A large pizza now costs over $20.
this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2026
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To recreate a McGangbang these days it’s upwards of $50, same as in town
Well the dollar is pretty much worthless so…
Someone show "Pulp Fiction" to a Gen Z and ask them what they think about the $5.00 milkshake
$5 in 1994 = $11.27 in today's money. I'm not from the US, is that egregious or standard today?
The official inflation counter is nonsense.
Do a quick search of actual 1994 prices if you don't believe me.
And $12.00 is what you'd spend at a high end restaurant or hotel for a 2026 milk shake.
More than I would pay for one
I don't know if it's worth $11.27 but it's pretty fucking good.
Depends on the place I guess. The old I've cream place in town? That's a little pricey, but not unheard of. One of those smoothie places? I don't think they have anything that cheap.
How much is like a dairy Queen shake these days? I'm blessed with an abundance of quality local establishments so I haven't been in a while.
25$ for a burger WTF???
Nah man it's standard everywhere /s
Morning Star veggie burgers and black bean burgers are super cheap, tasty and a direct affront to the Christian religion.
a direct affront to the Christian religion
They're a subsidiary of Kellanova, owned by Mars. Not exactly the small indie lefty company I was expecting. There also is no real MorningStar farms, or family, or group behind them.
They're about as anti-christian as your average desk chair and about as offensive.
And they’ll still charge you $15
They're like 4 for 5 dollars.
What?
Super cheap? $9.20 for 16 oz from what I'm seeing in my area. Hardly cheap, much less super cheap.
Where I am it's $7.94 for 18.9oz of 8 patties. That's less than a buck per patty making a single non cheesed burger around $1.75. If you don't think that's super cheap then I don't know what to tell you.
Less than 2.5 oz those seem like sliders. Though I wonder maybe they don’t lose as much of their weight during cooking.
Secret to White Castle burgers is steaming the patty over onions on the pan/griddle and putting the bottom bun on while steaming.
Secret to McDonald’s burgers is salt pepper and a touch of msg.
Big Mac sauce is ketchup mayo touch of mustard and some relish
Popeyes chicken is just buttermilk marinated chicken coated with flour cornstarch and a touch of baking soda.
More wholesome fast food at home and it’s cheaper too
none of those have been any good in over a decade
Fast food at home takes a higher level of time and skill commitment. For fried chicken i gotta source all ingredients for the batter, make more than i need for the chicken to have adequate coatings, use a shitload of oil for a deep fry or buy a deep fryer, cook the chicken, then clean up the dishes and kitchen afterwards.
It is still defintely possible but many people working long shifts or overtime find it hard to do. My method for nearly any meal with more than 5 minutes of prep+cook time is to make lots of it, as you get more food per time invested that way and just eat it for a few days or freeze extra servings.
An air fryer goes a long way, I don't see much difference in terms of crispyness compared to regular oil frying and it's a lot less cleanup and work.
I use an air fryer to reheat fried chicken. Are you using it for the initial cook too?
For big batches to freeze I use oil. For a small meal without oil, I've found it works if you spray on the oil during the air frying a few times. I mostly do that for tofu. I toss mushrooms or other veggies in olive oil, herbs and garlic, and toss it in there too with a bit of cheese sometimes.
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Secret to McDonald's is salt, pepper, and a touch of MSG
I work at MacDonald's and the seasoning shakers ingredient list (because the spices come already mixed) contain a lot more than just those 3 things.
Because they add extra stabilizers and preservatives. Try it at home and the patties will taste the same.
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I have seen people say this so many times but apparently I'm missing that because while I have seen it, it's somewhat rare and usually it at least does include a side also.
The $25 burger is shit.
Burgers, in general, are shit.
What makes them good is the bang for buck. The concept is in their design. Some good shit between buns, allowing it to be consumed faster than a traditionally segmented dish. If you have time, wallet, and dignity, you take the dish. If not, you just get the chef to shove it between buns and serve it up.
If a burger is not doing those things, it is not a burger. It is a shit burger. Arguably it's so shit, it's an expensive burger-themed dish.
I don't hate or love burgers. I'm just a realist.
Burgers, in general, are shit.
I don't hate or love burgers. I'm just a realist.
Sounds like you don't like them. Which is an affront to food everywhere.
Hamburgers are supposed to be 25$ (well, money is made up and a price is only relative but you get what I mean). Beef is expensive as fuck to grow. Between time, land, water, food, raising a cow is an endeavor, it might be one of the hardest food sources to grow that we have, and that's even with raising them locked in a cell their whole life, which we should try not to do.
I think the 25$ hamburger is a good thing, it reflects the real cost of beef. The only reason it's been low is because we subsidize the cattle industry immensely, and we used to do it more. It's also because demand has gone down and supply has followed, the more people eat vegetarian the more a hamburger will be priced like the luxury it should be.
And to be fair, I know that our crops of cattle feed were ruined by the tariffs and the straight closing, I would bet the increased cost is preempting the expected downfall of these crops in the coming years.
You're right about the real cost, but this isn't normalization of cost - beef production is still as high as ever and is still being subsidized with tax dollars, and the difference in price is being pocketed by meat companies while taxpayers eat the production cost. It's the tariff refund problem again.
This situation is the worst of all possible worlds.
I don’t why everyone hasn’t stopped eating out and just cook at home these days
$25 can get me the ingredients for 20 hamburgers
$25 can get me the ingredients for 20 hamburgers
No it cannot. 10 would be a large stretch, let alone 20.
Some people were never taught how to cook. Some people have messy room mates leaving the kitchen nearly unusable. Some people work unexpected overtime and have their shift run longer and into another meal time. Some people struggle to find the time to cook and clean up for themselves.
The only way I manage to eat decent throughout the weekdays is by doing lunch and dinner prep during my sundays. Its takes a lot of planning sometimes to ensure i have enough ingredients and i often don't get to recreate as much as id like on my weekends.
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Because my family lives at home and they're all reactionary shitwads
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