Five Guys Burgers and Fries

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Originally posted by enginecapt

Leftovers get tossed.

so much for not wasting food.

Not leftovers in general, leftovers of food items that don't leave over well.

Which is why I don't like to get served more than I can eat of those two items. And now we're back to where I started.

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Originally posted by enginecapt

Not leftovers in general, leftovers of food items that don't leave over well.

Which is why I don't like to get served more than I can eat of those two items. And now we're back to where I started.

So, since you can't eat a small fries as five guys and since you don't like left over fries, then in your opnion, they serve too many fries?
what ever. it's a bad arguement imo, that a negative of Five Guys is that they serve too much french fries. It's silly. Share 'em if a small order is too much. It's not really a negative, since they taste great. If they tasted like crap and they gave a lot, one could argue that they should give a smaller amount and make them higher quality fries. Since the fries are already high quality, it's hardly a detrimate that they serve what some people consider too many fries in a small order.

PS, if you're not too keen on leftover french fries, I can understand that. Cold, limp fries are no fun. If you're not too keen on refreshing them in the toaster over to regain that original crisp, one thing to do, is to chop them up, stick then in the frypan and make a sort of hash brown out of them - you can even mix them in your scrambled eggs, along with some bacon, green peppers and onions, if you like potato in your scramble. You don't have to eat them like fries. Turn them into something else. just a suggestion.

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Originally posted by Scorereader


So, since you can't eat a small fries as five guys and since you don't like left over fries, then in your opnion, they serve too many fries?
what ever. it's a bad arguement imo, that a negative of Five Guys is that they serve too much french fries.

I've never been to Five Guys. My post was directed at the general practice these days of oversized portions and never once mentioned Five Guys.

Within the past hour I went down the street to Farmer Boys and brought home the chili-cheeseburger combo. Just the right amount of fries for me, less the 4 or 5 that were tossed to my dog. Nothing wasted, and I'm full.

That's what I'm talking about. As they say.

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Originally posted by enginecapt

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Originally posted by Scorereader


So, since you can't eat a small fries as five guys and since you don't like left over fries, then in your opnion, they serve too many fries?
what ever. it's a bad arguement imo, that a negative of Five Guys is that they serve too much french fries.

I've never been to Five Guys. My post was directed at the general practice these days of oversized portions and never once mentioned Five Guys.

Within the past hour I went down the street to Farmer Boys and brought home the chili-cheeseburger combo. Just the right amount of fries for me, less the 4 or 5 that were tossed to my dog. Nothing wasted, and I'm full.

That's what I'm talking about. As they say.

Some people just need a ball to run with EC even if the facts get in their way.

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Originally posted by enginecapt

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Originally posted by Scorereader


So, since you can't eat a small fries as five guys and since you don't like left over fries, then in your opnion, they serve too many fries?
what ever. it's a bad arguement imo, that a negative of Five Guys is that they serve too much french fries.

I've never been to Five Guys. My post was directed at the general practice these days of oversized portions and never once mentioned Five Guys.

Within the past hour I went down the street to Farmer Boys and brought home the chili-cheeseburger combo. Just the right amount of fries for me, less the 4 or 5 that were tossed to my dog. Nothing wasted, and I'm full.

That's what I'm talking about. As they say.

seems silly to be making generalitites about "too much" when you haven't been to the restaurant in question.
But, you're happy with your Farmer Boys, so I guess that's all that matters.

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Originally posted by NebGuy

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Originally posted by enginecapt

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Originally posted by Scorereader


So, since you can't eat a small fries as five guys and since you don't like left over fries, then in your opnion, they serve too many fries?
what ever. it's a bad arguement imo, that a negative of Five Guys is that they serve too much french fries.

I've never been to Five Guys. My post was directed at the general practice these days of oversized portions and never once mentioned Five Guys.

Within the past hour I went down the street to Farmer Boys and brought home the chili-cheeseburger combo. Just the right amount of fries for me, less the 4 or 5 that were tossed to my dog. Nothing wasted, and I'm full.

That's what I'm talking about. As they say.

Some people just need a ball to run with EC even if the facts get in their way.

some people just need to make generalities in threads they know nothing about.


But, I will say, that according to this picture:

it would appear that Farmer Boys is using frozen fries. Personally, I wouldn't want a whole heck of a lot of those either.

Five Guys, on the other hand, who only serve Hamburgers, Hotdogs and Fries make fresh fries from fresh potatos that are cut on the premises:


the fries in the bottom of this bag, plus this small styrofoam cup:


together is a small order of fries at Five Guys. (the cup is in the bag when they serve it).

so there are the facts, Nebguy. That is the "overly huge" order they give you when you get a small. Is it small? not by McDonalds standards. Is it so huge it necessitates some sort of complaint? Not IMO. But whatever. You'll have to actually eat at one to make up your own mind.

The "facts" are you went off on EC assuming he was talking about 5 guys when he was making a general statement... Feel free to read his post before you comment on what he said.

And how do you know I have never eaten at one... Get a grip on yourself.

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Originally posted by Scorereader

But, you're happy with your Farmer Boys, so I guess that's all that matters.

More than happy, and it is. Ecstatic comes to mind.

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Originally posted by NebGuy

The "facts" are you went off on EC assuming he was talking about 5 guys when he was making a general statement... Feel free to read his post before you comment on what he said.

I read it. He's making a general statement about disliking what he considers over-sized portions in a Five Guys thread after a discussion of the fries portion at Five Guys.

Put it in context - as most people do when they read threads.

I didn't "go off" on him. In fact, I gave a nice suggestion on what one can do with left over fries, instead of just reheating them, if that's not one's cup of tea. Why you feel you needed to "some people" my response is beyond me, since you're not the moral authority here.

What some people may consider over-sized portions, other people might consider just right.

I do not think any restaurant should be critiqued for their portion size. If you think the portions are too large; don't eat there. If you think the portions are too small, don't eat there. Portion size has nothing to do with the quality of the food served.

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Originally posted by Scorereader


Put it in context - as most people do when they read threads.
since you're not the moral authority here.

No one ever makes a post that is not directly addressing the thread topic. Now that's funny.

btw you aren't the moral authority here either.

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Originally posted by NebGuy



No one ever makes a post that is not directly addressing the thread topic. Now that's funny.

oh God. whatever Nebguy. He was directlyt addressing the thread topic. He didn't go off topic from the thread. His comment was directly related. What's funny, is you not seeing that.

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Originally posted by NebGuy


btw you aren't the moral authority here either.

I'm not the one referring to "some people" pal.

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Originally posted by Scorereader



oh God. whatever Nebguy. He was directlyt addressing the thread topic. He didn't go off topic from the thread. His comment was directly related. What's funny, is you not seeing that.

So the thread topic is "Five Guys Burgers and Fries" not the size of their fry orders. What's funny is you are not seeing that.

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Originally posted by NebGuy

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Originally posted by Scorereader



oh God. whatever Nebguy. He was directlyt addressing the thread topic. He didn't go off topic from the thread. His comment was directly related. What's funny, is you not seeing that.

So the thread topic is "Five Guys Burgers and Fries" not the size of their fry orders. What's funny is you are not seeing that.

The topic included a thread of a conversation that went into a discussion about the size of the fry order. A thread. Reading the thread. One must follow the thread. The size of the fry order at Five Guys would be related to "Five Guys Burgers and FRIES" topic. Funny you can't see that. Funny you don't know the difference between a "thread" and a "topic." Topic is the start, the thread is the conversation that ensues. Funny you can't understand how the conversational thread about the size of a fry order seems normal in a topic about Five Guys Burgers and Fries. I certainly hope, then, nobody talks about the size of the hamburger. We wouldn't want to go off topic.

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Originally posted by Scorereader

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Originally posted by NebGuy

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Originally posted by Scorereader



oh God. whatever Nebguy. He was directlyt addressing the thread topic. He didn't go off topic from the thread. His comment was directly related. What's funny, is you not seeing that.

So the thread topic is "Five Guys Burgers and Fries" not the size of their fry orders. What's funny is you are not seeing that.

The topic included a thread of a conversation that went into a discussion about the size of the fry order. A thread. Reading the thread. One must follow the thread. The size of the fry order at Five Guys would be related to "Five Guys Burgers and FRIES" topic. Funny you can't see that. Funny you don't know the difference between a "thread" and a "topic." Topic is the start, the thread is the conversation that ensues. Funny you can't understand how the conversational thread about the size of a fry order seems normal in a topic about Five Guys Burgers and Fries. I certainly hope, then, nobody talks about the size of the hamburger. We wouldn't want to go off topic.

Funny you can't see someone making a comment about order sizes when it was already being discussed.. Funny you can't see that.

Now I'm sorry I brought up the whole topic of Five Guys excessive amount of fries.

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Originally posted by NebGuy

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Originally posted by Scorereader

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Originally posted by NebGuy

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Originally posted by Scorereader



oh God. whatever Nebguy. He was directlyt addressing the thread topic. He didn't go off topic from the thread. His comment was directly related. What's funny, is you not seeing that.

So the thread topic is "Five Guys Burgers and Fries" not the size of their fry orders. What's funny is you are not seeing that.

The topic included a thread of a conversation that went into a discussion about the size of the fry order. A thread. Reading the thread. One must follow the thread. The size of the fry order at Five Guys would be related to "Five Guys Burgers and FRIES" topic. Funny you can't see that. Funny you don't know the difference between a "thread" and a "topic." Topic is the start, the thread is the conversation that ensues. Funny you can't understand how the conversational thread about the size of a fry order seems normal in a topic about Five Guys Burgers and Fries. I certainly hope, then, nobody talks about the size of the hamburger. We wouldn't want to go off topic.

Funny you can't see someone making a comment about order sizes when it was already being discussed.. Funny you can't see that.

as it relates to the thread. I'm sorry you can't see that. for you, I feel sorry. Because, apparently, when people respond to a thread, you believe we're supposed to see the post in some sort of a bubble and not relate the post to the conversation at hand. That makes sense, sure: people making postings about the topic at hand but the post is supposed to exist in a bubble and not relate to said topic. Ok. I see your point. You win. Whatever. Apparently, I'm unable to see your incredibly astute logic.
And you find that funny. Whatever.[|)]

When the focus of the thread shifts from the actual topic to the thread itself, the thread is officially dead.

Have a nice day.

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Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN