• mommykink
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    Not only that, they lowered the quality at the same time. I remember when a subway sandwich was still kinda gross, but at least it was filling and you could have a decently healthy calorie dollar if you ordered right. Now, half the weight of your sandwich is in that super sweetened bread and the meat portions are tiny

    • @Viking_Hippie
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      5524 days ago

      super sweetened bread

      Fun fact: it’s so sweetened that the Supreme Court of Ireland (SCOI is a fun acronym) reclassified it as cake.

      Also, Subway chicken is only 50% chicken.

      To find out what the other 50% is, listen to the latest episode of my podcast Subway Exposure!

      Just kidding, I don’t have a podcast. It’s soybeans.

      • @Emerald
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        2524 days ago

        It’s soybeans.

        If that’s true I really wish they’d just start offering a tofu option at Subway so I don’t just have to get vegetables in bread lol

        • @BigDiction
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          Was it Taco Bell people were complaining that the meat filling isn’t ground all ground beef? I was like sweet I’d rather it be seasoned veggie delight anyway. Meat quality is not the draw of Taco Bell.

          • @Crismus
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            224 days ago

            Yea. Taco Bell Seasoned meat has been a seasoned freeze-dried tofu and beef blend for decades now.

            • @BigDiction
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              224 days ago

              Taco Bell claims 88% beef with water and seasoning composing the rest.

              • @Crismus
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                122 days ago

                All I know is they probably add a lot of textured vegetable protein to the mix to save money, since it comes in bags and isn’t made in-store.

                I don’t trust their labels all too much because it’s all too even to be natural.

          • @[email protected]
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            124 days ago

            Probably them too but my memory is that Jack in the box tacos were soy, not sure if that’s true, but it sounded right for the two tacos / $1 back in the day.

        • @[email protected]
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          324 days ago

          They used to have a veggie patty. It was so bad, I regretted not just getting vegetables in bread.

          • @Emerald
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            324 days ago

            Lol. Yeah some veggie patties can be horrendous. Like some of the ones from Aldi.

        • @chilicheeselies
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          524 days ago

          That was just a rumor. Not that it isnt disgusting. I used to like it until i got a double meat version ans wondered wtf this pasty garbage was in my mouth. Disgusting!

      • Drusas
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        624 days ago

        They ruled that, for tax purposes, it counts as a confectionary because of the high sugar content. They did not rule that it is literally cake.

        • @Viking_Hippie
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          224 days ago

          But what is cake if not bread plus sugar? 🤔

          • @[email protected]
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            324 days ago

            To me, it’s mainly gluten content. Cake is fluffy while bread is more chewy. You can have sweet breads and savoury breads. I imagine you can have savoury cakes too, but I’ve never had so I don’t know how good that would be.

        • @Viking_Hippie
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          I WAS going for that double entendre in order to make my imaginary podcast as badly named as possible, yes 😁

      • @[email protected]
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        224 days ago

        I really don’t like subway, but they do have new chicken. Their old stuff was clearly not chicken. Their new stuff actually looks like chicken so I’m pretty sure the figure you are quoting is their old shit chicken

        • @SLVRDRGN
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          624 days ago

          All of the above is concerning.

    • @Cosmonauticus
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      1424 days ago

      Last time ive seen a subway sandwich that wasn’t gross looking was in the 90s

      • @[email protected]
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        124 days ago

        I don’t get it anymore because I can make it way cheaper and better at home, but a flatbread turkey and pepperjack sammich with olives, cucumbers, spinach, onions, peppers, and their chipotle sauce is actually pretty dope looking. And it tastes wonderful. But not for 15USD.

    • @Quetzalcutlass
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      I’ve been to Subway twice in the last twenty years. Both times the shop was understaffed and it took more than half an hour to get our meals, and they weren’t even good compared to other sub chains that cost less, let alone the local non-franchise sub shops.

      The last attempt was a few years before COVID. I can’t imagine how bad it is now.

      • @Chiyo
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        223 days ago

        My wife and I walked into a Subway recently to use the restrooms. Not an employee in sight. Did our business and walked out without seeing a single person. I would have thought they were closed had the lights not been on and the door unlocked. Don’t know how they stay in business.

    • @[email protected]
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      I ordered a flatbread sandwich recently and the bread was extremely crusty and smelled old and bad. Subway is 100% in the gutter right now

    • @ChickenLadyLovesLife
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      324 days ago

      I used to get a roasted chicken breast sub from Subway every day. The chicken slab was pre-cooked and literally sitting in a bucket of warm water, from which they would pull it and microwave it for a few seconds. How in the living fuck did I ever think it was OK for chicken to be sitting in a bucket of warm water all day?

      This was around the time they stopped baking their own rolls in-store every day, and somehow I was also OK with the stale rolls that replaced it. I guess I was distracted by their pedophile spokesman.