/ck/ - Food & Cooking

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>>20479759
>Disney
Hell naw, I ain't gay

>Turkey hat

>>20479753
Bet Germany can make krispy kreme taste even better than the joggers herr

Krispy Kreme can probably survive. Donuts are all the rage with middle aged women
Taco Belle? Mexican food hasn't been fashionable here since the early 00s. And their quality is questionable. Feels like in the US they run on nostalgia mostly

>>20479797
Taco Bell is more likely to find an audience because it has more of a niche. Krispy Kreme will be competing with the bakeries.

>>20479801
I haven't had a donut from a bakery in a long while.
American donuts were another ball game. They use double the sugar

>>20479801
this man here is right
there are plenty small scale Donut shops and Dunkin Donuts also exists. Meanwhile there is no real "Fast Food" Mexican franchise here. All Mexican places are usually regular restaurant sized, so if Taco Bell does a decent price/quality ratio it might create a niche for itself.

>germany doesn't even have crispy
lolwat

krauty kreme here we come, boys

>>20479826
taco bell in the US is the cheapest and also the shittiest quality but it tastes good. its notorious for being stoner or drunk food because it's just cheap fat carbs taste that goes in your mouth hole.

i can see them being way higher quality in Europe than they are in the US though. it will completely fail otherwise.

>>20479826
I don't think I've ever seen a Mexican drive thru in europe so that's potential if people want some variation from burgers.

>>20479916
Food quality in Europe is a joke. They don't have anything close to the FDA breathing down their necks. The only reason muh bug parts in peanut butter is a meme is because the US actually tests for it and puts violaters on public blast.

>>20479949
I meant more how taco bell is gigaslop and no single item on their menu is a meal because it's all tiny and filled with FTB, rice, corn chips, and liquid cheese. In terms of food preparation quality they are the lowest of the low but it tastes good so people still patronize. I dont know if their model will work in Europe outside of a dirty university town.

>>20479753
Small taco restaurants always go broke after like half a year as they can't compete with döner prices.

>>20479753
uh huh. what's the german equivalent of $5 for a fucking chicken taco? lol

>>20480023
Easily the worst item on the menu and a trap for new customers

>>20479753
Krispy Kreme tested the waters in Geneva throughout autumn and winter by doing a "pop-up Collab" with a semi local cookie store.
I'm not really surprised they're taking the bet on germany.

>>20480023
Brat on a bun/toast with mustard, Fischbrötchen in the North
Chicken kebab has become expensive

>>20479784
kek

>>20479753
taco bell is ok
krispy kreme is trash
most grocery stores have better donuts and the vast majority of small shops have much better donuts

>>20479949
Regulation wise, the differences between USA and EU is:
-EU bans random additives (food colorings). There's probably logic behind this, but I doubt there's really much effect, this stuff is mostly in items where if you're eating significant amounts of it you've already lost (Doritos doesn't become healthy because you remove Red 40). Pretty much there's a higher bar on testing for additives in EU, but I doubt this really effects food quality since its mostly ultra-processed foods it goes in anyways.

-EU bans beef implanted with hormones. This has absolutely no scientific basis and some speculate that its a protectionist policy against US and Australian beef, if they're actually concerned with hormones they'd ban dairy, which has far more than implanted beef. They've also banned washing Chicken with chlorine, not because its unsafe, but because it would allow chicken producers to neglect cleanliness. Note that US meat is cheaper than EU meat despite overall cost of living being much higher in the USA.

I would say regulations don't really matter much. What EU excels at is having lots of bakeries, and therefore access to cheap fresh bread. The only independent bakeries near me are expensive and a loaf of fresh bread from Publix/ Whole Foods cost $5.

So, EU is great for things like bread, but on the flip side I find selection of foreign cuisines to lag behind Anglo countries.

krispy kreme is shit
absolutely garbage doughnuts

>>20479753
>Taco Bell
nobody cares about fucking tacos here lol

>Krispy Kreme
At best it's going to be Royal Donuts 2, who went down to 46 from 200 stores once the novelty wore off, and KK doesn't even have that.

Anyway

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>>20481032
>What EU excels at is having lots of bakeries, and therefore access to cheap fresh bread. The only independent bakeries near me are expensive and a loaf of fresh bread from Publix/ Whole Foods cost $5.
For similar reasoning, if you live in US suburbs or near a city you probably have local bakeries and cheap fresh bread nearby. I also have supermarkets near me that do fresh bread and it's definitely cheaper than $5.
Ironically I guess bread is more expensive in US locations where the cost of living is lower.

>>20481096
I refuse to believe Germans are actually autistic enough to avoid cheap meat in bread because it is called something they "don't care about"

>>20480023
>what's the german equivalent of $5 for a fucking chicken taco
overpriced falafel i guess

>>20479753
imagine the poopenfarten hehe
hopefully olga will leave a heaping bratroller on my chest :)

>>20479826
>>20479917
Well hell that's how Taco Bell does 90% of its business in America is with drive through, pumping out those orders one after the other
Picrel is a gorgeous girl I secretly filmed at a Taco Bell drive through years ago lol

>>20481698
Drive thru in general is more of a niche market in europe. For the most part you have something in walking distance or you just dine in. Or there are street kitchens where you just get your stuff and drive home but they don't have a drive through.

Krispy Kreme doughnuts cost around $1.67 usd each ($20 per dozen). Meanwhile, your typical asian owned doughnut shop sells theirs around 50-75¢ each. I can't imagine how much krispy kreme would cost in euro land.

>>20481713
>something in walking distance
pretty rare for the vast majority of americans, outside of big cities

>>20479753
Some of the best Americana, have fun

>>20480253
I would kill to be able to pop down the street and get that for a cheap lunch

>>20481042
ok diabetic

I was just in London and shocked at how many Krispy Kreme spots I saw. People were constantly walking around with boxes.

>>20479826
>Taco Bell does a decent price/quality ratio
lol, lmao even

>>20479826
small scale pink box donut shops chased dunkin out of California. I think they're back, though. part of the logic is that they're more than just a donut shop now.

was surprised to see DD in Georgia (Sakartvelo). they served alcohol.

>>20479753
this is the future

>>20487592
They're more trying to compete with starbucks now with sugary slop coffee based drinks.

I haven’t eaten in fast food spots for years. And not for health reasons (I eat goyslop at home from time to time), but because it’s too expensive for what you get

>>20479753
>Getting excited for slop

Come on now

>>20487672
Define slop in this context or go fuck yourself.

>>20479753
>Krispy Kreme + McDonalds
when does it end

>>20479753
Der Ami Dreck kann in Übersee bleiben. Je weniger wir von deren kaputten Kultur zu uns lassen desto besser.

>>20480023
The cheapest Taco Bell value menu item is also one of the best.

>>20487940
Capitalism has a tendency to monopolize over time.

So it doesn't end until it all collapses.

>>20479753
Krispy kreme hasn't been relevant in the US since 2004 but taco bell could work if and only if they don't pull the same shit as the did over here and cut 1/3 of their meat with soy mash. It's actually gotten so bad we are one third of the way to getting people to pay $20 to be feed like actual cattle.

>>20479753
you're going to be pissing out your ass hans

>>20479826
I want to make something German soon. What should I cook?

I traveled through Germany, and so many of them are fat as shit.

>>20489443
I wish people would actually man up and boycot but do you think you're going to stop the cattle from lining up and paying 50 bucks for a 3 person meal at a fast food joint and cook something themselves? lol

>>20489456
grünkohl mit bregenwurst

>>20489490
That's exactly what I did. Haven't been to a fast food place (or takeout) for nearly half of a year. 1. cant afford it and 2. they have abused their customer base so mercilessly over the past 10 years that they have salted the earth for me. Just to spite them I now try to make close replicas of everything I used to like using stuff from aldis. I put my money where my mouth was, and you're right, that's what you gotta do when it gets this bad.

>>20489443
I don't see how they could have a chance to compete with the local wraps or kebab places. I went to taco bell yesterday because i was too drunk to drive and it was in walking distance. Got 2 of the 5 layer burritos and it was almost zero filling and those things aren't even cheap anymore. Even with a 2 for 1 i had on the app i still felt ripped off. Should have just gone to the gyro place next to it and paid 3 bucks more to get actual food.

>>20479801
Krispy Kreme is really good though...

>>20489536
You're exactly right and even if they adopted the 100% beef approach, they'd really have to shore up their other bottom-of-the-barrel menu items like the one you just mentioned. I doubt you'll be ablt to pull the same shit with germans as you would with your average walmart shopper that keeps them afloat these days. The last time I was in one it smelled like raw sewage inside.
Kebabs and shawarmas are delicious. I've started putting them in my regular cooking rotation. Damn they're good but you need some good yogurt-garlic sauce and other dippings for them to not be too dry.

makes sense with marijuana being legalized

>>20479753
>Taco Bell
that's just pork Doner Kebab.

>>20489500
Absolute chad dish.

>>20489500
What's grunkle?

>>20489443
It’s actually a good thing they stopped using beef. I don’t think it’s fair to murder a cow to feed a nigger some over seasoned cheap garbage.

>>20481698
looks like Miley May

I imagine Taco Bell would do fairly well in Krautland. Krispy Kreme will fail miserably though. You Krauts tend to have some great bakeries and Krispy Kreme is the lowest of the low even here in the US. They've somehow managed to make bread out of nothing but sugar and grease, which while impressive, is fucking horrible.
Taco Bell, while being comprised of cheap mystery meat, "cheese" and grease is at least fantastic after a long night chugging beer at the bar when nothing else is open. Cram a crunch wrap with Diablo sauce while you're drunk, pretty satisfying. I'd never eat taco bell sober though.
I wonder if Krauts would have their own menu items. Like, maybe a shitty currywurst taco or something.
I just realized thinking about this that taco bell would improve drastically if they replaced their shitty wilted lettuce with sauerkraut.

>>20492573
It's going to be quite different from US TB, I can guarantee it. The supply chain being Europe-based alone means different (likely higher) quality meat and vegetables. They will undoubtedly have menu items catering more to local tastes as well. For an example of quality difference, KFC in America is total dogshit, but KFC is actually good overseas.

Krispy kreme came to the uk.
Obnoxiously sweet, overpriced and stale donuts.

>>20492592
I've heard the same about foreign KFC being good, but I imagine their portion sizes would be smaller since they don't pump their chickens full of growth hormones like we do.
Here in town, we have the last Yogi's in existence so there's really no reason for anyone to go to KFC.

>>20481837
$30 a dozen in UK

>>20492573
Krispy kreme is good

>>20479753
taco bell in europe sucks ass. went to taco bell in spain and it was totally shit quality and expensive (comparitively).