Tastings

The Frosty Float at Wendy’s did not float my boat and Taco Bell Hot sauce deactivates in non-Taco Bell food.

I saw TB Borderbowls at the grocery store - but the recipes were changed a little. This is actually by the packaged taco shells and and enchilada kits - not in the frozen food section. Kind of strange. Instead of cheese, they either had a salsa sauce or vegetable saute thing. Rice, chicken, beans it did have, though. I was too grossed out to even try it. I guess the chicken is freeze-dried, or something.

Krystal now has the festival-favorite, chicken-on-a-stick, called “Chick’n Stick’ns.” Sounds good to me. I guess hanging around all the fairs to hold Krystal eating contests sent them back to the kitchen with an idea.

Baskin Robbins, soon to open a DRIVE THRU right down the street from my work, at Poplar & Highland, is sporting the name “Jamoca” for it’s coffee-flavored chocolate shakes - a name that Arby’s has donned for years on it’s Original Frappuccino.

Yangs is taking debit cards these days. Yes! I can go thru the drive thru now. For so long, it was go in and use the generic ATM machine which charged extra. Their roast beef is delectable.

I am eating alot of non-meat fast foods right now. The veggie burger at Back Yard Burger is tops on my list. Try it with cole slaw - awesome! Next would have to be the burrito Supreme with no beef. The crunchy tacos are also good with beans instead of beef. They are more filling. The other day I had a grilled cheese from Sonic, and asked them to add tomato & lettuce. It made for a nice toaster sandwich.

As for a previous request for someone to write about BYB’s onions rings, I am that person. I had them a while back, and I do remember that I liked them. I want to eat them, instead of fries, but I am usually on my lunch break when I visit BYB. I just don’t want to return with onion breath. This reminds me of the time a lady came in my office one day. I immediately smelled onion rings. To me, this was actually a good smell. It wasn’t her breath but I just smelled them. It made me think of Back Yard Burger’s onion rings. Then, as she was waiting on me to do something, she reached into her book bag - a BYB bag was poking out of it - grabbed an onion ring, and ate it. I was not repulsed by this, but rather, envious. As she left, the smell trailed behind, and I used some Lysol to rid myself of the craving.