On Friday, March 2, 2018 at 1:49:39 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
>
> 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

It think the chili is pretty good at Wendy's. It's kind of soupy and I doubt that a chilihead would ever appreciate it. I don't care about that nor do I care about the particulars of what's in it.

I'll usually order a potato and chili when I'm there. Recently, I had a Smokey Mushroom Bacon Potato at Wendy's. It had a large amount of cheese sauce, mushrooms, and crispy bacon. It was pretty much a perfect baked potato. At three bucks, it was a no-brainer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6sybsFL8bk