#in restaurants and vending machines and gas stations

[halfricanloveyou]

i live in america. there are no other brands besides corporate brands and brands that are owned by corporate. there are not local alternatives in most stores. i have never in my life seen a locally made soda. i’ve only seen a locally made alcohol and it is only available in a restaurant.

local alternatives also cost more. if you go to a walmart, the most affordable grocery stores, they do not have any local products. if you go to a more expensive grocery store they do! there are 2 local products. they are jam and salsa. there are 5 varieties of jam and 5 of the salsa. it is all only from one local seller. it costs 3 times as much as the other products in the same aisle, which already cost more than they would at a different store.

instead you could buy an off brand soda. it will be cheaper but it will taste bad and it is made by the Walmart corporation which also underpays it’s workers and at some locations treats them horribly.

we can’t buy what is not available and accessible to us. in america we don’t have any other options than what is produced by corporations. spending more on locally made speciality goods weekly is not realistic.

*You should recognize bad practices AND not voluntarily support companies through conducting business (i.e. purchasing luxury products).

[the-pixel-architect]

[BriarWood Gas Station]

SO! I've begun making a few non-restaurant Lots for my game. First up a gas station. You might ask, "why would I want a gas station you can't fill up gas." Welllllll....... sassy pants, this gas station has 1) Edible and F.U.N.C.T.I.O.N.A.L hot dog machine 2) Groceries can be bought from the display fridges 3) Coffee can be made and drunk 4) The vending machines are super cute, stare at them 5) I put a hidden treat, a skate box, so your sims can put on roller skates and skate through and around the gas station 6) You can make a quick meal with the microwave UPDATE: After play testing, for some reason this custom coffee machine is NOT community lot friendly so switch it out for the default machine. Also, and perhaps @2fingerswhiskey can help the vending machine is not vending the drinks-- I will find the drink files and add to the download folder separately. Download a new non-restaurant type of Lot, you might like it. Link is HERE happy simming! Also, @enelea has made a gas station too, check it out!

[stephiramona]

The tale of two cities according to Heiko and Stephi - Part 414

Germany is a federal government and the different German states can have some different laws. The laws concerning opening hours vary from state to state. North Rhine-Westphalia isn't as strict as Bavaria is. In Bavaria, everything except for gas stations and restaurants have to close after 8pm and on Sundays. There are some exceptions for shops in bigger train stations or airports, but everywhere else, every shop is closed then. When you want to buy beverages, cigarettes, snacks or something else after 8pm you need to go to the next gas station (or bigger train station) or wait until the next day.

In Cologne and in other German cities there are "kiosks" that have longer opening hours. I know that in Berlin they are called "Späti" ("spät" means late). In Heiko's photo (the first photo) I can see, that they are also called "Späti" in Cologne.

When people from another part of Germany come visit Munich or start to live here, I often hear that they miss these kinds of "kiosks", because the few "kiosks" we have here also close early. In case you don't know, a "kiosk" is a "mini shop" often close to a train station where you can buy beverages, newspapers, cigarettes but they have the same opening hours as every other shop here has.

But I found this E-Kiosk in Munich though, which you can see in the second photo. It is open 24/7 but there are only vending machines in it.

How are the opening hours in the area you live in?

[rabbitcruiser]

National Fast Food Day 

National Fast Food Day celebrates fast food restaurants and the food that they sell. Fast food usually consists of prepackaged and ready-made food that can be quickly cooked—often by deep frying or microwaving—and eaten; most is designed to be eaten on the go, and does not require cutlery. Common fast foods include burgers, french fries, fried chicken, fish and chips, pizza, tacos, chicken nuggets, hot dogs, sandwiches, and ice cream. Fast food is typically high in sugar, salt, saturated fat, and calories, and is linked to many health problems. Fast food restaurants usually sell food at either a counter or a drive-through. Franchising, where there is uniformity in food and presentation between restaurants, is an important aspect of fast food. Besides franchise restaurants, gas station and convenience store food is sometimes seen as fast food, as is some food from street vendors.

The roots of fast food can be traced back to ancient Rome. Thermopoliums were small shops that sold food—such as hot sausages and bread—on-the-go. Urban apartment dwellers of the middle and lower classes often ate these foods. During the Middle Ages, vendors sold food to people in larger cities such as London and Paris. After 1860, fish and chip shops became prevalent in the United Kingdom, and became popular with the working classes. By the 1920's there were more than 35,000 of these shops.

The term "fast food" may first have been used in America by George G. Foster, who in his book, New York Slices, published in 1848, referred to the fast paced food in New York City's business district. An automat, a cafeteria with vending machines with pre-made food, was opened by Horn & Hardart, in 1902, in Philadelphia. A decade later they opened one in New York City, which created a sensation, and many more were built across the country, leading to the popularity of automats during the 1920's and 1930's.

Technological, social, and economic changes in America led to a boom in fast food restaurants by the second half of the 20th century. Following World War I, automobiles became popular and affordable, and curb service restaurants were created in the 1920's. During the post-World War II economic boom, people spent more and bought more, creating a culture of consumerism that led to both men and women working outside the home. Eating outside the home—which was once a luxury—thus became commonplace, because of expendable cash, and in some instances because it was a necessity. By 1951 Merriam-Webster had added "fast food" to their dictionary.

Franchising, which brought uniformity in the practices of particular restaurants, also fueled the boom of fast food. A&W opened in 1921, and became a franchise in 1923. Many see it as the first fast food restaurant. White Castle also opened in 1921, in Wichita, Kansas, and sold hamburgers for five cents each. They standardized the food production of fast food hamburger restaurants, which other restaurants, such as McDonald's, built on. McDonald's was created by two brothers, Richard and Maurice McDonald, in 1940, in San Bernardino, California. Originally it was a drive-in that focused on barbecue, but once the brothers saw the popularity of their hamburgers, they closed for three months, and reopened in 1948 with a new focus. Besides hamburgers, their menu included french fries, shakes, coffee, and Coca-Cola, and they served their food in a paper wrapping. At fifteen cents, their hamburgers were about half the price of ones available at diners. Ray Kroc made a franchise agreement and opened McDonald's restaurants in Illinois, and in 1961 he bought out the brothers. In 1953, another important hamburger based fast food restaurant was started in Florida, and would eventually be known as Burger King. Not all early fast food focused on hamburgers though, as the Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise opened in 1952.

Today the United States has the largest fast food industry in the world. There are close to 200,000 fast food restaurants in the United States, where over 50 million customers are served every day. About 44% of Americans eat at a fast food restaurant each week, and 11% of the calorie intake of adults in the United States comes from fast food. American fast food restaurants are now in over 125 countries, and the intake of fast food worldwide continues to rise. But, fast food has not expanded without criticism. Besides facing criticism for the nutritiousness of its food, the industry has also been pilloried for paying its workers low wages, usually without benefits. Over half of fast food workers are on some sort of public assistance, which has cost taxpayers 7 million dollars annually.

How to Observe National Fast Food Day

Celebrate the day by eating fast food, as you finally have a good excuse to do it! Order fast food at a counter and eat it inside, or go through a drive-through and eat your food somewhere else. There are many restaurants you could choose from. If you are not one to eat fast food, you could watch Super Size Me, or read Fast Food Nation, or watch the eponymously titled film that was based off the book.

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[skitskatdacat63]

what would you say is the best energy drink?

Well to be fair, I literally only drink Red Bull because I'm super biased 😭😭 actually the only reason I even drink it in the first place is BECAUSE I'm a RBR fan, so....

It was so funny how ubiquitous it was in central Europe. You could go into a pretty nice restaurant in Czechia/Austria, and boom: there's Red Bull on the drink menu. Actually, one time I ordered it, and they brought out a nice glass with ice to pour the can into 😭😭 So yeah, I don't think there's any other energy drink that's so...widely offered? At least from my personal, limited experience. In vending machines everywhere, on the train menu, in the store, at restaurants, etc. Though now though, I'm restrained to mostly gas stations 😞

[starthelostboys]

tlb characters’ favorite meals:

michael: scrambled eggs with bacon and hash browns. michael is definitely a breakfast food fan, and this is his favorite breakfast meal. he prefers to make it himself, so he can cook the bacon the way he likes or put hot sauce on the eggs, but if he’s ever at a breakfast restaurant he’ll always order this there.

star: broccoli and cheddar soup. i don’t think star had a good relationship with her parents at all (in fact i hc that she ran away from home at 18) but her dad used to make this for her on special occasions and she’s never been able to find something that replaces it as her favorite food. every once and a while she’ll feel horribly homesick and get some of the campbell’s canned broccoli and cheddar soup.

david: tuna salad sandwich. he eats this like twice a month and when he does it’s the gross sandwiches that come in vending machines or the refrigerated shelf at gas stations. he truly and genuinely thinks it’s the best and most satisfying meal in the world will usually eat it alongside a can of diet coke.

dwayne: a reuben with salt and vinegar chips. he’s very picky when it comes to this specific thing. the bread on the sandwich can’t be toasted and the potato chips have to be kettle cooked or he isn’t satisfied. he hasn’t eaten this in years because there’s no restaurants in santa carla or the surrounding area that meet his high standards.

marko: bbq burger. specifically the one at a restaurant just outside of santa carla that closed down in the mid 1970s. he mourns the lose every day and has never found a bbq burger that hits quite the same.

paul: lasagna. his all time favorite is the one at this italian place in the town where he grew up, but he’s happy with any and all types of lasgna, including the shitty frozen meal ones.

laddie: spaghettios with hot dogs cut up in it. most of what he eats is fast food or from whatever quick service restaurants are on the boardwalk, so it’s not like he gets a lot of home cooked meals and he sees this as a sometimes treat that star or one of the boys will make for him every once in a while.

sam: grilled chicken tacos. he takes his tacos with cilantro and sour cream only, and as little spice as possible because he can’t handle it at all. he hasn’t eaten this at all since moving to santa carla cause his favorite version of it is at a mexican restaurant that the emersons used to go to semi regularly when they lived in arizona. if he ate any different chicken tacos it would just make him a little homesick and sad he can’t have the ones he likes.

edgar: blueberry pancakes with a side of onion rings. edgar seems like a diner food kind of guy to me (i haven’t forgotten the scene in the thirst where he and zoe get pancakes together), and he’s definitely a creature of habit so this is what he always orders. he refuses to put any sort of syrup on the pancakes and never gets any breakfast sides to go with them, it’s only ever onion rings.

alan: peanut butter and banana sandwich. i think that he and edgar were kind of left to their own devices a lot growing up (and it’s only gotten worse now that they’re teenagers), so they had to make their own meals and peanut butter and banana sandwiches are something they’d eat multiple times a week when they were kids. no matter how often he eats them he never gets tired of them.

lucy: chicken and dumplings. she makes this at least once a month, and every time michael or sam have ever gotten sick she makes it for them. she still uses her mom’s recipe from when she was a kid.

[eggcats]

Does anyone have a food that's like, objectively not that good but you love it anyway?

Mine are those cheeseburgers you can get in vending machines or like gas stations that you gotta microwave for like 2 minutes + an absurd amount of kechup/mustard.

Like, if you handed me this at a restaurant, I'd lose my mind, but if I see that shit available when I'm hungry? NOM NOM NOM MOTHERFUCKER

[lolabythebaysims]

Just curious because i’m making a 1930’s neighborhood rn, do you have a list of the lot types (types of shops e.i jewelers, grocery) that you find essential? i always feel like i’m forgetting types of places to make

On the one hand, my community lots are largely whim-dependent and unnecessary; I could probably get by with one restaurant and nothing else. That said, decorating them is one of my favorite things, so I have a lot! Currently in my main neighborhood:

Restaurants: seafood, “hotel” that mostly serves as a fine dining establishment, café (a shared lot with the music store), German-style biergarten, ice cream parlor. One of the service stations has a little lunch counter, plus there’s some eateries on the Boardwalk.

Shopping: owned butcher shop, residential florist, residential chocolatier/sweets shop, jeweler, owned small department store, music store (crammed in a lot with the café), electronics/radio store, owned grocer, owned pet store, owned fishmonger/fish and chips takeaway, owned produce stand. I was working on a shoe store but I think I shelved it in favor of pets, which provides actual gameplay value. I don’t have a bakery because I don’t have the right Sim to own one at the moment and that’s the biggest thing I feel like I should have but don’t.

Service/Entertainment: photography studio, residential barber, gas station, cemetery (x2), bowling alley, church with separate parish hall, two city parks with different outdoor amenities. The boardwalk/amusement park at the end of a peninsula is home to another photographer, a dance hall, another restaurant, another little lunch counter, a casino, my weird little incubator exhibition, and a 2-lot amusement park, all in addition to a public beach. (There’s six lots in total; everything’s just tiny and smooshed together.) I had a bank, but I deleted it.

Civic: that new town square, plasticbox’s courthouse/jail, functional post office (PC-sims’ mods, Numenor’s postcards), train station, soccer/football field behind the high school (but the school itself is is hood deco). Downtown has a menswear store, an owned toy store, a “city block” lot containing a jazz club+unowned bakery+psychic, a mahjong parlor (technically not a community lot but the “shop” downstairs in the shared space of an apartment lot), a big Savoy Ballroom-inspired dance hall, my library, a working brothel (with Cyjon’s mod), an eclectic book shop, an automat “restaurant” filled with vending machines, a florist, a toy store, a “Takemizu” (pan-Asian) restaurant, a prison (it came with the subhood), a downtown police station, a fancy all-lady spa/health club with a restaurant, a pharmacy/soda counter, several parks, a neighborhood pub, and a zoo. Whew!

[goodmoneykeeping]

Best Places to Get Quarters

Running low on quarters? Whether you need them for laundry, parking meters, or arcade games, here are the best places to get quarters quickly and easily! 🪙

1. Local Banks: 🏦 Most banks will exchange bills for quarters, even if you don’t have an account with them. Just visit the teller and ask!

2. Grocery Stores: 🛒 Many grocery stores have coin machines or customer service desks where you can get quarters. Some might require a small purchase.

3. Convenience Stores: ⛽ Gas stations and convenience stores often have quarters available at the register. It's a good idea to make a small purchase first.

4. Laundromats: 🧺 Laundromats are a great source for quarters since they often have change machines specifically for this purpose.

5. Vending Machines: 🥤 Some vending machines accept bills and return quarters as change. Purchase a small item to get the quarters you need.

6. Fast Food Restaurants: 🍔 Fast food places typically have a lot of quarters on hand. Asking politely at the counter can usually get you a roll of quarters.

7. Car Washes: 🚗 Car washes that have self-service options often have change machines that dispense quarters for bills.

8. Arcade Centers: 🎮 Arcades and amusement centers are another good place to get quarters, as they usually have change machines for gamers.

For more detailed tips and additional locations, check out this article: Best Places to Get Quarters

[karat17aesthetic]

The signs as places ✈

Aries: gas stations at night, the sports stadium in superbowl, gyms, nike stores, the race end line, the inside of a glaringly red sports car, mexican restaurant

Taurus: the cabinet in the kitchen stashed with favorite goodies, farmer's markets, expensive restaurants, down the park in italy, tunnel of love

Gemini: mcdonald's drive thru, children's play places with colorful ball pools, corners in concrete where wildflowers grow, carnivals

Cancer: wrapped in a clean blanket in your room alone, under the cold showers, a cottage by the sea, ikea, cape cod, bolivia salt flats, santorini greece

Leo: a field of sunflowers, the center stage of a play where the spotlight is pointing towards, the red seats of a cinema, busy streets of new york, the grand canyon

Virgo: a quiet library at wednesday morning, an empty classroom before the start of a new semester, your personal garden, flower shops, at a vietnamese festival

Libra: the perfume section of a mall, decorated dining rooms for guests, the anticipation of a court room before judgement, paris, dessert cafe's, cake shops that use seasonal produce

Scorpio: the basement, murky waters of swamp areas, posters of your favorite bands on the wall of your room, the inside of a cave, berlin

Sagittarius: highway roads, the variety of random outfit pieces in thrift stores, the long lines in airports, tall trees in winter of canada

Capricorn: the attic, your cubicle at the office, foggy mountains, a coffee shop at 3 PM, long rainy roads in the uk, the snowy view outside of a cozy cabin in long winter days, the seat of a new car

Aquarius: the living room just redesigned, ice skating rinks, any corner of a street with a vending machine, the nightlife in seoul, anywhere you can see the northern lights

Pisces: at your bedroom with the nightlight on, art displays in front of shops, aquariums, a pastel colored candy store, downtown tokyo, the sea of stars

[warcrimesimulator]

my uni had so many fast food joints on campus (chick fil a, papa johns, shake n steak, mooyah, einsteins bagels, subway, panda express, Starbucks, an actual sit-in chilis, and various uni-run restaurants most notably a Mediterranean restaurant and an awesome salad bar) and it was so fucking amazing to come to this after so many years of being fed American public school cafeteria slop. I still miss this lmao imagine getting to buy Starbucks every day. You can just walk there before chemistry class. That was my life.

There were also various stores that sold snacks, similar to the general stores attached to gas stations. And sooo many vending machines.

Feel like shit I just want this back 😞

[slowtravelingcat]

The beast beyond the door and 3 mining towns

Monday, November 9th, 2020

CAL - Well, another week has passed and life at the House of Art and Mirrors remains as interesting as it sounds. Just a few days ago, I was taking my mid-morning nap at the foot of the bed when I heard the most graceless thud just outside of the front door.

Awoken from my slumber, I begrudgingly approached the door to investigate. I could hear a large beast on the other side; it was sniffing around the perimeter of the studio. It sounded as if the animal had a nose the size of my entire head. I briefly questioned whether or not it was even a cat (though later that day I determined it was a cat, as everyone knows, non-cat lifeforms are only a myth). 

At first, I felt scared, but I also knew that I had to learn more. I incessantly smelled my side of the door and even tried to push it open. I begged Michele to let me out, but she refused. 

Eventually, the beast retreated. The rest of the day unfolded as usual and I had just started to slip into my early evening nap when the beast came back. This time I could hear it stomping around the front yard, each time it stepped on the dried leaves, the quiet air was filled with the loud sound of the leaves crunching underneath its enormous paws. I estimate it must weigh over 500 pounds. 

The rest of the week unfolded in a similar manner. I felt constantly on edge and patrolled the door several times each day. I was finally starting to settle into a routine with the beast when something truly unthinkable happened. The large, bald one was returning from disposing of my used litter when I heard the unmistakable trudging of the beast heading right toward Michele’s familiar footsteps.

I could hear the beast lunge at her and I prayed for the best, but prepared for the worst. I heard voices followed by some more tussling in the leaves. After what seemed like forever, the large, bald one returned. She brushed right past me and smelled of the beast. I took to my hiding place behind the refrigerator. 

MICHELE - Today is Sunday afternoon and after nearly two weeks in Bisbee, I am proud to report that I finally left my room to explore. The first stop was The Bisbee Breakfast Club, a small diner in historic Lowell. The town was consumed by the evacuation of an open copper mining pit in the 1950s. Only one street survived and the residents fled the town leaving behind storefronts, cars, and a vintage Greyhound bus. They even have a fully preserved Shell gas station, complete with the old gas pumps that provided leaded fuel. The diner is the only business that operates here, which makes the whole place even more surreal. 

After an absolutely delicious breakfast, I continued the theme of towns frozen in time by visiting historic Tombstone, which is a short 30-minute drive from Bisbee. Tombstone was exactly what I thought it would be, complete with guys dressed up like cowboys, tipping their hats to all the tourists. The town, founded on a silver mine, survived until the 1930s. Today it’s a mix of gift shops, restaurants, and old-timey saloons. It was definitely cute, but browsing gift shops is only interesting for so long. 

I spent the rest of the weekend in old Bisbee, an example of a mining town that was successfully revived after its copper mines were shut down in the 1970s. The town is so charming I could hardly stand it.

Downtown is littered with colorful houses built into the sides of the two hills that flank Main Street. The entire corridor is filled with galleries, and coffee shops and even has a beer brewing district. At one point, I stopped for a cup of coffee and stumbled upon a vending machine that sells art from local artists. Every piece was $20 from which half of the proceeds go to the local art commission and the other half to the artist. I ended up buying a 3 x 2-inch painting by a local artist named Catdaddy Gillespie. I can't help but think he must be a cat guy.

Back at the House of Art and Mirrors, I acquired a new neighbor this week, who is traveling with the cutest dog that I have ever seen. During the day his dog roams our shared yard and makes sure to greet me every time I leave or return to the studio. I’m pretty sure that he is even starting to make friends with Cal. It really is cute to watch them sniff each other from opposite sides of the thin metal door. 

[rabbitcruiser]

National Fast Food Day 

National Fast Food Day celebrates fast food restaurants and the food that they sell. Fast food usually consists of prepackaged and ready-made food that can be quickly cooked—often by deep frying or microwaving—and eaten; most is designed to be eaten on the go, and does not require cutlery. Common fast foods include burgers, french fries, fried chicken, fish and chips, pizza, tacos, chicken nuggets, hot dogs, sandwiches, and ice cream. Fast food is typically high in sugar, salt, saturated fat, and calories, and is linked to many health problems. Fast food restaurants usually sell food at either a counter or a drive-through. Franchising, where there is uniformity in food and presentation between restaurants, is an important aspect of fast food. Besides franchise restaurants, gas station and convenience store food is sometimes seen as fast food, as is some food from street vendors.

The roots of fast food can be traced back to ancient Rome. Thermopoliums were small shops that sold food—such as hot sausages and bread—on-the-go. Urban apartment dwellers of the middle and lower classes often ate these foods. During the Middle Ages, vendors sold food to people in larger cities such as London and Paris. After 1860, fish and chip shops became prevalent in the United Kingdom, and became popular with the working classes. By the 1920's there were more than 35,000 of these shops.

The term "fast food" may first have been used in America by George G. Foster, who in his book, New York Slices, published in 1848, referred to the fast paced food in New York City's business district. An automat, a cafeteria with vending machines with pre-made food, was opened by Horn & Hardart, in 1902, in Philadelphia. A decade later they opened one in New York City, which created a sensation, and many more were built across the country, leading to the popularity of automats during the 1920's and 1930's.

Technological, social, and economic changes in America led to a boom in fast food restaurants by the second half of the 20th century. Following World War I, automobiles became popular and affordable, and curb service restaurants were created in the 1920's. During the post-World War II economic boom, people spent more and bought more, creating a culture of consumerism that led to both men and women working outside the home. Eating outside the home—which was once a luxury—thus became commonplace, because of expendable cash, and in some instances because it was a necessity. By 1951 Merriam-Webster had added "fast food" to their dictionary.

Franchising, which brought uniformity in the practices of particular restaurants, also fueled the boom of fast food. A&W opened in 1921, and became a franchise in 1923. Many see it as the first fast food restaurant. White Castle also opened in 1921, in Wichita, Kansas, and sold hamburgers for five cents each. They standardized the food production of fast food hamburger restaurants, which other restaurants, such as McDonald's, built on. McDonald's was created by two brothers, Richard and Maurice McDonald, in 1940, in San Bernardino, California. Originally it was a drive-in that focused on barbecue, but once the brothers saw the popularity of their hamburgers, they closed for three months, and reopened in 1948 with a new focus. Besides hamburgers, their menu included french fries, shakes, coffee, and Coca-Cola, and they served their food in a paper wrapping. At fifteen cents, their hamburgers were about half the price of ones available at diners. Ray Kroc made a franchise agreement and opened McDonald's restaurants in Illinois, and in 1961 he bought out the brothers. In 1953, another important hamburger based fast food restaurant was started in Florida, and would eventually be known as Burger King. Not all early fast food focused on hamburgers though, as the Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise opened in 1952.

Today the United States has the largest fast food industry in the world. There are close to 200,000 fast food restaurants in the United States, where over 50 million customers are served every day. About 44% of Americans eat at a fast food restaurant each week, and 11% of the calorie intake of adults in the United States comes from fast food. American fast food restaurants are now in over 125 countries, and the intake of fast food worldwide continues to rise. But, fast food has not expanded without criticism. Besides facing criticism for the nutritiousness of its food, the industry has also been pilloried for paying its workers low wages, usually without benefits. Over half of fast food workers are on some sort of public assistance, which has cost taxpayers 7 million dollars annually.

How to Observe National Fast Food Day

Celebrate the day by eating fast food, as you finally have a good excuse to do it! Order fast food at a counter and eat it inside, or go through a drive-through and eat your food somewhere else. There are many restaurants you could choose from. If you are not one to eat fast food, you could watch Super Size Me, or read Fast Food Nation, or watch the eponymously titled film that was based off the book.

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[ysabelmystic]

Top 10 favorite junk foods? Oh wait, you’re American, right? Better make it top 20.

Unprovoked????? Like yeah I love my junk food but hey!

In no particular order:

1) French fries. Fucking love me some French fries. Honestly, best fries come from McDonald’s. They’re greasy as hell yet still crisp on the outside. And always properly salty (which is to say…extremely). Breakfast lunch dinner snack doesn’t matter. All hail the almighty French fry.

2) Donuts. I’ve never met a donut I didn’t like. There’s a donut place that’s right on my way to school and I stop there at least once a week. I buy a dozen on the first and last day of clinical rotations. The owner recognizes my car. I’m also making an 8 hour round trip for a specific apple cider donut.

3) Corndogs. Fresh out of the fryer corndogs. They’re delicious anyways but when you’re high af at 2 in the morning and you just walked 3 blocks to a Cook Out… that’s heaven.

4) Twix bars. I literally only buy them from vending machines because I cannot stop myself from eating a bag if I buy them in bulk. These are the candies I hand out first on Halloween because I know if I start snacking on one, chances are another 10 will vanish.

5) Pizza place/restaurant pizza. Deliciousness depends on the price and quality of the pizza. For example, Little Caesar’s is mid, but it’s cheaper and about the same level as papa John’s. This makes it superior to papa John’s. The best pizza (that I can access) is domino’s because they have a cheap coupon if you order from the app. The best pizza I’ve ever had came from a place in California called Klondikes. So. Much. Cheese. That is where pizza peaks.

6) Strawberry cake…but it’s gotta be from the local Italian place up the freeway. That cake hits different

7) Tropical Hi-chew. Blessed are the gas stations that are open at 2am and have tropical hi-chew.

8) Malted vanilla shake. It is vanilla (already the superior flavor), but yassified.

9) Taro boba milk tea. But specifically from this one place in my last town. I cannot find another that tastes quite like that.

10) Ig alcoholic drinks can count as junk food. There’s a drink called a liquid marijuana. It tastes like a pina colada but it’s liquid and it’s blue. It is basically straight liquor, but you literally cannot taste the alcohol, making them an extremely dangerous drink to order. But it is blue. And blue drink is blue drink. So…liquid marijuana.

11) Crème brûlée. I have access to this maybe once a year if I’m lucky. Idk it’s just fucking Good.

12) Tiramisu. Like with donuts, never met a tiramisu I didn’t like, and I’ve had it made in a lot of different creative ways. There’s an Italian place nearby that makes individual tiramisu cups, covers the top in a layer of frozen chocolate sauce, and adds little cookie balls. I think that’s my favorite.

13) Pound cake. Especially lemon pound cake. It doesn’t give you the sugar high of regular cake and it’s dense enough that a little slice can make a good midday or bedtime snack.

14) Buttermilk cookies. They’re pretty basic. Just soft and sweet. I need to make some…

15) Churros. Fresh, hot churros. An absolute god tier dessert.

16) Fried chicken. When it’s fried right and seasoned well, that shit Hits.

17) Boysenberry turnovers. I haven’t had one since I was in California but that is truly the height of berry-filled pastries. It doesn’t get better than that.

18) Peppernuts. My family always makes these between thanksgiving and Christmas. I like the “spicy” ones the best.

19) Bread pudding made with brioche. Don’t even serve it with syrup. Make whiskey sauce instead. That is the height of breakfast (as long as you can rest for an hour after).

20) Those Starbucks fruit refreshers (water, not lemonade base). I like to drink rainbow drinks it’s just how it is.

[kalembasinpoland]

Day 11: Zakopane, Kraków, Warsaw

Well no one else got sick last night.

We left Zakopane a little earlier than my anticipated departure time of 8am. I needed to leave time to fill the gas tank before returning the car. The road between Zakopane and Kraków is infamous for being busy and mostly two lane. They are building a modern autostrada, sections of which are finished. But on the two lane you are at the mercy of many trucks with very few places to pass. At one point one massive dump truck exited the road and another joined from the same construction site. “Trade one for another,” says Rose.

Once the road opened up we were going anywhere between 100 to 120km/h. Not exactly German highways, but it was an improvement. Then approaching Kraków I took a wrong turn and wound up going into Krakow from the west. It still got us to into the main city the same time as the ‘correct’ way. Filled up the gas tank at the closest station in the city and dropped off the car.

It was a short-ish walk to the train station with our heavy bags. We wanted to drop off our bag in a locker before heading into the city to grab a bite to eat. However the baggage lockers only take coins and we didn’t have enough. I even tried to make change at several places with no luck. I walked around trying to find a solution while Rose waited at one of the baggage lockers. For country that has credit card usage at practically everything, including vending machines, the fact that the lockers still only use coins is ridiculous. I found a checked luggage room at the back of the station that is manned and costs more than a locker. However you pay when you pick up and-surprise-you can use karta kreditowa. So off with the bags and then a slowish walk through the Planty to the rooftop bistro we visited last week.

Rose with a recovering stomach went for the ‘student’ porridge with fruit and nuts. I guess because the bistro is on top of the music academy and the porridge must be one of the cheaper items for breakfast. We sat in the shade, or I should say I sat and Rose lounged on the couch waiting for the porridge to cool down. It was a leisurely meal. Lol.

Afterwards we went out on the Rynek and went through the cloth hall again before getting in line for some lody-ice cream. Then back to the Planty for shade.

The temperature in Kraków was approaching 80. We returned to the train station, got our bags and headed to the platform for our Intercity Express Pendolino to Warsaw.

We took the ‘fast’ train to Warsaw. However even though it was super smooth, we seemed to slow or stop several times on the trip. I was wondering if it was track work. Drinks and snack are included the price of our first class ticket. We both zonked out for a little bit.

From Warszawa Centralna it was a 15 sweaty minute walk to our B&B. We are staying at the Chopin B&B which has a rooftop bar and evening Chopin concerts. We rested before we headed out to meet cousin Marzena Niesmiertelna for dinner.

Rose and I used the electric scooters to go to Hala Koszyki-a former shopping hall that has been converted to a food hall with sit-down restaurants and food stalls. Rose’s choice for the first sizeable meal since Sunday night-a cheeseburger. Marzena came with her partner and their 17 month old. Afterwards we walked back to Centralna where they headed home and us to our hotel.

That’s all for now. Do zo.

[the-firebird69]

I'm going to try our son's idea you try to McDonald's but you did it inside what you do is you place your order like you do with that gas station you don't even talk to anybody it goes over to them in a ticket and they make it and they send it out to you and for the order they ordered no you have a number and when you order numbers you punching the order number and it comes out so it's security too so you can't take someone else's and if there's several the same time you all have to go get in line a little again so it's like a takeout window and it'll be off the restaurants that are right there and eventually it would be food it's stored in a refrigerator system and it can even be heated and then come out of a dispenser I'm going to make several like that and it's not too hard there's certain companies to do that type of food that you know about and you find them in all the gas stations and some are pretty good and we're going to start these things in the cities there's a ton of buildings that I used and you put in big freezers and big cooking things it's like mostly automated some of you partially automated people like it and stay in age of not trusting anyone they can't do that they have to I guess say don't own anything so we're going to go ahead and do this

Thor Freya

I think it's a great idea I have some finishing touches additional ideas and a lot of reasons why to proceed and what are you going to do this idea and also going to put vending machines for items like cell phones new kinds of Walkman and they're kind of like iPod but they're easier to use and even radios and things that are necessities even allergy medicines a certain ones that will allow and it is all sorts of ideas and really people need drinks they can drink and vending machines so we have like a bank of them with food snacks and drinks and drinks that are real like the one scenery so coconut water with no sugar added orange juice naked fruit juice those kinds of drinks for sale from vending machines on the street and they'll be more secure and yeah they'd be like a vault or in concrete and people like it people think it's a good idea and it have like a vault door it shuts down at night at a certain time and would have a shutter door in front of it so we are going ahead and we're going to do these ideas

It's kind of funny about it he's telling me John and Tommy F people when baby giant gets big those guys are in trouble.... Sounds like Roadhouse so probably kick that off.

His new beer is taking off there's no reason why it shouldn't launch like madness it's incredible how many people are buying it's right off the chart it's it's there's no reason why this won't be the world's largest selling beer in history

He made a mental note and we know about it in monitor but you need these guys to know. It's a mental note. At a certain depth it's below 32° f deep down below and Tommy f is down there that's where the dinosaur hormones are coming from that are making him like that some of them are bugs and they get big and they get small cuz the dinosaur and stuff meet the bugs baby and then you get big but you get small because

We're going to publish it says because it's valuable that it is the above statement is humongous okay there's a lot of dinosaurs in depth usually it's 400 miles plus in some areas it's shallower and like the poles where it's only feet but there's tons of tunnels they're in and that you guys are not in

Thor Freya

Zues Hera

Olympus

He needed a tether and he went on missions to find out what you're talking about and he went and found some stuff came back and he said the mission is resolved and our agreement is suspended until the next mission and I agreed and it worked

Colonial O'Connor