NEWS: Starbucks New Trenta Size To Make Long Company Meeting Attendees Regret Ordering It

You won’t be able to get hot Starbucks coffee in the new 31-ounce Trenta size, just iced coffee, iced tea and iced tea lemonade drinks. Yes, that’s a lot of iced coffee, iced tea or iced tea lemonade to drink. So if you’re planning to tackle a Trenta when it comes to your town, might I suggest training your bladder until then with 32-ounce Big Gulps.

The Trenta is seven ounces larger than Starbucks’ previous largest size — the Venti. Moving up in size and expanding your bladder a bit more will cost about 50 cents more than the Venti.

The Trenta size will debut today in 14 states, including this rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and in California on February 1. (Updated: It appears the Trenta cups haven’t arrived to this rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Stupid ships!) Starbucks will roll out the bladder-busting size in all of its coffee shops by May 3.

NEWS: Drench Every Inch of Your Pizza in Marinara Sauce With Pizza Hut’s Big Dipper

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Pizza Hut loves to mess around with the concept of pizza. They’ve stuffed the crust with cheese. They’ve turned the crust into little cheese-filled bites that you can pull off and dip. Now, they’ve announced their next pizza innovation – the Big Dipper. Basically, it’s a big, rectangular pizza, cut into strips. Twenty-four strips, to be precise. It also comes with four cups of marinara. For dipping, you see.

Every bite of the Big Dipper will fit into a cup of marinara, eliminating the need to smoosh up your slice trying to get it to fit.

At almost two feet long and with four cups of marinara, this is obviously meant for several people to share. The Big Dipper only comes in one size – extra large – and you can get it with one topping for $10. You can add extra toppings, but it’ll cost ya some extra dough. No pun intended. Okay, pun intended.

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NEWS: McDonald’s Japan Creates New Line of ‘Big America’ Burgers That May Create A Big Japan

Last year, McDonald’s Japan started the Big America campaign with limited edition burgers that captured the flavors of Texas, New York, California and Hawaii. This year, they’re doing the Big America promotion again with a new lineup of burgers. Texas and New York are represented again with the Texas Burger 2 and Manhattan Burger, while the rest of the Big America line up consists of the Burger Idaho and the Miami Burger.

Texas Burger 2 has chili beans, bacon, onions on top of the middle bun found in the Big Mac. Underneath all that, a Quarter Pounder patty sits on top of a slice of American cheese and mustard relish. Burger Idaho is made up of a quarter-pound beef patty, mustard, bacon, onions, cheese, a peppery sauce, and a hash brown in-between an onion bun. The Miami Burger is part taco and part hamburger, and it contains a quarter-pound beef patty with lettuce, tortilla chips, shredded cheese and a chili sauce in between a bun. Finally, the Manhattan Burger combines a beef patty with mozzarella cheese, lettuce, onions, sour cream sauce and a slice of pastrami in a bun.

The burgers are available for a limited time only in Japan ,which makes me wish I knew someone in Japan who is willing to ship one to me via overnight delivery in dry ice, and also pay for that expensive delivery.

NEWS: Subway Testing a Falafel Sandwich That Makes The Veggie Delite Even Less Appealing

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Subway sandwiches are a healthier fast food alternative to burgers and fries, but the problem I have with them is that, if you put on the same toppings, they aren’t very different than each other in flavor, and their Footlongs make me feel inadequate as a man.

However, in Chicago, Subway has been testing a falafel sandwich.

Some of you might be asking, “What’s a falafel?” While others might be wondering, “Does falafel rhyme with waffle?” A falafel is a deep fried patty (or a ball) made from ground chickpeas and/or fava beans, and it’s served in some kind of flatbread. And, yes, it rhyme with waffle.

The Subway version comes with whatever vegetables a patron wants and a creamy cucumber sauce. The falafel sandwich is slightly more authentic with Subway’s flatbread, but it can also be made with any other type of bread. Because falafels don’t have any meat products, the sandwich is appealing to vegetarians and makes the Subway Veggie Delite look like rabbit food in a bun.

Complete nutrition facts aren’t available, but according to the Subway Falafel Sandwich website, it has no cholesterol or saturated fat.

Currently, it’s only available in Chicago at participating locations.

Source: Subway Falafel Sandwich Facebook Fan Page

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NEWS: Burger King To Stuff Jalapeno and Cheddar Into Burger Patty Which Will Then Be Stuffed Into A Bun and Then Stuffed Into a Mouth

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Hot dogs have been stuffed with cheese for years, so it surprises me that no fast food company has come up with an idea like the upcoming Burger King Jalapeño & Cheddar BK Stuffed Steakhouse burger until now.

According to BurgerBusiness.com, the Jalapeño & Cheddar BK Stuffed Steakhouse’s beef patty has cheese and jalapeños stuffed into it, while the rest of the burger is made up of a creamy poblano sauce, lettuce and tomato in between a premium bun. I guess the benefits of stuffing the jalapeños and cheddar into the beef patty would be not having jalapeño slices fall out and melted cheese oozing everywhere.

The Jalapeño & Cheddar BK Stuffed Steakhouse by itself is expected to cost $3.99. Although, on this rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the Burger King locations here tend to charge a bit more than their mainland counterparts. Nutritional information isn’t available yet, but do you really want to know?

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