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Archive through January 31, 2007

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Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 11:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
Oh, yum. We don't have a Del Taco here though. Only Taco Bell and it makes my tummy upset. I avoid them every chance I get. We have a new Mexican restaurant here I haven't tried yet called Gallo's.

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 11:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
You can't get an all beef burrito at Taco Bell. I think you used to but not any more.

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 3:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
I'm not even sure it's beef at Taco Bell.

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 3:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
LOL Chili...I enjoy taco bell, but I'm known to be a little on the strange side...I know that's very hard to believe!

Kep421
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08-11-2001

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 3:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kep421 a private message Print Post    
Chiliwilli and Oregonguy agreed?

...um...isn't that the eighth sign of the apocolypse?

Oregonguy
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02-12-2006

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 4:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oregonguy a private message Print Post    
i was shocked when i saw that. it seemed like every post during survivor season i disagreed with or vice versa, just like that 1 guy in big brother forum.

it does show that there is hope for her. ha!!

Kookliebird
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08-04-2005

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 4:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kookliebird a private message Print Post    
If Chiliwilli and Oregonguy agree this once, maybe there's hope for 'the Donald' and Rosie.

Freetimefinally
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01-26-2006

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 5:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Freetimefinally a private message Print Post    
I ask at taco bell for the stuffed burrito's and tell them no BEANS. Otherwise I spend the whole day in the restroom.

All Del Taco's around here went out of business years ago.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 5:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Ya'll can have your taco bell -- we have the "real" stuff around our area (1/3 Mexican/Spanish population)...our tamales are to die for, and the burritos can have anything you want in them (or out of them). :-)

And, for the record, I'd NEVER eat mango w/chicken!

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 6:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
I wouldn't make a good Mexican, I guess. I'm not much of a Mexican food fan. I like Taco Bell as long as there aren't any beans but it always makes me sick afterward. I love a good margarita. Does that count?

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 8:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
I love mangoes and I love meat and fruit together depending on the meat. Chicken and mangoes? Sure, I'd eat it.

Kookliebird
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08-04-2005

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 8:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kookliebird a private message Print Post    
Margaritas definitely count !

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 8:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
I take that back . . . I think I could make a good Mexican if he'll hold still long enough and not make me run. I just can't eat the Mexican food.

Grooch
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06-16-2006

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 9:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grooch a private message Print Post    
I love mangos, but they can get slimy pretty quick. I would not want it on my salad at a fast food place.

At least citrus fruits (manderin oranges, pinapple, lemon, etc) have an acid in it that helps keep the bacteria down. Grapes have an outer skin to protect. Apples are in the in between area. Depends on how fresh your food is.

(Actually, after rereading my post (which avoids my opinions on the rest of the fruits), it reminds me of why I really try to avoid fast food places.)

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 9:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
Me too, Grooch. The "fresh cooked" chicken thing makes a huge difference to me also. There's nothing worse than slimy chicken.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 1:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
I think part of the problem was the concept. Fruit and chicken? It's not mainstream enough to generate big sales. I missed who came up with that idea, but it should have been addressed in the board room, along with marketing and promotion.

A chicken tortilla bowl may be more boring, but it's an easy thing for people to grasp, and is far more likely to sell to a wider variety of customers.


I agree with Karuuna.

On another point I'd like to say that Spicey Bravado Bowl would have sold better. There is a market for hot spicey stuff that dares you to eat it. I just cant see ONE guy I know wanting to order a fruity "Paradise Bowl".

Psycologically speaking people like to know what they are getting. In that way the Chicken Tortilla Bowl was a huge success.

I was freaked out at the two Marketing people In suits/ dressed up accosting people in the drivethru. I'd be irritated enough at being hounded while in my car that I'd refuse to order the "paradise bowl" just because they PO'd me.

LOL

now the Bravado bowl would have caught my eye. I love spicy stuff.

This show has just about lost me though. I detest the way the Boardroom is being done this year. Project manager made the decisions and they were bad ones. The girl that had the good ideas is fired? crazy.

I am starting to think the Boardroom is truly about whether you can hold it together, speak clearly and stand your ground with strong arguments.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 1:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
oh ....and there are a fair amount of people who are dieting and dont want the extra FRUIT calories.

The paradise decision was poorly thought out.

Just another perspective

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 1:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
No hot and spicy for me please.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 2:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
I love HOT and spicy. I am blonde and blueeyed but had someone once ask me if I was raised in Indonesia since I could handle the "radioactive burger" without a wince LOL.

yum, Sambal Olek

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 3:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
Let me edit myself ~ I don't like hot and spicy food. There are some things that should be hot and spicy.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 8:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Er, Taco Bell is *not* Mexican food! Neither is Del Taco! (Just cause they have a Mexican word in their names, does not a Mexican restaurant make! <grin>)

Chilli, have you ever had a fish burrito? Broiled (never fried!) fish wrapped in a flour tortilla with lime/sourcream sauce, cabbage, salsa fresca, tomatoes, queso, and a squeeze of lime.

Paradise Bowl in southern California would have worked. And, apparently, it did. Kinetic lost because Arrow had the foresight to go out and get a bulk order. That difference in dollars was the ONLY difference between the two teams. (They lost by just over $100. Twenty two bowls times $5/bowl is just over $100.)

So whether YOU like fruit with your chicken or not is irrelevant. They did manage to sell a comparable number as Arrow's Chicken Tortilla Bowl, less the bulk order.

And FWIW, a Chicken Tortilla bowl ain't exactly new.

And a final note... El Pollo Loco declined to include EITHER item as a menu option once the day was over.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 8:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I just did a bit of googling, and found that El Pollo Loco had already done a "chicken tortilla" bowl. Back in 2001 they introduced the chicken nacho bowl. Which had, essentially, the same ingredients as Arrow's. And El Pollo Loco's regular "Pollo Bowl" comes with tortillas. Which personally, I'd prefer since you can use 'em to scoop up the contents of the bowl.

Of course, I'd never eat at El Pollo Loco. (Not just cause I'm a vegetarian, either!)

In case you're curious, a regular pollo bowl has something like 500 calories. However, it also has over 2000 (!!) milligrams of salt, and 84 carbs. Their chicken salad bowl has just over 300 calories, but it still has 1000 mg of salt. Their veggie bowl has 500 calories and 1000 mg of salt, along with 16 grams of fat!

Grooch
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06-16-2006

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 8:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grooch a private message Print Post    
I caught the repeat the other night on MSNBC, and I had to keep reminding myself that I was watching "The Apprentice" and not "The Surreal Life Celebrity Challange."

The A list/ B List thing, obnoxious hosts,
The constant screaming and shouting at each other. etc, etc...

I wonder if some guy in Hollywood went around peddling the same idea to all the reality shows and everyone jumped at the idea.

UGH!

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 11:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
I'm also growing weary of the Donald Show. Its just not interesting enough anymore. I want to see more of the actual team thinking and much less of Donald or his kids.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 11:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
I was looking at the pictures at the top of the Apprentice thread and I realized that I hardly know any of these contestants... and only know a couple of their names (which is pitiful after four weeks). If they didn't spend so much time focusing on how crappy the conditions are for Tent City, maybe we could see more of the task itself. Its all just very sucky.