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Default Wendy's Baked Potato

dsi1 wrote:

> 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


Looks good! I'd be happy with it!