Here's one group's list of the ten best foods you can eat…and the ten worst. Aside from the occasional can of Campbell's Bean With Bacon Soup, I don't eat anything from either list.
Say, did I ever mention this here? One time, my pal Tony Isabella and I were walking around a deserted area of Columbus, Ohio looking for someplace to have lunch. This was during a convention and it was Sunday and everything else around was closed…so we wound up at the only open place for blocks, which was a McDonald's. A McDonald's is okay in a pinch and this was a pinch.
To my surprise — I guess this was an experiment because I've never seen it anywhere else — this McDonald's had Campbell's Bean With Bacon Soup on its menu. It was even identified as that. You could go in and order a bowl of Campbell's Bean With Bacon Soup. It was the only time I've ever been in a restaurant — and yes, I know I'm using that word loosely — and they were offering hot food that I could prepare at home, exactly as well, for less money and probably in less time. I'm sure people who can actually cook have this experience all the time but it was new to me.
Then one time, another pal — Paul Dini — and I flew to Las Vegas for a day. We were walking through the food court in one of the casinos and we noticed a McDonald's there that was serving pizza. I think they even called it McPizza. Curiosity got to us and even though neither of us was hungry, we ordered one to split. Hey, what can I say? It was Vegas. You take gambles in Vegas.
When it came we each took one bite and then said, in unison, "You can finish the rest of this." Neither one of us did. It was the worst pizza I've ever had…far, far worse than you'd expect a McDonald's Pizza to be. It was also the only thing on the menu that didn't have much cheese on it.
It was also very small. I wanted to take it over to the Roulette table and see if they'd let me use it for a chip. Instead, Paul went to throw it away and in the trash can, there were about eight more pizzas, all with only two or three bites taken out of them. That was the last time I saw a McDonald's Pizza anywhere but apparently, some outlets still offer this delicacy and I'll bet they're a lot better than the ones were in Vegas. They'd have to be.