To the people who are shocked about how KFC gravy is made, I'd like to point out that this is LITERALLY what pretty much all gravy is. It's a sauce made from meat drippings, a liquid (usually water) and thickener.

@locomotivetrainstation6053

Жыл бұрын

The problem lies, when do they change the grease?

@Mark-nh2hs

Жыл бұрын

Difference it's normally roasted meat dripping which is used for gravy. Fried sludge is continuously cooking in the oil which can lead to carcinogenic risks. Also how long has this stuff been left in the frier and how often it's changed. Normal gravy is made fresh and not sitting in frier oil for ages.

@getyaw8up

Жыл бұрын

Home cooked meat drippings and commercial fryer sludge are wildly different things IMO, I still have a hard time believing this is really what they use😭

@PotatoPirate123

Жыл бұрын

@@Mark-nh2hs the sludge isn't continually cooking or it would be burned. It's filtered out by the pressure fryer. It's literally just skin/crackling and oil.

@dw9932

Жыл бұрын

Actually our gravy in our cheyenne wyoming restaurant we use the instant gravy

The reason the McDonald’s ice cream machine is notoriously always broken is because the machine was made overly complex in order to impress investors making it hard to service

@capnzilog

3 ай бұрын

This was the business model. Ray Kroc's co. forced the machines on the McDonald bros.

@kieronparr3403

Ай бұрын

It's also a complete mould trap

@Toon_Lucario

Ай бұрын

@@kieronparr3403 thats also due to the overcomplicated design

@_Not_Retarded

Ай бұрын

Why not have a easier maintenance

@Toon_Lucario

Ай бұрын

@@_Not_Retarded because it doesn’t impress people if it’s simple.

My father had a summer job at some sort of burger shack back in the 60's. He tells this story about this one guy that would always complain that his burger was too well-done, so eventually my dad simply threw the patty on the grill, immediately flipped it, then immediately put it on a bun and then served it to him out of spite. Minutes later the guy sticks his head through the window with a big open smile and gives my dad the thumbs-up. (Probably would get in trouble for preparing food like that nowadays.)

@Otakupatriot117

9 ай бұрын

I don't know why he didn't just eat raw beef at home.

@embarrassedcap

9 ай бұрын

oof. there's a reason not to eat medium rare burgers. usually any bacteria will be on the outside of a cut of meat, so when the outside is seared, the bacteria dies off. in ground beef the bacteria gets mixed all throughout, so just searing the outside isn't going to keep you safe. I used to work at a pizza joint that also did burgers. we sold very few burgers. one day I was the only one working the line and some guy ordered a burger. the server was like "he wants this medium rare" and I said no way. 1. I didn't know how to do that (it was my first job and I was rarely on the grill to begin with) 2. that meat looked really suspicious. 3. didn't wanna kill anybody.

@comicsans3537

3 ай бұрын

Not just bacteria. TAPE WORMS :) ​@@embarrassedcap

@user-py6oc4jo6c

Ай бұрын

I had a friend in high school who worked in a local fast foodburger and chicken joint and he reported that one guy on the staff would masturbate and ejaculate on the burger. YUCK!! Bob Bailey in Maine

According to an old friend that used too work at Wendys, the meat in chili is hamburger patties. But it was never more than a day old, the chili sold fast enough most often. The patties used would be ones that were either burnt, broken, or ripped. It's a way of them still making money on perfectly good patties that weren't well rounded enough for a sandwich.

@smileymalaise

9 ай бұрын

*well-squared

@InfiniteGatsu

9 ай бұрын

Tbf that's EVERY deep fried food always better fresh

@TrialzGTAS

9 ай бұрын

Anthony Bourdain explained the same in the movie The Big Short. Common practice and I’m here for it lol

@experienceofchris1108

9 ай бұрын

This is true that chilli is fire 🔥

@Obsolete935

9 ай бұрын

The only problem is that the chili meat Patties could be left out for so long that they’re basically a rock

I've never really eaten gravy but I have to give credit to the person who first made gravy for somehow making the bottom of the deep fryer edible and actually good to a lot of people

@humanstandssans2484

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, a lot of things we typically let go to waste tend to contain a lot of flavoring. Chicken drippings, for example, is more or less the focusing of chicken flavor into a thick syrup.

@Yoshi55577

Жыл бұрын

Hey whitty

@TheGreatPM1

Жыл бұрын

I eat gravy with everything, including pizza if I can lol. That's because it's the only condiment that I like

@humanstandssans2484

Жыл бұрын

@@TheGreatPM1 Have you ever tried to make your own fry sauce? It's basically a self-made condiment made of your choosing. You could take gravy, some spices, a few other things, and see what you like. Put it on your fries, pizza, chicken... you name it, you can put it on there.

@TheGreatPM1

Жыл бұрын

@@humanstandssans2484 Nope, i'm not old enough to cook lol. But that does sound interesting

That "decaf" coffee is so dangerous! Imagine if someone with a heart condition or certain medication ordered it

@axelthealpha8147

Жыл бұрын

I'm thankful that at the McDonald's I work at, no matter how shit our times are, we never use regular coffee for decaf to save time. We just have to brew a fresh pot and have them pull up and wait for it.

@cricketandgraham8644

Жыл бұрын

@@axelthealpha8147 that's really kind ngl

@infinitygauge

Жыл бұрын

I wanted to venture into decaf coffee cause I love coffee. But non decaf can make my heart skip beatz while I'm at work. If I love the taste of coffee is decaf the way to go?

@DannyConeHeadOnceLer

Жыл бұрын

Thankfully there isn't a rotten employee like that "I'd Decaf your ass too" guy Very rude and somewhat both disrespectful and irresponsible

@ButterscotchMcBean1995

Жыл бұрын

Oh my.

In Brazil we eat a LOT of black beans, so when Taco Bell started showing up here, i remember eating there and finding everything fine except the beans, and most my friends shared the same opinion. For us, it was like eating defrosted in a microwave beans made 10 days before with no seasoning at all

For #10 that is just how gravy is made in general, all from scratch gravy is made from meat dripping. Sure I imagine some instant pack gravies are made from dehydrated broth or something, but real gravy is taking the dregs of whatever meat dish you just cooked and turning it into a sauce.

Former McDonald's Employee here. I can tell you that problem with the Filet o' Fish is *why* we started making them, "to order". Hot and fresh fish patties for the customers; it became one of my absolute must-haves while I was working there.

@quinnhouk5369

Жыл бұрын

I love the fish

@cooldog1994

Жыл бұрын

I love the filet o fish I jsut wish it came with lettuce and tomato lol

@whisperskeep6946

Жыл бұрын

only thing i will eat at mcd, is the fish, everything else makes me feel sick

@PedroBenolielBonito

Жыл бұрын

Fish patties? Back in my day, it was literally a fish finger sandwich in a hamburger bun.

@stok5445

11 ай бұрын

I know it doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but the Filet o Fish is not only my favorite McDonald's item, but also one of the only ones that doesn't cause me to have a stomach ache. I've never been sure of why that is. Especially since it's fried.

I can't think of Wendy's without thinking about how sassy they are on Twitter 😂

@princesspixel3151

Жыл бұрын

It’s often hilarious to see fast food companies’ twitters interact with one another. It’s like an epic roast battle!

@mostar1219

Жыл бұрын

@@princesspixel3151 It's also funny seeing the responses.

@Inventure751

3 ай бұрын

Anyone remember those crazy Wendy's kids meal commercials in the 90s? Pokemon and animated superman were among them

The Wendy's chili really isn't a health risk and this was my experience a previous supervisor. The burgers that get made in busy times that go past the 30 min hold time get put into a hotbox and every 4 hours that hot box gets emptied out. The burger patties that were in there immediately get chopped up, put into a bag, labeled with the date and time and put into the freezer following FIFO. Then the oldest now chili meat, which if the store is operating properly should only be a day or two old, is made into chili. Each batch is suppose to be in a separate pan, made when needed and you swap pans when empty not refill. If there's chili left at the end of the shift and hasn't been sitting for more than 4 hours, it is well within health guidelines to properly cool it down and save for the next day. These employees complaining about some of this stuff obviously know food safety and shouldn't do anything that would violate it, even if a manager tells them too. If you are an current fast food employee and your manager tells you to do something that is against safe food practices, we have smart phones now. Record them giving you the instructions and/or them reprimanding you for not following those instructions and send that off to your local health department.

@OptimumTaurus

3 ай бұрын

Food is probably safer now than it has ever been.

Mold in the ice machines, or anywhere else in a commercial kitchen, is an disgusting and avoidable problem. The biggest problem is some people at some restaurants having deplorable habits! I went inside a restaurant to eat, stopped in the bathroom and witnessed an employee come out of a stall, bypass the sink and head back to work. I left.

@crazybobert5243

3 ай бұрын

Gross but wouldn’t be suprised if he just waited around and vaped. It’s common in the industry to not go to the bathroom and just pretend. Even if he did that being in the bathroom itself is worth the hand wash

@user-ui2lf3tk8l

2 ай бұрын

And definitely not comparable to a espresso machine

@rustyshackelford312

2 ай бұрын

He could be washing his hands when he gets back to the kitchen, but they're supposed to wash up in both, not just for hygiene but to reassure customers who might happen to see them.

I worked at a dairy queen for 8 years and most of the stuff I wouldn't order isn't on the menu anymore. I do remember us cleaning the ice cream machine every night and our gravy was made with powdered gravy mix and water in case anyone was interested.

@westabsupplyebay4093

Жыл бұрын

Never knew DQ had anything with gravy, I've always stuck with the BLT chicken salad at select locations. My go to blizzard is the turtle pecan cluster, been my favorite since 2008.

@jasond.b-w

Жыл бұрын

I’ve never been to a DQ but I thought it was just ice cream? What is the gravy for (genuine question)?

@rossjohnstone4689

Жыл бұрын

@jasond.b-w it can be a side to chicken strips and for poutine. I live in Canada so gotta have that poutine :3

@bigpapi6688

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the only fast food place I ever worked at was a Dairy Queen and there wasn’t anything I wouldn’t eat. Maybe it’s because we had really good cooks and a strict owner, but that place was always clean.

@rossjohnstone4689

Жыл бұрын

@@bigpapi6688 I thought the pulled pork we had was garbage. Stuff tasted like spam.

What really interests me about the Wendys chili is that KFC actually does something really similar with their pot pies. At the end of the day, any unsold chicken gets the meat stripped off the bones, then they put the meat in the freezer and put it into their chicken pot pies the next morning. And like none of us ever thought anything weird about it. Honestly I was amazed we actually cooked our own chicken to put in the pot pies, I just kind of assumed it would come pre-frozen in the pie! So like I don't understand why it would be any different to eat the unsold burgers in a similar form for chilie. It just saves on money and cuts down on wasted food.

@shadsie5484

Жыл бұрын

Oh, hey, I remember that! KFC employee a long, long time ago! Yeah, I never thought anything strange of it. It's like... how you'd make pot pie at home! Pot pies are pretty much "using leftovers" food - one of those recipes of utility.

@burakkurose

Жыл бұрын

I was going to mention this too but see you brought it up. Each night you had to strip the meat off the bones, put it in little baggies that you weighed out. Put them in the freezer. Then they would be used for pot pies later. If anything that cuts so much food waste cost and prevents food waste in general. The pot pies are actually really tasty and popular with older customers. When I first started working at KFC I thought the pot pie chicken would come pre-frozen too. I was really happy to see we didn't just throw away all the chicken at the end of the night.

@KrisRN23935

11 ай бұрын

That's probably why KFC'S pot pies are good.

@12me91

11 ай бұрын

Ill never understand why people get so butthurt about reducing food waste in a safe way.

@duchenefan

11 ай бұрын

England's KFC doesn't do pies

When I worked for Tim Hortons they'd often not give decaf coffee, not because we didn't have it, but the gm didn't want to use up the inventory! That trickled into us having a whole box of expired decaf. And what did the GM order us to do with that? Brew it into iced regular coffee. Didn't work there long. I refuse to serve food to people I wouldn't serve to my family.

When I worked at subway we had no way of telling you what was in the tuna, it just came in a silver retort bag similar to MRE bags that claimed to be tuna, we dumped it into the little black salami bin, which had a corner cutout in the lid for the ice cream scooper we used for it. I'd never seen or been asked to mix it up in a bowl.

I worked at McDonalds for a few months and my manager told me to order the Crispy Chicken and not the McChicken. The McChicken has lower quality/fake(ish) chicken. Really, McDonald’s is an awful place.

@Joe-mu2cn

Жыл бұрын

When the advertising on the box claims "100% real beef" and that's just the company name/logo, you know their up to no good.

@mo11ycx

Жыл бұрын

I personally love it 😭

@JustaHedgehoginSonicBoom

Жыл бұрын

It is. The last time I had a cheeseburger there, I cried. It was so awful.

@Dahahafunnibear2012

Жыл бұрын

They don’t even make good food. 😡

@Willowposting

Жыл бұрын

That crispy chicken hits fierce tho

The bean thing makes sense, honestly. When I worked at a Mexican restaurant our refried beans were a pain to make because we made them from scratch. They needed to be boiled in a massive pot for like an hour then mixed with oil and mashed. It makes sense that a fast food place would use a quicker method.

@bun04y

9 ай бұрын

I worked at a Taco Bell in the late 80's. Back then the beans were made from scratch also. We had to sort through the beans to make sure there were no rocks. Then the beans were put into a pressure cooker with a bag of the seasonings and lard. After they were cooked, an electric drill with a mixer blade attached was used to mash the beans. The smell of the drill (electric motor overheating) used to nauseate me. I'm betting that Taco Bell doesn't make the taco shells fresh in the store any more either.

@rinebin7089

9 ай бұрын

@@bun04y that Taco Bell sounds like one worth actually eating at. I wish they could’ve continued that

@pckyart

9 ай бұрын

Not only that, but the "weird film" the employee was talking about also happens to just... normal, cooked refried beans, traditionally. The lard/fat used in it and the fact that it dries as it cools gives most beans a slight film.

@dragonbutt

9 ай бұрын

As someone blessed enough to have a taco casa in their neighborhood, there is definitely a difference between rehydrated frijoles and actual lard-cooked frijoles. But taco bell beans arent that bad. They're alright.

@HedleyLamarr

9 ай бұрын

Anybody complaining about the beans at Taco Bell can bite it. I would bet money they have no complaints about throwing potato flakes in boiling water to make mashed potatoes...

I was an assistant manager at KFC for 2 years and a supervisor for another 2 years. We used a special KFC brand instant gravy. That method hasn't been used since the 80s, maybe even the 70s. Corporate requires all the stores to be the same in the USA. I can't imagine them letting this method fly these days. The oil can be filtered once, then it must be discarded. There are plenty of disgusting thing that happen at KFC, but gravy isnt one of them.

When I worked at Burger King, we also had "hot boxes" for food. We would store cooked hamburger patties in these plastic trays under little heat lamps. They had timers on them that told you when to throw them out, but management would have the kitchen staff just trick the machines into resetting the timer by removing the tray, putting it back, and oressing a button to start it over. If you want something fresh there and it's not peak hours, just get fries with no salt because that means you're usually getting fresh fries since the big batch of fries is already salted. Sometimes theyll just throw the old fries back in the fryer for a minute though. And dont forget to ask for salt packets when you do that!

As an avid coffee drinker, I get why people would prefer to go for fast food coffee, the speed and convenience. However I always advocate that brewing your own coffee the way you want it is honestly the best thing you can do, especially if you prefer decaf.

@maniczzz

Жыл бұрын

With Keurig’s being so quick and easy, I’d say if you’re really impatient for a good brew, it’s a wonderful investment!

@angelinacamacho8575

Жыл бұрын

I brew my own without a maker i use a kettle instead

@becca53444

Жыл бұрын

Every time I’ve tried making my own, it tastes too sweet or too bitter. Never even close to as good as ordering it from a barista

@TheMrMagna

9 ай бұрын

@@becca53444 salt. Little bit of salt in your coffee, makes the bitter less bitter.

The gravy thing is so funny. Not only is that how we always make gravy (the drippings just come from a pan instead of a deep fryer), but several times a week I'll make some sort of pan sauce, and a key step is not cleaning the pan after cooking meat. The sauce liquid will lift the bits off the bottom, and add lots of flavor. It's called "deglazing," and it's effectively the same as using drippings, but on a smaller scale. It's very amusing to me that people are so used to everything being ultra-processed that we don't even know what gravy is if it's not powdered and sold in a packet.

@bryanmoberg8408

10 ай бұрын

that's how everybody makes gravy...it's frankly a little alarming that so many employees didn't know that.

@lepreking

9 ай бұрын

Waste not, want not. I'm not huge on gravy though I've made it for family. I'll make bone broth and stock by saving bones, joints, etc. and use animal fat to flavor vegetables/carbs

Cross contamination is a big problem in itself. Sure for those foods it isn't common, but people can have surprising deathly allergies. Like there was this one woman my mom knew, had a shrimp allergy. Appearently at some not fast food, but like cafeteria place, the worker took the scooper out of the shrimp & used it to soop rice for her! Thankfully she saw, so no harm done, but that literally could have killed her.

As an ex fastfood worker, what would bother me the most is how many places don't change their soft drink fountain nozzles and you end up getting pink and black slime right where your drink comes out of

As someone who has worked at taco bell and prepared the refried beans a few times, if anything I liked the beans even more after learning how theyre made! Im sure anyone here who has made them fresh before can attest to how much time and mess making them can take. It took way less time and clean up to make them and they taste pretty close to the regular non dehydrated version :)

@boomknight1015

10 ай бұрын

The beans when mixed with hot sauce and soda makes the perfect 3 punch combo to make your toilet trip last a while, same day. It's more chem in body then a dig at the quality.

@carabarabonanza

10 ай бұрын

@@boomknight1015 People may not like it, but thats the only healthy diet

@SmokeyChipOatley

9 ай бұрын

I’m Mexican American. Grew up eating whole boiled and refried beans on a near daily basis. I can understand how someone who’s less familiar or accustomed to preparing and eating beans at home can be grossed out by some aspects. Particularly, refried beans can start to look atrocious when it begins to dry out along the top and edges of the pan or cooking vessel. I can see how that’s enhanced in a fast food restaurant kitchen where splatter or other factors can make it look much worse. As long as you follow proper food handling procedures, there’s no reason to be afraid of getting sick. Our family never used the dehydrated stuff so I have no opinion on it. I don’t blame Taco Bell for that though. Cooking beans from scratch (raw beans, not canned) are so much more work and time consuming than you might expect. I prefer the traditional from-scratch method but their method isn’t egregious imho

“I don’t have caffeine myself, I run on anxiety,” relatable

The Wendy's I worked at didn't throw their chili out either. Just "replenished" it and it wasn't made only of hamburgers that simply didn't sell, but hamburgers they COULDN'T sell because they burned. So no, I wouldn't say it's probably the greatest chili, but some people absolutely loved it. To each their own. 🤷‍♀️

Thank you for pointing out that the Chicken Drippings (or Pork or whatever) are actually used in real made from scratch gravy. Most other channels would have just went "Chicken drippings? Eww!" and left it at that.

as someone who used to work at Burger King, I can attest to the "decaf" coffee 🤣😭 it was also honestly hell to work there

@Eddisdedd

Жыл бұрын

As someone who's passed through two different bks as an employee I can agree

@SheilaDeBonis

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, that's probably a violation. I just have anxiety; I drink some caffeine but try to keep my levels low. Some people might have ADHD, hypertension, or other conditions that interfere with their health even more than me. They can only have real decaf coffee and watered down caf coffee will just hurt them. I bet there have been a lot of lawsuits about fake decaf coffee.

@benkerr9051

Жыл бұрын

@@SheilaDeBonis If you've had a stroke or heart attack, and been told to avoid caffeine, this could kill you.

@dolphincrescent54

Жыл бұрын

I truly hope you are in a better place of employment. You deserve respect!

I worked at a local sandwich shop that was quite strict in terms of cleaning, especially the ice machine. We made sure to clean the ice machine to ensure no contaminants were there. We would also throw out old ice while cleaning the machine to ensure that fresh ice was in it.

@inumizuno

Жыл бұрын

the fact that a local sandwich shop has a better job at cleaning ice machines than most fast foods

Some reasons why staff never order an item could be because employee discount doesn't cover the item, or cover it enough to justify ordering it.

someone throws a soda in your face, and you get pink eye. nice

I love this guy, he is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met and know.

@plumsparkles945

Жыл бұрын

Ya

@JustaHedgehoginSonicBoom

Жыл бұрын

Same. He gives me calm vibes

@firekingsabo

Жыл бұрын

Same, watching his videos is chill and relax for me, this guy is one of the coolest KZreadr, even though English isn't my native language, his videos still the best

@cyndaquil0155

Жыл бұрын

@@Steelymist blud what

@haileymorris174

Жыл бұрын

​@@Steelymist one of the nicest person? Idk I think people works with the sentence structure

I have been ordering the Fillet O Fish for years and the only reason I don't order it more often is because of the price lol Today I learned what makes gravy so delicious! 😋 If gravy bothers you, just wait until you find out what woostershire sauce is actually made from/how it was originally invented.

@jayp6262

9 ай бұрын

Do tell!

@mRahman92

9 ай бұрын

@@jayp6262 rotting fish heads. Or something of that nature was made, and after it was allowed to "mellow out", proved to be an amazing flavor and aroma.

@AmyraCarter

6 ай бұрын

Worctershire, fish sauce. It's pretty good, really.

The majority of these seem to be "people are blissfully ignorant of how food works" rather than some dark secret behind closed doors at restaurants.

The McDonald’s worker talking about the filet fish felt like they had been personally attacked. Lol…. 😂

Wow. I never heard of anyone talking about many of these. I know a family member who worked at McDonald’s. They always got grossed out making the fries. They said they would feel sick after every shift

@JustaHedgehoginSonicBoom

Жыл бұрын

How dod they make the fries?

@laneatkinson6441

Жыл бұрын

Was it the smell of the oil that disgusted them? My dad worked at McDonald's when he was a teenager, and he always said making the fries was his favorite part.

@SergioLeonardoCornejo

Жыл бұрын

As long as it is safe to eat, that's fine. But yeah. Some things are not precisely nice to know for sensitive people.

@SUNCITYOUTLAW

Жыл бұрын

I remember getting of work all greasy and salty. 😂 But yeah the heat and smell of oil would make me feel sick at times.

@vectorwolf

11 ай бұрын

Once at summer camp, the cook quit and since some counselor was filling in, I got cottage fries with literally every meal for two weeks straight. I couldn't bear the thought of cottage fries for YEARS after that, so it's really easy to believe you can get mega turned off to things just by overexposure.

As someone who doesn’t really have any dietary restrictions and has never gotten sick from eating out, none of these things bother me at all. If it tastes good, I’ll eat it. I’m mindful of what I’m putting in my body, but I don’t eat fast food daily so I’m not worried about eating something questionable every once in a while

The gravy and chilli in this list are a healthy reminder for people to learn to stop wasting food and use leftovers in tomorrows meals. Stews and pies etc. are other examples where using leftovers is common.

Lovely video in general, the content, the music, the visuals, the organization. Thanks mate. Earned a sub.

As a former fry cook at McDonald's, I would stay away from the pies and filet o fish because they have a significant chance of sitting there over an hour past the throw out time. If you are craving them, I would politely ask for them to be made fresh, though be warned that the pies take more than 10 minutes to bake.

Gosh, you never stop coming up with new ways to rip on fast food, and rightfully so. Great work Josh.

Former Wendy’s employee. The chilli we actually used combined with the unused meat (if we didn’t use the fridged meat within two weeks we threw it out) we put it in some trough, and add 2 full big pitchers of water (i think its about 2 gallons), mixed with this, concentrate paste, and refrigerated beans. Its super watered down, some days its a little pastey, and on some days is basically soup.

@justinmelton6560

9 ай бұрын

Sounds like inconsistent prep cooks that were more 1 cup of water... so like this 44oz cup? 😂 if cooked right it's usually about the same. Though claims of clean meat is ehhhhh at best.... at 4 different stores the extra or bad patty holder didn't work or something so after a days meat collection in a room temp tray they freeze for 1 to 4 days then boil.... boil old spoiled meat.... no thanks.

As someone who enjoys her job at McDonald’s and is allowed to have a free employee meal after I’m all finished with work for today, I usually order anything that my taste buds desire. I am able to order any item on the menu except for the desert-based items and Mocha Frappes. Makes sense since having those would make me more spoiled, but I still wish I can have a mocha frappe with my burger and fries….

I appreciate the transparency and explaining when something just seems stupid, instead of hyping up the drama for the sake of views or interest. Also 23:00 I have contamination OCD and thank you for clarifying that they DO get cleaned qwq I almost thought about never having fast food ice cream again. I might avoid it for a bit though...

I’ve made gravy using that same method, though I did it with beef, and made correctly, it’s great. I hate to say it, but KFC has the right idea. Also, you’re right about the beans. I’ve boiled beans before in culinary class. Nothing wrong with that. Clearly these employees need to be educated.

@uchihasflame1

Жыл бұрын

Ya most roux are made fhe same way using pan drippings instead so I don't understand the hate here

@Pensfan5919

Жыл бұрын

​@@uchihasflame1Was gonna say; I've done homemade mac and cheese with a roux, and it's literally the butter drippings from what you use to keep the pasta from sticking to the pot.

@c0mpu73rguy

Жыл бұрын

I 100% agree… Which annoys me a little because I don’t like when I agree with big corporations like that.

@PunakiviAddikti

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I don't get the beans. Do you guys just not buy actual beans? Do Americans only eat canned, pre-cooked beans? All beans come dehydrated and need to be boiled, except canned beans.

@KaiserMattTygore927

Жыл бұрын

Actually reasonable people in the comment chain all around. crazy how those employees don't realize basic stuff.

The first one is just a similar process to home cook gravy but in a larger amount. It just seems gross because it’s from a fryer and in large batches which makes it look like something that came from where the sun never shines.

I make gravy by cooking the fat off of bacon or other fatty meats, I take the fat and add in some seasonings and flour until it’s a wet sand consistency. Then I slowly pour in beef broth and stir constantly. Usually about two tablespoons of beef broth at a time, stirring until there’s no lumps, then adding the next bit of beef broth. Until it looks a smidge thinner than gravy should be, then I cook down and stir frequently until it matches about what you’d expect gravy to look like. Then it’s ready. Gravy is cooked fat oils, seasoning, and a binder like flour. Then some liquid like beef broth, or water, or milk if you want to make a country gravy. The KFC gravy is completely the traditional method of making gravy from scratch.

I have a total of two stories on fast food soft-serve (yes, it's really that notorious). My partner works at McDonald's and backs up the claim that the ice cream machine is never actually "broken" like the employees say...it's just going through its regular long cleaning process. They just say it's broken so the customers don't wait around for four hours at the restaurant without ordering anything. My partner also says that it's more likely for one of the grills or deep-fryers to be broken only have one running at a time. The second story is a little more gross, so don't continue if you have a weak stomach. A teacher I had back in high school used to work at a Wendy's. That store hired a rather unintelligent person who would regularly water all the plastic plants around the dining room. What finally got them fired was when they used a toilet scrub-brush in the Frosty machine on multiple shifts (with nobody realizing until after several days). The health department was called, the employee was fired (and possibly blacklisted), and the Frosty machine was completely replaced, so nobody needs to worry about getting a toilet Frosty.

@justanomorifan3059

Жыл бұрын

That second person is stupider than ed from good burger.

I work at a local ice cream shop in my area and there are two things i would never order off the menu 1. Smoothies- we make our smoothies with our slush base, vanilla yogurt and boxed up fruit puree. They just look really gross when mixed together and aren’t really that healthy as the yogurt and slush base are full of sugar 2. Monster Sized Milkshakes- We serve a “monster” sized milkshake which is basically 44oz (1301.46) ml of ice cream, flavoring, and milk.

@KeeperOfSecrets-42069

Жыл бұрын

Lol I thought this was 'Merica

@Everlucky_Clover

Жыл бұрын

ironically i would go for that monster shake >_

@cjnewman7550

Жыл бұрын

​@@Everlucky_Clover same

When you work at subway and a customer has you make a “toasted tuna” you don’t want tuna ever again

It's interesting to hear what people think about the amount of coffee in Frappuccinos at Starbucks. I'll definitely agree that they're annoying to make if you're not used to them, but the coffee used has more caffeine than its volume lets on; I guarantee it has enough coffee for most people.

I need to add that at my first job at an ice cream shoppe, we had a Frogurt machine...basically EXACTLY the same as a soft serve ice cream machine and also a milkshake machine. EVERY day at the end of the day, we had to thoroughly clean them ... and we did...the process taking about an hour and then for the machine to be ready to dispense again took about 3 hours to fully make the frozen yogurt cold enough to dispense and sell. So, by completing the cleaning process, the morning staff knew the machine would be clean and ready to fill with the liquid yogurt...which, as I said, took about 3 hours to be ready to sell. So, when I hear McD employees say "our shake machine is down", what they truly mean and fail to say is that their machine is down for cleaning maintenance... hey, I tip my hat to them.

Previous KFC manager here, my store was franchised, so it was always cutting corners. Ours was the instant mix and all we did was throw some hot water and the mix in the bowl, we couldn't over stur because it wasted time. It was mostly just water and it was absolutely awful. Bonus: When they shifted from actual baked cookies to the pre-packaged ones they have now, I let my staff try one and take a few, and not a single person liked them, we were telling customers just not to bother with them near the end of my employment

Phantom, I like the fact that you have personal experience as a guide for your reports on this. I love your videos, keep up the great work! *Love from Northern California!*

As a southerner, its genuinely funny seeing people freak out over how real gravy is made

What’s better than Christmas and comes way more often. A Strider video 😂

I worked at Nespresso for a couple of years and although Decaf was good (I preferred Half Caf personally) we all were stunned by people who liked this one coffee called Solelio which to us, tasted like someone put water into a coffee you already finished

@eldrichnemo9312

Жыл бұрын

omg my mom recently got a whole huge box of the cup version of these and yeah, it's not great to say the least!

I have heard people who are workers in Starbucks say don’t order a secret drink/meal because basically at least one person made your personal order and it is a hassle to do.

The reason I’ve always liked your channel is how true to your self you are you never changed for a trend or anything I think your the above most other KZreadrs

Honestly the frappe kinda surprised me. For someone who doesn’t really like coffee, having “just a little bit” in the drink sounds like a nice compromise.

Girl I know the coffee for the Starbucks is basically just coffee flavored syrup, but they taste good as heck and I will NOT stop, thank you.

@kittycatmeowmeow963

Жыл бұрын

I don't like black coffee anyway, so I don't care.

Yes, that's how brown gravy is made. In the old days when life was a lot tougher for many people, gravy provided a rich source of calories needed to haul water, chop wood, or follow a mule-and-plow all day. People couldn't waste ANYTHING. Sometimes a gravy-sandwich was all the kids got to eat; the grownups got the meat.* In my family there was mostly brown gravy and fish gravy with some red-eye gravy (from ham, with no thickeners.) White (milk) gravy really wasn't popular. *And if you think a gravy sandwich sounds bad, some kids got a biscuit spread with bacon grease, and sometimes they didn't get this until after the adults had eaten.

I worked in a Chinese restaurant, and they did basically the same thing... My grand mother"s turkey gravy was water flour and turkey drippings and spices... it may sound gross, but that is the definition of gravy

Former Little Caesar's employee here. The pizza we made would sit in the hot box for a rather limited time and then tossed (or eaten by the employees like me). We never reheated pizza in the hot box as long as I worked there.

I like how he went from reviewing cartoons to fast food. I’m honestly all for it.

From someone who worked in fast food I have never seen anyone clean the ice machine

As a past wendys and chickfila employee i can say the meat used in chili or soup was used literally the next day they had a system so we wouldnt produce 1000's of extra pattys most of the time id have to cook patties on my own 😂

I never knew to look out for that stuff for ice... But I was always asking for no ice anyway. I just don't like how it waters down my drink, is all! I worked at Wendy's and was once told by a coworker that I will stop liking their fries and frosties. This wasn't true for me though! I never saw anything wrong with the frosties and I worked on fries myself. And whenever I left the fries too long, I got lectured.

I used to work for a KFC here in Philadelphia, PA (USA). All of our food was pre-bagged. Even the gravy. It was a brown powdered substance that was poured into a large mixing bowl and then had hot water added to it. Then we mixed it around and served it. Same process with the mash. Also, the coleslaw was all pre-chopped vegetables in a bag with separate bags of mayo to mix into the coleslaw container they had set up. Which, I’m sure was just an extra chicken drawer from the freezer that wasn’t used for storing chicken.

@tomawulf7444

9 ай бұрын

Yep, that's how it was at my store as well. And giant elbow high plastic gloves to stir the coleslaw. Stirring it was so cold it was painful.

@raymellon9572

9 ай бұрын

KFC I worked at in the 90s had a cabbage shredder. No one under 18 was allowed to use it so the manager on duty would have to make coleslaw every day.

@mszuzubookitty4646

9 ай бұрын

You can go online and find a knock off kfc gravy recipes that’s really good. Uses beef and chicken bouillon. Comes together fast and tastes great with any kind of chicken dinner. Heck I’d use it on pork chops too.

I remember about 2-4 years ago seeing on the news and online news articles here in the UK about the ice from some coffee places like Costa Coffee.

I appreciate you taking time to chill at Brewster's Cafe. 👍👍

My first job was working at a family owned gas station/restaurant. The owner had us always fill the hot case, just so that when we would close up for the night everyone would have meals to take home. He was a business man through and through, but he had a heart that’s for sure.

I read this article a sweet old lady wrote about how she hid a McDonald's Big Mac in her pantry and forgot about it. after 24 years, she found it. It was edible, the bread was shrunken and crumbly, but that was it!😮 There's so many preservatives on it that it lasted 2 and a half DECADES!! ANOTHER STORY--- I accidentally set my toaster to 60 minutes instead of 6, the stuff at the bottom of the toaster was nothing but dust, and my burger wasn't even scorched. Imagine what kind of chemicals can be found in a burger that DOESN'T BURN😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

I used to work at Wienerschnitzel and In my time working there, you can definitely tell that across different restaurants, certain things are different. Like at ours, we left ice cream toppings like carmel and chocolate syrup at room temp all day where another one of our restaurants about 15 mins away, kept them in warm-boiling water. Across all of our stores we valued the ice cream though, every store that I went to(4 in my city) our machines were religiously cleaned every other day. Our managers cleaned it so it was always done and done by someone who had at least a few months under their belt. We used a sanitizer sent by the ice cream machine company itself and followed their instructions to a T. Our ice cream mix came in a bag and was frozen as it came out of the machine. On top of that, their machine always works, was only broken once when I was there and that was because the AC broke and it was literally 120 degrees in the building. Our chili is made with the same patty method though, chopped up, boiled, put in chili mix and served. I trust it too because I know the pattys are never neglected. Sure they might sit in the hot plate for a bit but it’s an enclosed hot plate kept at 165 to keep bacteria away. Plus the boiling gets rid of it. Never order a veggie dog though… they are microwaved and get rock hard if they are left out for any length of time after cooking.

As someone who worked at Wendy's for 6 years, the chili and meat will never be days or months old. The chili is so popular that we would go through pots and pots a day. Like I even at times had to make extra meat on purpose to even make some for the chili lol

@bigjalapeno7061

Жыл бұрын

That's some good clarification

@smeake

11 ай бұрын

When did you work there? My dad worked there late 70s early 80s.

@alteridolriley

11 ай бұрын

@smeake from 2006 to 2012 so pretty recent for the topic of this video lol

I learned about leftover meat in Wendy's chili from watching Spoony's riff on the Wendy's training videos. "If something goes wrong, and your burger's not right, there's no need to get uptight. If they're dry, burnt, broken or incomplete, that baby turns into chili meat."

"our toilets are as clean as our ice machine" Everything sounds better when you put a possitive spin on it.

I just wanna throw it out there about the hotdogs. I worked at Coors field in Denver, CO for many years. They do not use the water technique. They have their hotdogs on hot rollers. So please enjoy one when visiting our ballpark. They are delicious!!

I get the Filet-O-Fish every time I go to McDonald's, and I've also read an autobiography of a Chinese Canadian who stated that his family's favorite item on the menu was the Filet-O-Fish. But I do think the buns have a much higher quality than the fish. They always have a nice texture while the fish sometimes seems off.

@madzpanda

Жыл бұрын

When I worked there it was the same bun as like a cheeseburger, or mcdouble. They steamed it instead of toasting it though. Since fish fillets are at least where I worked rarely sold they went bad and created more waste then the franchise wanted... so sometimes they wouldn't waste them for an hour or more after they were suppose to be wasted. Ask for fresh fish next time and see if you notice a difference.

@gav1233

Жыл бұрын

@@madzpanda I’ll keep that in mind and see what happens.

@Dahk

9 ай бұрын

You read a book on a Chinese Canadians love of Filet-O-Fish’s?

@gav1233

9 ай бұрын

@@Dahk It was for AP Lang. hahaha

I actually work in a hotel food court as a pizza chef. We usually put the food in the hot box but if it’s been over an hour and nobody has taken the food, we put it in the cafeteria for the employees as long as it looks fine. If it looks old than we throw it away.

I've worked at a gas station and it's really very clean. It's got a grody name (and ofc still don't get gas station sushi) but most gas stations with a food counter (mostly bread and baked stuff) is really quite clean. I had to check temperatures constantly, of both the prepared stuff and the coolers. The only think I'd avoid is the lettuce on sandwiches because they always made us add the old stuff on top. But besides that? Really clean. Ofc it varies place-to-place. I'm Dutch.

I worked for Wendy's fresh out of high school. For the record, I have no issues with how they make their chili. It's a smart use to reduce food waste of perfectly good food.

3:04, I work at a coffee shop, although it is a fair bit higher class then coffee at fast food places, this one is disappointing. Customers order can order decaf because the effects can give them panic attacks, or they have heart conditions that make caffeine dangerous. I've dumped out entire drinks before because when doing a final check on the order I realize that a drink was decaf. Caffeine is 100% a drug, and giving someone caffeine when they don't want it is akin to drugging someone in my mind. Also, while on the topic, decaf DOES have some caffeine in it, although not enough to have effects usually, it should be noted for those with serious conditions.

@princesspixel3151

Жыл бұрын

And that was why I stopped drinking Mountain Dew, even though it’s not coffee. (Why do we even let kids drink those?!)

Dang, I have no problem with the Potatoes and Gravy at KFC. They’re still delicious. But, I wasn’t expecting the recipe for the Employees for Potatoes and Gravy are their nightmare and not bothering eating them.

I love your voice actress & her avatar. They're both adorable!

When I worked for DQ the candy was kept in the same container till it was gone which wasn't a big deal unless it was cheese cake or Brownie pieces. Also candies got into each other which could be peanuts or Reese's which can cause allergic reaction.

I worked at Dunkin' and used to feel terrible when people asked for decaf and we didn't have any brewed. If it was brewed, it was likely sitting out since the morning shift and was ice cold. My co-workers would tell me to just use regular coffee, and I really didn't have any other choice most of the time. As someone with a sensitivity to caffeine I felt so guilty.

@danelynch7171

11 ай бұрын

You could have just told the customers that.... Sounds like you're guilt wasn't enough to be good to the people who pay. .

Something scary abour number 9 is, caffeine, because of my meds, can actually make my heart stop. The idea of trying to get a decaf coffee and then getting something with that much caffeine, that's really scary.

@ThrillsofColdplay

Жыл бұрын

That’s terrifying

@ivandelao1834

Жыл бұрын

Don't put your lives into others hands my friend. Trust me, staff don't care.

@sweetwolfsteve5583

Жыл бұрын

​@@ivandelao1834 some staff care but 99% don't

Welp, I'll never ask for ice in my drink again

I love how you used "Tropical Crust" from Pizza Tower in your video!

Nothing brightens my day more than a Strider video

I just wanna say your vids are amazing and they allways make my day

Says he doesn't drink caffeine, yet loves diet cola.

People freaking out about how the gravy is made is hilarious. Clearly no one has “made” gravy that wasn’t powder in a packet before. That’s literally how real gravy is made.

Granted, I am a retired litigator in my 50s, however, when I was in college I worked at Burger King. The mayonnaise came in big maybe… 3 gallon vats that you sat in a cold tray of ice. but if the anticipated customers didn’t come in during the shift, the mayo would obviously age. The color would go off and it would get a nasty skin on the top. I once tried to throw out about half a tray of that stuff and the manager made me put it back in, re-ice it, and STIR IT UP! I have never eaten mayonnaise at a fast food restaurant again. And I rarely eat at fast food restaurants because the corporate greed motivation doesn’t give a 💩 about my health, obviously! That is 30 years of me not trusting Burger King to give me a sandwich with mayo on it!

Okay the editing in this vid is on point! Only thing better than being informed is being entertained simultaneously! Nicely done, Strider!

It really depends on McDonald's the fillet o fish, but it can stay in the heater forever, so can nuggets and any sort of chicken products, the heaters are reset over and over again.

I used to bartend for Red Robin and the damn soft serve machine was the bane of my existence. We sold tons of milkshakes. I was the one responsible for breaking it down and sanitizing it and every component every Sunday night. From start to finish it would take me about an hour, sometimes longer if I was busy with other stuff. Wasn’t “hard” just time consuming and full of pumps, little gaskets, small metal and plastic pieces… it was a huge jigsaw puzzle. Thankfully I wasn’t required to reassemble it as that was done the following morning. I did have to reassemble it one time and I mistakenly swapped two very similar (but still different) plastic pieces and one of those parts came loose and got chewed up by the machine so I had to disassemble, wash and sanitize the whole thing, throw out the contaminated soft serve, and completely restart the whole reassembly process all while juggling all of my other duties as the restaurant was now open by this time. The worst was doing all this while apologizing profusely to my general manager. I was mortified. Even though I hated having to clean it, I totally understand why. The nature of the machine itself and the dairy product it was filled with wasn’t anything to be taken lightly or handled improperly. We could have easily given a quarter of our customers food poisoning if we weren’t so meticulous with the cleaning process.

I can kind of agree to the ice machine concerns. I used to be a supervisor at a subway for about 16 months. In those 16 months I can only remember the ice machine being cleaned (by a company) only once, so I assume it was only a annual service. We would take a scoop and scoop the ice in to a bucket, travel across the store with it and dump the bucket of ice in to the top of the soda machines in the lobby where customers get their ice. The thing is... that bucket and scoop sat on top of the ice machine in the back and was never really washed out, and the scoop never sanitized in between uses. I never thought about it at the time as a issue but looking back on it I'm sure the ice got dust and germs on it on a daily basis. Most customers seemed surprised we manually filled the soda machine with ice ourselves. It would definitely be more convenient and sanitary if the soda machines made their own ice.

@danelynch7171

11 ай бұрын

Bro.... That's on you than... Clean the stuff!

@farmingsim9813

9 ай бұрын

When I worked at Burger King it was similar, we carried the ice in a bucket from the back to the front, though the unsanitary part comes from the scoop itself, since one person handles money/cards, and scoops ice into drinks, it was easy for the handle of the scoop to get into the ice. I'm pretty sure I was the only person to ever clean that scoop during the whole time I worked there.

@astroxmisfit

9 ай бұрын

@@farmingsim9813 Right, we were never taught/told by our manger or district manager to clean the scoop/bucket and it might have seemed like common sense but if you ever did something wrong (use the wrong kind of cleaner/disinfectant to clean something) you could get written up. We only cleaned things that we knew HOW to clean "by the book" so a lot of simple little things like that didn't get cleaned. Plus if it wasn't on our daily cleaning list nobody gave it a thought.

@roccy5735

9 ай бұрын

I worked at Taco Bell for 2 years and nobody ever cleaned the ice machine. I didn’t even know it was a thing that had to be cleaned