Rick posted:

I like the idea of jerky to the point that I generally consider it when stopping at a convenience store or a truck stop. But I think the amount of times I've been like "wow that was good" have been very very low. I also find the "craft" version that has the consistency of like meat gummies to be actively unpleasant but I've somehow bought it many times.

Sometimes the flat meat strips are okay, but I would say even worse percentage of hits are the "beef stick" model like Slim Jims. There was a time when these were super cheap so I'd often get one on a whim and never felt good about it after. Now that they're expensive I've been a bit less prone to picking them up, but like the new scam that gets me are all the Jack Links "chip flavored ones." They all just taste like meat sticks, the flavor almost never comes through. The closest one I would say are the Fritos Chili Cheese and my conclusion was "I wish I had bought a bag of chili cheese Fritos."

I wish I could internalize this more so all the time spent staring at jerky in the jerky isle or the silly moments of pulling off the freeway when I don't need to on a road trip would stop.

Exception to this are the little sausages. These don't always hit either, but I don't usually feel like I wasted my money. I would go as far as to say the Wisconsin turkey sausages are good, especially the honey version. But these are not in most stores.

Wendigee posted:

Fuckin hell kangaroo jerky goes for like 10 dollars an oz in the US . Guess I'll never know what it tastes like heh

Pentecoastal Elites posted:

you gotta put it in the garage or something though because your whole house will smell like marinated beef otherwise

Pentecoastal Elites posted:

its fun until like, hour four

Hotel Kpro posted:

I need to stop getting salads. I dump a big bag of croutons, a wedge of blue cheese, and balsamic vinegar into it and it’s very far from healthy. But it’s so good

a sexual elk posted:

Headed down mountain tomorrow thinking couple Del Taco hard tacos and a couple Wiener chili cheese dogs. Do I want the all beef with shredded cheddar or the classic someone took a dump and tried to wipe with a slice of American cheese dog? Both are great for their own reasons.

Dokapon Findom posted:

Why not both? You are living la vida loca

Dokapon Findom posted:

Had tonkatsu for lunch. It was kind of meh...

FrankeeFrankFrank on 07:55 May 03, 2015 posted:

sometimes i rub Fabreeze on my hands and now my hands are very dry.

FrankeeFrankFrank on 04:55 Apr 10, 2017 posted:

Rick posted:

This is always depressing. It is usually very reliable but I've definitely had a couple "meh" experiences.

Dokapon Findom posted:

I was reflecting on it and the issue was the curry wasn't spicy whatsoever. The minimum on a 1-10 heat scale I want for a curry is a 5 or a 6

Wendigee posted:

White castle was founded where I live and hasn't existed in this state for like 50 something years. The frozen ones seem okay though occasionally. Just a little oniony beef puck

AARD VARKMAN posted:

got the Cheesy Baja Crispy Tender Wrap at sonic and it had the option for "extra cheese sauce" for free so why wouldnt I hit that button? and well, that was a lot of nacho cheese in a tortilla.

not bad, exactly what you expect from a small chicken wrap ala the old mcdonalds snack wraps/wendys go wraps except nacho cheese

FrankeeFrankFrank on 07:55 May 03, 2015 posted:

sometimes i rub Fabreeze on my hands and now my hands are very dry.

FrankeeFrankFrank on 04:55 Apr 10, 2017 posted:

Rick posted:

The chiicken wraps deals that everyone is doing are truly for the morons out there, paying five dollars for 2 chicken tenders of which you could get 3-4 of alone for less than 5 bucks, and half a burger of condiments they'd give you for free.

At least when McDonalds did it years ago it usually had some sort of sauce and toppings you couldn't get more affordably with a different order.