5 dollar box that is. I don’t know about most of you but I have to do a lot of running at times, and when you are caught out in the wild when hunger strikes it is all too easy to stop in somehwere for a bite. I have tried every 5 dollar box I know of (yes I am a cheap bastard!) and just wanted to relate my personal findings. All of these boxes I tried were the chicken tenders variety. Also bear in mind I am close to 5’11” and run around in the general vicinity of 215 lb bare nekkid (there is a visual image for ya). So I am a pretty good sized guy with a pretty good sized appetite.
First the Wendys 5 dollar box. The chicken tenders were decent enough though small. The meal for me was unsatisfying. I was still very interested in getting more food than it actually offered for 5 bucks.
The Dairy Queen 5 dollar box. Quite similar to the Wendys version, though the small sundae helped a little.
The Hardees 5 dollar box. This one was a little better as far as a satisfying meal. The cookie is superior to the KFC box. I am a cookie enthusiast and would know 🙂
And finally the KFC 5 dollar box. This is the first 5 dollar meal I know of, and by far stands out as the best. The tenders are larger than any of the other offerings. The biscuit helps to fill you up making it much more fulfilling overall. You can get mashed potatoes/gravy or potato wedges, and the cookie tops it off.
It just so happens I was out last night when hunger struck, I have 2 boys at home that needed to eat also, (The wife was at work) and I had not the time or inclination to cook. So I thought I’d stop at McDonalds and grab a few quarter pounders from the McPick menu. You can get a pair of several kinds of burger offerings for, guess how much? 5 bucks. So there I was sitting in a long line thinking to myself, “I have 2 grown boys to feed and I’m damn hungry myself, I can get us 3 deals of 2 burgers, and we have chips and drinks at home.” (yes I am a cheap bastard!) Then it hit me, I’d be spending 15 bucks plus tax, for 3, 2 burger deals with no drinks or fries or anything else, and “why in the hell would I want to do that when there is a KFC not 2 minutes from here?”
Needless to say in our trash this morning is the remains of 3 KFC 5 dollar boxes. And this mundane post was born. I guess we take what we can get when the inspiration hits us…
So, my personal ranking of the 5 dollar boxes is #1. KFC, #2. Hardees (the better cookie did not tip this one in favor of the number 1 slot), #3. Dairy Queen, and coming in at the bottom of the box, #4. Wendys.
So says, the cheap bastard, SD. 🙂
Evidence Based Reality 
I miss KFC
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? Does not compute. System overload. Self destruct sequence initiated!
How is is possible in the 6th largest country in the world, the land of bronze bodied beach goers, and the land of soccer and MMA, there is no KFC?
Or did you just swear off KFC as a New Years resolution?
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They tried, apparently, in the 80’s/90’s, but it never took. There is a KFC in Sao Paulo, so whenever my wife’s cousin drives up I get her to bring me boxes 🙂
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Huh… well you learn something every day 🙂 At least you get a taste every now and then. Which would probably serve us all better in the long run.
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Everything in moderation.
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And off I go to KFC to celebrate Flynn pleading guilty and singing!
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I really hope that S.O.B. sang like a little birdy and the entire house of cards, literally and figuratively, comes falling down. Putting the Trumpster in the dumpster, where he would escalate the value of the trash already in there.
It’s all I really want for x-mas!
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Mueller wouldn’t have made that deal if Flynn didn’t offer up something big ‘n juicy! Donny boy must be wettin’ his panties right now.
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Lol! I really, really, hope so. No one deserves wet panties like that lyin sack of horse crap.
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Taco Bell! Taco Bell has a box too, and last time I got one I couldn’t even finish it, there was so much food. Have you tried that one?
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Oh yeah! Taco Smell has one too, and it isn’t bad. I didn’t care for the quesadilla, or rather the chicken in it. But yes I certainly overlooked that one 🙂
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I guess we take what we can get when the inspiration hits us…
As evidenced by many posts in blogland … 😉 (Not this one, of course.)
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Aww Nan, it’s ok, really. I can take it 😉
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The last time Ron and I stopped at Mcdonalds to get food for just the two of us to take home, the bill came to about $40. Granted we both eat big, but I told Ron next time we can go out for a nice sit down meal in a local place for that amount. PIzza also has gotten more expensive than a local restaurant. So basicly cost is pushing us from fast food to much better meals. Hugs
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I don’t know how many times the wife and I have said “hey for just a few dollars more we can eat at x” Be it the Mexican joint, the Chinese joint, or what have you. The fast food thing has priced itself to the point of making us eat at better places.
Hugs back at ya Scottie 🙂
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But even beyond the COST … fast food isn’t good for you. Of course, restaurant food (those “better places”) is only marginally better. But I do admit, having to cook does get old … and a juicy, dripping hamburger is hard to beat. 🙂
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That is absolutely true on both counts! I try to limit our fast food forays but when you are out and about and away from home, it is all to tempting. Or necessary even. I mean yeah, we could pack a lunch every damn time we go out but who wants to do that?
On a side note, I went to reply to this comment and somehow lost it. Finally found it in the trash, I swear I did not put it there! It just happenned. I am not qualified to operate a keyboard till after 2 cups of coffee I think.
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