Ranking Dollar Menu Burgers: Don't Deny it, You Know You Eat Them

TLS1

Did you try the 99-cent Cheesy Cheddarburger at Wendy's? YOU MUST TRY IT! Meat and Cheese topped with cheese sauce. C'Mon!

danielslauren

@TLS1 No, I was trying to compare relative apples to apples. See, "cheese sauce" is getting too fancy. There were to dollar bacon options as well. Was going for the most basic burger on the dollar menu. There's some science here, OK? ;)

But, your advice is appreciated and I've taken note.

kergo1spaceship

I wish I had time to delve into this today, but I had to winterize/scalp my yard. First time I've done yard work all year, and had not ONE beer.

I am a huge fan of grabbing dollar burgers on the run:

Good:

Wendy's

Mc D's

Braums-it's real meat! So it doesn't count.

Bad:

Jack In The Box-

1dailyreader

@kergo1spaceship I did yard work today too but I'm wondering just how many beer's you had. Not one but how many?

kergo1spaceship

@1dailyreader

Sadly, I had none-and that is a first! Normally I'm poundin' them Buds-and about 14 beers in, in the blazing heat, I start to hallucinate, and thinking I'm the Hunter S. Thompson character in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas......but not Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail , where Edwin Muskie takes the Ibogain. No, the Fear and Loathing where HST "facilitates" the tanning process by pouring beer on his chest.

ps-Let's see iff'n I remember the greatest words ever written:

"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the +++g's began to take hold, we had........."

Genius! Closely followed by HST's "monster steed with a fiery anus" from Hell's Angels, and White Rabbit Bathtub scenario from F and L.

RIP great HST! I want to be shot out of a cannon into the cool Colorado night one day.

todd

I wonder... what is the difference in quality between the dollar menu shit and the full price shit?

Mervis

@todd Don't go there. We don't want to know how the sausage is made.

1dailyreader

I'm gonna add one and that is the Whataburger "Just a burger" for a buck. I can't get it any more at the one closest to me but they're still available at other locations. I'm surprised that you can get a large drink and burger for a little over $2.00 considering how much a small drink costs at other fast food places.

danielslauren

@1dailyreader Yeah, I went there -- to the drive-thru, but didn't see anythign. The Jr. burger is over $2. Good to know though. A secret burger...

Mervis

@1dailyreader I think the $1 bucket of soda is a response to Qwik Trip and Racetrac similarly priced buckets of soda.

1dailyreader

@Mervis The $5.00 sandwich, drink in the cup size of your choice and chips is a good deal at the Quik Trip but we're talking burgers aren't we. Anyway...

thefncrow

Wendy's used to have the best $1 burger with the Texas Double Cheeseburger.

Also, I spent a year living at college with a nearby BK that seemed to run a $1 Whopper special for the entirety of that year. That year had a number of days where the only thing I ate all day was a $1 Whopper that I bought with change I scrounged together.

1dailyreader

@thefncrow I was in Oklahoma once when Wendy's had the TX Dbl Cb and ordered one. I didn't even think about it being available in TX only. Did the same thing in NM too.

danielslauren

@thefncrow Did you go to UNT and live in Clark Hall with the BK across the street in the early 90's? You just painted this hauntingly famiiar picture...

thefncrow

@danielslauren Nope. UT-Dallas, early 00s. It was the BK just west of 75 on Campbell.

Mervis

@thefncrow $1 Whopper was a great deal.

JustSaying

The dollar whopper was a pretty good deal but they fucked you on the cheese. They made you pay extra for it. And that one slice of cheese damned near doubled the price. Fucking bastards.

thefncrow

@JustSaying I tended to skip buying cheese and, if I had some, slap a slice of american cheese on the burger when I got back.

TurdFerguson

Statically inclined? Is that like clingy?

danielslauren

@TurdFerguson My bad. Statistically... can I fix it? Or do you want to own your editing skills? Your call. Totally.

TurdFerguson

@danielslauren

LDD - Rather than throwing rocks I was trying to be funny, apparently to no success. Static - clingy, get it? Oh, never mind.

TurdFerguson

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@danielslauren I also cut out the extra step, every time. As to why, I am mystified. More table turns equals more money for the waitstaff and the restaurant. And satisfied customers to boot.

danielslauren

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@TurdFerguson @danielslauren Do you think they do that on purpose or just zone out? Thinking about it... I often get my card/cash and hand it to them the first time I get the receipt, to cut out that step. I won't let them leave, always say, "Here, take it now." Getting up to leave is another way to get their attention. Maybe 10 ways to avoid being held hostage. Something to ponder. Thanks.

TurdFerguson

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@danielslauren Hey, here's an idea for you: biggest pet peeve when dining out. Mine is being held hostage after the meal. Happened yet again today. Business lunch, attentive waiter until the very end. Then he disappeared for 15 minutes while we waited to pay. Infuriating!

danielslauren

@TurdFerguson Yeah, it was funny. I got it when I read it. I hate typos, so was mad at meself.

ChrisYu topcommenter

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off subject but just picked up the print Observer which gives a great shout out to Kergo.

and his recipes. however, it says he 'loves Dallas'...huh? i love Dallas have been reading this blog a long time, that guy hates Dallas. maybe some commenters here are right about proof read slippage since Wilonsky left.

kergo1spaceship

@ChrisYu

wth? really? wow!

I think Scotty was being sarcastic about my love of Dallas, but then yesterday I traveled to the deck park, the new bridge and observed foliage in Cedar Hill, and I changed my mind. I do like to bitch a lot! When I was growing up in Boston, I hated that......when I lived on Cape Cod I hated that place also...just, never satisfied I guess. Also, I was joking about Nana Kergo, she was an AWFUL COOK, and was of Irish descent. Just sayin'.

Thank you for the shout out Mr. Reitz!

ps-The only thing I love more than The Redsox and The Patriots, is eating and cooking. mmmmm, maybe hiking.

ChrisYu topcommenter

@kergo1spaceship @ChrisYu

so glad to hear of your newfound appreciation. not all of us living over hear near or in downtown D should be described as d-bags hanging out on patios.

kergo1spaceship

@ChrisYu

It's just a bit, like the Fake Scott(s) and 1000 Crazy Mini Evil Kergie's. Plus, it gets people fired up......the only thing that gets people more pissed off is my Walmart Fat Lady in a Looney Tunes tshirt, Smoking Oklahoma Vacationer, Mid Cities Denizen, the MMA Doucher, Econoline Lady in an Old Van in Decatur, Guy that threatens to whip his brothers ass if someone sh+ts in his tent, and "typical" Garland resident.

ScottsMerkin topcommenter

@kergo1spaceship @ChrisYu to add to your ps, you forgot commenting on UP and CoA

kergo1spaceship

@ScottsMerkin

oh yeah, forgot about commenting of COA and UP; and maybe a shout out to my family-duh!

ScottsMerkin topcommenter

@ChrisYu Pretty sweet, Ill have to grab a paper version then

rain391

On the road we get two dollar burgers without cheese. One for me, female, aging with cellulite and another for our 4 pound tiny toy poodle who can't eat a real breakfast because yes, she gets car sick. A little homeopathic nausea medicine before we leave and by lunch she has NOT puked and will eat an unadorned dollar hamburger sans bun, pickle and whatever with great enthusiasm. That will take her 1200 miles to Lake Michigan in Door County, Wi and back with a healthy supper each night on the road.

ScottsMerkin topcommenter

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This inspired me to go have a Braums 1/3 lb Bacon Cheeseburger with fries and a chocolate shake. Took me back 20 yrs to when momma used to takes us there for good grades

Mervis

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The McDouble and large drink for $2.17 is the best. That basic McDonalds cheeseburger takes me back to being a kid when that was all we ever got at McDonalds. Before the BigMac or Quarter Lber w/cheese. Love those dehydrated onions and that ketchup. I know it's "bad" but so what.

danielslauren

@Mervis Anyone remember the McDLT? Hot hot side hot, cool side cool. Loved those.

ScottsMerkin topcommenter

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@Mervis loved the original cheeseburger, when I worked there at 16 I'd add bacon and eat 5 of them for dinner. Yeah I could get away with that back then, my metabolism was faster than usain bolt and I was all into sports. Id die in 2 weeks if I ate like that today