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cshenk

wrote:

> On Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 10:15:50 AM UTC-6, Nancy2 wrote:
> >
> > I have always thought that Wendy's tries to recycle leftover chili
> > in another way: as the sauce on their taco salads. I watched a
> > workmate order and eat a taco salad, and I could swear the meat and
> > "taco sauce" were just leftover chili. Ugh all around.
> >
> > N.
> >
> >
> I've read more than once that leftover hamburgers at Wendy's are
> turned into chili.

It's both true and not true, or was. Not that they are spoiled in
anyway. They try to have a few burgers on the grill (1979-1983) at the
ready so a customer doesnt have to wait too long. They slide the ones
not used (because no custimers came in) but not overcooked, to a bin in
the freezer/cooler and later they are broken up for the chile meats
that are mixed with canned beans and a spice packet plus there was some
sort of canned tomato sauce. The meat amount was never less than the
recipe but if you had more, it was ok to add some in. The meat was
stored with date and range of hours and had to be used within (I think)
2 days of cooking (mind you, it was refridgerated all this time fresh
off the grill).

So, it's not 'used hamburgers' at all but fresh cooked burgers that no
customer came in for before they were about to be overcooked and
perfectly safe for chile. I didn't think much of their chile stuff,
but it was safely made with all food safety in mind.

Carol