I’ve been sitting here for an hour trying to figure out how to recap the weekend because it’s just too much. It was all too much. In a span of forty-eight hours I have laughed, cried, and laughed until I cried. I have eaten more than my share of Memphis barbecue and, in a moment of Mexican food desperation, some Taco Bell.
Blame it on my sophisticated palate and general sense of food elitism, but there are times when nothing tastes better than some crispy tacos from Taco Bell covered in their mild taco sauce that will take the tarnish off a penny. I know that to be true because we never grew tired of that particular experiment in college. If only my 2 a.m. passionate interest in the chemistry of taco sauce had translated to any of my college courses.
The deliciousness of the Taco Bell caused me to reflect on other fast foods that have ministered to me at various times in my life and here’s my list.
(I know you are FASCINATED)
1. Whataburger cheeseburgers with extra mustard – This is the only food that got me through my pregnancy with Caroline. The first three months were so miserable and only the Whataburger had the power to cure my morning sickness. I’d eat my first one at 10:00 a.m. every morning and, on particularly bad days, be back for another one by mid-afternoon.
You know what’s sad? When the Whataburger drive-thru staff knows you well enough to comment on your pregnancy and is excited to find out you’re having a girl.
2. McDonalds Big Macs – I know. Disgusting. I loved them throughout high school. And, really, there’s nothing cuter than a teenage girl in her dance team uniform eating two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.
(I can remember that jingle but I can’t remember that Caroline has the day off school tomorrow even though it’s written in all caps on my calendar CAROLINE OUT OF SCHOOL)
3. Sonic tater tots and a corn dog – If loving the tots is wrong, then I don’t want to be right.
4. Popeyes spicy chicken two piece dinner – There was a delightful period of time in my early 20′s when I’d just graduated from college and found myself living in San Antonio where I didn’t know a soul and spent my work week dispensing sub-par financial advice to people who should have known better than to listen to me. On Sunday mornings after church I’d stop by the grocery store to buy the Sunday edition of The Houston Chronicle, swing by Popeyes to pick up the two-piece dinner and then go back to my little apartment and eat chicken while I read all the beautiful wedding announcements in the Lifestyle section. And may have occasionally cried and felt a little sorry for myself because I was twenty-three and clearly on my way to being a spinster destined to eat fried chicken alone forever.
Listen. I’m not proud.
5. Chick-fil-A nuggets – There is no star that shines as bright in the fast food world as some Chick-fil-A nuggets. The sad thing is that Caroline doesn’t care for Chick-fil-A.
I KNOW.
Where have I gone wrong? I keep trying to convince her it’s delicious, but she’s not buying it. She’d rather have a Whataburger cheeseburger, so basically her taste buds in utero are the same now that she’s six. It’s unfortunate since I can only tolerate a Whataburger cheeseburger every now and then since I ate my lifetime allotment in a nine month period of time.
I’d love to know that we are all united in our love of at least some sort of fast food. Please tell me your fast food weaknesses, both past and present, so I don’t feel alone in my confession of years of Big Mac consumption.
(Also, I realize this post in no way really recapped the weekend because it is what I like to call a cop out post. I have too many details that I’m still processing and am in desperate need of sleep. And maybe a Whataburger cheeseburger.)
(Not because I’m pregnant, just because I wanted to bring it all back around. Just wanted to clarify.)
Well.. not to brag or anything.., but over this one past weekend and all by myself I managed to scarf down an entire breakfast pizza and a spanish bar cake. And I’m most definitely NOT preggers.
Hmmmm…. I may have issues.
mia
Taco Mayo taco’s…love,love,love them…Hot or 3 hours cold…still love, love, love them with taco sauce of course…
While preggo with my now 5 year old son, the ONLY thing that got me through the day was a Whopper w/ Cheese no onion no pickle. Every.Single.Day. (for the first 6 months). Towards the end that morphed into chocolate ice cream.
With my daughter (3) I would get like 5 Taco Bell Tacos and just scrape out the meat! Say it with me….EWWWWWW~ Even now I just can’t do tacos from taco bell…but the whopper w/ cheese? It still completes me!
I remember when I was pregnant for the second time that the Burger King Drive Thru had an overwhelming draw for me. Whopper Jr. with cheese/no onion. We live in a small town so there wasn’t much more to choose from. I still love those burgers but stay away from them as best I can.
I love an In-n-Out Double Double Protein Style, which is a double cheeseburger with no bun…it’s wrapped up in pristine iceberg lettuce. I miss living in California.
Fast food weaknesses are: Taco Bell nachos, Burger King onion rings, Arby’s curly fries and Jamocha shakes, and the piece de resistance – cheese fries and a Frisco melt from Steak ‘N Shake!!! Oh! I love me the cheese fries!
During both my pregnancies I ate my weight in McDonald’s quarterpound cheeseburgers, fries and coke. Seriously had it at least twice a week and always after each doctor’s appt. for some reason.
I can eat anything from Chick-Fil-A, anytime of the day. I’ve been known on occasion to eat all 3 meals in one day at CFA. Nuggets, wraps, milkshakes, kids meal, oh! the breakfast bagel. YUM!
I don’t know if they have Taco Bueno in San Antonio but I grew up with that in Dallas. Oh my, nothing better than their Mexi Dips and Chips and taco salad after a night out. Also have a particular weakness for Raising Canes (which has now come to TX – but again, I don’t know if they have it in SA yet?) which is by far the most delicious chicken strips you will ever have. With secret sauce. I wonder what time they open this morning???
Nuggets from chick-fil-a, a frosty from Wendys and McDonald’s fries which must be hot and must be salted right out of the fryer…I hate it when they don’t put the salt on immediately.
Those are my fast food weaknesses…and I’m most definitely not pregnant.
I’m currently obsessed with Long John Silvers. Oh man, let me tell ya ’bout the goodness that is fried fish. You know fried chicken is good, but w/ fried fish it’s thinner, so you get a higher crunchy fried outside part to the flaky yummy inside ratio. And that ratio is key. Plus they sell Mt. Dew and so all is well in the world at Long John Silvers.
wow…burgers with mustard at 10 am got me through my pregnancy too! I’d also get a route 44 water, extra ice. Once I hit month 7, I didn’t even have to hold the drink…it rested perfectly on my belly and the straw reached my mouth!
I CANNOT believe ONE person didn’t mention Jack-In-The Box Tacos with their sauce. Open 24 hours a day. They saw me numerous times day & night. Even knew my poor husband and why he was there in the middle of the night. (No Joke….Really.
During my second pregnancy, I ate a Wendy’s cheeseburger EVERY SINGLE DAY!
When my Dad lived in California for a few years, I went to visit him & remember being AMAZED by the vastness in choice that Subway offered you!
(I was only 10 at the time, and Subway had not yet branched out into little old Australia at the time)
The breads alone did my head in… wait, does Subway even count as fast food?!
On second thought, every day on the walk home from school I used to stop at the corner shop & get a huge serving of chips & gravy. And I’d eat it all before I got home! (It took all of maybe 5-10 minutes walk!)
And I still get cravings for an M&M’s McFlurry from McD’s.
Jack in the Box tacos are a thing to behold. If you’ve never had them you’re in for an adventure. They are not like any tacos you’ve ever had so don’t try to compare them to the “normal” ones. They are absolutely wonderful and I can remember in my younger days when they would have them 3 for a dollar. I would get 6 and relish every last bite. I miss those days.
My metabolism ain’t what it used to be.
I love you! Funny! My favorites are McDonald’s double hamburger w/ extra pickles and Wendy’s Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger. I know – not too exciting!
The perfect meal would be chicken strips from Raising Cane, an M& M blizzard from Dairy Queen and french fries from Steak And Shake.
Taco Bueno, Chik-Fil-A, James Coney Island, Whataburger, Sonic……I love em all.
Well….being a Sonic franchisee makes me somewhat partial to the “corndog and tots”. Especially tots! Those babies speak to my soul!
But when I was pregnant with my first child I couldn’t stand the smell of Sonic. My poor husband had to take his clothes off IN THE GARAGE then come in and put them directly into the washing machine!!
During that pregnancy I craved Taco Bell’s Chili Cheese Burritos!! Yuck!! I don’t know how I ate those! But I did, almost nightly. I’d send Britt out at 10 PM or even later for burritos or a Nachos Bell Grande!!
Layne’s chicken finger boxes — anyone who went to TAMU knows what I’m talkin’ about. Greasy, salty, Layne’s-saucy goodness.. (sigh).
For my sisters and me…NOTHING better than a Frisch’s Big Boy (and only the Ohio Big Boys not Michigan and if you knew the difference you would understand) with extra sauce on the side (that way you can put some on the sandwich but have the rest for fry dippin). We absolutely can not drive by Frisch’s without stopping (not any local thank God) and even plan trips to make sure we accidently pass by. We have honorably passed this down to our daughters. Husbands DON’t get it. geesh
Hamburgers got me through both my pregnancies – loved all of the fast-food variety – Wendy’s, Sonic, Burger King. But my fave was the quarter pounder with cheese. Oh. Yes. And – get this – extra mayo! I liked to dredge my french fries in the excess mayo. I know that is the worst thing in the world for you, but I’m convinced there will be vats of if in heaven. Mmmm. Can’t wait.
I am slightly offended that you think Big Mac’s are disgusting. They are my favorite with a Super Size Fry and Diet Coke to wash it down. I would eat it every day if money and calories were not a factor. Honestly. I really would eat at McDonalds every day.
I can’t believe Caroline isn’t into Chick-fil-a!! That’s like crack to little kids. Their nuggets are pretty much the only meat I can get my 21 month old to eat. Not so much a fan of their little play areas though…bacteria encrusted and usually boasting caffeinated 11 year old boys who like to hang precariously over the toddler play area.
We love the Chick-fil-a around here. I love their fries, and I like to fool myself into thinking that it’s okay to get the combo with the fries b/c they are “healthier” than McDonald’s.
We had a Whataburger in the little town I grew up in…haven’t had one of their burgers in probably 20 years.
Now I want fast food for lunch. Thanks a lot.
Pregnancy #2 while #1 was napping in his car seat, I’d drive to Sonic and order a foot long coney extra onions, mustard and tot’s.
I, too, had a relationship with the Lewisville What-a-Burger staff during my 1st pregnancy when we lived in North Dallas. I used to teach back then and on the way to school EVERY MORNING I’d get a Potato and Cheese Taquito with a Dr. Pepper… They knew me by name….. I felt like Norm on Cheers!!
I can feel your pain on the Chick-fil-a hater …. I have one,too. Where did we go wrong????
Have a Fab Day!
Jen in Jax
I have no idea what Whataburger is and there is no Sonic around, but what we have is Swenson’s. A double cheeseburger, ketchup only and an order of potato puffs, please! It is sad that they knew me so well in college that they wouldn’t even come out to ask me what I wanted when I drove in. (It is a drive-in.) They would put my order on the grill and bring it on out done. I got the same thing every time!
Ha! Your post is hilarious.
When I was pregnant with my son, I CRAVED Chipotle. (I know that isn’t exactly in the fast food family, but walking through a line to get your food isn’t exactly a restaurant. Man. What, then, is Chipotle? It’s hanging out in the Luby’s/Picadilly realm, I suppose. But you get your food fast, so I guess it works…)
Anyway.
That’s my answer: Chipotle
YUM!
But I do love a cheesy bean and rice burrito from Taco Bell every now and then. By the way, WHAT is with their new black taco commercial?!??
I’m with Miranda – every once in a while, I crave the fried grease and comfort that is Long John’s – just make sure you ask for extra crumbly’s! And Hardee’s has the best breakfast country potatos – slightly crunchy on the outside, soft and creamy on the inside.
I don’t do a lot of fast food, so my drive-thru addiction is Starbucks.
And I think Panera needs to get a drive through for cinnamon crunch bagels.
When I was pregnant with #2, we lived in a small town where the choices were limited. I, too, craved fast food so the oldest got the benefit of going to McDonald’s or Little Ceasars multiple times a week. Little Ceasars was inside the dirtiest K-Mart you could ever imagine and I probably put my families health in danger everytime I went, but I loved me some cheesebread and pizza sauce.
I LOVE love love Chick-Fil-A chicken nuggets!!! I’m also a fan of McDonald’s chicken nuggets (though I’m not sure that they’re really chicken!).
McDonalds fries… the best hands down
Taco Bell tacos – with HOT sauce
Wendy’s Frosty
Arby’s curly fries
Sonic – Cherry Limeade!
My first pregnancy the only thing that I could keep down was a Coke Slurpee from
7-11. Now the only fast food that I really like are french fries from McDonalds.
I sooooooo wish I could have been in Memphis, and I would say it’s safe to say Wendy’s and Arby’s are my two fast food weaknesses
I must cry about what we don’t have here….Sonic ! What a burger ! In and out burger ! Chick-fil-A !Long john silvers !Starbucks !Jack in the Box !
We only get to these places when we go outwest for the winter (NOT this year as hubby had back surgery a few weeks ago)so I hope you can feel my pain….PAIN as living in a SMALL town with little to offer…But a GREAT place to raise a family…I’m rambling…I’ll go now
I LOVE A GOOD WHAT A CHEESEBURGER!!! The only that makes it better is some fresh Whataburger ONION RINGS….YUMMMMMM. And in the southeast(NC where I grew up) you must have this meal with a Cherry Sundrop.
Chik-fil-a all the way. I too have been known to eat all 3 meals from there. From where I work, I can get there in like 2 minutes through a parking lot. This makes it all the more appetizing. Thanks for this post, I’ll more than likely be having a #1 with an unsweetened ice tea for lunch.
I guess I’m de-lurking? That sounds so creepy. Have you seen the “This Is Why You’re Fat Blog?” (http://thisiswhyyourefat.com) A homage to fried foods everywhere.
Anyway, also not pregnant, but here are my fast-food weaknesses (that may or may not have lead to my Freshman TWENTY 4 years ago):
Arby’s Jalapeno Poppers. Sonic Cherry Limeaids. Jumpin’ J’s Fried Oyster Box (of which I can make 3 meals). McDonald’s Big & Tasty. Checker’s fries.
CFA is the best! I worked at CFA in high school in Sioux City, Iowa. Sadly, oh so sadly, we do not have the “Chicken Shack” here.
I have lamented this fact many MANY times!
For my fast food confessions I love the new southern chicken sandwich at McDs. It’s a sorry replacement for THE southern chicken sandwich, but it does it’s job well enough.
I also have a weakness for the filet o’ fish. I used to go to McD’s after middle school during Lent and take advantage of their 99 cent filet o’ fish. I always felt guilty though because I was taking advantage of the “Catholic sale” on them even though I wasn’t Catholic!
I spent most of 1999 in the Burger King drive-thru because a Whopper was the only food I could manage to choke down during my first pregnancy.
And guess what! I found out this weekend that we have a Chick-fil-a in Minnesota! I will be making my pilgrimage soon.
McDonalds french fries are my weakness. And my kids don’t like fries!! What is wrong with these people?!? They look like me but they most definitely aren’t acting like me. Just leaves more for me I guess!
Ugh! I was really wanting a recap post…but I’ll let you get your rest and get your thoughts together…Can’t wait to hear about all the fun!!!!!
I still love a Sonic grape-lime slush, you have to ask for them to make it special, but in my hometown they knew what you meant. I would order that with a grilled cheese and cheesetots. Heavenly.
We did not have a lot of choices in our little town growing up. BUT we had a Hardee’s and my Granny would take me for a kids meal sometimes, and it was deliciousness. This little cart on rollers would bring in through this tunnel in the restraunt to your car. We thought it was the coolest thing ever. And it took about 30 minutes to get your order. Good times!
Any other Bojangles fans out there? I love those buffalo bites and some cajun pintos. I have been known to make the 1 hour drive to the nearest one just to get some. Yum.
During pregnancy it was Taco Bell’s soft taco supremes…lots of them!
Now, Arby’s does it for me! Love just their plain roast beef with a side order of mozarella sticks. YUMMY!!!
Nothin’ beats Whataburger #1, no onion–mayo and mustard and DON’T forget the fancy ketchup for the fries.
When I was prego w/ my son almost 6 years ago, I worked right next to a Whataburger, I was a bank manager and I would call in my order and have their staff bring over my whatasized combo meal (don’t forget the fried pie) when they brought over their daily deposit. SAD, I know! No wonder I couldn’t see my feet, I was so swollen from all of the SALT.
LOVE sonic tots and limeades!! YUM! And have you had their pickle-o’s? (fried pickles) they are fabulous! Not all of sonics have them anymore. I ate Whataburger last night – I hate it, but my kids LOVE their kids meal toys. I could eat ChickFilA every day – I especially love their chicken biscuits for breakfast! I’m really hungry now.
I don’t know that it counts as fast food- but Double Dave’s pizza rolls! Had them brought in for the night before my wedding! When we got our own my MIL asked if this is what the others looked like on the inside. I had no clue- they always came to my door:)
In college, bean and cheese burritos from Taco Cabana on Texas Ave…WHOOP!
Filet ‘o fish from McDonalds
Mexican Pizza w/ extra sour cream from Taco Bell.
I repent.
Absolutely love Chick-Fil-A! I craved it when I was pregnant with my second son and amazingly did not tire of it. I am ashamed to admit that on one particularly hectic day, we had breakfast, lunch, and dinner there!
I LOVE me some Taco Bell!! That is one thing I carried over from college. By best friend from college only lives 30 minutes away and we still frequent our local Taco Bell together! And I can’t forget my love affair with a footlong coney and tots from Sonic!
Is it bad that I still love me a Big Mac from time to time? I also love Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza, although the whole ‘mexican’ part of that title is questionable… Enjoyed the post!
During my first pregnancy, the only thing that got me through was the extra long chili cheese coney dog with onion rings from Sonic. The negative to this is that it had to be eaten at the table with a fork. So if I needed something I could eat on the go, my second choice was a roastbeef from Arby’s with horsey sauce and curly fries. yummmmm
With my second pregnancy it was a 6″ cold cut combo on white bread with mayo, spicey mustard, green peppers and cheese Doritos from Subway. Also yummmm!
With 2 kids, we eat lots of McDonalds and Chick Fila. I love the Big Mac or the quarterpounder from McD’s and the #1 with mayo and a coke from CFA. Now you’re making me hungry!
My current favorite is the 1/3 lbs Angus delux cheeseburger from McDonalds….a billion calories, but YUMMY!!
Taco Bell has always been one of my faves. I love all forms of mexican food! With my first pregnancy I spent the last trimester getting a tostada with sour cream added almost daily as my afternoon snack. With #2 it was the 1st trimester draw of Sonic’s Cheddar Poppers (almost daily!). After about week 16 I was suddenly done with them and I don’t know that I’ve had one again in the past 5 years! #3 I ate healthier as a whole but my weakness was a McDs quarter pounder and fries…funny how they all had their own food choices
The fact that you asked for extra mustard on an already mustardy Whataburger shows just how sick you were. Bless your heart. I laughed so hard about them knowing you and all your pregnancy details.
Yum! Chick-fil-a original chicken sandwiches were my pregnancy food of choice. On a wheat bun, of course, because somehow that made it more healthy. I could still eat Chick-fil-A every day.
That’s too weird. My Dad and Mom were reminiscing about WhataBurger this weekend! We live in MN, so we don’t have those, but they were saying that when they went down to Texas for vacation, they drove straight from the airport to WhatABurger!
I am sorry to say that I occasionally enjoy a cheeseburger and fries from McDonald’s. But no one can prove that.
During the first 3 months of my pregnancy, all that sounded good was plain cheeseburgers with the tiny shredded lettuce and pickles…I couldn’t always find those, so the little cheeseburgers at McD’s got me through my first 3 months, and sadly, quite a bit through the next 6 months! Luckily, my husband never complained once…he could eat McD’s for every meal!
CHICK-FIL-A! I lived on CKA during college and there was a CKA in the grocery store where I worked at during one summer. I had CKA every day for lunch.
However, they are no CKAs where I live now. I’m so depressed.
I LOVE McDonald’s quarter pounder with cheese. I could probably eat 3 or 4 of them in a sitting (gross, huh?).
I had never had whataburger until I moved to Texas several years ago. I am in love. But it is not my first love. My first love is Chick-fil-A waffle fries!
My weakness is tacos from Jack-in-the-Box! I know that is totally disgusting, but true. With both of my girls, I totally craved Mexican food, and they both loved it from the time they could eat solid food. The in-utero thing is totally real.
I will eat anything from Chickfila except for their Chicken Salad sandwich… Unless maybe waffle fries were in it?
Chik-fil-a nuggets…. without a doubt. I have long since decided that I cannot live any place that does not have a Chik-fil-a within reasonable (reasonable is up to your own personal definition) driving distance.
…. though I have to admit, McDonald’s nuggets & Sonic Ice Tea got me through my own pregnancy. That was about all I could eat. Anything else made me sick up until about the 8th month.
I am a huge fan of the Chick-Fil-A minis and a Diet Dr. Pepper when I finish walking in the morning… or when I skip walking and just drop the kids off at school. They are good either way.
And don’t feel bad about Caroline not liking Chick-Fil-A. I have a 13 year-old daughter who doesn’t like chocolate. Talk about being a failure as a mother and a human being. (We’re in counseling.)
The Princess doesn’t like Chick-Fil-A either, and I ate PLENTY of it while she was in the womb. Kids today…
I love the Big Mac too! Something about that special sauce and the sesame seed bun!
Also I love HOT fresh McD’s french fries with ketchup poured all over them. That just screams YUMMY!!
Jack In the Box tacos at 2AM. Enough said about that.
And last but not least a Frosty from Wendy’s it’s all about the chocolate.
I knew we were separated at birth…I too love the Chik Fil A nuggets AND have a child who doesn’t like them?! What is WRONG with him?!
Also, Steak n Shake french fries. They have the thin little shoestring kind that you have to eat with a fork; which is totally ok because you can drown them in ketchup and not worry about getting it all over your fingers. And yes, Steak n Shake counts as fast food b/c they have a drive thru. I had that internal debate when I gave up fast food one year
I had a big mac just the other day and I love Taco Bell enchiritos,and pretty much any fast food. I didn’t inherit my mom’s southern cooking ability.
I love Portillo’s hot dogs, fries and chocolate shakes. Also the banana shakes from Steak N Shake. YUM!
Arby’s roast beef sandwich, Apple turnover, and chocolate shake. We had McDonald’s, Burger King and Arby’s across the street from my High School. No contest for me!
Oh this is a good one!
While pregnant all 3 X’s…..
Burger King’s Whopper Jr. was my only source of happiness! Yes….all 3 babies were nourished by these dudes!
Luckily they turned out pretty healthy! They were baby gigantors at birth, hmmm! Wonder why?
My favorite’s now?
Chic Fil A Grilled Chicken sandwich & coleslaw! They also have the BEST icecream!
Sonic’s #2 Mustard burger & Strawberry Limeade! A magical meal!
Makes me smile just thinkin of it.
I love every single fast food item you mentioned, with the exception of the Big Mac. I could eat one, but it’s not high on my list of favs. When I was pregnant with my 5-year old son, I drove through McD’s on the way to work EVERY MORNING for an Egg McMuffin and OJ.
Already commented, but just remembered my husband used to stop at taco bell on his way home from work at 1 am to get a chili cheese burrito I was craving during my first pregnancy. He would wake me up, I would eat, chat with him for awhile and go back to sleep. There was never heartburn with that first pregnancy!
back in the day, when Dairy Queen was king, cheese nachos and a hot fudge sunday (when their nacho sauce was spicy and the sudaes had whipped cream, pecans, and cherry)They’re definitely not making ‘em like that anymore.
Never had Chik-Fil-A or Whataburger, so I’m a little jealous that my stories of love for fast food only include Taco Bell’s Burritos and McDonalds McChickens add cheese and onion!
Okay, I admit it. I love Big Macs. I’ll never forget the look of surprise on my husband’s face when his wife of two months, who was all proud of her commitment to working out at the gym, announced that she was craving a Big Mac. I think “shock” was the word that came to mind. All 1000 calories of goodness in that sandwich and side of fries.
with my last pregnancy, i also craved hamburgers with extra mustard and pickles! and a couple of times…beer? haha. i didn’t drink beer, well only once and it was just a cup so that my craving would finally be satisfied! that was the weirdest craving i ever had.
i’m sorry…i just can’t get past the whole “caroline doesn’t care for chick-fil-a.”
seriously. i’m deeply saddened.
i think that’s all i can say right now.
1. Late Friday or Saturday night meal of choice in HS=7-11 (i know…) hotdog slathered with chili, cheese, & diced onions, Lays sourcream & onion potato chips, & a Dr Pepper.
2. Saturday or Sunday hang over cure meal=McDonald’s 1/4 lbr w/cheese, fries, and a coke. I think it was something about the fat, grease, sugar, & cheese content. I love McDonald’s coke & their fat straws. McD’s is the only place where I order coke.
3. Have been enamored with Taco Bell’s Nachos Bell Grande for at least 30 years, my children love them too. In high school if we had an early release day we would drive 30 some odd miles to the nearest TB just for something different. I lived on the east coast, not in Texas, the “mexican” food choices were slim to nil.
4. Chic-fil-A chicken nuggets. Still today the ONLY nuggets I will eat & I have to have polynesian sauce & lots of it. My oldest daughter is the same way but she has to have lots of ketchup. Love their waffle fries & sweet tea or lemonade. note:my mom found a white feather in a McNugget one time & has sworn off McD’s ever since. At least we knew the nuggets were some kind of bird based meat…
That’s all I can think of. My parents, mom especially, are Whataburger fiends. When we lived in MD the last stop we would make in Tx before driving or flying back to MD was at Whataburger to buy as many burgers as possible. I personally can’t stand Whataburger & my kids can’t either, how weird is that?
Checker’s cheeseburger
Chili’s salsa and chips
McDonald’s fries and coke
Burger King’s ham crossiant
Chick-fil-a original chicken sandwich w/ mayo
And I could have bought a house with the money I have spent on Fast food over the past 25 years.
Arby’s beef and cheddar w/curly fries!! YUM!!
I love that there are girls who are proud to share their favorite fast foods IN WRITING with the internets. Oh, how we’ve evolved.
- Wendy’s #6 (Spicy Chicken Sandwich) with a D.Coke and a Frosty
- Burger King Whopper Junior with Onion Rings (definitely my favorite meal on my way home from dance class as a kid)
- Bojangles Bacon, Egg and Cheese Biscuit (my favorite hangover food in college)
I am so sorry your daughter does not like Chick-fil-A. That just makes me sad.
I love Whataburger ketchup! It is the best.
I’m a fan of the Whopper with cheese, no tomato. And the Big Mac.
When I was pregnant with my first child I ate McDonald’s french fries and hot fudge sundaes at least three times a week.
Oh, the classic chicken sandwich at BK is disgusting but good.
Here is my ideal fast food meal:
Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich, McDonald’s fries, Whataburger ketchup, and Sonic Coke. In my dreams anyway.
High school late night run- Bag of Krystal burgers
Pregnancy- Sonic Tater Tots
Now- Chick-Fil-A, oh how I miss thee.
Krispy Kreme custard filled yumminess.
Hardee’s biscuits
Now I’m hungry.
While pregnant with my 9-year-old daughter, I could only tolerate Chick-fil-A sandwiches and their lemondade. Fast forward 5 years to when I was pregnant with my son. I could only eat Arby’s roast beef sandwiches with NO sauce! It’s amazing what tastes good. But you know…I don’t care for Arby’s anymore probably for the same reason you don’t care for Whattaburger! Chick-fil-A is still the bomb, however!!!
I can truly appreciate your ability to bring it all back around. And I can also appreciate your love of fast food while pregnant… It’s good to know I wasn’t the only one.
When I was pregnant with my first, and stupid because I believe that whole, “You should eat whatever you want, because it’s the only time you can…” sentiment, I ate a Bacon, egg and cheese biscuit, minus the egg, (which was of course, the only redeeming nutrition IN the biscuit) every morning before work.
Yeah… I’d just like to say a word to those people who encouraged free eating like it was the 60′s… “Where were you after I stopped nursing and my body still clung tightly to those stubborn I-ate-what-I-wanted-because-people-told-me-to pounds? Huh? Answer THAT one for me.”
Chick-fil-A nuggets are the best! I also love love love In and Out Burger! They are so good.
Oh, our fast food downfall is most certainly Taco Bueno! I mean, it doesn’t beat Chimi’s for Mexican food, but it’s some darn stinkin’ great food regardless!
Too bad I’m on a diet and can’t eat it.
I college I lived off Arbys roast beef with curly fries becuase I ALWAYS had a coupon. In my younger days when I didn’t know better, I was a loyal quater pounder with cheese follower, but now that I’m over 30 and my metabolism has bottomed out I go for the double cheeseburger…there’s less calories, right?????
Taco Bell Nachos Bellgrande,
Kentucky Fried Chicken – anything in extra crispy
Arby’s – curly fries dipped in cheddar sauce
DOesn’t like Chick-fil-a !!!! WHAT?!?!?! Who doesn’t like chick-fil-a ?!?!?! Their chicken mini’s are the best !! Besides that Taco Bell rocks ! At the drive thru the other day the lady looked at DH and said “Man y’all really must like Taco Bell”!! That was kind of embarassing.
Love your food selections! I would have to add Whataburger Taquitos (post frat party dining). After college, I lived in Las Vegas and really missed Texas. My fave thing was to go to Hometown News, and buy The Houston Chronicle and The Houston Post just so I could read the weddings. I’ve read many newspapers over the years and NO one does weddings like our Texas papers.
Remember when Sonic had chili-cheese burritos? Ugh, major addiction. Now? Hmmm…not a fast food fan, but I do love Whataburger Cheeseburgers too, when it’s necessary to eat fast food. And sometimes, it’s just necessary.
Ummm, Taco Cabana tortillas and queso- YUMMO!
Burger King Burgers. Wendy’s French Fries. In college, it was Wendy’t fried chicken sandwich with cheese and fries. KFC one piece meal with potatoes and gravy and slaw. And a biscuit with honey. SONIC – foot long chili cheese dog with cheese tots and a strawberry shake. When I was 18 and weighed 110 pounds it didn’t matter that that meal had about 3000 calories. Excuse me while I go to the nearest drive through!
Oh where to begin..
First off, this is my kind of post, you’re a girl after my own heart.
I love Jack-In-The-Box tacos! I even worked there when I was old enough to work. The one off Highway 6 in Mo City, TX! Too bad there are no J-I-T-B here in Boston =(.
I also enjoy the Andes Milkshakes from there.
I love Carl’s Jr and Green Burrito (if you’re from CA you know what I’m talking about) specifically the criss cut fries and taquitos with guacamole, they’re good, and I’m Mexican, so I have a very discerning palate for Mexican food, or so I tell myself.
Lastly, this is not a chain but definitely worth mentioning. When I was living in Sugar Land TX, across the street from my high school (Dulles High) there was a little hole in the wall that made THE best breakfast tacos EVER. It was called Soliz tacos. Anyone know what I’m talking about? I skipped first perdiod almost daily because there was always a huge line. I hope they’re still there because I’ll be in Houston/Austin next week!
My current fast food favorite is Raising Canes chicken fingers! I ate there twice last week! And I was so happy yesterday after church when I saw Sonic brought back their steak toaster sandwich! And a good Whataburger with ketchup only is a travel staple. (The one here closed down.)
I lived in Puerto Rico until I was about 7 months pregnant and was sick as a dog my first trimester; but once I hit month 4 I ate a pack of hot dogs every day. They count as fast food because I could stick one in a bun, pop it in the microwave then slather it in mustard and ketchup and have it gone within 5 minutes. I did this 2-3 hotdogs at a time for breakfast, lunch and late night snacks. Certainly faster than going to a drive thru!
I could eat fast food every day! When I was pregnant with my son I could eat McDonalds 3 times a day. I ate Big Macs, Quarter Pounders and Fillet o’ Fish! With my daughter it was Arbys Beef n Cheddar, curly fries with cheese to dip in. Also, we have a place called Dices that has the best footlong chili cheese dogs. I would get 2 at a time!
Now a day…I still love fast food! My kids are 15 and 12 and I like it more than them. Taco Bell is always a late night craving! I live in Florida and all of our What a burgers have closed down. Very sad.
I LOVE McDonalds. I either get a number 1 or a number 2. Sometimes I get a number 1 with a cheeseburger on the side.
Thing is, as much as I love it, I know enough to be a little ashamed….there may have been more than one occassion where I parked my car on a random street where I hoped no one would recognize me as I scarfed down my food…just like some Big Mac junkie.
Has anyone seen “Super Size Me”? You may not want to after this post.
The best milk shake EVER is Arby’s Jamoca shake. TO DIE FOR! Joins all of my favorite things together (besides red wine) coffee, chocolate & ice cream. What’s not to love?! The Taco Bell bean burito, no onion, add sour cream = some serious late night, on the way home from a par-tay back in the day food. Also McDonald’s REAL Coke saved my life when I was pregnant. They must add something really special to it because no other fast food restaurant has Coke that tastes quite like it. Maybe it’s the bigger than average straw…
Ok, I didn’t read every comment, but please tell me someone gave “DQ” a shout out! How can you beat a blizzard?! That must be a small town thing..love me some DQ! Thank goodness there isn’t one very close in San Antonio!
A big yes to the crunchy taco with mild sauce. Two mild sauces, actually.
In high school I did love the two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun. Now I find them disgusting. Glad to know my tastes have evolved.
Oh, and we’re fans of the Checkers chili dog, hold the onions and add extra mustard.
A big yes to the crunchy taco with mild sauce. Two mild sauces, actually.
In high school I did love the two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun. Now I find them disgusting. Glad to know my tastes have evolved.
Oh, and we’re fans of the Checkers chili dog, hold the onions and add extra mustard.
OH! You’re my new favorite blogger fyi
When I visit my sister, we usually stop at Whataburger and grab a cheeseburger with mustard and then drive through Sonic for cheese tator tots and a Route 44 Cherry Vanilla Diet Dr. Pepper (I was grateful they now carried the diet since they didn’t when I left the SW 12 years ago). Although, if they didn’t have the diet, I would have just ingested approximately 28 Route 44 Cherry Vanilla Dr. Peppers (which would have been soooo bad!). I digress. I also will hurt someone for Braum’s Ice Cream and Dairy Store (anything…) or Chick Fil-A. And all of these we do not have in any close proximity (Sonic is a solid 1.5 hours away. I KNOW! Around here, my fave is a place we refer to as My Cheeseburger Place, Pilchuck Drive-In. My oldest son is made of cheeseburgers from there!!
Definantly love those Chick fil-a nuggets and I did manage to pass that on to my son. The first time he had them we were at an open house for our best friends Dental Office and they had them on the Hospitality table. I caught my son (then 4 years old, now 16) shoving handfuls of nuggets into his pockets to take home.
anyone ever do taco cabana tortillas and queso? especially at 3am? make a meal outta those babies.
and chic-fil-a fries. i feel like because they arent open sundays that those fries are ok cause they go to church too.
I love Arby’s. A regular roast beef with Arby’s sauce, a diet dr pepper, and a cherry turnover. Oh my heavens, have you had their cherry turnovers? I’d take it over a bakery any day.
I just moved to La Crosse, WI. Do you know what they DON’T HAVE? ARBY’S. How is that possible? When my previous small town had one? Sick. And. Wrong.
Love me a crunchwrap from Taco Bell, on occasion. Otherwise I’m mostly forced to eat McD’s, since that’s what the girls want. But a McD’s cheeseburger with no onion or pickle is a beautiful thing.
1. McDonalds milkshake. A must have for road trips.
2. Burger King fries. They are the best.
3. McDonalds cherry pies.
4. Tim Horton’s sour cream timbits.
And I think the best burgers are at Hardees! (Carls Jr. in Texas I think?)
Chick Fil A nuggets rank AT THE TOP. Along with a gigantic glass of their sweet tea.
McD’s fries and the crispy ranch snack wrap, which I know is a new thing, but it is so darn delicious it replaced the cheeseburger-no-onions that I always ordered before.
Sonic grilled cheese. *drool*
Raising Cane’s chicken fingers with their secret sauce. Might be just a Louisiana thing?
I totally agree with all the Chick fil A fans! #2, no tomatoes with a diet coke, please! And don’t forget the ranch sauce! I love me some CFA fries with ranch sauce! Yummm!
I used to live across the street from a CFA. I will also admit to eating all three meals there on more than one occasion.
McD’s fries are good, too. I like the Homestyle burger.
If I wasn’t already having Lupe Tortilla for dinner, I’d be making a trip to CFA!
Eat these while you can…cause the day will come when you can’t. (Over 50…something weird happens and your belly flab becomes out of control and all fast food must be stopped.)
When I was pregnant, I think I ate a BBQ sandwich with EXTRA pickles every single day. Have you had chili cheese tater tots from Sonic?? Oh, and Chick-fil-a chicken nuggets are just not the same without their amazing new chick-fil-a sauce. I could drink it. Man. Now I’m starving.
Oh! I was in memphis at Living Proof Live too!!! I used to follow your blog all the time but with 3 kids, it’s not possible to sit on the computer all day. So neat that you were there and I had no idea! It was my first time to see Beth live. A total enjoyment of worship and learning!
I cannot believe I did not have a heart attack and die in 2006, when McDonalds ran a promotion; the Cardinals won the World Series that year, and every time they won a game, Big Macs were $1 the next day. I, and everyone I know, like, LIVED at McDonalds. 2 meals a day, I’m not even joking.
Taco Bell bean burritos were my hangover cure in college and then my morning sickness cure when I was pregnant.
I love Chik Fila so much that when I lived in Germany, when I came home to visit, we would go straight there from the airport. We ate there once a day the entire time I was in Texas, and when it was time to go home, we would eat there on the way to the airport, and get an extra sandwich to eat on the plane…
Quarter Pounder with Cheese from McDonald’s. I seriously love McD’s. I could eat there at least twice a week, maybe more.
Footlong hot dog with ketchup only from Cookout. Or a corn dog.
Waffle bowl sundae from DQ. I worked at DQ in high school and college and YUM. I love Dairy Queen.
Grilled cheese, tater tots and cherry limeade from Sonic. I love Sonic too.
Taco Bueno- when we moved here about 2 years ago I was so excited that there was one right near us. The one in Dallas was at least 4 traffic lights away and on the service road of I 35 so it was just not worth it. But here, 1 traffic light away. I ate Mexi dips and chips almost everyday for lunch for about the first 6 months after we moved here…
First preg. the last month I ate whataburger with extra pickles as often as I could. It was the last thing I ate before delivery…
-when I was preg.with 2nd daughter, I craved McDonalds sausage biscuits and I’ve never liked sausage! Drove through everyday on the way to work for one. That kid LOVES sausage and just he smell makes me ill…
McDonald’s 2 cheeseburgers meal – the only way I made it through my first pregnancy!! And then after about month five, I added the chocolate milkshake to help with the heartburn! My almost 10 year-old LOVES McD’s cheeseburgers (although with added bacon to make it healthy ha!)) and my husband claims it’s because she ingested them in utero so often!!
I was there too… Soo incredible!
My top 5 fast food faves:
1. Chick-Fil-A chicken mini’s
2. Taco Bell chili cheese burritos
3. Ward’s Big One (You must go to South Mississippi at least once in your life if only to taste the Big One, Ward’s fries, and root beer)
4. Subway Seafood & Crab (I know, like 98% of Americans think it’s gross, but I think y’all are missing out!)
5. Sonic chili cheese coney with tots and a Lemon Berry Slush
MCDONALDS FRENCH FRIES AND CHILI CHEESE FRIES FROM SONIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When I was sick and in the hospital last year and all through my chemotherapy treatments all I wanted was either a hamburger happy meal from Mcdonalds or a jr. bacon cheeseburger, fries, and small frosty from Wendy’s. I’d say that got me through the difficult times, lol.
The tendercrisp chicken sandwich from Burger King gets me through whatever it is I’m going through at the time. It’s one of the most fattening sandwiches but oh so worth it!
But now you have me wanting Chick fila but like Caroline the people around me don’t care for it either.
For me it would be Culvers deluxe burgers, or Arby’s I love Arby’s roast beef and curly fries. I think I have to call the hubby now! He works next to one, and he will be home in time for dinner!!
Casa Ole hot sauce and a bean burrito with chile con queso on top. I think Casa Ole puts something in their food that makes it addicting. Our family has to go eat there at least once a week. Our favorite is the one on Twin City Hwy in Port Arthur. Yes…we eat authentic Mexican food all the time – we’re from Southeast Texas!! BUT we still MUST have our Casa Ole!
I’m not really a fast food person in general, however…anyone who knows me at all knows Chick-fil-a is the key to my heart. Seriously, their chicken nuggets never get old, they are like my crack cocaine. And I always get good service. And Chick-fil-a is definitely the healthiest fast food you can buy (I graduated with an Exercise Science degree, so I know what is considered healthy)…I really just love everything about that place. I can’t fathom the minds of people who don’t like Chick-fil-a (my younger sister is one of them).
When I was pregnant, I couldn’t make the drive to work without stopping for breakfast and I couldn’t make the drive home without stopping for a ‘snack’. I love Arby’s curly fries! I only wish we had Chic-Fil-A up here in the North. That and Cracker Barrel would make me very happy every now and then.
-FringeGirl
Chik Fil A,love it and their fries are tothe best, with the new ChikfilA sauce and a diet dr pepper, if only they had drive thru!
McDonald’s Happy Meals are my poison of choice most of the time.
I think this is a regional thing in the midwest Taco John’s potato ole’s-like small tater tots with some yummy seasoned salt.
Sonic Diet Coke-the Route 44 with the styrofoam cup.
Not love Chick-Fil-A! I should own stock in it we eat there so much. In fact, the breakfast crew has memorized my morning order. I’m on a first name basis with a few of them. I can so identify with the Whatburger need only mine is Chick-Fil-A
whataburger?
NEVERHEARDOFIT.
but Chik-Fil-A nuggets are tasty-licious.
Wow. Now I’m hungry (and we just finished dinner!). I love pretty much all the food you mentioned, ESPECIALLY Memphis barbeque! What BBQ restaurant(s) did you go to while you were here?
132 comments? GIRL.
So mine’s a short list.
Quarter Pounder with Cheese (and fries and a Coke, of course.)
Chick-Fil-A nuggets (with waffles fries and a Coke, of course.) I’m nothing if not predictable.
Also. I haven’t eaten fast food since July. I KNOW. It’s sad.
I do love some Ckick-Fil-A nuggets. My kids don’t though. I think it’s because they are made with real chicken breast and not pressed pieces of chicken bits like McDonalds and Burger King. Ewww!
I love that you love some Taco Bell! My parents have a franchise in South Alabama (along with KFC). As a matter of fact, my mom is at the Taco Bell convention in your city! We do love us some Taco Bell! Right now I am 28 weeks pregnant and LOVE me a chicken biscuit from Chick-fil-A. I ate there for a solid week recently! I know I am cheating on my family by eating that chicken but like I told them, if KFC served breakfast, I would eat it!
~Meredith
In-N-Out cheese burger. Being veg, it is still delicious without the meat patty. The fries are made with real potatoes before everyone’s eyes as we all are stuck in the drive-thru and watch the kids crank out burgers through the windows.
Whataburger was my saving grace through 2 pregnancies. I had their pancake breakfast around 9 and a Whataburger with cheese for lunch at least once a week. No big surprise I gained a solid 50lbs during both pregnancies.
Oh, and I never had a big mac in my life until the 7th month of my first pregnancy, then I had one every chance I got for months (even post partum).
College was all about pizza, Papa Johns to be exact.
And my single days I loved getting the chicken strips meal from Arbys on my way home from work on Friday afternoons.
I moved to North Carolina from my beloved home State of Texas two and a half months ago.
I have pines for Whataburger every day and can’t wait until Christmas when I headed to the Whataburger closest to DFW Airport.
I’m delurking for this post! It was great and I had to throw my 2 cents in too!
I LOVE Big Macs from McDonalds.
I also love their fried dipped in a small vanilla ice cream cone – YUMMY!
Taco Bell – Nachos Bell Grande
Burger King – Onion Rings and . . wait for it. . . their fish sandwich with extra tartar sauce, cheese and tomato.
I don’t think I saw anyone mention White Castle hamburgers! Great for late nights!
I don’t eat this stuff often but every once in a while I must have!
In and Out
Animal style, protein style double double.
Out of this world delicious.
Taco Bueno… I honestly could live on Mexi-Dips and Chips or a beef B.O.B. Or Braum’s simply because you can have a REAL ice cream shake with your 1/3 pound bacon cheeseburger and fries. Oh, and Arby’s curly fries. And Sonic’s mozzarella sticks with a Reese’s Blast. There are days it is amazing to me that my weight is under the 150 mark.
You think your pregnancy “morning” sickness cure was weird. I used to head to the office bathroom to spray the strawberry-vanilla-scented Glade. It was the only thing that settled my stomach long enough to go back to the office so I could lie on the floor and answer the phone for another half an hour before I had to repeat the process.
My son too refuses to eat anything at Chick Fil A. So know you are not alone. I keep hoping he will come around.
I can totally relate with needing the hamburgers to help get through pregnancy. I needed that when I was pregnant with Sawyer. I’ll never forget going to Wendy’s through the drive through and ordering a hamburger and pulled out to find out they had put mayo on it. I don’t eat mayo and I whipped that car back around and made them give me one with no mayo. Thought I’d kill someone when that happened. Those pregnancy hormones were surging.
hmmm….high school- soph year three extra crispy chicken legs from kfc and a cole slaw
jr-sr year sub stop or mcdonalds
college freshman year at Ar Tech Univ Whatta Burger not to be confused with the chain WHATABURGER they are an orig family owned burger joint with the best burgers in 5 states and omg the strawberry shakes….to die for.
Then at U of A Mr Burger cause they delivered, amd the old sub sandwich joint omg….i can still taste it….
and there is a part of me that wonders at my silly 20 year old self who thought i was FAT cause i weighed a whole 124 pounds.
pregnancy-
1st one i lived on vanilla milkshakes and fries from Beacon and anything spicy and mexican
2nd one could not stand mexican and massively craved fruit which was hopelessly out of season
3rd one..i wanted comfort food…if my grandma could have sat here and cooked me 4 meals a day i would have been happy(so would my kids cause they were really sick of my meatloaf and dressing by the end of the 6th month and actually cheered sometime shortly after thanksgiving when the dr put me on bedrest and i couldnt cook anymore.
i always feel like the bad mom when i get the salad @ mcdonalds and my kids are offering to trade me their burgers for my salad and i take em up on it.
steff
I too love the Chick-fil-A ~ being from Atlanta it is a home town favorite! In fact, I had a biscuit this AM. Sadly, my children prefer the McD’s nuggets (CFA are too “peppery” according to my 6-year-old daughter). Oh well, at least I get to play Monopoly!
Chick-Fil-A, Whataburger combo number 3, Whopper with cheese, Jack in the Box Tacos, Mexican Pizza from Taco Bell and Burrito Supremes. I am now living in Canada and the only things from that list I can get are Whoppers and Burrito Supreme (but not mexican pizzas) – until I go “home” to Texas where I can get it all!
What? Do you not have Dairy Queen in Texas???
Well, I pretty much love ALL fast food (Long John Silvers, Jack-in-the-Box, Wendy’s, etc etc) but not all of it is readily available in my home town, so there are a couple things that frequent more than others.
-McD’s Big Mac or Filet-o-Fish: There’s a McD’s inside our Walmart (we only have two) and on Sunday after we finished our grocery shopping, my mom and I would frequently pick something to-go
I’d get the Filet-O-Fish when I wanted to be “healthier.” Lol. And McD’s has THE BEST VANILLA ICE CREAM CONES ANYWHERE! They put so much ice cream on them its ridiculous.
- Taco Bell’s Cheesy Bean and Rice Burritos: My dad is the manager at a Taco Bell, so we don’t eat it much cause he thinks it’s the devil’s food, but when I still lived at home, during Lent he would bring me a Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito to have for breakfast on Fridays (I don’t eat cereal. I know, it’s odd).
-Burger King’s Angry Chicken Sandwich: Now that I’m at college, I don’t eat fast food often cause I have a meal plan and a cafeteria to use it at. However, whenever I’m feeling extra-lazy and don’t want to walk the extra 5 minutes to get to the cafeteria, I’ll just goes down stairs to the Burger King on the ground floor of my dorm (Sick, right?) and get an Angry Chicken sandwich with no tomatoes.
I also can’t believe no one mentioned Church’s Chicken! Oh my goodness, their 2-piece meal with mashed potatoes, gravy, and a biscuit are to die for!
And you can never go wrong with a Dilly Bar from Dairy Queen!
Did I really just type like a 5 paragraph essay about fast food? I need to go to the gym…
I LOVE the Big Mac! In high school I was really skinny and my friends thought I was on the Big Mac diet because I always ate them, but never gained any weight!
New York Fries. It’s not the fries, it’s the fries with the California salt mix and the cheese sauce.
Who am I kidding?
It’s the cheese sauce. That nasty, artery clogging cheese sauce. I love it so much, and have since my college roommate and I started splitting them any time we ended up at the mall together.
Oh, how I hate to admit it…the McDonalds fish sandwich, fries and a Dr. Pepper.
I love Wendy’s chili. It is actually really good chili, and you can get it topped with cheese and onions. Yum!
And a Whopper Jr. is my fave sandwich. We just got a Sonic up north here in Wisconsin, so I’ll have to try that after reading all these comments! (Although devoting that much space to outdoor seating seems a little odd, since you can only use it approximately 5 months of the year, and even that depends on the help of global warming.)
Great post! I, too, used to torture myself as a single woman out of college by reading the Sunday paper full of weddings.
Fast food weakness up here in the Panhandle: Taco Villa.
Ok – no I am totally craving long john silvers. I’m totally having that for lunch tomorrow.
You are the master of the two-hit joke. I love that. You’re my hero.
Oh, the Big Mac. Clearly and hands-down.
Even when I was a vegetarian, I would order them without meat and suffer the strange looks of the counter staff.
My college relationship entered the beginning of its end stages, however, when I discovered that my then-boyfriend was ordering the Big Mac as is, and then picking off the beef patties, tossing them, and re-wrapping the burger to give to me. Something about that just isn’t right.
I grew up in Oregon so Burgerville got me through High School! While I was preggo with our daughter, I craved Burger King Onion Rings. Constantly. With the spicy dipping sauce. I actually cried one night because he was taking too long to bring them home, and frantically called a friend of mine to bring me some since I was so concerned for his well being and all. Needless to say, I was very happy when they arrived within 5 minutes of eachother and I got a double dose!
Oh, we just got a Whataburger in our Oklahoma town, and I am in HEAVEN! Love the taquitos for breakfast and a Whataburger with cheese for lunch. Their chicken strips are tasty as well – I even like the gravy they give you with it, even though I’m sure it’s from a package.
I am also a huge Cains chicken finger fan. Delicious! That secret sauce is amazing. I could bathe in it!
AND – Diet Coke with extra ice from Sonic. Perfection.
-Taco Bueno- the beef chilada platter
-Quarter Pounders with cheese from Mc D’s
-extra long cheese coneys with cheese tots from Sonic
-chicken sandwiches from Chic Fil A
-bean burritos from Taco Bell and Taco Bueno
-burgers from Burger Street in Tulsa
-chicken nuggets from Wendy’s
Nothin’ beats a good Chick-fil-A sandwich! I’m also a huge fan of Sonic corn dogs and tater tots. Yum!
OMG WHITE CASTLE coke is the best also, white castle chicken rings and original sliders. What you crave! LOL I love Whiteys. Youll remember eating it for days as you writhe in pain. LOL. I am going to get some right now!
When I was pregnant with my son, I craved a cheeseburger, so I went to wendys and thought i had ordered a bacon cheeseburger. They thought I ordered a baconater. I think it was like a 1/2 lb burger soaked in GREASE. I ate that thing quicker than anything and was wiping the grease with my sleeve. It was ugly.
I occasionally crave a Quarter Pounder with Cheese from McDonald’s. And I don’t even like ketchup and mustard or pickles on my burgers. But on the QP? Have to have them! I know, it’s sick and wrong.
I did crave them when I was pregnant and now still have to stop by and get one now and again. Maybe that’s what I’ll do this week when the boy is at Kids Day Out.
When I was prenant with my first, I craved Chic-fil-a lemonade. I was teaching school and I would drive several miles out of the way to go through the drive thru at 7 AM and get a lemonade.
I can never resist McD’s double cheeseburger, it’s my guilty pleasure.
I just had my daughter’s third birthday party, and I ordered a large tray of Chik-fil-A nuggets. It was heaven. I had to restrain myself from eating the whole thing by myself.
Chiming in late, but I had to giggle at the amount of comments about fast food!
It’s the common bond we all share!
In high school = Whataburger taquitos every morning
During pregnancies = KFC chicken
Single twenties = Chick-fil-A nuggets with BBQ *and* Honey Mustard sauces
Recently = Sonic Diet Cherry or Cranberry Limeades (only Route 44 size will do)
I found you through my friend Kelly @ Kelly’s Korner. I just love your blog!! I am a native Texan and A&M graduate transplanted in Arkansas. I so enjoy reading about your adventures!!
I love the ketchup at Whataburger. We even have a song we sing a bout the ketchup buckets. Love it. I also am a huge fan of Taco Bueno.
We recently moved from TX to VA-near D.C. While there is much better shopping here than in little Abilene, TX, Springfield has very little to offer in the way of fast food. I miss Sonic and Whataburger-for their taquitos. We have McDonalds, McDonalds and McDonalds. Thankfully, it will satisfy a fast food craving and there are nice restaurants nearby. A few weeks ago, I drove 40 minutes in the rain just to go to Chick fil a in another town. Also, no Wendy’s. A friend in Abilene taught me to get their fries and dip them in a frosty! And no, I’m not pregnant either….
I can’t survive without a regular “fix” of
In-An-Out Burger and fries. They are incredibly good and each one is made to order. You can stand and watch them peel the potatoes, that’s how fresh the fries are…..mmmmm, my mouth is watering.