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chili reception?!....recent TikTok shows how 'Wendy's chili' is made..... - NewtonMP2100 - 02-25-2022
.....basically, they take old, dry meat patties, soak in tap water, microwave [ toss excessive liquid ], and then chop up.......then leaves in fridge to make chili in the future.....
....some applaud then for not throwing out and reusing 'resources'.....
Viral TikTok Allegedly 'Exposes' How Wendy's Chili Meat Is Made
.....There was a time when the biggest question associated with Wendy's was "where's the beef?" In those halcyon days of 1984, Wendy's did the asking (via Wide Open Eats). That question became a rhetorical smackdown that casts doubt on how well-grounded an idea is. But in more recent years, people have had a beef with Wendy's ground meat. There's no need to ask where it is because it's in the chain's chili. Instead, people find the meat itself questionable.
Back in 2015, people asked if Wendy's even used beef in its chili. As Snopes explained, a satirical piece by News Buzz Daily gave people the false impression the meat wasn't wholly cow but what sounds like an unholy trinity of horse, rat, and beef. Nowadays, chili detractors who accept that the meat comes entirely from animals that moo may still claim that Wendy's milks its cow meat for too long, using beef patties that are well past their prime.
TikToker @mr.mawby described them as "old dry patties." In a TikTok video that amassed more than 7 million views and 19,000 comments before it was removed from the site, the TikToker claims to be "exposing Wendy's." Set in a kitchen, it shows beef patties being rinsed, microwaved, chopped into chunks, and placed in a bag for safekeeping until they can fill chili cups. According to the TikToker, "it goes in the fridge for a few days after this."
Despite featuring the text, "How Wendys Prepares Chili," the since-deleted TikTok video doesn't actually show the chili being prepared in its entirety and stops after the ground beef is stored. However, some viewers had seen enough after 38 gruelingly unappetizing seconds of footage. Probably wanting to unsee it, one person wrote, "I just had some yesterday ... I feel sick bruh." A second, possibly-distraught commenter declared they were "gonna cry." And user Chipmunk, who presumably stuffed their cheeks with this chili, simply posted, "Foul."
But maybe @mr.mawby got it wrong. User Kendyll seemed to think the claims were more bull than beef: "I used to work at Wendy's.. the only correct part of this was the chopping with a spatula." Another self-described Wendy's employee claimed that their location used "fresh" patties to prepare chili. A 2021 Reddit thread also addressed the question of whether "Wendy's chili is made from their old meat," and self-identified employees answered that broken patty pieces or patties that may have been cooked too long to be sandwich material got turned into the chili. Moreover, some insisted the meat was just "as fresh" as the beef used in sandwiches.
Additionally, folks on TikTok and Reddit highlighted the food waste implications of chucking all that beef instead of chili-fying it. Some TikTok commenters mocked @mr.mawby's post. An unimpressed Lee wrote, "okay? was i supposed to expect you grew it on a chili tree??" In other words, where's the beef?......
how it is.......made......?!
Re: chills me to the bone?!....recent TikTok shows how 'Wendy's chili' is made..... - August West - 02-25-2022
I honestly cannot remember the last time I ate in a fast-food place. My spidey sense tells me that this is among their least objectionable practices.
Re: chills me to the bone?!....recent TikTok shows how 'Wendy's chili' is made..... - freeradical - 02-25-2022
I used to love that stuff when I was a kid and had the munchies.
Their burgers too...
Re: chills me to the bone?!....recent TikTok shows how 'Wendy's chili' is made..... - Acer - 02-25-2022
Was the handling unsafe in any way? Has there been a pattern of food poisoning from diners of Wendy's chili? Does everyone expect "real" restaurants to keep cows alive in the back to freshly slaughter after they order their meal?
Re: chills me to the bone?!....recent TikTok shows how 'Wendy's chili' is made..... - NewtonMP2100 - 02-25-2022
.....the chili used to be my go to lunch during my young 'starving artist days'....it used to be on their 99 cent menu [ which lately doesn't have that much, at least in my area ] but is no longer on it.....
Re: chills me to the bone?!....recent TikTok shows how 'Wendy's chili' is made..... - Bill in NC - 02-25-2022
learned this in business school over 25 years ago.
what's been cooked but is leftover at the end of the day goes into fridge then goes into the chili.
if there's enough demand uncooked patties are cooked then turned into chili.
nothing 'unsafe' about doing either.
Re: chills me to the bone?!....recent TikTok shows how 'Wendy's chili' is made..... - PizzaGod - 02-25-2022
I worked at Wendy's at one point. I'm sure the practice hasn't changed, except the refrigerated meat was put on a burner to bring to temp, then drained.
If memory serves, chili had a day or two and then had to be tossed out. "Marrying" (adding new to old) was forbidden.
Held at over 140•.
So what's the big deal?
Re: chills me to the bone?!....recent TikTok shows how 'Wendy's chili' is made..... - freeradical - 02-25-2022
People who order steaks well done in restaurants get the steaks that that will get tossed if not sold that day...
Re: chills me to the bone?!....recent TikTok shows how 'Wendy's chili' is made..... - wurm - 02-25-2022
They complain about this, but I'll bet they're first in line for sausage anything. After all, "parts is parts".
Re: chills me to the bone?!....recent TikTok shows how 'Wendy's chili' is made..... - mrp-admin - 02-25-2022
Yep, Todd Wilbur the food "top secret recipe" guy has that one and I've made it, it's a very good copy of their chili. I make burgers on the grill and the leftovers are used for the chili meat, the grilled flavor makes the chili all that much better.
Wendy’s Chili
SERVINGS 12
YIELD 1 big potful
2 lbs ground beef, left over hamburgers are the best.
1 (29 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (29 ounce) can kidney beans (with liquid)
1 (29 ounce) can pinto beans (with liquid)
1 cup diced onion (1 medium onion)
1/2 cup diced green chili pepper (2 chilies)
1/4 cup diced celery (1 stalk)
3 medium tomatoes, chopped
3 teaspoons cumin powder
3 tablespoons chili powder
1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper
2 teaspoons salt
2 cups water