rolling new food laboratory inventions for american chain restaurants thread

I've had bacon + ice cream or bacon + chocolate on a few occasions and it's never really been a very successful combination. It's basically just a sweet thing with a few chewy out-of-place bits of bacon floating around.

I saw the P'zolo commercial on TV last night and startled my wife by yelling "WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT BULLSHIT" at the television

What in the fuck is the purpose of the apostrophe in the P'zone/P'zolo, other than to irritate me? Is there something wrong with "Pizzolo" (the word)? It's not like they're saving any syllables, really,

A made up word can be trademarked.

p'zolo live once thats the motto ni**a zolo

is "pizzone" a word?

http://www.sogoodblog.com/2012/06/08/review-pizza-hut-pzolos/

http://www.sogoodblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/pzolo2.jpg

hahaha "The P'Zolo: Better than a Hot Pocket!"

poo zoos only live once

I have never heard of a poo zoo coming back from the dead so there is that

poo zoo was the first p z combo I thought of, I should've went with the second: pussy zipper

"coprophiliac zoophile" - two words you never want to see together.

pinata zoroaster

Pazuzuzolo

I guess the name was chosen because "p'zolo!" is the sound someone makes when they bite into one and spit it out because it's too hot.

If there was a Klingon Pizza Hut, what would they call these?

pizza vuvuzelas think abt it

so who is gonna be the first one of us to actually eat a p'zolo?

i mean we all know it's gonna be me but i just figured i'd give someone else the opportunity to step up to the plate this time

* steps up to plate, looks at contents of plate, walks away *

The bacon sundae would probably be good if I were really high. The P'zone thing just looks incredibly unappealing and I don't hate Pizza Hut pizza (although it's been about a decade since I've eaten it so maybe it's terrible now).

Here is a blog post criticizing people who are snobs about a BK bacon sundae: http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2012/06/13/154911191/how-we-talk-about-a-bacon-sundae

see if i was really high* i'd prefer something like forty pounds of chewy bread and greasy meat

*sub in "really drunk" here since i don't smoke

this is not a chain restaurant but at the county fair this year you can haz cheezburgers w glazed doughnuts instead of buns, feel like that's probably old hat to people east of the rockies

I've had bacon + ice cream or bacon + chocolate on a few occasions and it's never really been a very successful combination. It's basically just a sweet thing with a few chewy out-of-place bits of bacon floating around.

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yeah this was how I felt about it. I was thinking maybe they could distill bacon and brew their sundae sauce with some bacon juice to get a more even spread of the bacon flavor.

Blame Paula Deen for that one - http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paulas-home-cooking/the-ladys-brunch-burger-recipe/index.html

strongo you oughtta switch

that vosges chocolate w bacon (and other sweet bacon foods) are a gimmick, you could just use sea salt and it'd be the same

attention, this thread is only about american chain restaurants!!!

a p'zone is like a calzone?

http://pizzone.ytmnd.com/

that cat is completely in charge!

o what sad madness the bacon trend hath wrought in its wake

keep hearing the figaro song in my head except it goes P'ZOLO P'ZOLO P'ZOLO

anyway this bacon sundae thing is really gross, the lower classes are so vile

*pops melon wrapped in imported prosciutto into mouth*

P'Zones have been around for more than ten years (they introduced them while I was working my way through CNA school there), did they stop selling them at some point?

nah we're just pretending it's new

no see P'ZOLO see

hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good sandwich tube

http://i.cdn.turner.com/asfix/repository/8a25c3920ef15683010ef214f9770177/thumbnail_14429.jpg

P'ZOLO

p'zolo I luv u

Brittany Faulkner ‏@befaulkner
@K_BO_14 I'm getting a p'zone and Michael's getting a p'zolo (pizza hut). What do you want?
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Max Silvestri
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Pizza Hut's is pretty good, but I'll always prefer how my Italian grandmother made Buffalo Chicken P'zolo.

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Really hoping someone does archive all these. I asked over on oreo pizza: WTF if there was a comprehensive history of the pointless novelty pizza, but got nowhere. Where did it all begin? And when will it all end? Pizza is like the ultimate goof-proof junk food meal; it's transparent to everyone involved that these gimmicks are just attention-grabbing marketing hooks as discussed upthread, but since both customers and pizza magnates know it, can't they just, like, stop?

all it takes is one novelty hit like a chicken mcnugget to make it worthwhile.

but that's just a wad of chicken. they don't do anything WEIRD to it, besides the thing they do to make it into a wad.

what if they ground up leftover pizza into and formed it into a waddy extrusion that could be breaded and fried into a nugget?

i think i would try the p'zone if someone else ordered it and paid for it and put it in front of me. i would *try* it, not necessarily finish it.

oh, have i got news for you

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2599/4017063511_cf6ab72970.jpg

threw up in my mouth a little

that’s actually a nice local businessman/chef (not kidding, haven’t heard anything bad and most restaurant owners are shitheads!) and all the other restaurants in the group are totally normal, if not exemplars of their types

but he thought it’d be fun to cash in on the omg bacon and zombies trend and I salute him

i mean sure, get that money but that shirt is a war crime and the burger is a crime against nature.

who did the bit about how incredibly depressing it is that every chicken nugget you see thrown to the street was an animal walking around, now reduced to useless waste? maybe rick and morty? in any case, that cow gave it's life for the worst reasons.

otm

oh christ i just realized that motherfucker has a hello kitty human centipede tshirt on

dude should be on a register for that, can you imagine his browser history?

Fans of Sonic onion rings will know that they have a particular sweetness -- I found out yesterday it's because they soak the cut onions in their ice cream mix, or at least a variation on it, before breading.

that also explains their peculiarly oniony ice cream

I suspected something like that about Sonic's onion rings! I tried them last summer and thought they were terrible.

that Curderburger thing was fucking huge here. we have 3 Culvers here (a town of about 55k) which open at 10 and apparently they all sold out by 10:30. wonder if they'd ban you for doing the sloppy steaks thing where you just order cheese curds and mash 'em on top

https://www.foodandwine.com/thmb/d_LhgdOauyK9NMh9Txvz74Yyl_g=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Cup-Noodle-Breakfast-Ramen-FT-BLOG0323-d16d656494d34bff9a783d22b1238316.jpg

https://www.foodandwine.com/cup-noodles-releases-breakfast-instant-ramen-flavor-7373277?utm_campaign=foodandwine&utm_content=link&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=6425dd2ade7fbf0001510678

My wife has been addicted to these things lately. I've so far refused to try them.

https://www.kroger.com/product/images/large/front/0085001433500

i would try the puffcorn.
the pancake-flavored noodles look like a fascinating travesty

Ramen already is a breakfast dish in Japan anyway.

Boy does my friend who has lived in Japan for 30 years crave pancake breakfasts when stateside.

https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:eco,dpr_2.0/rockcms/2023-06/pizza-hut-pickle-pizza-zz-230606-01-f119bd.jpg

not to be outdone, been inundated with ads for the Papa John's Cool Ranch Doritos Papadia lately... don't worry, in case that's not enough Cool Ranch Doritos for you, it also comes with Doritos Cool Ranch dipping sauce and you can get the meal deal with a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos on the side

https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/2023/04/26/b60390e5-d93f-4c6f-8b23-0e940f25dda5/papa-johns-cool-ranch.jpg

need someone from papa john's to sell me a container of the cool ranch seasoning

Not mad at the concept of pickles on pizza

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why not Ketchepsi?