rolling new food laboratory inventions for american chain restaurants thread

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/dining/jamaican-beef-patties.html?smid=tw-nytfood&smtyp=cur&_r=0

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/05/24/dining/24PATTY2/24PATTY2-master675.jpg

BEEF PATTY FOOD LAB

Huh, so Spanish McDonalds don't have 'burger' anywhere, they're all called 'sandwiches' and not even the Spanish word for sandwiches, yet burgers exist in Spain

https://www.bacoaburger.com

I'm not sure why this is all so fascinating to me

I was in a Burger King the other day because shut up don't judge me, and I saw that they allow you to add extra patties to your Whopper and it's limitless, although they charge you per patty.

when I was in high school, some kids in the class before mine had an annual contest where they would try to one-up each other by ordering a six or seven party whopper

patty, that is. their stomachs threw the party

was everyone invited?

after six or seven whoppers in one sitting i'm sure that's not all their stomachs threw

that sauce in the south carolina stack from mcdonalds (uk) was good
but the bun was a bit breakfast muffiny, i didn't like it too much

i'm going to ireland this weekend and i was curious about the mcdonald's menu on offer there... unfortunately this item was phased out a couple of weeks back

http://www.mcdonalds.ie/iehome/food/full_menu/beef/gta_new_york_stack1.html

when I was in high school, some kids in the class before mine had an annual contest where they would try to one-up each other by ordering a six or seven party whopper

― mh, Wednesday, May 24, 2017 5:22 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

in high school my friend dave and i would see how many mcdonalds hamburgers we could eat. i think he did 8 and i 6 or 7.

that wasn't my business, but Taco John's had the half price Tuesday deal and I took out six tacos for sure

there was an "Irish" burger at McDonalds here for awhile. I believe it's been discontinued though

wasn't a huge fan of the new york stack but then i dont really like bagels

xpost it's a hot dog

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — KFC plans to make a space pioneer out of a chicken sandwich next week when it sends it to the edge of the atmosphere with the help of a high-altitude balloon.

The promotional stunt for the Zinger sandwich comes two months after the fast food chain unveiled Rob Lowe playing Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Col. Harland Sanders in a space suit as part of an ad campaign. The ads promised to send the breaded chicken sandwich into space.

KFC is partnering with balloon maker World View on the project. The chain says the launch window opens June 21 for what it says is the longest controlled stratospheric balloon flight with a commercial payload in history. The sandwich will return to earth and bring back telemetry data.

Godspeed brave Zinger

KFC: Food You'll Laika

I don't know which cartoon to suggest: the highbrow route with Isaac Newton dropping his apple in favor of an offered Zinger or the ape from 2001 throwing his bone up into the air.

obv. the ape would throw a double down up into the air

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/is-mcdonalds-made-fresh-quarter-pounder-worth-the-extra-minute-wait/2017/06/21/276d1cc4-5696-11e7-b38e-35fd8e0c288f_story.html?utm_term=.b87fa432a864&tid=sm_tw

lotta analysis to mull over

lol at another one of these promotions that in the end amounts to "and remember, normally our food has been sitting there for fifteen minutes after a limp reheat from frozen!"

If I wanted a fresh burger, I would go to a proper place. If I'm at McDonalds I obviously couldn't give a fuck about freshness and would prefer not spending an extra minute actually being in a McDonalds.

The sandwich will return to earth and bring back telemetry data.

that is a top tier sentence

https://i.cbc.ca/1.4182875.1498696105!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/tim-hortons-poutine-donut.jpg

A poutine dougnut available to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday available only in Tim Horton's locations in the U.S.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tim-hortons-poutine-doughnut-canada-day-150-1.4182768

what the shit

I know! How come Canada doesn't get one?

"let's sell this to the Americans, they'll eat anything!"

How can we get them to get more poutine though? Think!

There it is. The brave chicken sandwich going to the stratosphere. What a beauty. https://t.co/gxzMWbwyQo pic.twitter.com/xnmzgEypnC

— Miriam Kramer (@mirikramer) June 29, 2017

Joseph Kittinger would be so proud.

my friends, this story is the mothership

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-07-19/the-mad-cheese-scientists-fighting-to-save-the-dairy-industry

I thought "government cheese" was a thing of the past. . .

"With an entire ounce in the shell, the Quesalupa has about five times the cheese load of a basic Crunchy Taco."

The new double gordita: big enough for a rat to use as a boat.

dear lord please let me never hear/see the words "cheese" + "load" used together in a sentence again

:(

DISRUPTIVE SYNERGY

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/business/media/lyft-taco-bell.html

“I kind of think of this like inverse delivery — like we’re delivering you to Taco Bell,” she said in an interview. “You’re being delivered to the food as opposed to having to get in your own car and drive.”

Let the choirs sing hallelujah.

Previously, when I entered a taxi or hired car, I found completely unable to request that the driver swing by a fast-food establishment. Now mine eyes have been opened to the wondrous possibilities of life in this new golden age of Camry/chalupa integration.

co-curated camry/chapula experience

Pretty good chance the ride's going to cost 3x your meal price, right?

https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/nevgwx/angela-dimayuga-extra-value-meal-mcdonalds-fastfoodweek2017

that's a great story

couldn't stop until I'd read like three other articles from the same writer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvq3Pf3j61c

https://i.imgur.com/Eu3KSth.jpg

yeah I'd eat that

i don't see any problem, are those fingers or something

Not sure what the point of a breakfast taco is when there are breakfast burritos, especially if you make them with flour tortillas. (Still would eat, of course.)

it lets the fillings breathe

I don't really like eggs but I'm kind of wanting that.