Friday, May 30
Friday, May 16
French Fry Holder
French Fry Holder
Hold Your Fries In Your Car's Cup Holder !
French-Fry Holder holds one order of fries (and its cardboard container) close at hand!
Even has a clip-on ketchup cup!
Can also hold snacks or crayons. Fits into virtually any-size cup holder, with a no-slip rubberized base grip to help it stay in place. Dishwasher-safe.
Even has a clip-on ketchup cup!
Can also hold snacks or crayons. Fits into virtually any-size cup holder, with a no-slip rubberized base grip to help it stay in place. Dishwasher-safe.
Thursday, May 1
Paying - Tips and Tricks of the Trade
Carl's Jr was one of the first quick serve places to add payment options with Credit, Debit and ATM cards. Most of the major players accept them now, too. But Carl's jumped in a bit early by including ATM functions with their POS machines, essentially making each register a virtual ATM!
This rocks, of course, because we can't always carry enough cash , plus we can combine two trips! However, Carl's did this initially because there is a 75¢ transaction fee for all debit & ATM card purchases.
Smart enough, but not smart enough to fool Chef Jef!
If you pay with a debit card & don't need cash back, always choose the "Credit" option. No fee for credit cards.
This rocks, of course, because we can't always carry enough cash , plus we can combine two trips! However, Carl's did this initially because there is a 75¢ transaction fee for all debit & ATM card purchases.
Smart enough, but not smart enough to fool Chef Jef!
If you pay with a debit card & don't need cash back, always choose the "Credit" option. No fee for credit cards.
McDoanlds Southern Style Chicken Muffin sandwich
That was really annoying, and it looked like they filmed it at Pierce College in the cafeteria.
Definitely competing with Chik-Fil-A here, this is basicaly the original Chik-Fil-A sandwich for breakfast, minus the pickles.
They have a lunch version with a whole bunch of pickles on a buttered sesame seed bun, but the breakfast sandwich comes on a biscuit with butter only. It's been described as dry but good.
Want a Coupon for a free one May 15 with purchase of a large or medium drink?
Fast Food Capital of Texas?
Atascocita Texas claims to be the fast food capital of Texas...
Sounds like a fishy claim.
California has the most total places to eat - 87,225 dining establishments (2006 source here). New York State comes in at about 2/3 of that with 58,027. The top five states include Texas (53,631), Florida (41,901) Pennsylvania (31,466).
In terms of per capita per state, Washington DC tops the list according to National Restaurant Association . The US capital region boosts some 0.4 restaurants per 100 people.
Second is, surprisingly, Montana at .354 restaurants per 100 people. The NRA’s top five states are Rhode Island (0.304 per 100) Vermont (.303 per 100) New York (.301 per 100). If you are a little hungry you might want avoid the three states with the fewest restaurants Mississippi, Kentucky and Utah.
In terms of North American cities, it is a little harder to ascertain who can claim the title of city with most restaurants per capita.
Here are some cities with more than 100,000 people that have made the claim.
The city of San Francisco is a city of 744,230 people and claims to have 2,662 restaurants within the city boundaries. Thats 1,667 people per restaurant.
Victoria, BC.
This city on Vancouver Island and capital city of British Columbia, Canada regularly makes the claim that it has the “second highest number of restaurants per capita,” That means Victoria has a restaurant per 1,264 people.
On average, the city of New York can claim 6,650 dining places from the chic hot spots to the greasiest corner diners -- the most restaurants in any one place on the continent. Yet with 8,168,338 people, New York can only claim to have 1, 228 people per restaurant.
Austin Texas’s burgeoning population is currently 690, 252 making their people to restaurant ratio 634.
Louisville, KY has 1,089 restaurants. 510 people per restaurant.
A respectable 437 restaurants for 221,551 people in the Madison Wisconsin area, comes in at 504 people per.
Dallas, Texas’ third largest city ranks at 469 people per restaurant, making this city the winner of the title “City With The Most Restaurants per Capita.” take that Atascocita!
*reasearch via Kevin Field http://www.citybloc.com
Sounds like a fishy claim.
California has the most total places to eat - 87,225 dining establishments (2006 source here). New York State comes in at about 2/3 of that with 58,027. The top five states include Texas (53,631), Florida (41,901) Pennsylvania (31,466).
In terms of per capita per state, Washington DC tops the list according to National Restaurant Association . The US capital region boosts some 0.4 restaurants per 100 people.
Second is, surprisingly, Montana at .354 restaurants per 100 people. The NRA’s top five states are Rhode Island (0.304 per 100) Vermont (.303 per 100) New York (.301 per 100). If you are a little hungry you might want avoid the three states with the fewest restaurants Mississippi, Kentucky and Utah.
In terms of North American cities, it is a little harder to ascertain who can claim the title of city with most restaurants per capita.
Here are some cities with more than 100,000 people that have made the claim.
The city of San Francisco is a city of 744,230 people and claims to have 2,662 restaurants within the city boundaries. Thats 1,667 people per restaurant.
Victoria, BC.
This city on Vancouver Island and capital city of British Columbia, Canada regularly makes the claim that it has the “second highest number of restaurants per capita,” That means Victoria has a restaurant per 1,264 people.
On average, the city of New York can claim 6,650 dining places from the chic hot spots to the greasiest corner diners -- the most restaurants in any one place on the continent. Yet with 8,168,338 people, New York can only claim to have 1, 228 people per restaurant.
Austin Texas’s burgeoning population is currently 690, 252 making their people to restaurant ratio 634.
Louisville, KY has 1,089 restaurants. 510 people per restaurant.
A respectable 437 restaurants for 221,551 people in the Madison Wisconsin area, comes in at 504 people per.
Dallas, Texas’ third largest city ranks at 469 people per restaurant, making this city the winner of the title “City With The Most Restaurants per Capita.” take that Atascocita!
*reasearch via Kevin Field http://www.citybloc.com
Ketchup Packets Explained - Tips and Tricks of the Trade
The traditional fast food ketchup packet has remained virtually unchanged for many years. The art of opening them correctly is complex and requires many years of intense training and practice.
Or you just follow the printed instructions! "Tear Here"
Major chains always have Heinz ketchup, (the Dom Perignon of ketchup, IMO) and the ends are serrated to make them easier to open. The major mistake people make when opening ketchup is to just tear the package without removing a portion of the packing!
Start with clean, dry hands. Greasy fingers slip. Flatten the top of the package so the contents squeeze to the bottom away from the top corner. Tear from the center to the side along the dotted line--a smaller tear gets you a more focused stream.
To maximize output, position the opening over your target, hold the bottom edge and flatten the end with thumb and forefinger of other hand and slide up until all the ketchup is out.
Would You Like Fries With That?
How may I help you? Would you like French Fries with that?
Familiar phrases when you go to a fast food restaurant--or a "quick service" chain as they like to be called nowadays...
And for the most part, we all go there. We have to stop in and we take full advantage of all that fast food places have to offer, from convenient location to dollar menus to huge sodas.
I am not going to rail against fast food--Morgan Spermlock can kiss my ass. I LOVED super sizing my Big Mac meal... thanks for ruining a good thing in the name of filmmaking.
So i guess there will be some rants, mostly against the Super Size Me type of backlash against McDonald's et al.
Maybe some good eats, some handy tips and tricks for ordering and eating fast food.
Bon apetit!
~Chef Jef
Familiar phrases when you go to a fast food restaurant--or a "quick service" chain as they like to be called nowadays...
And for the most part, we all go there. We have to stop in and we take full advantage of all that fast food places have to offer, from convenient location to dollar menus to huge sodas.
I am not going to rail against fast food--Morgan Spermlock can kiss my ass. I LOVED super sizing my Big Mac meal... thanks for ruining a good thing in the name of filmmaking.
So i guess there will be some rants, mostly against the Super Size Me type of backlash against McDonald's et al.
Maybe some good eats, some handy tips and tricks for ordering and eating fast food.
Bon apetit!
~Chef Jef
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