rolling new food laboratory inventions for american chain restaurants thread

Just put some monkeys in a room with the ingredients (a la 'the chimps tea party') and see what they come up with.

this article is great: http://www.eater.com/2016/7/13/12160720/fancy-food-show-summer-2016

my favorite takeaways: the concept of "dessert hummus," and this paragraph:

The charitable branding of Doctor Pickle, on the other hand, remains beyond my understanding. CEO Harold Pitts is too muscular for his white coat; with his gelled grey hair, he looks like a late-career porn star doing a hospital scene. "Hey little boy," he calls to me, "Try my pickle!" I ask Pitts about the sign on his display that promises a share of the proceeds for child victims of 9/11. "We got into quite a pickle on 9/11," he says. Later I find out that Pitts was a fireman and first-responder at the towers before he turned to pickling full-time. His "Pickle with a Purpose" endeavor aims to provide everyone who experienced childhood trauma on 9/11 with access to transcendental meditation. The pickles are pretty good.

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龜 your account is overdrawn

salome pizza

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Salome_Jean_Benner_c1899.jpg

time to take this thread back on track

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has anyone had a wimpy mega burger?

http://i.imgur.com/UTpvT2H.jpg

who among us has had a mega burger?

http://i.imgur.com/gfYSBqf.jpg

I remember a long road trip with my brother where we put off lots of places to stop to find a wimpy. It was not as good as we remembered. When/where we were kids it was the place for kids parties.

Is that what used to be called the Big Bender Burger?

There is a dedicated Wimpy thread!

i'm excited for panda express's chork

http://i.imgur.com/RWWwZbn.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/rAFmIkf.png

pass

reddit username otm

Texas.

http://i.imgur.com/2hHzeiM.png

name "big tex" forever linked to super depressing chris ware cartoons, for me anyway

coincidentally, those cookie fries are super depressing

I feel like I need to revisit my state fair after a weekend visit just to document the new foods

The walking hot dog, a twist on the walking taco, was well-reviewed by a local chef

is that where they just dump a hot dog in a bag of doritos

Dammit, why didn't I think of that.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/entertainment/dining/2016/08/12/chef-rates-10-crazy-fried-foods-iowa-state-fair/88521116/

kind of want to try the cowboy cone

not sure about the distribution of slaw pork & beans in the cone

agreed

we're all walking hotdogs or walking tacos when u think about it

believe me I do

durian flavored wafer cookies. i mean, they are okay if you like chemically-synthesized durian extract. but the hours of burps are gnarlie brown :(

http://aibuymart.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/600x600/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/1/0/100128.jpg

This is was real:

http://www.kfc.com/extra-crispy-sunscreen/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2016/08/23/curious-flock-kfcs-fried-chicken-scented-sunscreen/89130838/

https://www.timeout.com/chicago/blog/you-can-now-get-sushi-burritos-that-are-coated-in-cheetos-093016

Will try and report back.

this is an insult to man and god alike

i want one

xp jeff do you have a living will

is the sushi burrito place good?

xp jeff do you have a will to live

I've never actually eaten at a sushi burrito place, so this will be the first time. I mean, it's just a giant maki that's not cut up, right?

that's my impression!

"just" doing so much work there

I had a sushi burrito here: https://eatburedo.com and I didn't think it was that great

their pictures look less appetizing and I trust Chicago more for stupid high calorie ideas

for sure

relived that this isn't a new taco bell thing. could you imagine?

otoh i would eat the hell out of a "giant maki that's not cut up", GIS results making me hungry

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2016/10/25/arbys-takes-stab-venison-burgers-select-locations/92727506/

arby's has been advertising a pork belly sandwich too

lol how much do they tenderize/cook that thing to make such a giant slab edible in sandwich form

http://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-franchisees-say-discounting-is-killing-them-2016-10

One franchisee had a creative suggestion for McDonald's corporate office: spice up the fries.

"Do something incredible with our fries," the franchisee wrote. "Like add a sauce: cheese, garlic... something to energize our incredible fries."

this poor franchisee just isn't being listened to

Maybe make your burgers look and taste like something other than reconstituted meat patties left over from WWII

really want to try arbys venison

the pork belly sandwich is no longre available http://ww.arbys.com/our-menu/limited-time-offers

sooo

the closest Arby's to work seems to have actual intellectually disabled people staffing positions

this has two effects:
Training is obviously very thorough and they know the correct way to address a lot of situations
There is some sort of agreement in place to make sure everything works correctly, possibly with a staffing agency

So uhh this Arby's is kind of awkward to hang out in if you're eating during off hours but it is the most competent Arby's I have been in. They know what they are doing,the drive thru is prioritized but the staff is on it. It is a good Arby's. But the food is still ehhh