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Arriving at the store, he noted that there were many filling options to choose from. He selected a Huevos Rancheros cone because CrispyCone proudly touts their breakfast offerings. The fillings are placed inside the cone, uncooked, then the whole thing is cooked in a microwave. Disposable utensils are used for cooking and it was served "in a nice cozy cardboard box holder, inside a paper bag, with a heat protecting band across the cone." So much for environmentally friendly non-packaging. Getting past the presentation, the cone turned out to be pretty inedible. The cone was a bland cracker, the fillings were funky and after three bites, our brave taster had had enough. The verdict was that it was not only "gross", but actually "reprehensible."
CrispyCones will be available in stores, in unfilled and filled-and-frozen versions, sometime next year. They might be better than the in-store versions, but don't count on it.
[via la.foodblogging]
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8-11-2006 @12:24PM MJ said... cooked in a microwave???? what kind of service is that. does not sound very good!
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8-11-2006 @12:30PM Mark said... We requested nutritional information from them last year, and the answer was a sort of paranoid "What are you going to do with it?" They never sent us anything.
In general, in a baked product that needs to be manufactured with a shelf life longer than a few days, "crispy" means lots of trans and sat fat and high calories. But commercial tortillas are not much better.
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8-11-2006 @12:40PM Kate said... Eggs, in a cone, in a microwave. Taste test not required ... this cannot possibly go well.
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8-11-2006 @12:48PM lauren said... okay, BUT there's a pizza kono where i live, and those are delicious. the cones take a spin through an oven, which crisps the crust and melts the cheese inside and theyre served in the same paper sleeve as regular ice cream cones. as for fillings, sundried tomatoes, spinach and grilled chicken? delicious.
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8-11-2006 @1:02PM sebastian said... there is a restaurant in salzburg that does the same thing:
http://www.finestfingerfood.com/
jörg wörther is one of the country's best chefs but it seems like so far, people have had a hard time learning to eat small bites of great food from ice cream cones
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8-26-2006 @4:18PM cosmo said... After reading Chavo long essay I had to try it myself, the eggs didn't look anything like the one on his story. They might have changed something since.
I had to do it, took the western egg and was surprised. Not so much with the eggs as with the story. I had a great experience, I also had a free sample of the smors. Have to disagree with him. BTW subway, mcdonalds and all the other fast food chains use microwave. wake up America. If you want something fast it's only Micro.
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