OT: Big Mac's Bar & Lounge: Alf Pogs! Remember Alf? He's Back...in Pog Form!

[Crafton]

Big Mc...is this real life?

http://jolt24.com/2013/09/04/35-secret-starbucks-drinks-you-didnt-know-you-could-order/

i hate ordering stuff at food/drink counters. for some reason i freeze up and end up discombobulated. it's not based in a fear of public speaking, because i do that all the time...

i don't think i could pull off ordering any of those custom drinks without sounding like a buffoon.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Big Mc...is this real life?

http://jolt24.com/2013/09/04/35-secret-starbucks-drinks-you-didnt-know-you-could-order/

I'm unfamiliar with a lot of them, but I've made a lot of them myself.

When you have downtime and you drink for free when working...you're going to experiment. Most are awful, some are great...as that article states, though, don't expect every barista to know every one of those...especially when names change from store to store and most of them are just stumbled upon by accident. It's not a secret menu, it's just combinations of stuff that's readily available.

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf tried to do the SoCal thing and introduce a secret menu last year...the idiocy involved of trying to promote something that's supposed to be a secret was just baffling and within two months the only drinks that were on that menu were the ones that no one ever drank and never should drink (do you want a caramel con panna? No, you do not, they're ****ing awful).


My favorite was a creation of my own so vile that it was used as an initiation right for at least a few years after I left that store...the Jelly Belly latte...which had one pump of everything and tasted like a handful of those purposefully disgusting Jelly Belly jellybeans. I'd say it's amazing that we actually had a few customers order it, knowing full well what it was...but then again people also buy those awful jellybeans knowing that they're disgusting so...people are idiots.

 

[Shady Machine]

How did captain crunch berries not make it onto that list?

 

[Big McLargehuge]

I have no idea what that is...but I assume it involves pumps of all of the fruity syrups...in which case it's instantly rendered undrinkable.

Those fruity syrups are just atrocious.

 

[Shady Machine]

It's just the strawberries and creme frap with toffee and hazelnut

 

[Ogrezilla]

I freaking love Cap'n Crunch with Crunch Berries. Best cereal ever.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

No way. Cinnamon Toast Crunch is the champion among cereal kind.

Cap'n Crunch (especially with Crunch Berries) is up there... but loses points for absolutely shredding the roof of your mouth.

 

[Ogrezilla]

No way. Cinnamon Toast Crunch is the champion among cereal kind.

Cap'n Crunch (especially with Crunch Berries) is up there... but loses points for absolutely shredding the roof of your mouth.

really? Do you not use milk?

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Never cared much at all for Cap'n. Cinnamon Toast Crunch all the way for the sweet ****.

 

[Ogrezilla]

Never cared much at all for Cap'n. Cinnamon Toast Crunch all the way for the sweet ****.

Cinnamon Toast Crunch would be lucky to make a top 5 list. Lucky Charms, Coco Puffs, Frosted Flakes are all clearly superior cereals. CTC might be able to sneak into the 5 spot.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

****ing arrogant yinzers.

 

[Ogrezilla]

****ing arrogant yinzers.

I prefer my cereal with Fries and Cole Slaw. What you don't do that?

 

[Big McLargehuge]

I prefer my cereal with Fries and Cole Slaw. What you don't do that?

Gruyère & maple syrup, you heathen.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

really? Do you not use milk?

Use what, now?

 

[Ogrezilla]

Gruyère & maple syrup, you heathen.

what the **** is Gruyère?

 

[Big McLargehuge]

what the **** is Gruyère?

It's a Swiss cheese (there's more than one, though I hate the one that gets referred to as the lone 'Swiss Cheese' in this country, that's closer to Emmental) that's put on just about everything around here...including that grilled cheese from a few weeks ago

 

[Ogrezilla]

oh ok. I really don't know **** about types of cheese. And I am 100% ok with that. I like my cheap cheese. Much like beer, I have no desire to "improve" my tastes to more expensive alternatives.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Cinnamon Toast Crunch is ****ing awesome.

Man..now I wish I had some.

 

[Shady Machine]

Ogre and I are the opposite when it comes to food haha

 

[Ogrezilla]

Ogre and I are the opposite when it comes to food haha

 

[MrBurghundy]

 

[Crafton]

am i experiencing déjà vu or was there already a cheese discussion a while back. perhaps i'm remembering Ogre's unwillingness to push his boundaries with regards to certain experiences (that is to say, his enlightened contentment)?

 

[Ogrezilla]

am i experiencing déjà vu or was there already a cheese discussion a while back. perhaps i'm remembering Ogre's unwillingness to push his boundaries with regards to certain experiences (that is to say, his enlightened contentment)?

no there was definitely a cheese conversation within the last month sometime.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Yeah, there totally was a cheese discussion, in I was ruthlessly persecuted and ostracized for not being a Cheese Guy.

Also Big used the exact same picture of that heathen perversion of grilled cheese.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I also remember the cheese conversation. I think it started with someone asking if anyone else's tastes have changed.