>> No.14725352

>>14725276
https://youtu.be/qkn5p4Xtna0

>> No.14725415
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Here's the order. I was honestly too burnt out to even bother adding onions and red sauce (still gotta get em grilled, obviously).
>>14725352
>they make a great pet
Damn straight.

>> No.14725465

>>14725276
disgusting

>> No.14725470
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They’re doing another fancy Xbox giveaway, but they’re not bringing back the double chalupa box, and it’s not even food related. Kind of feels like when cereal stopped having toys in the box and moved to, “send in 3 proof of purchases”, or even, “redeem download code” when the internet ruined everything.

>> No.14725510

>>14725276
Nah bro, vote with you're wallet.

>> No.14725535

>>14725510
What do you vote for with your $3 when you just want a meal's worth of food without doing any work?

>> No.14725710

>>14725535
A competitor. Taco bell looses business and is forced to bring back their full menu and lower price's.

>> No.14725813

>>14725276
Their quesadilla is really good, never forgave them for firebombing the Fritos burrito off of their menu. It’s cheap food, you get what you pay for

>> No.14725928

Gave up on them.

I like chalupas but ever god damned one I get is fried into a chewy rock. Since I have adult braces I don't feel like fucking up 3600 USD taking a bite out of a rubberized chalupa shell.

I already snapped one bracket on that toasted cheese chalupa thing. Christ, you could have used one of those bitches as a blackjack to drop somebody with.

>> No.14726024

>>14725276
REAL ISOPOD HOURS

>> No.14726037

I get the 3 supreme taco combo every time I go there. I don't see what's wrong with taco bell. They still have the Baja Blast and the new cantinas are epic.

>> No.14726671
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>>14725281
>>14725284
It's perfectly cooked. I make my burgers medium-rare, like a normal person.

>> No.14726703

>>14725276
>Lovecraft
reddit

>> No.14726830

>>14725710
>a competitor
But they don't have any competitors left. That's the point.

>> No.14726847
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Hello :)

>> No.14726875

>>14725276
Don't get food on your stuffed animals bro

>> No.14726906
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>>14725276
That's a cute roly-poly pillow.

>> No.14726926

>>14726671

It’s cute how you think is how any pro chef would serve a burger, like a little kid playing dress up. What a fucking disgusting cross section.

>> No.14726963

>>14726926
I would never serve a burger like that. If a server puts, "cut in half" on the ticket I tell them to bring the table a steak knife. That's a lot of projection, though.

>> No.14727042

>>14726037
>3 supreme taco combo
That's like $8 for 3 tacos. That's fucking crazy, man. Might as well just go to a bar at that point.

>> No.14727053

>>14727042
How is that crazy? And why would he go to a bar instead?

>> No.14727068

Never eaten at a Taco Bell. When I see one, all I can think of is all those pics I've seen of Taco Bell tacos being basically 5% ground beef and 95% lettuce.

>> No.14727070

>>14727053
How is paying $8 for 3 fast food tacos not crazy in your mind? Those are restaurant prices. You could get 3 tacos for that price at a bar and they would be made fresh in a real kitchen, and you could get a beer.

>> No.14727094

>>14727070
Speaking for myself, I'd rather get fast food and eat it at home than go to a bar. However, if said bar has takeout then I can see your point

>> No.14727096

>>14726671
a properly-cooked burger should be charred to shit. a burger is not a steak.

>> No.14727113

>>14727096
What's wrong with a charred steak? Do you think char is the same thing as doneness?

>> No.14727154

>>14725276
Last night I went to taco bell and ordered a Quesarito. The guy said I can only get it if I order through the mobile app, then I left and got a banh mi from the Vietnamese place down the street instead.

>> No.14727161

>>14725276
Taco bell is depressing. Nothing like it used to be. I remember in high school, i could scrape up enough loose change to get 3 or 4 tacos and they tasted great. Now their "beef" smells like cat food.

>> No.14727174

>>14727154
If I had a decent banh mi place nearby I don't think I'd ever eat fast food.

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>>14727068
>5% ground beef and 95% lettuce
I don't think I've ever heard anyone say Taco Bell was known for it's lettuce, one way or another.

>> No.14727735

>>14725276
The rolls you use for the undercooked burger look so gross.

>> No.14727742

>>14725276
i was browsing /ck before bed last night and saw this thread and dreamed about that stuffed triolobite and now I want one. He was just a friendly pet in my dream and sat on my lap like a cat.

>> No.14727840

Another thread, another reason to be happy that you don't live your life like Taco Bell anon.

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>>14727742
They're available on amazon just use terms like "sea creature" "isopod" "woodlice" "roly poly" stuff like that and you'll get hits.
Then there's the Wrath of Khan creatures.

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>>14728159
... "They put creatures in our bodies"

>> No.14728171

pillbugs, that's another search term

>> No.14728176

>>14728159
>>14728171
thanks!

>> No.14728177

The craving for attention is at blood-lust levels now.

>> No.14728259
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>>14728177
Perhaps but its still all in fun.

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I don't know why but these threads are always comfy

>> No.14728315

>>14727070
Fuck off Steve Albini.

>> No.14728338

>>14725276
No. The nearest taco bell is over 50 miles away.

>> No.14728414

>>14727113
Burgers arent served med-rare.
Steaks are served med-rare.

I suspect its because burgers are ground beef, and could contain meat from a few hundred cows, thus more susceptible to creating a bad meal when cooked rare. I'm not against medium rare burgers, but this seems to be the reasoning.

>> No.14729324

Taco bell doesn't even have any food items anymore. The menu is literally a blank screen

>> No.14729328

>>14728259
For you, not us.

>> No.14729898

>>14726671
What kind of meat do you use for your burger? 80/20, 85/15? Is it a mix of ground chuck and sirloin? Genuinely curious.

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14729924

>to complement your burger

I bet you had to stop to catch your breath between typing and hitting the post button.

>> No.14729925

>>14725276
This fat piece of shit is changing up his thread game. You can't fool me fatso.

>> No.14729928

>>14729898
He uses whatever the local diner gives him so he can make the burger and then rush home to post it on the internet.

>> No.14730250

>>14727735
The burgers are put in a takeout box and taken home, so the buns are always a little squished.

>> No.14730255

Thanks OP.
My wife just ordered a fucking $80 stuffed isopod because I made the mistake of showing her your pic related.

>> No.14730263
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>>14730255
Also, one of these because she saw it while shopping for the fucking pillbug.

>> No.14730276

>>14730255
>>14730263
Based. Christmas already sorted. Your child/ren will love them.

>> No.14730280

>>14725276
> after a long day it’s still not terrible to pick up a Nacho Crunch Double Stacked Taco, Beef burrito, and Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito for $3, to compliment your burger.
jesus fucking christ anon learn how to close that black hole of a mouth that you have or you won’t make 60

>> No.14730443

>>14728315
That's literally the opposite of that dumb Albini quote.

>> No.14730492

>>14730276
who the hell is ren

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>>14730255
She's gonna need one of these bro. Hurry only 8 left in stock

>> No.14730507

>>14726671
wtf is that plate

>> No.14730531

haha lol reddit isopod hours meme XD

>> No.14730609

>>14725276
kill yourself

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>>14730255
Haha, and all this time anon has been accusing me of being a Taco Bell shill. Here's tonight's haul, by the way. Another half decent meal for under $3.

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>>14728414
If there was a problem with serving mid-rare burgers every restaurant wouldn't offer them, but they do, and they're by far the most commonly ordered temp. Here's the order. I'm really not sure why so few people use the app; it makes everything quicker and easier, and now they give you free Belle Grande nachos every few visits.

>> No.14730661

>Eating your burger out of a dog bowl

Do Americans really?

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>>14730661
For a brief period of time a few years back, a number of anons actually accused me for singlehandedly killing the /ck/ challenge when I served my dish out of a literal dog bowl (it was a conceptual piece, and very clearly went over most casual lurkers heads – suffice it to say that they stopped lurking when they saw my entry). I wouldn’t usually order two (2) Cheesy Bean and Rice burritos with jalapenos, because jalapenos in a burrito is always a crap shoot; like any add on, you might get all of them in one pocket, which isn’t pleasant, and just feels like a waste of a third of a buck. Unfortunately, this location charges $1.49 for both the double stacked taco and beef burrito, and I’m not about paying more than a dollar for a dollar menu item. It’s really random which places charge extra for what, but it’s my third night in a row getting Taco Bell and I didn’t feel like driving out of my way or revisiting one of the other two restaurants, so I hit up my least favorite location.

>> No.14732234

kill yourself you fat drunk manchild

>> No.14732335
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>>14729898
They 78/22, third pounders. We don't grind them in-house.

>> No.14732916

>>14726671
a normal burger is not medium rare faggot

>> No.14732938

>>14732916
Medium-rare and medium are by far the most popular burger temps. Try to expand your horizons beyond fast food.

>> No.14733031

>>14732938
do you eat with your ass too or just talk out of it?

>> No.14733040

I have that isopod plush, shit is cute.

>> No.14733213

>>14733031
Grow up. Just because you do something a certain way doesn't mean the rest of the world does too.

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>Grow up. Just because you do something a certain way doesn't mean the rest of the world does too.

>> No.14734160

>>14734076
Only literal children think it's normal to eat well-done burgers, anon. I'm sorry if that's news to you.

>> No.14734244

>There are only two types of burgers, medium rare and well done.

>> No.14734381
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>>14734244
>there are different burger temps
Try telling that to the anons who see any amount of pink and call it raw, or think that "a normal burger is not medium rare", despite it being one of the most popular ways that people order burgers.

>> No.14734424

>>14734381
>one of the most popular ways when there are only 4 ways
did you know the libertarian party is one of the most popular parties in the united states?

>> No.14734428

>>14734244
So I tells the chef, I tells him "I'll take my burger medium rare, but only if it's well done. Kuhpeesh?"

>> No.14734444

>>14734424
In order of popularity:
Medium-rare > Medium >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well-done > Rare = Mid-well
Yes, out of the five (5) ways to order a burger, about 80% of people order Medium-rare or Medium, as those are by far the two most popular burger temps.

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>>14734444

>> No.14734468

>>14734444
>ordering a rare burger
No one does this

>> No.14734470

>>14734468
Jack does

>> No.14734498

>>14734456
After a decade in the industry, half a dozen restaurants, and reading about a million tickets, I'm pretty fucking confident I know what's popular and what isn't when it comes to something as basic as a burger. If I get a ticket and there's no temp on a burger I just cook it mid-rare unless I hear back from the server. If it's a take-out order I cook it medium, because if someone doesn't have the presence of mind to specify a temp they probably don't really care, which means they just want a regular burger, which means medium is always the safest bet.

>> No.14734534

>>14734498
[citation needed]

>> No.14735275

>>14732335
Cool, thanks. I always ask before I order, so I figured I'd ask you too. Burgers are my go to when I first visit a restaurant.

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>>14725276
Got myself some Teebz tonight. Splurged and got a Mexican Pizza. I'm honestly going to miss it when it's gone. I love them, but I never order them because at $4.29, they're just not worth the cost when I could get 3-4 other items for the same price. Shame.
Thoughts on the Mexican Pizza, OP?

>> No.14736877

>>14734470
Based

>> No.14738158

>>14728166
Based and Trekpilled

>> No.14738164

>>14725276
How much do you weigh?

>> No.14738414

>>14738164
199

>> No.14738458

>>14738414
Now weigh the other half of your body too.

>> No.14738545

>>14726671
Ground beef is not a steak and shouldn't be cooked as one.