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Crap food pleasures

Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 5:15 pm
by kenoki_Archive
Camaro wrote:
garble wrote:you have taco johns? oh shit. there are only two in colorado, but the headquarters in in wyoming. soo much shitty goodness there. Six pack and a pound!


hell yes! if you're going taco john's you gotta go potato ole's. My favorite thing about Taco John's: their slogan. "a whole lotta mexican."


man i haven't thought about taco johns since high school, i didn't realize it was a chain. in wisconsin we would get their potato ole's (with all the junk on top) like every day after school. a real treat.

i like a lot of garbage food. taco bell, cheetos puffs, red baron pizzas, velveeta shells and cheese, garlic mashed potatoes in a box, spam...

yeah and cracker barrel.

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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 5:45 pm
by Hiwatt_Archive
PEPPER! wrote:
Hiwatt wrote:1. White Castle jalapeno chz w/everything

those are great but I let one of mine get cold last time and jesus christ it smelled terrible. I was thinking 'fuck, there's one of those inside me'. I think a lot of fast food is like that. you can't let it get cold or you'll realize what you're eating

I guess I eat a lot of stuff that is not great for me but I count it as crap it's heavily processed and prepared/served by someone who doesn't give a fuck about whether it probably tastes any good. it's usually a bad version of the thing that it is too. recent crap food I've eaten:

local -
* the curly fries from niko's on western & elston with a side of their extremely crappy tzatziki. it always seems like such a good idea after 9 beers. also the baklava is about a C+ but you get a piece the size of your hand for a dollar. with coffee, it's a pretty good breakfast
* a maxwell stand Polish dog, whoo I gotta be pretty drunk to want that
* sometimes I get one of those bags of frozen potstickers, but that only counts half because I have to fry them myself
* my kid and I always hit up the Arcoiris popsicle guy for frozen slabs of corn syrup in the summer.

road food -
* jalapeno white castles, mentioned above.
* waffle house patty melt, side of grits, cup of coffee. this is a perfectly balanced meal to prepare for the task of highway driving.


Do you mean the polish stand at Diversey/Clybourne/Damen? I was driving past there last week, and it looked like it was being removed.

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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 5:46 pm
by dontfeartheringo_Archive
tocharian wrote:
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I really try not to eat here but about once a year I just can't help myself.

My boyfriend calls it "Bigot Barrel" because they used to have a policy against hiring gay people until they got sued and lost.


They call it "Cracker Barrel," and whaddya know?

It's full of crackers.

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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:02 pm
by sack of smashed assholes_Archive
I'm not sure they make these anymore, but keebler had these potato skins chips. really thick, cheddar and bacony.

I also second the hot fries.

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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:10 pm
by PEPPER!_Archive
Hiwatt wrote:
PEPPER! wrote:* a maxwell stand Polish dog, whoo I gotta be pretty drunk to want that


Do you mean the polish stand at Diversey/Clybourne/Damen? I was driving past there last week, and it looked like it was being removed.


yeah the one near me is gone. I almost always end up getting them from the Maxwell's in Bridgeport though. hopefully that's not going anywhere

the sign on the convenience store at Diversey/Clybourne/Damen says 'MEAT LOTTERY'. I love that, they should have a meat lottery.

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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:39 pm
by yaledelay_Archive
154 wrote:
garble wrote:
busbus wrote:Taco Johns: beef softshell combo, small, Fruit Punch


you have taco johns? oh shit. there are only two in colorado, but the headquarters in in wyoming. soo much shitty goodness there. Six pack and a pound!


ah... those tater tot-like things with 'mexican' seasoning on them? so damn good! i used to mix them into the burritos.

salut, taco johns!

edit: someone beat me to it.. potato oles!



now they do it for you...

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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:59 pm
by bugsmeany_Archive
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:25 pm
by derd niffer_Archive
Chicken in a Biscuit crackers with the aerosol squirt cheese atop them. I likes me some biscuits and gravy too.

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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:49 pm
by RMW_Archive
I just had an "American Delux" burger and fries at Hub's in Evanston/Skokie(?). My girlfriend and I were driving and chose Hub's over Pita Inn. While technically not a great burger, it hit the spot in a way I did nto expect. The fries and coleslaw were really good too. My girlfriend had the quarter chicken and wasn't as pleased by the meal. Thumbs down on the mashed 'taters.

Has anyone eaten at Hub's, and if so, do you know why they advertise their t-shirts as "As seen on Saturday Night Live"? I was too full to ask.

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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:54 pm
by Barbo_Archive
kenoki wrote:man i haven't thought about taco johns since high school, i didn't realize it was a chain. in wisconsin we would get their potato ole's (with all the junk on top) like every day after school. a real treat.


Fifteen years ago the Krystal's on 13th next to the Wal-Mart was a Taco John's. And Books-A-Million was Skeeter's, "Home of the Big Biscuit." Those were the days.

About once every six months I will want a hot dog. For dinner tonite I had a "Dixie Dog" with chili, onions, hot sauce and coleslaw. I will spare everyone the details of my second hot dog. It was a bit much and I am ashamed.

Jon