Best dollar menu

McDonald's double cheeseburger is now $1.25. Those bitches!

the mcdonald's right by my office has only 3 or 4 things on the dollar menu, all of which would normally cost less than $1 and thus don't really qualify as any kind of special. also, everything on the "dollar" menu at the wendy's near my office is now at least $1.19. boo!

no bk?? i'd vote for the junior menu if it were an option

Motherfucker! If I had read that first post, it would have been Taco Bell by a country mile!

FUCK! Now what the fuck am I going to do for lunch with my five quarters?

Cheap chicken salad: McDonald's McChicken & side salad; patty torn up and thrown on the salad.

Wendy's chicken sandwiches, cheeseburgers, chili and side salads own this poll. Not to mention the small vanilla Frosty.

why on earth would anyone eat food from a place that actually advertises how cheap its meat is

i hate to be that asshole who says bad things about fast food, but every time i see a dollar menu ad i want to throw up

at the very least i am willing to pay three or four bucks to maintain the illusion that the beef i am putting into my body comes from a normal part of a healthy cow

yr never gonna be a dollar menenaire with that attitude

yeah what are you, some kind of fancy-boy?

Seriously. Have fun at Whole Foods, motherfucker. Leave us to our cheap eats.

yeah i only get chicken from fast food
seems less threatening for some reason
also, spicy chicken sandwich from popeyes = gr8

I had a 99 cent sausage biscuit from McDonald's this morning. I feel so ashamed.

mcdonalds breakfast food is cool, no regrets there

I had an Egg McMuffin that cost my insurance company $700 since I didn't know I wasn't supposed to eat anything before my scan.

(I must apologize for the rampant use of the word fuck in my posts. I'm a little over-coffeed today.)

spending extra money to maintain an illusion of responsible consumerism is really just as terrible, max. you know where ground beef comes from

and btw smart move by the USDA not issuing that recall until most of the downer cows had been eaten so we don't have to worry about a nationwide price spike

I had an Egg McMuffin that cost my insurance company $700 since I didn't know I wasn't supposed to eat anything before my scan.

-- Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:55 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

lolololol

MAX IS A FANCY-BOY MAX IS A FANCY-BOY

thanks to poor financial management i've had a couple $35 fast food items, cups of coffee and 7-11 impulse buys

it says awful fucked up things about the way americans think of food production and consumption that we can have nationwide advertising campaigns bragging about the cheapness of meat

My McDonalds recently came in a bag that said "Or beef is made with 100% pure beef." Uh...

max, they also brag about the cheapness of fries, ice cream and soda.

yeah but i can buy fries being cheap--it doesnt take a lot to grow potatoes

properly raising animals for slaughter should be pretty expensive tho

at the very least i am willing to pay three or four bucks to maintain the illusion that the beef i am putting into my body comes from a normal part of a healthy cow

-- max, Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:50 PM (Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:50 PM)

Dude, beef at fast-food joints does not come from healthy cows.

You want fancy beef start eating Kobe.

i used to work with this girl who was an accountant back in like 2000. she seemed mellow until i saw her seething rage at some guy ahead of us in a mcdonalds line. he bought a 6 piece nuggets for $3.29, and she kept pointing out to me he could have gotten two 4 piece nuggets for $2.00. and she kept bringing it up throughout the day.

max you grow some fucking potatoes! You have to aerate the SO MUCH when they're lil' baby tubers.

also, spicy chicken sandwich from popeyes = gr8

popeye's has better sides, like that spicy beans and rice and better gravy too

God, sanskrit, you shoulda told that lady he was only paying 5¢ more per nugget, and if he wasn't going to EAT 8, two extra is a waste of money, not a bargain. Sounds like she could maybe do math but not a cost/benefit analysis.

My GOD I miss Popeye's so much. Fucking church's.

at the very least i am willing to pay three or four bucks to maintain the illusion that the beef i am putting into my body comes from a normal part of a healthy cow

-- max, Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:50 PM (Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:50 PM)

^^^
i meant this mostly ironically, i dont eat a lot of meat at fast food places anymore because it scares me

Oh wait, I thought the 4-pieces were $2 each. Nevermind.

mostly i just wanted to express my feeling of totally baffled-ness at how nakedly fast food joints are celebrating their shitty cheap beef

In NYC, I don't even think the SINGLE cheeseburger is on the dollar menu anymore!

po brecito...?

have you tried Jarrito's yet?

they sink to the bottom of my stomach like a stone is the problem, just sitting there, rolling around. blech. i used to luuuv those junior cheeseburgers too.

Wendy's. I only eat fast food on the road, though.

McDonalds I call the "earthquake burger" because of the bowel effects.

JW, I always feel sorry for you all when I see McDonalds commercials where they say "Prices may be higher in Alaska, Hawaii, and New York City."

My GOD I miss Popeye's so much. Fucking church's.

Abbott, where do you stay?

mostly i just wanted to express my feeling of totally baffled-ness at how nakedly fast food joints are celebrating their shitty cheap beef

This should not baffle you. McDonalds (and other fast food) makes its money off of people who are too broke or late to care about what they put in their bodies. Good, healthy food costs more than cheap, unhealthy food.

I'm in Las Cuces; nearest Popeye's is in El Paso. (40 miles away ;_;)

CRUCES. "the crosses."

We do have WING STOP here, however. <3

triple-cross

mcdonalds breakfast food is cool, no regrets there

Well my health and weight regret it but I can handle that regret better at other fast food joints. I am not a fan of Mickey D's just as I am not a fan of Wal-Mart's.

And I do care about what I put in my body. It's just sometimes other cares pull rank.

And I do care about what I put in my body. It's just sometimes other cares pull rank.

Just my point - take away the constraints of time and money, and it becomes MASSIVELY less sensible to eat at McD's. But - you're on the road, on the run, a little short on cash, etc. - and there's those GIANT Golden Arches with their cheap fill-up.

All this being said, I've got a hankering for Popeye's that just won't quit.

DIRTY RICE at Popeye's! Good stuff.

You know who needs a dollar menu? Hookers.

constraints of time and money

For me it's more emotional/mood-orientated. Feeling low/stressed? Eat something naughty. Note that running to buy some unneeded make-up or a new pair of shoes does this equally well with longer-lasting effects.

Pray that your currency doesn't change - over here in Belgium, McDonald's calls those things Euro-Deals and that's more expensive

ok does anyone remember eating mcdonald's burgers in the eighties, and early nineties to an extent -- and you'd occasionally get these tiny slippery white hard bits? was that pulverized bone or just gristle?

the economist compares purchasing power parity in terms of how much a Big Mac costs. It is most expensive in Iceland, where it is like $8 US.

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I'm glad I do not remember that. I imagine that it was gristle.

I'm in Las Cuces; nearest Popeye's is in El Paso. (40 miles away ;_;)

-- Abbott, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 18:14 (10 minutes ago) Link

^^ u should hang out wirh my grandparents.

My vote is for WENDY'S. Eternal stoned high school eating champion.

HOT GOSSIP: Nabisco is a fan of the Wendy's dollar menu.

DIRTY RICE at Popeye's! Good stuff.

OTM

wendy's chili is disgusting

just get the chicken nuggets and the jr bacon cheeseburger and you'll be FINE.

PUT THE CHILI ON THE POTATO AND GET A FROSTEE. THIS IS HOW TO STAY ALIVE WHEN POOR

yeah wendy's by miles

DIP FRIES INTO THE MILKSHAKE. THIS IS HOW TO STAY ALIVE WHEN POOR

You know who needs a dollar menu? Hookers.

-- nickalicious, Tuesday, February 19, 2008 6:20 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

lol did you meant hooters?

transfat dollar menu

i'm pretty sure he meant hookers!

ok does anyone remember eating mcdonald's burgers in the eighties, and early nineties to an extent -- and you'd occasionally get these tiny slippery white hard bits? was that pulverized bone or just gristle?

Cow brains.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/16/brain.sandwich.ap/index.html

Gristle. Which happens, even in the highest quality ground beef.

Hence, why ground beef should ALWAYS be cooked at least to medium. Unless, of course, you grind it yourself.

I know this sounds like the whole chocolate milk thing, but ground beef is just more susceptible to picking up microbes, etc. More surface area. Also, a butcher of 35 years confirmed this for me recently.

"You're going to die anyway. Either die happy or you die miserable. That's the German attitude, isn't it?" Coan said."

Hooters, hookers, both end in naps and shame so whatever.

max OTM

read fast food nation and yule never eat shit-saturated ground beef agin

But Wendy's is really good.

And there's no beef in frosties OR fries.

Ideally.

Ooh, look at Little Lord "I'm Too Special to Eat Cow Feces"

http://www.byroncrawford.com/2006/04/mcdonalds_dolla.html

As it turns out, jigs and spics, who make up 12 and 14 percent of the US population respectively, each contribute about 18% to Macs' annual sales. Yikes! Not that this wasn't already, as KRS-One would say, self-evident to anyone who spends any significant amount of time at McDonalds, but damn. As Dave Chappelle would say, I thought I liked McDonalds because it was tasty and delicious.

Woondy's

McDownald's

Boo-urger King

Wendy's chicken sandwiches, cheeseburgers, chili and side salads own this poll. Not to mention the small vanilla Frosty.

-- Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, February 19, 2008 5:41 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

all these years and i now have to say vanilla or chocolate when ordering a frosty. it's not right. there is only one true frosty. it is chocolate and it is for fry-dippin.

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can't testify to the provenance of the meat fillings but those five dumplings for a buck places in ny's chinatown are aiight, no?

So, in the UK, this would be a 50p menu?

OK, A mars bar.

The only dumpling place I know, the meat filling is actually RECOGNIZABLY pork. Like, pieces of meat that you can see and chew. Not a ground mystery. I'm all for it.

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