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6279723 No.6279723 [Reply] [Original]

Why aren't munchy boxes a huge thing in the U.S.? They seem like the PERFECT marriage. Those things would be like crack to us.
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>> No.6279728
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>>6279723
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchy_box

fug, forgot link

>> No.6279737

>>6279723
Generally immigration brings those sorts of food fads. So until the scots start immigrating you probably won't see a lot of it out of there homeland.

>> No.6279752

I'm guessing because most places here don't additionally make kebab, chicken tikka, or a solid 40% of this stuff on a regular basis in their stores. It's just not culturally relevant. It wouldn't sell enough on its own, so it would end up thrown out at the end of the day.

Plus, it's more profitable for them to sell anything like this ala carte, as they already charge, like, $2 for fries.

I could see it having some success in NY or other dense cities, but out west, this is something people aren't going to stop in and pick up in most cases.

>> No.6279754

>>6279737
What can we do to make the Scots immigrate?

>> No.6279767

>>6279754
Sheep and lube

>> No.6279770

>>6279737

I don't know why we'd need immigration to bring that sort of thing. It's just like a big appetizer platter in a pizza box. Eventually some sort of chain (I don't know if there are any fast food chains that make french fries and onion rings, but I digress) will come out with it and it will catch on.

>> No.6279793

>>6279767
Also heroin, Irn Bru and Abbey Crunch (I MISS YOU, ABBEY CRUNCH!)

>> No.6279803

>>6279770

Burger King and White Castle.

Hell, I could see White Castle doing something like this. Call it a Munchy Case/Crate/Whatever the fuck.

It'll have Cheese Fries, Chicken Rings (Chicken Fries in BK's case), Mozzarella Sticks, Onion Rings, and Fish Nibblers all lumped together

>> No.6279808

>>6279723

I'm planning on opening a 24-hour hole-in-the-wall diner type place in a few years, aimed mostly at college students and the millions of party animals that fill my city.

Would this go over well with them?

>> No.6279817

>>6279754
well scots are huge cucks and nigger lovers, so anywhere that makes cuckoldry mandatory should be flooded with scots in short order.

>> No.6279840

>>6279723
How much does one of those sell for

the wikipedia says it's "inexpensive" but that just looks like such a massive amount of food

>> No.6279843

What is a munchie box?

>> No.6279849

>>6279840
Usually £10 or about $15

>> No.6279853

>>6279849
How are you supposed to eat it? Is it supposed to be a days worth of food, something you munch on continuously, from breakfast until dinner?

>> No.6279857

>>6279808
pour cheese on it and youve got yourself a star.

in and out does it with their fries, using cheese and thousand island dressing, and the fags here in phoenix arizona die for it. itd be comforting and appetitizing, like filibertos. idk where you live so idk if your demographics would fuck with it

>> No.6279862

>>6279853
Naw, that's supposed to be a meal for a couple people, or one very fat and depressed person.
It's like ordering pizza late at night but instead of pizza you get wings and onion rings and meat and stuff.

>> No.6280047

pizza huts big dinner deal is getting there. they just need to throw in some wings and pasta and theyll be there. they should make a more efficient carrying method while theyre at it

>> No.6280113

>>6279723
>Why aren't munchy boxes a huge thing in the U.S.?
Too small.

>> No.6280130

>>6280113
real answer:
1. Americans take pizza more seriously than Brits do. Dumping fries and salad on it would be less acceptable.
2. The previous poster about kebab not being common in America is correct.
2. Many American pizza places don't also make onion rings and fries.

>> No.6280141

>>6279857

Filibertos is garbage and you should feel bad.

I don't know how people fuck up a concept like that, but that place is awful.

>> No.6280149

>>6280130
but...but jack's munchy meal.

>> No.6280167

>>6280149

I guess that's close, at least in concept, but the goal there is to cater to stoners, and isn't available most of the time. (Not that a munchy box isn't catering to stoners too.)

Those meals aren't nearly as diverse though.

>>6279808

I'd imagine it would probably kill it, if you have delivery. A hole in the wall diner is never going to do the same business, unless you're right on campus near the best bars.

>> No.6280170

>>6280149
>jack's munchy meal
a regular combo with 2 extra tacos isnt quite the same.

>> No.6280515

>>6279737
This

Get the fuck over here I want this shit

>> No.6280523

>>6279793
I could go for a bru right now. Wish I was back in Scotland

>> No.6280525

>>6279728
>>6279723
Holy shit that is a massive amount of food.

>> No.6280532

>>6279737

Yeah. Traditionally.

Nowadays we have the internet. If an immigrant can come into our country and be the first to start munchie boxes over here, to me that's a failure on our part and a sign we dropped the ball on something we could've done ourselves.

I think we'd fuck up when it comes to cost though. A lot of junk food in other nations are cheaper than ours. We pride ourselves on being the top when it comes to junk food, but we're really the top when it comes to mass produced junk food.

>> No.6280557

>>6279723

If we want to gorge on shit food while drunk we have fast-food value menus.

>> No.6280562

>>6280532
>If an immigrant can come into our country and be the first to start munchie boxes over here, to me that's a failure on our part and a sign we dropped the ball on something we could've done ourselves.
That's how a lot, if not most, of our fast food trends started. It's a strong American tradition.

>> No.6280587

>>6280557

Don't forget chinese buffets. So much bad chines... wait is that kielbasa?

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forget munchy boxes, why aren't pizza crunches a thing in america?

>> No.6280615

>>6280130

>1. Americans take pizza more seriously than Brits do. Dumping fries and salad on it would be less acceptable.

Damn, you guys took that "british pizza" thread where a bunch of not even british or comically weird pizzas were posted seriously didnt you?

/ck/ really will believe fucking anything without doing their own research won't they

>> No.6280627

Its called a sampler plate and you can get one at any sub shop

>> No.6280641

Someone make this shit trend on whatever shitty social media sites. Make an imgur account and post a gallery of munch box images with the caption "Like. Oh. My. God. Foodboner!!!!" or "Heart attack in a box". Get that shit on the front page.

Fast food joints may take note after a barrage of viral bullshit.

>> No.6280696

>>6280641
this, you have the powah

>> No.6280851

>>6280641
This guy might be right. It would go down like gangbusters on instagram

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>>6279723
I would love to dive into one of those at the end of the night while shitfaced.

Life is suffering.

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>>6279723

Munchy boxes would be so expensive in America.

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>>6280877
this image is all the evidence we need that forced sterilization is not only ok, but necessary

>> No.6280890

>>6280877
>No tzatziki sauce

Shit.

>> No.6281042

>>6280877

Rolling :^)

>> No.6281078

I would have loved these when I used to smoke a lot of weed. The McDeals seemed like manna, these would have been insane.

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>>6280130
>Americans take pizza more seriously than Brits do.

>> No.6281092

>>6280130
>Americans take pizza more seriously than Brits do
I don't know about the Brits and their pizza, but our pizza is ridiculous. It's one step away from Japanese.

>> No.6281125

>>6280877
Rollin
>>6280130
>2. The previous poster about kebab not being common in America is correct.
>2. Many American pizza places don't also make onion rings and fries.
>two twos
Also many pizza places here don't make fries, yes, but some do. Mostly the lesser chains that risk giving you food poisoning but they're there nonetheless. Also Zap Packs from movie theatres are basically a mini version of munchy boxes

>> No.6281132

>>6279723
1) Most Americans like salad with their pizza, not potato french fries. At most any pizza joint will have chicken wings, but they aren't deep fried, but kind of baked from frozen pre-baked kind of bags.
2) Fat content? Double and triple carb? Americans actually pay a little attention to food groups, and pizza is a rare exception to the diet. Any adult with money isn't getting it from a chain, but some local place doing it better. Fast food pizza tends to have low quality cheese, as well. It's avoided unless you want to save $1.
3) Yea, kebabs are maybe only popular in some major cities with muslim density. I adore a lebanese restaurant, or a greek gyro (pork) as much as the next person, but my friends do not. These places are usually only with patrons who are well traveled, or else it's that ethnic group that dines there.

>> No.6281146

>>6280877

ROLLAN FOR QT GAINZ

>> No.6281148

>>6279723
Only places that have that kebab meat here are usually hot dog joints and they don't deliver

>> No.6281158

>>6281132
>Most Americans like salad with their pizza
wut

>> No.6281166

>>6281158
i guess salad bars were a staple at old school family pizza parlors but do any of those really exist anymore (no)

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>> No.6281185

>>6281132
>Any adult with money isn't getting it from a chain, but some local place doing it better
That's so not true. I grew up in a ritzy white suburb and I knew tons of rich people who were down with the $5 hot and ready.

The salad thing is true though.

>> No.6281206

>>6279752

Speak for yourself man, stoners and drunks will jump on this shit hard, especially late night spots or food trucks that serve this shit

>> No.6281212

>>6280877
what?

>> No.6281239

>>6281173
I'm pretty sure that kebab house won't have the rights to use the Simpson's image on their menu.

>> No.6281263

>>6281239
What's Groening gonna do about it? Come over here and get stabbed?

>> No.6281269
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does this count

>> No.6281270

>>6280612
Americlaps don't even have IRN BRU

>> No.6281276

>>6281270
how sad.

Maybe we should donate a container of the stuff, like what we do with the starving Africans.

>> No.6281312

>>6281276
They'd probably try to eat the bottle in lieu of a straw to suck. They aren't very bright.

>> No.6281317

Where exactly is a munchy box a thing?
Looks like a disgusting, random assembly of greasy fast food. Each of which is probably not even very well done.

Why the hell would you get a tiny pizza, french fries that are probably steamed by the hot pizza while being transported in the box and whatnot all together instead of just one thing done well? And when you have a desire for a strange combo like that -- why the hell would it be a good idea to stuff it all together in a single box?

I would never ever order that shit. I wouldn't even take it for free.

>> No.6281324

>>6281317
>I didnt smoke weed in school because my mother told me it was addictive: the post

>> No.6281329

>>6281270
We do have Moxie, which is similarly loved or reviled and similarly has an odd ingredient. Gentian root in this case.
>>6280877
I agree. For all the rapping about how cheap food is in the states takeout seems SO CHEAP in Britain. I think the massive immigrant populace opening up little shops everywhere has made this stuff super cheap. If something like the munchy box took off here it would be $30 minimum. Just think about how much a pu pu platter is from your local chinese joint, that's probably the closest we get.

>> No.6281636

>>6279770
Cookout does.

>> No.6281664

>>6279840
>inexpensive
>scots
kek

>> No.6281747

If you go to a college town you can usually find a few pubs that will serve a "party platter" which is similar but mostly american foods.

they'll have fries, onion rings, deep fried mozza sticks, fried pepperoni, chicken wings, etc. they come in pizza boxes too

>> No.6281791

>>6281182
Fuck my cousins support Airdrieonians, this hits too close

>> No.6281974

>>6280877
Roll....

>> No.6281984

>>6279737
my state is full of scots
the last highland charge happened here for gods sake

>> No.6282001

>>6281092
Nobody buys this novelty shit. They put these in the commercial to catch your attention and thus bring themselves to mind. Then in the off chance two or three regards order it, they have a few bags of Fritos on hand. Same food line, they don't have retire some other ingredients to make room for it.

Same goes for the deep fried shit. Just because one or two fairs claim to have deep fried butter doesn't mean it's a thing. Ever notice the idiots offering made the fact known to you on a new/YouTube video? Being a weirdo gets you free advertising.

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>>6281317
you can make them a little more respectable presentation-wise

>> No.6282037

>>6280877
nice

>> No.6282040

>>6280877
....

>> No.6282047

>>6282040
not bad, heavy on the pizza, but bretty gud. can i assume those are just traps or something? fuck it, they can have a kiss, i'll take some chili ketchup, tartar sauce and cocktail sauce.

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>> No.6282055

>>6279752
>I'm guessing because most places here don't additionally make kebab, chicken tikka, or a solid 40% of this stuff on a regular basis in their stores.

This. And most Indian restaurants (I've been to many in lots of different states) are usually nice, quiet restaurants that don't serve french fries, onion rings, etc. And if they did, it would be too expensive for drunk college kids and stoners.

>> No.6282077

>>6280615
All of 4Chan bro

>> No.6282089

>>6282022
i'm drunk and i want that so bad i could cry.

>> No.6282127

>>6281182
This guy looks like someone who lures people with his munchy box and then kills and eats them.

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>> No.6282147

>>6281270
IRN BRU contains 0.002% of "ammonium ferric citrate". Would that be allowed in the USA? If not I doubt it'd make any difference - it's a shit tier soft drink.

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>> No.6282296

>>6281182
hfw he was expecting a freshly baked delicious pizza

>> No.6282358

>>6282147
They sell it at the store I work at, in the international aisle. I tried it once. It was "okay."

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>> No.6282367

>>6280877
rallin

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>>6282361
wrong pic

>> No.6282381

>>6282055
It's the same around the world with Indian restaurants you double nigger. The bongs invented the quiet shit.

>> No.6282434

>>6282358
Where exactly?

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>> No.6282469

>>6281158
Pizza Hut nigger

>> No.6282496

>>6282271
>salad right next to everything else
>what appears to be cheese on the salad
>period blood mixed with semen sauce

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>> No.6282526

>>6282507
Now those are fries

>> No.6282557

fuck me i really wanna go to scotland, start the day of with >>6282361, go do some hiking or whatever they do over there, follow it up with a >>6282372 for lunch, and end it with a deepfried pizza. obligatory deepfried snickers and irn bru over the whole day except for morning (coffee) and post-dinner (whiskey)

fuckin hell

>> No.6282829

>>6282557
Enjoy having to pay for two seats on the plane

>> No.6282877

>>6280877
rolling

>> No.6283015

>>6282361

What is this and how do I make this at home?

I mean it looks like it's just a bread plate containing beads, eggs, peameal and something underneat the egg.

>> No.6283118

>>6280877

Rollin'

>> No.6283369

>>6280877
I need to find out my fate

>> No.6283767

>>6283015
It's literally a big Yorkshire pudding with baked beans, bacon, sausage and fried egg inside

>> No.6283789
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This is what I get locally when I want something like a munchy box. I'm in texas btw.

>> No.6283819

>>6281173
I think I have that menu in my kitchen drawers.

>> No.6283840

>>6279723
O.O That's actually an individual thing you can order?

My burger joint has all those on the menu to order individually.

My munchy box order is zucchini fries, onion rings, french fries, and jalapeno poppers. Dips include ranch, mustard, and frank's red hot.

>> No.6283842

>>6283840
>O.O
>>>/facebook/

>> No.6283926

>>6280130
>most pizza places don't make onion rings and fries
Almost every single pizza place I've ever been to makes onion rings and fries. Shit I even took a trip to chicago and got some deep dish with some incredible garlic parmesan fries. Are you going to little ceasers or something?

>> No.6283967

>>6281270
its sold some places here. i know the Harris Teeter grocery stores sell it.

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>> No.6285210

JESUS CHRIST HOW IS THIS THREAD ALILVE

I CAN GET A SAMPLER PLATTER FROM ANY FUCKING RESTURANT IN AMERICA HOLY FUCK

EVERY SUB SHOP IN AMERICA SELLS RINGS FRIES CHEESE STICKS FRIED RAVIOLI AND CHICKEN FINGERS AND MEATBALLS AND EVERYTHING FUCKING ELSE OKAY

MY INDIAN PLACE HAS A MUNCHY BOX YEAH ITS CALLED AN APPETIZER PLATE OKAY

>holy shit

>> No.6285252

>>6280877
Rollin

>> No.6285269

>>6282557
>
you missed out the after-dinner shot of heroin mate. and the bukkie.

>> No.6285287

>>6279723
Murrica doesn't want your kebab, fuck off

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>>6285210
What restaurant? What sub shop? Where's the Doner?
Sorry, but you're a faggot

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>> No.6285346

>>6285269
ah buckfast. my first love

>> No.6285353

>>6285330
mm, chili.

>> No.6285615

I hope to see reviewbrah get into one of these one day

>> No.6285684

>>6280877
All of my noms

>> No.6285689

>>6280877
nice dubs

>> No.6285695

Am I the only British lass that can't stand doner meat?

>> No.6285707

The problem with the munchies box is that Americans love greasy food but find greasy cardboard disgusting. As a kid, my families favorite pizza joint went out of business and while we were trying new ones my mom would actually disqualify good places because 'the box was too greasy.'

>> No.6285713

These would look like they would be way over priced if they were brought to the US.
greasy ghetto restaurants, which these would most likely be sold in are already expensive as fuck

>> No.6285726

>>6285695
>i'm a slag btw

>> No.6285737

>>6280877
r o l l

>> No.6285746

Jack in the Box has a munchy meal.

You'd think they'd call it a box since it comes in one but whatever.

>> No.6285759

>>6285695
>British lass
pretty sure those don't exist anymore. britcucklandia is a land of sandniggers and niggers nowadays.

>> No.6285833

I really want to open a delivery place like this in my city (we are a university town with awful food) and I'm pretty sure I could just MURDER the business. Can't get the money tog e tit going though

>> No.6285883

>>6280877
I just want friends.

>> No.6286580

If I need drunk food, there's a MD,BK like 5 shawarma places and a poutine place all within 5 minutes of each other 10 minutes from my house. Only drawback is that McDonalds closes before 12AM on fucking Saturday of all days. Retarded.

>> No.6286596

i wonder how many calories are in this

>> No.6286603

>>6286580
Whaddya mean no brikifist? Itsh a.m. right? A.m. is means morning right? Morning itsh brikfish time. I know you got macmuffins in dere, can you jUsh mek me one pleesh.