I am health conscious and take pride in being fit and active. I love to eat healthy and feel tangibly better when I do. I know fast food is bad for me.
Yet Wendy's has an irresistible hold over me. Wendy's is my fast food vice. The one place I can't drive by without stopping. For my mom, it's Burgerville (an infinitely more sustainable choice). If you are an American, you probably have one too. If you are not, read on as you will better understand my people.
Wendy's got me young. It was one of the few fast food options in the town where I grew up. And before the bacon craze got big, Wendy's had the Junior Bacon Cheeseburger for only 99 cents. Let me be clear: this burger is insanely good. The lettuce, the tomato, the mayonnaise all work perfectly. And their bacon has improved considerably from the flimsy translucent slices of my youth.
I will go to great lengths to eat this burger. I once stopped a dead sprint to make kick-off at an Oregon Ducks game because I ran past a Wendy's advertising new applewood smoked bacon. I still don't even know exactly what that means, but I had eat one. My buddy was not so pleased.
Fortunately for my waistline, I don't live near a Wendy's. I pass one roughly every two weeks. It's not even a question now if I stop or not. I order:
1 Junior Bacon Cheese Burger $1.59
1 Value Frosty $.99
1 4 Piece Chicken Nugget with Honey Mustard Sauce $.99
$3.57 later, I'm in heaven. A little slice of my childhood. What's your Fast Food Vice?
Yet Wendy's has an irresistible hold over me. Wendy's is my fast food vice. The one place I can't drive by without stopping. For my mom, it's Burgerville (an infinitely more sustainable choice). If you are an American, you probably have one too. If you are not, read on as you will better understand my people.
Wendy's got me young. It was one of the few fast food options in the town where I grew up. And before the bacon craze got big, Wendy's had the Junior Bacon Cheeseburger for only 99 cents. Let me be clear: this burger is insanely good. The lettuce, the tomato, the mayonnaise all work perfectly. And their bacon has improved considerably from the flimsy translucent slices of my youth.
My addiction. Yours is probably worse!
Fortunately for my waistline, I don't live near a Wendy's. I pass one roughly every two weeks. It's not even a question now if I stop or not. I order:
1 Junior Bacon Cheese Burger $1.59
1 Value Frosty $.99
1 4 Piece Chicken Nugget with Honey Mustard Sauce $.99
$3.57 later, I'm in heaven. A little slice of my childhood. What's your Fast Food Vice?
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