"Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
> And I regret it.
>
> It was just awful.
>
> Bread was so dry after the toasting even a quart of water wasn't enough to
> choke that bitch down. I ordered the steak and cheese. I got maybe 1 ounce
> of chopped steak that was so dry I had to blow the dust off. The Provolone
> cheese was tasteless. They had no onions or Whiz.
>
> It was just disgusting.
>
> Why do people eat this crap?

I don't think anyone would expect a good steak sandwich at subway. Why
bitch ?
I think they are much better than 20 years ago. More offerings, baked,
different bread. I'm not crazy about them, but feeds the stomach when
hungry.
I hate their meatballs. Sheetz makes a tasty meatball sub, not subway.

I stop at my roadside stand and get a pittsburgh style Philly. Peppers,
onions, real cheese, dripping, good bun. $5 for a 6 inch sub, and a pound
of fresh cut fries.

Greg

On 2013-09-12 06:17:04 +0000, Paul M. Cook said:

> Bread was so dry after the toasting even a quart of water wasn't enough
> to choke that bitch down. I ordered the steak and cheese. I got maybe
> 1 ounce of chopped steak that was so dry I had to blow the dust off.
> The Provolone cheese was tasteless. They had no onions or Whiz.
>
> It was just disgusting.
>
> Why do people eat this crap?

Cheap and conveniently located next to every nail salon on the planet.

On 2013-09-12 22:56:53 +0000, Paul M. Cook said:

> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 9/12/2013 12:21 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 16:35:17 +0100, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>> I sometimes walk past a Subway and it always look pretty full. I can't give
>>>> a personal observation because I've never been in, but it must make some
>>>> people happy.
>>>
>>> People will eventually wise up once they discover places that offer
>>> real sandwiches. A favorite chain of mine is Jersey Mikes.
>>
>> Holy crow, Jersey Mike's made it that far?? We were just talking
>> about it (relevent to this thread) and Ron said it's a pretty good
>> sub shop.
>>
>> I thought it was still relatively local.
>
> They are popping up all over SoCal now. I had one of their Italian
> sandwiches and it was very good and only cost 7 bucks. It was packed
> with meat and cheese just the way it should be.

It is pretty good.

I got a soft-drink with my sandwich there a few months back. The guy
put the cup on the counter and asked if I wanted anything else. "Yeah,"
I said as he again wiped his nose, "I'd like a cup that you haven't
handled by the rim." I had to repeat it and explain it before he
figured it out. Telling him to turn the stack over was a real
revelation too.

I find it amusing that every worker in the chains now wears plastic
gloves to make sandwiches, but frequently leaves the gloves on to wipe
their nose, push back their hair, count out change and scratch their
ass. Hell it might be more sanitary if they took OFF these gloves to
handle food!

I saw a bagel guy on the line putting bagel sandwiches together: He
turned away from the prep table to cough--into his gloved hand--before
continuing his assembly. That's when I pointed out that whatever he was
making I was going to paying for. Again, I had to explain what he had
done to him in detail.

On 2013-09-12 21:00:24 +0000, sf said:

> On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:14:55 -0400, The Cook >
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 10:45:23 -0600, casa contenta > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> There is a franchise that used to have a real sliced beef sandwich,
>>> Hardees, but I think they are all but gone now.
>>
>> Hardee's is alive and I assume well in North Carolina. I haven't been
>> to one in years.
>
> I thought Hardee's is called Carl's Junior out West, but AFAIC it's FF
> hamburgers... I don't eat there, so I don't know what's on their full
> menu.

They are siblings like Taco Bell and KFC are siblings. But not the same
burgers made the same way. I use to eat Hardee's in Oklahoma, but was
never crazy about them--they were an easy stop on the drive to my
(late-night) job. Carl's I'm really not so crazy about either, though
it's better than Hardee's.

On 2013-09-12 23:22:53 +0000, sf said:

> On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:57:10 -0600, casa contenta > wrote:
>
>> On 9/12/2013 3:44 PM, sf wrote:
>>> On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:11:20 -0600, casa contenta > wrote:
>>>
>>>> give me 5 Guys or Smashburger any old day.
>>>
>>> Haven't tried 5 Guys and hadn't heard of Smashburger before this, but
>>> try In N Out sometime - they're expanding and may be in your area
>>> soon. As much as some people like it, Steak & Shake didn't ring any
>>> bells for me.
>>>
>>
>> I like In and Out, they have very unique fries, not anyone else's
>> compare. We eat there in Arizona and Utah.
>>
> Hubby and I don't love their fries, which is good for us because we
> share one order instead of ordering one each. Not sure what they do
> wrong, because you can watch them peel and slice the potatoes - so you
> know they're fresh. It could be they just do a single fry when a
> second dip in the hot tub would make them superior.

I love the taste of their burgers, and I love their fries. They have a
shop 3 blocks from my house. But every time I eat one I feel slightly
nauseated. So I don't eat them. I'm not saying it's bad beef or
anything, but it seems damned rich.

On 2013-09-12 20:56:46 +0000, Gary said:

> Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>> Remember that many people out there eat food just for sustenance
>> rather than for flavor.
>
> That's not true at all or if it is...very sad. I think people buy for
> flavor (and maybe cost savings) regardless sometimes if it's healthy
> or not.

I use to do research in the field, and actually lots of people buy this
stuff for sustenance and perceived value. When you're working two jobs
it can be tough to cook dinner.

That's one of the reasons I feel good when I see Italian and Greek food
trying to make a go of "take out" or "drive-through" marketing.

On 2013-09-12 22:47:32 +0000, Gary said:

> "Paul M. Cook" wrote:
>>
>> I wish I had gone to McDs. I know what I'd be getting and it would have
>> been so much better. I wish I had just gotten a couple corn dogs at the
>> AM/PM down the road.
>
> Thanks a lot, Paul. That got me thinking and remembering. I just added
> a box of corndogs to my grocery list for Saturday. It's been a long
> time.

Wienerschnitzel is doling them out: 5 for 5 dollars. Or chili-dogs, or
a combination thereof. If you can take it. Frankly I like their dogs
very well for cheap quick food. But five? Not me...

"gregz" > wrote in message
...
> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
>> And I regret it.
>>
>> It was just awful.
>>
>> Bread was so dry after the toasting even a quart of water wasn't enough
>> to
>> choke that bitch down. I ordered the steak and cheese. I got maybe 1
>> ounce
>> of chopped steak that was so dry I had to blow the dust off. The
>> Provolone
>> cheese was tasteless. They had no onions or Whiz.
>>
>> It was just disgusting.
>>
>> Why do people eat this crap?
>
> I don't think anyone would expect a good steak sandwich at subway. Why
> bitch ?

Because it was SHIT. It wasn't that it was not authentic. It was absolute
shit. All I wanted was lunch, not a religious experience. How can any of
the other offerings not suck as bad?

"pltrgyst" > wrote in message
...
> On 9/12/13 2:17 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>
>> Bread was so dry after the toasting even a quart of water wasn't enough
>> to
>> choke that bitch down. I ordered the steak and cheese....
>
> If you let them toast the bread, or if you order a cheese steak at Subway,
> you're the idiot.

Hey my first time. I should have done research beforing asking my co-worker
where to grab a quick lunch.

On Thursday, September 12, 2013 10:30:28 AM UTC-7, tert in seattle wrote:
> wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday, September 11, 2013 11:17:04 PM UTC-7, Paul M. Cook wrote:

> >> Why do people eat this crap?
>
> >
>
> > Subway sells ordinary lunchmeat sandwiches on soft Italian bread.
> > If that's what you want, fine. Do not deviate from this.
>
>
>
> they also sell pizza which my kids love for some reason

Kids I know love Domino's. A little tomato paste spread on a cracker, with
a Kraft single on top, would probably really hit the spot.

"John Kuthe" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 11 Sep 2013 23:17:04 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
> wrote:
>
>>And I regret it.
>>
>>It was just awful.
>>
>>Bread was so dry after the toasting even a quart of water wasn't enough to
>>choke that bitch down. I ordered the steak and cheese. I got maybe 1
>>ounce
>>of chopped steak that was so dry I had to blow the dust off. The
>>Provolone
>>cheese was tasteless. They had no onions or Whiz.
>>
>>It was just disgusting.
>>
>>Why do people eat this crap?
>>
>
> Their bread is crap. It's like Wonder bread. Freshly baked or not,
> crappy breaad is still crappy bread. And I'm sure they get the
> cheapest sandwish contents that they can to support their corporate
> profits.
>
> But it's better than starving, and certainly better than anything
> McCraps makes!
>
> John Kuthe...

The bad thing is that it smells so good! I have to walk by one frequently
and the smell entices but I know otherwise.

I just had some good bread from Target. It was free if you bought two
specific items.

"Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
...
>
> "notbob" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 2013-09-12, Paul M. Cook > wrote:
>>> And I regret it.
>>>
>>> It was just awful.
>>>
>>> Bread was so dry after the toasting even a quart of water wasn't enough
>>> to
>>> choke that bitch down. I ordered the steak and cheese. I got maybe 1
>>> ounce
>>> of chopped steak that was so dry I had to blow the dust off. The
>>> Provolone
>>> cheese was tasteless. They had no onions or Whiz.
>>>
>>> It was just disgusting.
>>>
>>> Why do people eat this crap?
>>
>> Subway is notorious for overselling their fanchise territories, so
>> it's a crap shoot as to whether or not one is any good, the
>> competition being so fierce. Some will let their goods go too long
>> (age) before discarding. While not a Subway fan, I've occasioned upon
>> a couple decent one's and they can be OK if the owner does his part
>> and the cutomer does theirs (old tomato slices are pretty obvious).
>> I've never tried the steak and cheese, but it sounds like a stretch
>> offering. You expect the kid to actually cook!? I'd stick with the
>> basic cold cuts subs and not expect NYC deli fare. Like most chains,
>> the quality ranges only from decent to abysmal.
>>
>> BTW, where does anyone who would knowingly accept "Whiz" on anything
>> get off condemning a product as "just aweful"? That's like saying,
>> "Their dog turd sandwich is just disgusting". duh.....
>
>
> I wasn't expecting much. I was hoping for something that tasted good. I
> was hungry and my co-worker chose Subway. I got shit. I can live with no
> Whiz and grilled onions no problem. But why sell a "cheese steak
> sandwich" that has no cheese and no steak? The "steak" looked like
> something I feed to my cats. I will NEVER buy another Subway ever again.
> I mean even the bread was CRAP. How badly do you suck when your fresh
> baked bread isn't fit for pigeons?

I will not eat there either. If I were truly hungry and had only them to
choose from, I would get apples or chips. But I would be careful because I
have seen them sell bad apples. You couldn't pay me to eat a sandwich or
salad from there.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2013-09-12 9:01 AM, George Leppla wrote:
>
>> I seldom eat there (maybe once a year), but Subway is one of the more
>> successful franchise operations with one of the lowest failure rates.
>> I'm sure that every franchise owner would like to have a 100 mile radius
>> exclusive market area, but when they sign a franchise agreement, the
>> exclusivity is spelled out.
>>
>
> I ate at Subway a couple times. I was not particularly impressed but it
> was not as bad as the OP's experience. When I was working and eating on
> the road I usually avoided franchises and there were lots of independent
> delis and other sandwich shops where I could get better for less. My
> brother used to eat at Subway a lot. He loved their stuff.

I know people who do love it and I don't know why. Got husband a huge sub
from another place. I think it was Jersey Mikes. It looked good.

"Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
...

> Tell him his food SUCKS.

People like the food from McDonalds and BK too. Doesn't taste good to me!

"casa contenta" > wrote in message
...
> On 9/12/2013 1:06 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 9/12/2013 12:48 PM, casa contenta wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Of the two biggies, Pats and Genos, which was your personal favorite and
>>> why?
>>
>> Neither. They are tourists traps and you can get better at most other
>> places that make cheesesteaks. I like sliced American on mine, not the
>> Whiz stuff.
>
> Good answer, they are tourist traps - but I liked Pats, iirc.
>
>> The competition between them is good publicity for both as they both get
>> a lot of free press. I lived at the other end of the city but certainly
>> would not make the drive to patronize them once we tried them.
>
> Not at all.
>
> Are you old enough to recall the automat cafeteria?
>
> Food in a rotating door?
>
> Horn and Hardart's is what I recall from a trip there as a youngster, I
> was mesmerized, always wanted to peek through the door and see who was
> behind.

One of my dreams as a child was to go to an automat. I loved and still love
things that come from machines too. I don't know why. They just appeal to
me.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...

> Oh, yeah. It was a big treat to eat there when we went "downtown" to shop
> with my mother. My Aunt Emily was a cashier at H&H for many years too.
> They went from the Automat to a cafeteria style later but they eventually
> fell on hard times. IIRC, they had a frozen food line for a while.

I loved cafeterias too. Now they are gone except for in some hospitals and
they are just not the same as they used to be.

"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
...
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>>I'm amazed that they have so many locations and as a corporation seem
>>to be doing very well.
>
> Just proves what I've always said... the masses have TIAD. I've
> never eaten at Subway but I did walk into the new one that recently
> opened in town. I did a quick look-see and exited... first thing I
> noticed was it smelled foul, not at all like deli meats, and when I
> looked at what they were slicing it was that weird pressed meat that
> makes SPAM seem like a fine ham... I'd rather have a SPAM reuben than
> Subway dreck. I don't think the Sub in Subway stands for a Submarine
> sandwich... the Sub in Subway means Substandard.

To me the meat is akin to Buddig which for some reason the people in this
house like.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 10:39:57 -0600, casa contenta > wrote:
>
>> I think even in Philly these days provolone (the real kind) is preferred.
>
> Oh, good! I've never eaten a Philly cheesesteak in Philly, but I've
> eaten them at places that claim to be just like the "real thing".
> Even though, visually, they look like they're doing everything right -
> I still prefer my own: made at home with deli sliced beef, grilled
> onion, topped with provolone and served on a grocery store steak roll
> (lightly toasted on the cut side, of course).

I attempted to eat one in the Poconos. It was huge and greasy. Did not
appeal to me. Should have known better. Any time husband says that
something is really good, I won't like it!

"casa contenta" > wrote in message
...
> On 9/12/2013 7:32 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>> "graham" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> "George Leppla" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 9/12/2013 6:45 AM, notbob wrote:
>>>>> On 2013-09-12, Paul M. Cook > wrote:
>>>>>> And I regret it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It was just awful.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bread was so dry after the toasting even a quart of water wasn't
>>>>>> enough
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> choke that bitch down. I ordered the steak and cheese. I got maybe 1
>>>>>> ounce
>>>>>> of chopped steak that was so dry I had to blow the dust off. The
>>>>>> Provolone
>>>>>> cheese was tasteless. They had no onions or Whiz.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It was just disgusting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why do people eat this crap?
>>>>>
>>>>> Subway is notorious for overselling their fanchise territories, so
>>>>> it's a crap shoot as to whether or not one is any good, the
>>>>> competition being so fierce.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I seldom eat there (maybe once a year), but Subway is one of the more
>>>> successful franchise operations with one of the lowest failure rates.
>>>> I'm
>>>> sure that every franchise owner would like to have a 100 mile radius
>>>> exclusive market area, but when they sign a franchise agreement, the
>>>> exclusivity is spelled out.
>>>>
>>> I have a friend who has a Subway franchise and he told me that they
>>> treat
>>> him very well.
>>
>>
>> Tell him his food SUCKS.
>>
>>
> Does it, how would you know?
>
> They're not all the same place.

I tried one and it failed. That is a 100% failure rate.

"Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> Oh, yeah. It was a big treat to eat there when we went "downtown" to
>> shop > with my mother. My Aunt Emily was a cashier at H&H for many
>> years too. > They went from the Automat to a cafeteria style later but
>> they eventually > fell on hard times. IIRC, they had a frozen food line for a while.
>
> I loved cafeterias too. Now they are gone except for in some hospitals
> and they are just not the same as they used to be.

I ate at a hospital cafeteria for 30 years. The good and the bad. Very
large place. Sometimes 8 check out lines 20 deep. You learned what was bad,
but things change over the years. Goos hot fogs, bad hot dogs. Great salad
bar, but stay away from the cherry tomatoes. In the early days the
cafeteria was much smaller, but the desserts were to die for.

Greg

"casa contenta" > wrote in message
...
> On 9/12/2013 6:08 AM, Steve Freides wrote:
>> wrote:
>>
>>> A regular Philly cheesesteak is disgusting, so how was this less
>>> disgusting?
>>
>> No!!! A regular Philly cheesesteak from any local pizza parlor - not
>> the tourist traps - is usually wonderful.
>>
>> I'm an ex Philly boy - don't talk trash about my Philly cheesesteaks!
>>
>>
>>
>> -S-
>>
>>
> Been there, eaten several, heaven in your mouth. It's the bread and the
> prime rib shaved so thin.

They say the water used in the bread is what makes it taste the way it dos.
There was a PCS shop in LA once that said they imported their water from
Philapdephia. Must have cost a fortune.

On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 18:47:01 -0700, gtr > wrote:

> On 2013-09-12 23:22:53 +0000, sf said:
>
> > On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:57:10 -0600, casa contenta > wrote:
> >
> >> On 9/12/2013 3:44 PM, sf wrote:
> >>
> >> I like In and Out, they have very unique fries, not anyone else's
> >> compare. We eat there in Arizona and Utah.
> >>
> > Hubby and I don't love their fries, which is good for us because we
> > share one order instead of ordering one each. Not sure what they do
> > wrong, because you can watch them peel and slice the potatoes - so you
> > know they're fresh. It could be they just do a single fry when a
> > second dip in the hot tub would make them superior.
>
> I love the taste of their burgers, and I love their fries. They have a
> shop 3 blocks from my house. But every time I eat one I feel slightly
> nauseated. So I don't eat them. I'm not saying it's bad beef or
> anything, but it seems damned rich.

Which burger do you order, single, double... more?

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On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 18:45:33 -0700, gtr > wrote:

> They are siblings like Taco Bell and KFC are siblings. But not the same
> burgers made the same way. I use to eat Hardee's in Oklahoma, but was
> never crazy about them--they were an easy stop on the drive to my
> (late-night) job. Carl's I'm really not so crazy about either, though
> it's better than Hardee's.

Thanks... according to what I've read here in the past, it was two
names for the same thing (like Best Foods and Hellmann's or Dryer's
and Edy's).

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"gtr" > wrote in message news:201309121838512060-xxx@yyyzzz...
> On 2013-09-12 22:56:53 +0000, Paul M. Cook said:
>
>> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 9/12/2013 12:21 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 16:35:17 +0100, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I sometimes walk past a Subway and it always look pretty full. I
>>>>> can't give
>>>>> a personal observation because I've never been in, but it must make
>>>>> some
>>>>> people happy.
>>>>
>>>> People will eventually wise up once they discover places that offer
>>>> real sandwiches. A favorite chain of mine is Jersey Mikes.
>>>
>>> Holy crow, Jersey Mike's made it that far?? We were just talking
>>> about it (relevent to this thread) and Ron said it's a pretty good
>>> sub shop.
>>>
>>> I thought it was still relatively local.
>>
>> They are popping up all over SoCal now. I had one of their Italian
>> sandwiches and it was very good and only cost 7 bucks. It was packed
>> with meat and cheese just the way it should be.
>
> It is pretty good.
>
> I got a soft-drink with my sandwich there a few months back. The guy put
> the cup on the counter and asked if I wanted anything else. "Yeah," I said
> as he again wiped his nose, "I'd like a cup that you haven't handled by
> the rim." I had to repeat it and explain it before he figured it out.
> Telling him to turn the stack over was a real revelation too.
>
> I find it amusing that every worker in the chains now wears plastic gloves
> to make sandwiches, but frequently leaves the gloves on to wipe their
> nose, push back their hair, count out change and scratch their ass. Hell
> it might be more sanitary if they took OFF these gloves to handle food!
>
> I saw a bagel guy on the line putting bagel sandwiches together: He turned
> away from the prep table to cough--into his gloved hand--before continuing
> his assembly. That's when I pointed out that whatever he was making I was
> going to paying for. Again, I had to explain what he had done to him in
> detail.

eww

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"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...

> Remind me what corn dogs are, please?

A hot dog on a stick, dipped in a cornmeal batter and then fried. As a kid,
I would eat the very outside. Tasted like cornbread. But it was hard to eat
just that part and not eat what touched the hot dog. Ick!

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:24:50 +0100, Ophelia wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> Remember that many people out there eat food just for sustenance
>>> rather than for flavor.
>>
>> I've seen some of my neighbours in there. Perhaps they just meet
>> friends
>> ... or perhaps they have no taste)
>
> A lot of people eat at Subway because of peer pressure. Which
> accounts for 7 out of the last 8 times I've eaten there. The one
> other time it was 3am in the morning and that's what they offered
> inside the only truck stop for 50 miles.

I thought perhaps they meet up in there because it is comfortable ... maybe?
I'm not talking teenagers here.
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"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> Remind me what corn dogs are, please?
>
> A hot dog on a stick, dipped in a cornmeal batter and then fried. As a
> kid, I would eat the very outside. Tasted like cornbread. But it was hard
> to eat just that part and not eat what touched the hot dog. Ick!

lol thanks.
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On Thursday, September 12, 2013 8:29:54 AM UTC-5, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > On 2013-09-12 9:03 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> >
>
> >> I've never tried a Subway. They opened one across the street from a
>
> >> good old fashioned sub shop in my town. I don't know how they have
>
> >> survived. Some people see a name and go with what they know, I guess.
>
> >> There's plenty of business to go around.
>
> >>
>
> >
>
> > For a while I worked out of an office that was a few doors down from a
>
> > deli where I could get a freshly made sandwich on a fresh roll with a soft
>
> > drink for $1.50 . We are going back a few years. Subway opened up around
>
> > the corner and there was an Arby's on the same block. I much preferred the
>
> > deli sandwiches for quality and the price. Judging from the number of
>
> > people who came in at noon for sandwiches, so did a lot of other people.
>
>
>
> I ate at an Arby's once. I think it was around the time Bill Clinton just
>
> got elected. I remember the bread was so fake yellow it surely was food
>
> coloring. And the "roast beef" was more like roast beef flavored slices of
>
> paper saturated in salt. I was still drinking pints of water hours later as
>
> the salt content was so high it made my lips shrivel.
>
>
>
> I am no food snob. I just want something decent at a fair price. I'll eat
>
> anything as long as it is honest and made with good ingredients. But Subway
>
> is now on my list of never again chain food shops. Never, ever again.
>
> There is bad and there is unforgiveable bad and Subway is the latter.

Subway and Arby's are at the very bottom of food quality. Rally's/Checkers is down there with them. Church's too. All those lunchmeat places suck. At least at the burger joints you get meat that hasn't been tainted with nitrites.

--Bryan

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:24:50 +0100, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> Remember that many people out there eat food just for sustenance
>>>> rather than for flavor.
>>>
>>> I've seen some of my neighbours in there. Perhaps they just meet
>>> friends
>>> ... or perhaps they have no taste)
>>
>> A lot of people eat at Subway because of peer pressure. Which
>> accounts for 7 out of the last 8 times I've eaten there. The one
>> other time it was 3am in the morning and that's what they offered
>> inside the only truck stop for 50 miles.
>
> I thought perhaps they meet up in there because it is comfortable ...
> maybe? I'm not talking teenagers here.

I don't know if you have them there but if you do, yours must be different
than ours. Ours are not comfortable. Most have very few tables and they
are rather austere inside. Plus lots of people in and out.

On Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:38:32 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:



>Remind me what corn dogs are, please?
>--

They are small dogs, about the size of a dachshunds that work in the
cornfields to keep them free of pests. Being low, they can easily
scramble around the stalks to chase out predators. Big dogs would not
fare as well in the corn fields, thus the breeding of the corn dog.
They are meaty and some people do eat them.

On Thursday, September 12, 2013 10:31:19 AM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>
> I can't get past the smell of the place. It's bad enough having to
>
> walk past a Subway, let alone go inside.
>
They really do stink. Even really shitty fast food doesn't usually smell bad. They have one in the Wal Mart here. Luckily, the only time I ever go to WM is in the middle of the night, when everywhere else is closed, and the Subway doesn't operate their stink makers until later in the day.
>
> -sw

--Bryan O|O

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:38:32 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>
>
>>Remind me what corn dogs are, please?
>>--
>
> They are small dogs, about the size of a dachshunds that work in the
> cornfields to keep them free of pests. Being low, they can easily
> scramble around the stalks to chase out predators. Big dogs would not
> fare as well in the corn fields, thus the breeding of the corn dog.
> They are meaty and some people do eat them.

*thwap*

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"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>
> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:24:50 +0100, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>> Remember that many people out there eat food just for sustenance
>>>>> rather than for flavor.
>>>>
>>>> I've seen some of my neighbours in there. Perhaps they just meet
>>>> friends
>>>> ... or perhaps they have no taste)
>>>
>>> A lot of people eat at Subway because of peer pressure. Which
>>> accounts for 7 out of the last 8 times I've eaten there. The one
>>> other time it was 3am in the morning and that's what they offered
>>> inside the only truck stop for 50 miles.
>>
>> I thought perhaps they meet up in there because it is comfortable ...
>> maybe? I'm not talking teenagers here.
>
> I don't know if you have them there but if you do, yours must be different
> than ours. Ours are not comfortable. Most have very few tables and they
> are rather austere inside. Plus lots of people in and out.

I don't know because I've never been inside.

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On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 20:32:06 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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>
>> Oh, yeah. It was a big treat to eat there when we went "downtown" to shop
>> with my mother. My Aunt Emily was a cashier at H&H for many years too.
>> They went from the Automat to a cafeteria style later but they eventually
>> fell on hard times. IIRC, they had a frozen food line for a while.
>
>I loved cafeterias too. Now they are gone except for in some hospitals and
>they are just not the same as they used to be.

Maybe in your world, but in mine they are alive and well.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:38:32 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>
>
>>Remind me what corn dogs are, please?
>>--
>
> They are small dogs, about the size of a dachshunds that work in the
> cornfields to keep them free of pests. Being low, they can easily
> scramble around the stalks to chase out predators. Big dogs would not
> fare as well in the corn fields, thus the breeding of the corn dog.
> They are meaty and some people do eat them.

Heh.

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...

>> I don't know if you have them there but if you do, yours must be
>> different than ours. Ours are not comfortable. Most have very few
>> tables and they are rather austere inside. Plus lots of people in and
>> out.
>
> I don't know because I've never been inside.

Probably best to keep it that way. Now Starbucks... Some of those can be
quite comfortable inside!

"The Cook" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 20:32:06 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
>>
>>> Oh, yeah. It was a big treat to eat there when we went "downtown" to
>>> shop
>>> with my mother. My Aunt Emily was a cashier at H&H for many years too.
>>> They went from the Automat to a cafeteria style later but they
>>> eventually
>>> fell on hard times. IIRC, they had a frozen food line for a while.
>>
>>I loved cafeterias too. Now they are gone except for in some hospitals
>>and
>>they are just not the same as they used to be.
>
> Maybe in your world, but in mine they are alive and well.

Really? Wah. None here that I know of. Sadly this has become the land of
mediocre chain places like Qdoba and Subway. They're even bringing a
Denny's back. Odd because it closed due to lack of business. There used to
be a mall across the street and now it's a Costco. And people who shop at
Costco tend to either take Coscto food home to eat or buy something cheap
from their snack bar. Of course the mall shoppers might have eaten there.
But this mall had few restaurants. There was the yummy but slightly pricey
Azalea room. For a time there was the Jolly Jester and I think it changed
to the Stockyard, in later years a Sandwich Aisle, the greasy donut shop and
the Karamel Korn shop. But quite often you'd see people laden with shopping
bags from the mall, eating in Denny's.

After it closed, someone else bought it and named it something like the
American Diner...totally unrelated to Denny's although the menu did have a
few of the same food items but it was much more extensive. Horrible food and
I was told horrible coffee (one main attraction of Denny's) and terribly
slow service. It did not stay open long.

And now there is a banner stating that Denny's is opening soon. We'll see
how that goes. There is another one down the street by only a few miles.
It wasn't very busy when we last went in.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>> I don't know if you have them there but if you do, yours must be
>>> different than ours. Ours are not comfortable. Most have very few
>>> tables and they are rather austere inside. Plus lots of people in and
>>> out.
>>
>> I don't know because I've never been inside.
>
> Probably best to keep it that way. Now Starbucks... Some of those can be
> quite comfortable inside!

I don't think I've been there, but not sure.

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On Fri, 13 Sep 2013 06:46:52 -0400, The Cook >
wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 20:32:06 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> >> Oh, yeah. It was a big treat to eat there when we went "downtown" to shop
> >> with my mother. My Aunt Emily was a cashier at H&H for many years too.
> >> They went from the Automat to a cafeteria style later but they eventually
> >> fell on hard times. IIRC, they had a frozen food line for a while.
> >
> >I loved cafeterias too. Now they are gone except for in some hospitals and
> >they are just not the same as they used to be.
>
> Maybe in your world, but in mine they are alive and well.

Real cafeterias that are open to the general public like a restaurant,
not company cafeterias? IKEA has one but it's located inside the
store - which makes it more like a company cafeteria IMO. We still
have a couple of old fashioned hofbraus here, but that's as close as
it gets.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

The Arby's "meat" is a joke. And the commercials touting slicing on site instead of "some factory miles away,"
is hilarious, as if slicing the product (likely by some non-hygienic high school kid) on site somehow makes it better.
Too ridiculous. It is really bad meat product, no matter where it's sliced.

N.