Today is a sad day for America

[tomwaits]

The volcano taco has been discontinued.


This means the terrorists have won.

 

[JFrankA]

....and no more Roy Rodger's Bugers in Connecticut anymore.....

 

[fuelair]

....and no more Roy Rodger's Bugers in Connecticut anymore.....

There used to be people in Connecticut who bugered Roy Rogers?!!! And him dead all these years YUUUUCCCCCHHH!!!

 

[Policenaut]

The only thing that can make up for this is the permanent inclusion of the McRib sandwich on the McDonald's menu.

 

[JFrankA]

There used to be people in Connecticut who bugered Roy Rogers?!!! And him dead all these years YUUUUCCCCCHHH!!!

....actually, they were nicknamed "Trigger Burgers" here. Not by the company, mind you, but by the people who ate there....

 

[Pantaz]

What the heck is a "volcano taco"?

 

[tomwaits]

A Taco Bell product. It was basically a normal hard shell taco, except with delicious spicy cheese sauce. I was a big fan, and it looks like I was the only one.

 

[cwalner]

My condolences, Tom. I had a similar feeling when I moved to Indiana from the Southwest (California and Nevada) and found out that the Taco Bells here don't have a 'green sauce' option for thier burritos.

I unfortunately found this out by walking up to the counter and requesting my standard 'Green burrito w/ sour cream' and having the girl behind the counter look at me as if I just sprouted a second head and third arm.

 

[WildCat]

My condolences, Tom. I had a similar feeling when I moved to Indiana from the Southwest (California and Nevada) and found out that the Taco Bells here don't have a 'green sauce' option for thier burritos.

I unfortunately found this out by walking up to the counter and requesting my standard 'Green burrito w/ sour cream' and having the girl behind the counter look at me as if I just sprouted a second head and third arm.

Fast food joints have different menus for different areas. In Chicago, for example, you can get KFC Spicy chicken or Original in black neighborhoods. In white and Hispanic neighborhoods your options are Original or Crispy. In mixed neighborhoods it's a crap shoot which options you get.

But the spicy recipe is the best!

 

[fuelair]

Fast food joints have different menus for different areas. In Chicago, for example, you can get KFC Spicy chicken or Original in black neighborhoods. In white and Hispanic neighborhoods your options are Original or Crispy. In mixed neighborhoods it's a crap shoot which options you get.

But the spicy recipe is the best!

Always.

 

[cwalner]

Fast food joints have different menus for different areas. In Chicago, for example, you can get KFC Spicy chicken or Original in black neighborhoods. In white and Hispanic neighborhoods your options are Original or Crispy. In mixed neighborhoods it's a crap shoot which options you get.

But the spicy recipe is the best!

I know, but unfortunately, I probably now have a long drive before I find an area with enough Mexicans for Taco Bell to offer my beloved green sauce. This was never an issue in California or Nevada. There may be some stores that carry it in Chicago, but that is still a three hour drive, and the green sauce just isn't quite that beloved.

 

[WildCat]

I know, but unfortunately, I probably now have a long drive before I find an area with enough Mexicans for Taco Bell to offer my beloved green sauce. This was never an issue in California or Nevada. There may be some stores that carry it in Chicago, but that is still a three hour drive, and the green sauce just isn't quite that beloved.

Don't you have any actual Mexican restaurants in your area?

 

[shadron]

Fast food joints have different menus for different areas. In Chicago, for example, you can get KFC Spicy chicken or Original in black neighborhoods. In white and Hispanic neighborhoods your options are Original or Crispy. In mixed neighborhoods it's a crap shoot which options you get.

But the spicy recipe is the best!

I remember a few years back that the NYT correspondent in Japan was an NPR regular, and then he was reassigned back to the states. After the long flight from Japan to San Francisco, the first thing his kids wanted o do was hit the McDonalds, but were very dismayed that they couldn't get McRice balls.

 

[madurobob]

....and no more Roy Rodger's Bugers in Connecticut anymore.....

Ahhhh.. the Double R Bar Burger - a classic.

 

[I Ratant]

Traveling thru the South way back when, for breakfast one day I asked about grits..
The waitress asked if I'd ever had any.
I said "No".
She said you won't want them then.
A professional motorcycle rider got his nickname "Burrito" for asking for the same in a restaurant in South Carolina. Not only not on the menu, but not even available in the state! (middle '60s)

 

[cwalner]

Don't you have any actual Mexican restaurants in your area?

Depends on how you define 'actual Mexican restaurants'.

Do we have sit down restaurants with menus derived from traditional Mexican fare? Yes.

Have I yet to find a one of them that even comes close to what I considered moderate Mexican fare in CA or NV? Unfortunately, No.

Honestly, Taco Bell is among the better of the Mexican food available in Indy. It makes me sad.

 

[cwalner]

I remember a few years back that the NYT correspondent in Japan was an NPR regular, and then he was reassigned back to the states. After the long flight from Japan to San Francisco, the first thing his kids wanted o do was hit the McDonalds, but were very dismayed that they couldn't get McRice balls.

Reminds me of when I was an exchange student in the north of Spain. My class took a field trip to Madrid and all of my classmates were excited that close to the hotel we were staying in was a McDonalds. They all seemd to be very confused by my lack of excitement for 'real American food'. They didn't want to beleive me that the worst exampe of Spanish cuisine that I had eaten was still 10x better than anything I have ever eaten in McDonalds.

I don't recall seeing much difference in menu options though, since fast food was still quite rare in Spain (1988) and they seemed to want to use thier 'American-ness' as thier market niche.

 

[GStan]

I spent four years on a consulting contract with the Texas Department of Health in Austin, TX. I traveled to Austin one week per month. I didn't much care for the "texmex" food in the beginning, but by the time the contract was over, I was grading all restaurants based on the amount of sweat that had accumulated on my upper lip and forehead when the meal was over.

Good food down there in Texas. Not so much in West Virginia.

 

[fuelair]

I spent four years on a consulting contract with the Texas Department of Health in Austin, TX. I traveled to Austin one week per month. I didn't much care for the "texmex" food in the beginning, but by the time the contract was over, I was grading all restaurants based on the amount of sweat that had accumulated on my upper lip and forehead when the meal was over.

Good food down there in Texas. Not so much in West Virginia.

Works best if you eat country cooking (eggs, country fries, sausage gravy, pole beans, greens, mashed potatoes,etc.) in West Va. Know and go for what the area does best - you'll eat well most anywhere. Also why, other than Dreamland in Tuscaloosa, I try the style of barbecue the area does rather than complain: "It's just not the same without the (mustard) (vinegar) (molasses)
(tomato) (dry rub) (peppers) (brown sugar) (your special sauce ingredient)."

I would mostly have Dreamland ribs by choice, but other 'cue items are quite tasty and I would rather try them too! Same for other foods.

 

[Darth Rotor]

The only thing that can make up for this is the permanent inclusion of the McRib sandwich on the McDonald's menu.

Thanks for making me throw up in my mouth just now.

It isn't that McRib is inherently unsavory, it is the memory fo the succulence of a Roy Rogers burger juxtaposed with McRib that made my taste buds, and insides, sympathetically revolt against mine brain for having the temerity to call up those two memories together.

Not your fault, really, you can't know how my wires cross.

But it was a bad moment.

DR