Like Germ War, Arby's was a special treat when I was a kid. I was never a big fast food person as a kid, but man did I look forward to Arby's.

I think it has a lot to do with them being a feature of our yearly drives to visit my grandmother in Florida.

As for roast beef sandwiches, I prefer Roy Rogers', but I think they have all but disappeared from the New York area. There was one by Macy's in Herald Square I used to go to but I am not sure it's still open.

I don't even like lunch meat, much less roast beef, much less Arby's roast beef.

In all honesty, I'd probably rather starve to death than eat this vile CRAP.

Barfff.

timpickens wrote:The Arby's by my place is almost entirely employed by mentally retarded folks. I haven't eaten there in years, but I remember liking their curly fries. I'll go with Not Crap because mentally retarded people make the food. You can't go wrong.

Cooking with Merrill Howard Kalen is great. The long version clocks in around 15-20 minutes and includes some interesting moments. Merrill handles raw chicken, licks his fingers and then proceeds to prepare the salad using his Salmonella covered hands. Kiss My TV Show is priceless entertainment.

And Arby's is crap.

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:I once ate four beef-n-cheddars and drank a chocolate shake... It was a really bad idea.

I did the 5-for-5 a few months back and ate all five Beef-n-Cheddars in roughly one sitting (two in the car; three when I got back to work).

Why? Why did I do this?

Arby's is CRAP. I eat it about once a year, feel nauseaus, and vow never to eat it again. But like many fast food places, it eventually can seem like a good idea again.

STF wrote:

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:I once ate four beef-n-cheddars and drank a chocolate shake... It was a really bad idea.

I did the 5-for-5 a few months back and ate all five Beef-n-Cheddars in roughly one sitting (two in the car; three when I got back to work).

Why? Why did I do this?

Arby's is CRAP. I eat it about once a year, feel nauseaus, and vow never to eat it again. But like many fast food places, it eventually can seem like a good idea again.

They used to be a lot bigger, didn't they? I went to Arby's a couple times after I started eating meat again, and I was appalled at how skimpy the sandwiches had become.

Remember when Arby's had a turkey sandwich similar to its regular roast beef sandwich, only it had shredded lettuce and mayo on it? Man, I fucking loved that thing when I was a kid.

The Beef-n-Cheddars did used to be bigger. They skimp on the meat now, and you sometimes end up with areas around the edges of the bun that have no meat at all.

That's why I ate five, I guess.

Arby's is TOTAL CRAP. Worst fast food ever. I'd sooner eat at Jack In The Box, McDonald's or White Castle.

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:

STF wrote:Beef-n-Cheddars...

They used to be a lot bigger, didn't they? I went to Arby's a couple times after I started eating meat again, and I was appalled at how skimpy the sandwiches had become.

They also stopped -- maybe ten or twelve years ago -- putting the Red Ranch sauce (aka French dressing) on the Beef n Cheddars. So stupid. The Red Ranch sauce made the Beef n Cheddar. If you want it now, they shame you into asking for it like some sick weirdo, as if it had never been a default part of the sandwich. I think this is when I turned my back on Arby's.