Harold Burrell
11-22-2013, 12:07 PM
Here is an article that I recently came across. I wanted to post it before Hilton did...
Up to this point recently, I have devoted much time and effort into the evaluation and review of various and sundry chisels. Now on to something that matters...food.
I recently purchased a Whopper from Burger King. You know, their signature burger that has been around...well...for as long as I can remember. According to my research, the sandwich first appeared in 1957. It is also my understanding that the very first samples off of the production line are no longer available today. They have apparently disappeared...
I bring that up for this reason...the Whopper that I recently acquired was...well "disappointing". Granted, it has been quite some time since my last Whopper, so perhaps my comparisons are off. But I could SWEAR that they used to be bigger. "Oh, no!", they will tell you, "They are absolutely the same size!"
Sorry. I'm not buying it. These are definitely smaller.
Regardless, I tried to remind myself that "size doesn't matter" and went on to inspect the sandwich's inner workings. Again...disappointing. This was not the example of quality and craftsmanship that I remember either. Granted, the Whopper that I had in my possession may have been a bad example. It could have been one of those “lemons” that somehow slipped through the cracks of their Quality Control experts, but…then again…maybe not. I could not find a label on my particular Whopper, but it looked very similar to examples that I have seen that come out of China.
Next was the taste testing. If the size issue and the cosmetic appearance was a problem, this was worse. The word “disappointing” doesn’t even suffice here. “Terrible” would be a better description. Initially it wasn’t too bad. In fact, the first bit was almost yummy. However, VERY shortly after that thing hit my gut did the problems start. It started as a slow burn…and every bite that followed added to the flame…until after a very short time what started out to be goodness, turned into something very similar to what I would imagine it would be like to consume hot, lumpy motor oil (on a bun…with onions and pickles).
All in all…it was not a pleasant experience. I do not foresee purchasing another Whopper anytime soon. Nor do I have any intention of purchasing anything in the set (which includes the Whopper, the Double Whopper, the Triple Whopper and the Whopper Jr.).
My advice to you would be to save your money…purchase a REAL sandwich from a not-so-fast-food supplier…or simply make your own (or, perhaps, have your wife do it.)
OK...I'm sorry. That was uncalled for. ;)
Up to this point recently, I have devoted much time and effort into the evaluation and review of various and sundry chisels. Now on to something that matters...food.
I recently purchased a Whopper from Burger King. You know, their signature burger that has been around...well...for as long as I can remember. According to my research, the sandwich first appeared in 1957. It is also my understanding that the very first samples off of the production line are no longer available today. They have apparently disappeared...
I bring that up for this reason...the Whopper that I recently acquired was...well "disappointing". Granted, it has been quite some time since my last Whopper, so perhaps my comparisons are off. But I could SWEAR that they used to be bigger. "Oh, no!", they will tell you, "They are absolutely the same size!"
Sorry. I'm not buying it. These are definitely smaller.
Regardless, I tried to remind myself that "size doesn't matter" and went on to inspect the sandwich's inner workings. Again...disappointing. This was not the example of quality and craftsmanship that I remember either. Granted, the Whopper that I had in my possession may have been a bad example. It could have been one of those “lemons” that somehow slipped through the cracks of their Quality Control experts, but…then again…maybe not. I could not find a label on my particular Whopper, but it looked very similar to examples that I have seen that come out of China.
Next was the taste testing. If the size issue and the cosmetic appearance was a problem, this was worse. The word “disappointing” doesn’t even suffice here. “Terrible” would be a better description. Initially it wasn’t too bad. In fact, the first bit was almost yummy. However, VERY shortly after that thing hit my gut did the problems start. It started as a slow burn…and every bite that followed added to the flame…until after a very short time what started out to be goodness, turned into something very similar to what I would imagine it would be like to consume hot, lumpy motor oil (on a bun…with onions and pickles).
All in all…it was not a pleasant experience. I do not foresee purchasing another Whopper anytime soon. Nor do I have any intention of purchasing anything in the set (which includes the Whopper, the Double Whopper, the Triple Whopper and the Whopper Jr.).
My advice to you would be to save your money…purchase a REAL sandwich from a not-so-fast-food supplier…or simply make your own (or, perhaps, have your wife do it.)
OK...I'm sorry. That was uncalled for. ;)