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Too Much Free Time

by Michael Ho

Fri, Aug 3rd 2012 5:00pm




Filed Under:
big mac, chalupa, diy, fast food, food, recipes, secret sauce

Companies:
chick-fil-a, mcdonalds, taco bell


DailyDirt: DIY Fast Food

from the urls-we-dig-up dept

Some restaurants guard their recipes as if they were the blueprints for a nuclear bomb. But it's usually not that difficult to reverse-engineer some kind of copycat meal that tastes pretty good, and there are tons of foodies out there with blogs dedicated to replicating all kinds of famous dishes. Here are just some examples of folks giving away the secret recipes for a few fast food favorites. If you'd like to read more awesome and interesting stuff, check out this unrelated (but not entirely random!) Techdirt post.

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 3rd, 2012 @ 6:32pm

    Why would I want to make that any of that shitty, bland, corporate crap in my own home?

     

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    Michael Ho (profile), Aug 3rd, 2012 @ 7:44pm

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    If you make it yourself, it doesn't have to be bland...? These recipes just serve as a starting point.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 3rd, 2012 @ 8:16pm

    The secret sauce...

    ...is PEOPLE!

     

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    Liz (profile), Aug 3rd, 2012 @ 8:53pm

    Wow, McDonald's secret sauce has more compounds than a Jr. Chemist set.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 3rd, 2012 @ 10:22pm

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    aren't most of those a bit cancerous?

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 3rd, 2012 @ 10:23pm

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    But then it wouldn't really be McDonald's, would it?

     

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    Rekrul, Aug 3rd, 2012 @ 10:44pm

    A McDonald's chef shows everyone how to make a Big Mac at home

    He left out the part where you sit on it to squash it down so that it's under an inch tall.

     

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    Gwenny (profile), Aug 4th, 2012 @ 8:35am

    Chikfila has tasty food??

    Has it changed since about 20 years ago when I had the only Chikfila I ever had? Because it was not all that tasty. LOL

     

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    The Groove Tiger (profile), Aug 4th, 2012 @ 9:20am

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    Sometimes one wants his food to be shitty crap.

    That's why once a year or so I go for a McRodent, even tho every other alternative is superior.

     

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    gnudist, Aug 4th, 2012 @ 12:54pm

    Re: The secret sauce...

    The "soy" in "soy sauce" is short for "soylent green"?

    Well, there goes my appitite for chinese food...

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 4th, 2012 @ 9:06pm

    Hooray for propylene glycol! Commonly used in aircraft deicing and cleaning out your gut for a colonoscopy.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 4th, 2012 @ 9:07pm

    When will they publish the recipe for pink slime?

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 5th, 2012 @ 1:56pm

    Of all the things one would want to DIY would fast food really be one of them ? rotten ronnies ? blecht

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 5th, 2012 @ 2:03pm

    It is good to find out what is really in that stuff they sell to people

     

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