There's a Checkers within half mile of the McDonalds, Burger King, and White Castle... and Wendy's close enough... from me. Of course! lol

I tried Checkers once or twice a while back -- the fries are pretty good... but apparently the burgers weren't good enough for me to go back apparently... don't recall... I don't think about it much, cuz I don't "cave" more than a few times a year usually...

But still, if they're hot and fresh, McD's fries rule

Coney Island Nathans French Fries were the best! Served piping hot in the paper cone, put into the bag, and then you poured the salt on them, pumped the ketchup in the bag, closed it up and shook it all around. The best!






What is it that make us crave those damn belly bombers? They're so good going down, but once they settle in your stomach, my goodness, like you ate rocks! After you're done you say "never again," and then a few montsh later you're craving them!



I may have mentioned this over in another topic, but one of the best fast food Burgers and Fries that I ever had was when I was in California. In and Out Burger. Fast food but fresh. The fresh cut french fries were excellent as were the Burgers.

And let's not forget Roll and Roaster in Sheepshead Bay for burgers and cheese fries. Simply the best!

For the best french fries you've EVER had, try Thrasher's on the boardwalk in Ocean City, MD.

I'm not a huge fan of vinegar, but grab yourself a bucket of those fries, load 'em up with salt, pepper, and vinegar, and die happy (albeit with clogged arteries.)



In & Out burgers are AWESOME. You ever try the "secret" menu?

Cardi, if you ever find yourself in the Santa Ana area, check out Yellow Basket. They serve the best fast food/restaurant burgers I've ever had.

As far as weird food combinations, I'm usually game to try anything, so nothing is really weird to me, except:

potato salad (potatoes and mayonnaise)
macaroni salad (macaroni and mayonnaise)
pasta salad (pasta and mayonnaise)
egg salad (hard boiled eggs and mayonnaise)

I like ranch dressing, though.

Egg Salad.

Everyone seems to love In & Out Burger. I like them too, but for fast food, I really like Carl's Jr. I like the char broiled taste. Although I can't say I go very often.


TIS

TIS, have you ever tried Yellow Basket?

Amen brother!

I also like Egg Salad.

Egg Salad is delicious. As is chicken salad, tuna salad, potato salad and macaroni salad. However, I hate most store-bought salads, and will usually only eat home-made. My secret for potato salad? 2/3 mayo and 1/3 sour cream. YUM!!

As for my fries, I like McD's, White Castle's, Nathan's, almost all fries. There was a fast food chain around here called Ranch One that had great fries, but all of them seem to have closed.

I like my fries plain, though, extra-crispy with just salt. I may add ketchup when they've cooled down. For some reason, I don't like the room-temperature ketchup with piping hot fries.

When I worked in the City, there used to be one right next to the David Letterman theater and I'd go there for lunch once a week... they had great chicken tenders and yes, their fries were good!

Why am I always hungry when I'm on these boards??

Oh well let's see now..

I like peanut butter and banana sandwiches. Also, peanut butter and cucumber sandwiches. I put potato chips on my peanut butter sandwiches sometimes. I think you could put anything on a PB sandwich and it'll be good.

I dip my macaroni and cheese in ketchup (but I know a lot of people who do that, so I guess it isn't too weird)

My friend puts Ranch on dressing on EVVVVERYYTHING. I saw her put it on her leftover spaghetti the other night. I laughed at her. Haha.

That's all I can think of at the moment though.

Unnnnh... a PB-Bogey sandwich... unnnnh...

Peter Luger's sells its steak sauce in supermarkets, and its pretty decent when used as a salad dressing.... I love to cut a head of lettuce up and put some of the sauce on it.

I love that stuff. I put it on everything. I especially like it on a fried chicken cutlet sandwich. Mmmmm...

Now, how did I know you'd say something along those lines??

Aw shucks, Miss Bogey...

Egg, yes, chicken, yes, tuna definitely, but macaroni...ewwww.
Ditto for something called "ham salad" which I unfortunately had to eat ONCE.

Correction.

Now, how did WE ALL know that he'd say something along those lines??

Oh, DT, macaroni salad, if made correctly, is wonderful stuff. Elbow macaroni, a little mayo, some diced onion and celery, a few hardboiled eggs, crumbled bacon - and that's my secret!

Actually, most omelettes are weird food combos, but I love them all. Just this morning I had an egg white omelette with mushrooms and fontina cheese. That sounds like a strange combo, but it was delicious.

In college I would top my hot dogs with sauerkraut and chili.

Klyd, where've you been??

Another favorite combo is a jar of chili sauce and a jar of grape jelly poured over a crock pot full of meatballs, and then cook it for a few hours.

Sweet and sour meatballs??

Really??? Ok, I can see chili sauce, but.....but....grape jelly????? How did that get started? One day you saw the meatballs and thought, "hmmm grape jelly would be great on top of those meatballs?"


TIS

I canned last Summer hot peppers,onions,hotdogs in vineagar. A hillbilly appetizer.

This isn't a combination, but brother, every now and then will take a spoon/handful of uncooked (from the can) coffee grounds!!! Don't ask me why. He's weird. Me, I prefer the liquid version.

TIS


Mig, I gotta admit, I don't care for any kind of hot pepper. Green peppers (aka stuffed green peppers) but a plain ol' hot pepper I'm not crazy about.

I gotta ask my mom, but she has done something similar with those "mini" frozen "meat"balls that isn't bad at all -- but I think with cranberries not grape jelly

I dunno about the rest of you, but all I can think of is A Clockwork Orange!



Sounds good to me! Just out of curiosity, what type of vinegar did you use?



How about stuffed poblanos? They can be absolutely delicious!

Pickle juice was mentioned earlier in this thread. This one was a particular favorite of Signora V. She was partial to (but not limited to) Vlasic Polish Dill Spears, and the juice in the jar became her property once the pickles were gone.

Signor V.