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May 10, 2023
''A Delicious Battle of Flavors and Cravings" The Chicken Sandwich wars | Caren Glasser In this video, we're taking you on a gastronomic adventure through the world of chicken sandwiches, exploring iconic offerings from various restaurants and fast-food chains. Witness our firsthand experience as we sink our teeth into each delectable creation, sharing our unfiltered thoughts and reactions. Join us as we delve into the epic Chicken Sandwich Wars, where taste, texture, and culinary creativity collide in a fierce battle for the title of the ultimate chicken sandwich. On this show, we taste a chicken sandwich from: Wendy’s - Classic Chicken McDonalds - McChicken Burger King - Original Chicken Sandwich Jack in the Box - Chicken Sandwich To know about such beautiful food eating show, food reviews, taste show, podcast video and Lifestyle Video. Stay tuned by subscribing to the channel. Thank you!!
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there is a war going on at your local
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fast food restaurant
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want to know more
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stay tuned
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[Music]
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hey guys I'm Rob that's Karen we are
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host of The Taste where we talk about
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food and we eat it yeah what was that so
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caveat really quick here the chicken
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sandwich tours we're going to talk about
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in a second are actually from 2020 but
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we actually are going to be going over
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the original chicken sandwiches when we
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tasted so just so nobody's confused
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there but
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let's start with that history so ever
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since places like Chick-fil-A have tried
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to beat everybody in the chicken
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sandwich game lots of chicken sandwich
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or lots of fast food places have tried
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to outdo them with no luck because
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apparently they just have the grasp on a
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good chicken sandwich but other than
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places like Popeyes or KFC which is
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known for for fried chicken
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Wendy's Jack-in-the-Box McDonald's
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Burger King even Carl's Jr for that
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matter have made their own chicken
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sandwiches now these chicken sandwiches
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I think I showed you mom the other day
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they're newer they're beefier they're
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thicker right and that's how they're
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trying to compete with Chick-fil-A
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you'll notice when we talk about these
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sandwiches we're eating they're not so
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hot visually and I think just when you
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know and again I could be wrong you tell
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me because I know I was a chicken nugget
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fan for a while but I feel like places
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like McDonald's and stuff like that
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their pieces were always small and thin
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you know and if you look at the
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McChicken it's kind of gross size wise
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but you know we're gonna taste it might
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be good
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yeah so the chicken sandwich war is
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really began in 2020 and since then
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everybody's been coming out with their
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new and improved chicken sandwich but my
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mom and I here uh thought to be more
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fair let's go with the classics and
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compare what those taste like all right
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just to make it an even playing field
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right right works for me all right cool
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so
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I guess we're going to jump in so if you
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watch my mom you're going to actually
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see what you what you get when we talk
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about it and what we're going to do I
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think the criteria we decided were was
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visual what it looks like uh depth kind
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of like the thickness and then of course
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the taste so I don't know if you want to
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take it over for a second and show all
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right so what I'm holding up right now
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is the uh Burger King chicken uh the
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original chicken sandwich and as you can
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see it's in this kind of bluff you know
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white wrapper
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um it's actually to be this is actually
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the uh the thickest one of all of them
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you're gonna see and it also is a
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rectangular shape as some people says it
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looks like the iPhone for some reason we
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don't know what iPhone
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gonna open it up before I cut it in half
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I'm just going to show you this well
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actually I'm going to cut it in half
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first I think and then I'll show you
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what it looks like in the
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okay here we go so you can see
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on this sandwich which is kind of messy
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it has shredded lettuce
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and it has a chicken a fried chicken
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patty I guess and this is a little bit
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of Patty I don't know what you want to
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call it I don't know what this is but
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um it sort of looks like a hash brown
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actually it does definitely yeah it sort
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of looks like and it has some kind of
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mayo on it I don't know if it's straight
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May or has a flavor so I'm gonna go
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ahead and take a bite
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um let's let's go here we go
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hmm
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okay
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it's um
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it's kind of chewy
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um and and you know what it sort of has
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that look of a hamburger except there's
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chicken inside
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um and you know
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well I was going to tell you because of
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the four this is one that I've eaten
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regularly it it's not bad I will I will
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give them that but as far as maybe it's
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the shape of it because it looks like a
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sub sandwich of some sort yeah you've
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never struck me as a chicken burger
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because you know when you think a burger
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you think a round Patty
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yeah but so this is Burger King not
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Wendy's right but for Simplicity wise I
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will give them a 10 because I think for
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somebody who doesn't want a lot of stuff
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and they just kind of want the chicken
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and maybe some lettuce this is perfect
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yeah
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I mean it's it's tasty it it's it's
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um it's tasty it's it's drippy I mean
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it's got It's that that mayonnaise is
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everywhere
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um but it's not bad so I'm gonna take
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another bite
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I've already taken two so I uh
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because it's lunch time and I and I'm
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hungry so exactly all right so I mean I
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gotta say because this is one that uh
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you know both me and my wife go to a lot
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and it's pretty simple I think it's like
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on their value menu too I believe uh
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yeah actually she's telling me no it is
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actually like expensive when it comes to
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a sandwich
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um
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um yes it is it is expensive um and it's
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not that big of a sandwich so I'm
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wondering if you do like a combo or
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something it's it's gonna at least fill
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you up it doesn't does that fill you up
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that one sandwich
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compared to what I could get from Burger
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King this is more of like maybe a snack
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size deal like if I want something at
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two in the afternoon I don't know if I
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really would count this as like a full
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lunch but maybe like you said with some
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fries and a drink I
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a combination a combo meal okay there
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you go so
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this next one Rob okay so Mr I'll just
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start out by saying McDonald's has no
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business being in the chicken business
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um well okay I will give you that they
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do run the gamut on tenders and Nuggets
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I think they do well there but
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truly so first of all as you can see
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it's it's yellow it's it's it's the
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thinnest one of the bunch so it's really
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really thin I think I'm gonna eat it in
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one bite I think so I'm gonna open it up
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and okay so right off the bat this is
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not attractive
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this is kind of gross actually
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um but I'm gonna cut it in half because
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I'm a good sport so I'm gonna go hey but
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there's onion on here oh that's
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different actually yes it has a couple
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slices of onion it has you know I it's
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the same mayo and the lettuce that like
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the shredded one it says you think they
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get it from the same place okay I'm
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gonna cut this in half I'll show you
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what it looks like on the inside
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because I can it looks sort of like the
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Burger King one
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wait I want to show you it really
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honestly does look like the Burger King
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one they literally look alike
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um but let's see how it tastes okay
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because maybe it's better let's see if
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they redeem
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okay
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so first right off the bat it tastes
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like tartar sauce is on here
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oh my God is kind of gross it's
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okay it's like the
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it's the it's like the fish fillet
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tartar sauce on the chicken sandwich
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that's what this is
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okay I am sorry I have watched plenty of
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places where people will put tartar
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sauce on their meals on other countries
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I did not think we were one of those
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places I did not okay I don't think I'm
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gonna eat another one that was it that
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was it I'm calling it a day on that one
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okay so let's just put this puppy away I
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think the dog will like it there you go
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you can feed it to your dog okay
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we're gonna have her take away my that
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stuff so I can you know so the next one
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all right so so far and again I would
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say because Burger King McDonald's are
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cut at my original go-to's in the 90s
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yeah they're fairly size wise equal but
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I do get Burger King the upper hand for
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taste because nobody should put tartar
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sauce on chicken that's just disgusting
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I thought it was mail because when you
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look at the the on the website it says
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mayo and lettuce and I'm like nothing
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that was not me that was definitely
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maybe that's maybe this particular
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McDonald's
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uses tartar sauce I don't know really
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gross oh not good all right so this this
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next one is um Jack In The Box and I'll
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thank you because you you said you never
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relate there right like Jack in the Box
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was not your
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ever and one thing I want to point out
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so McDonald's has the the yellow
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wrapping
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um Burger King has the white and orange
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wrapping I see a trend
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a trend and this is uh this one has the
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purple
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and white wrapping actually you know
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what that's not a trend though because I
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think the logo of Jack in the Box is red
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it is huh Jack in the Box what are you
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doing
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why did they do that I don't know maybe
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because they didn't want to look like
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Wendy's but it's all paper and I want to
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know so here's the thing I'm gonna the
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reason why I pointed out the paper is
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that these three that we're eating right
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now are wrapped in a paper and you're
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going to notice in the one we do with
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Carl's Jr
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um that I'm sorry Wendy's or we didn't
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do Carl's Wendy so the one with Wendy's
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you're gonna know it's a completely
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different kind of wrapper and I think it
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holds the heat in as well okay so here
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we are
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um and it says okay well this is bizarre
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too because when I open it up it says
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extreme sausage on it
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mine says chicken sandwich so we're good
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okay here we go so I'm gonna make ice
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cream sausage too that is yeah amazing
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maybe for sustainability they use the
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same Packaging and you know what I'm
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going to say before we eat it this
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actually resembles to me the inside of
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the Burger King one with the lettuce and
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the Mayo
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but it's thicker
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it's thicker than the Burger King it is
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it is definitely a thicker burger and
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it's certainly thicker than here I'll
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show you here
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you know what though this thing looks
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like one of those frozen chicken patties
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that you get at the supermarket yeah all
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right so
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it has
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the same they must all go to the same
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Mayo store I don't know
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the tartar sauce store yeah mayo and
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Shredder okay so here we go let's take a
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try it all right let's do it
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okay the first one I'm gonna tell you
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I got way too much bread and lettuce
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because the chicken kind of sunk into
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the sandwich
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in the Box I'm surprised because when I
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think of Jack in the Box I don't think
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of this at all
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but it's actually okay but again
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all of these if they're supposed to be a
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meal
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now for me maybe it could be a meal
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because I'm I eat a little bit less than
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you but I can't even imagine this is a
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meal for you this is
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you know it's funny because I feel like
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90s fast food life well if you go get
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some chicken nuggets as a snack and
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that's like you're in between before
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dinner when you go home by the day I
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feel like because of time wise people
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use it more as a meal but I can't
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and
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it's good I just don't see it filling up
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98 of the people in the world you know
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what I mean like me neither
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um it it actually also it just seems
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like it's for
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smaller people that eat less I don't
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know kids maybe it's maybe maybe it's
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more kid size but it's not that's not a
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kid-sized meal so I don't know no that
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is a burger one I gotta say though
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because I know you kept saying the
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Burger King one was bigger if I feel
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like the Wendy's one here is actually
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yeah it actually is well it's hard to
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tell though because the Burger King is
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long and maybe the it's the same amount
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of ounces I'm sure it's the same amount
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of ounces but it's on a different kind
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of bun so right right so this is
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completely different this is a Wendy's
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and Wendy's does everything different I
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mean Wendy's has Square hamburgers I
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mean so let's let's you know call it a
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what it is so this is actually in a tin
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foil wrapping and I think that it holds
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in the heat
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so when you are you know picking up fast
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food and then you bring it home and the
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bun is bigger everything it's a piece of
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chicken though yeah this is actually
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really big and I don't know what the
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price point on this is but I have a
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feeling this is much more expensive than
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the other burgers
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um I think this is one of the uh two of
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the top four that was more pricey than
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the other all right so I'm look looking
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at this this has a piece oh it has
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tomato on it it has pickles on it it has
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a straight Mayo it doesn't look like it
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got all smooshed up in the shredded
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lettuce and this is not shredded lettuce
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that's the other thing it's a slice of
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lettuce a piece of lettuce that's why
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it's so big yeah so they you know they
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want you to feel like you're eating like
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a real burger or a real chicken sandwich
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and as they say if you get a deluxe with
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vegetables it's healthy right you know
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right I'm sure whatever you say Rob I'm
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gonna okay here we go are you ready oh
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yeah look at how thick this is
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this is the thing oh my God yeah when
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you cut it open like that that is huge
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yeah okay so I'm gonna take a bite
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oh my God that's good
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okay that tastes like
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Fried Chicken
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mmm
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okay okay I'm gonna go to a non-chicken
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place to get a chicken sandwich
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I'm going to Wendy's this is it wow I'm
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actually really surprised I mean I'm
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looking is this like a square no it's
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not it's like a chicken it's like a
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breast fillet like a filet you know
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chicken breast it's really good and look
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I mean literally it's got full size
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everything you're not doing shredded
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which I think changes the whole feeling
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of the sandwich you have to a slice a
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tomato you have some pickle slices
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now it's funny you bring up the lettuce
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because I know a lot of things when you
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go to like a sandwich place like subway
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they use what they call shredders right
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shredded lettuce and to be honest with
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you you're right when you put that kind
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of stuff in a sandwich or a burger it's
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it doesn't belong there if I'm gonna get
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a burger you know it's like when you
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grill right you get a big piece of
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lettuce a big piece of tomatoes some
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cheese that's what you do on a burger
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and I think and I I will say I'm not
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super surprised because I I used to like
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Wendy's a lot and they did have good
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better quality stuff but this is the
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first time I've had this particular
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chicken sandwich and I gotta say I mean
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definitely yeah yeah I would eat this I
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actually I never knew that they did this
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I tend to think that these that fast
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food restaurants just have hamburgers
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you know or if they like Carl's I think
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has a it doesn't have a fried chicken it
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has the chicken breast like barbecue on
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it or grilled cheese yeah and they use
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like their chicken tenders in the
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sandwich it's more of a this is really
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good Rob so this is good I think I want
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to get another one I think this is the
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winner winner winner chicken dinner
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perfect no I really no you're right so
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and this is how we're gonna do this type
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of stuff for the future shows we're
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going to be counting down different
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things
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um and but now we get to go to the fun
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part right the part where it says why we
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shouldn't be eating
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this is good this is like okay I'm
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putting this over here because I gotta
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clean up okay so we're gonna put up so
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of course I mean
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fast food just by the name fast food
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it's never that healthy right I mean
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it's got a lot of stuff in it so I'm
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gonna put this up so we can take a look
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at it
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let's look at Wendy's right off the bat
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it has the it doesn't have the most
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calories isn't that interesting Rob
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you know when I was putting this
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together I noticed that the biggest
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problem I think was probably the salt
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which we'll talk about in a minute but I
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was surprised too that Wendy's actually
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was uh what is that 480.
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for
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yeah I think 480 490 I think it's hard
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to read and then only 21 grams of fat
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which to be honest compared to I don't
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know maybe like a pizza or like a burger
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not too bad right and again I don't know
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you know like like you mentioned
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everybody's caloric intake is different
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so I don't know what a regular caloric
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intake is but I would be happy with
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being one of these over any of the other
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three just off the calories and the fat
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wise but then I look at the sodium and
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then I get concerned because this truly
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has a lot of
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1400
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sodium the only one that comes second to
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that is the Burger King one which is the
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White and the long one
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um and it also has more calories and
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more fat so if we were to look at all of
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this it would appear that a Burger King
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is probably the least healthy of them
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all even though the sodium is slightly
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smaller than you know Wendy's it's still
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um what is the least okay so Burger King
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McDonald's is only 357 calories and
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that's because it's the smallest
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littlest
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it doesn't deserve you well it kind of
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goes with how a lot of companies they
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don't sell less of or they don't sell uh
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the bad stuff they sell less of it like
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I know Coca-Cola did that where they
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shrink the cans so you pretended like
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you were getting less fat but in reality
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you're still getting
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but that is interesting though because
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when you think McDonald's I do
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definitely think more fatty because yeah
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well you know it's funny I'm Rob I'm
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looking at the burgers in the picture of
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burgers again with the burgers chicken
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in the pictures and and you see how the
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one in the bottom the Jack-in-the-Box
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appears to be a
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bigger one right it looks like it's oval
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shape slightly and it's not
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it's not that chicken patty doesn't even
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look like this so that is
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um
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their marketing is not so hot right
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well what is it called when they they
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make it look like it's good on the
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commercial but it finds out
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advertising false advertising
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um and then of course so but if you look
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at each one breaking it down so it looks
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like the least healthiest would be the
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Burger King
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yes right
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um and the next one in line for that
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even though it's got more sodium the
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Wendy's looks like it's a better
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hamburger I mean other than sodium issue
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I don't know what would happen if you
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just wipe off all the dressing I don't
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know what's where where is the salt is
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salt in the chicken Maybe
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which one was your favorite rub
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I'm sticking to the Wendy's I gotta say
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that was probably the best and mainly
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for the fact that it looked more like a
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chicken sandwich first off yeah and it
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had a better bite to it when I ate it
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this thing I could say that if I ate it
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with or without a combo I probably would
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feel more satisfied for lunch I agree
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than anything else I agree yeah I agree
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and I think the other thing that's very
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clear even just looking at the pictures
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um the McDonald's and the Burger King
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and the Jack in the Box they're all like
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pre-formed chicken patties yeah right
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they literally when I said they look
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like hash browns they look like
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McDonald's hash browns they're
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pre-formed and there's the the Wendy's
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though looks like a chicken breast
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yes period just plain old chicken breast
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so I'm gonna vote for Wendy's
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there you go so it seems like the winner
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of these four is Wendy's so how do you
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like that how do you imagine that well
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you know what we have some swag right
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some um taste wagon we're actually doing
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this for the first time so pick up you
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can pick up your own
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um that has the taste on it this is an
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adjustable apron so when you're eating
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and the stuff is dripping down you might
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want to actually put this on it does
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come in other colors as well take your
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phone out scan the code
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um and go check it out for those of you
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who are coffee drinkers
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me
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um these are actually really nice mugs
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they have a solid color on the inside
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which is different than the color on the
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outside and they also come in different
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colors as well and it says The Taste
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which is great and we you know what Rob
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we need to get some of these so when
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we're doing The Taste we can have we can
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have our water bottle which is coming up
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next because I think in case it's a
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really nasty thing we got to erase them
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out there that rinse our mouth
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um take out your this is really cool
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this is a stainless steel
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um water bottle which is always great it
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will keep things cold and hot on the
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inside and of course it says good taste
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on the outside these next two items uh
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one is for men and one is for women and
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those are t-shirts and again they come
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in different colors so if blue is not
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your thing I think we have orange and
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red and green all different colors that
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are in there a white T-shirt If you like
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that and if you like something that's a
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little more
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um gonna it's not so boxy this is the
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unisex Tri blend t-shirt it's going to
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feel softer than the regular yeah they
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make it a little bit differently it's a
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little more and once you wash it a few
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times it actually gets even more
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comfortable right and and with cotton
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t-shirts the other two that we showed
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you they're 100 cotton they are going to
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shrink so if you're gonna well you
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should wash your clothes so I was gonna
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say if you wash your clothes you should
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wash your clothes and when you wash your
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clothes make sure that I would suggest
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you might want to get a size bigger just
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so and and especially
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um I I think everything runs a little
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bit smaller in this company my favorite
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item is the water bottle
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I like this a lot and I think these come
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in different colors right Rob
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um we have the stainless steel and I
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think we have kind of more of a white
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shade if you want kind of more of a
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clear
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um I like that I like the coffee mugs
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because I like the fact that it's white
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but it's got the handle that's colored
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and yeah it's really cool it's really
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cool and you never can have too many
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coffee mugs that's my that's my
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my you know one fridge hand and one for
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each person or two for each person how
22:42
fun was this
22:44
now I'm looking at all this food and I'm
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going okay I'm
22:50
I'm that was really that's what I'm
22:51
that's my lunch I'm having a Wendy's
22:53
chicken sandwich whatever and you know
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and our dogs will be able to have food
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later on I guess
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if only yes they wish I'm sure mine is
23:02
right below me right now going drop
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something please
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I believe next time we're going to be
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doing the classic hamburgers so if you
23:15
guys are a hamburger fan
23:17
that's what you're going to want to
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watch so it's great all right so check
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it out join us next time hope you
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enjoyed it bye everyone
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