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Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]] in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
* Major fast food chains in general tend to offer many quirky variations of their flagship products. One reason is catering to local tastes without diluting the brand too much while another is providing an additional excuse to jack up the price compared to the old favorites they've been serving for decades. Experimentation is common in the F&B industry but fast food is inherently open to 'hybridization' as some traits have to be maintained.
* Fast food chain Wendy's has introduced a sandwich called "The Baconator", apparently combining the the deliciousness of bacon with deadliness of the ''[[Terminator]]''. Or possibly vice-versa. Either way, you die happy.
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** And on top of that, some Pizza Huts have Wing Street in them.
* There's also Orange Julius and Dairy Queen. Queen Julius? And if you're lucky, it might have a Karmelkorn in it as well.
* The infamous Baskin Robbins/''Dunkin' Donuts'' combo. Because, you know, what's a donut without an ice cream sundae to wash it down? [https://web.archive.org/web/20100205043514/http://hoboken411.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/dunkin%20donuts%20baskin%20robins.JPG
** Likewise, Canadian donut chain Tim Hortons has combined with Wendy's (which used to be under the same ownership) and Cold Stone Creamery, both in Canada and the US.
* Yogurt chain TCBY went on a major co-branding spree in the 2000s, usually with Subway and Blimpie.
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** According to Gunther Toody's he also had a penchant for french fries, topped with sausage gravy and shredded cheddar.
*** Well, there's nothing wrong with that. That's just a variation of poutine.
* Similarly, [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] likes Twinkie wiener sandwiches with Easy Cheese and dipped in milk. He's even seen eating one in ''[[UHF (film)|UHF]]''.
** He also showed us how to make other food hybrids in every episode of ''[[The Weird Al Show]]''.
* Carl's Jr. for a short time had a 1/3-pound burger topped with pastrami. That's right, they used [https://web.archive.org/web/20100317091545/http://www.theonion.com/content/node/51139 meat as a condiment]. The executive vice president of marketing said, "It combines two great tastes - a delicious Carl's Jr. burger and a classic, steaming hot pastrami sandwich - into one awesome mutant burger."
** Unfortunately, they were late to the party, since several local chains in Utah have been serving pastrami burgers since the 70s.
** Pastrami burgers are quite often seen in kosher restaurants as a substitute for bacon burgers. They're better than the not-really-cheeseburgers with the fake cheeze-like-substance on them.
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*** It's only awesome until you've prepared one, or seen that nasty refried-bean stuff by itself. Ugh, instant inedibileness.
*** The whole concept of the taco salad in general is a classic example of this trope.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131011052318/http://www.blacktable.com/turducken031217.htm Turducken], chicken inside duck inside turkey, it is the Russian doll of both food and birds.
** There is also the fabled osturducken: A chicken inside a duck inside a turkey ''inside an ostrich.'' And apparently in Georgia (the central Asian country, not the U.S. state; but there's so much going on in America, you never know) you can get a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey inside a lamb inside an ox. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120603030129/http://www.dm.net/~kevin-a-murphy/2005/11/word-of-day-osturducken.html This blog post] talks more about the practice of stuffing dead animals inside each other.
** There is also "Baturducken," in which each stage of the turducken is wrapped in bacon. Not bats.
** The ducken from ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' beats that. You start with a hummingbird, stuff that in a sparrow, stuff that in a chicken, stuff that in a duck, then a turkey, then a BIGGER turkey, stuff that in a penguin, stuff that in a peacock, then an eagle, shove that in an albatross, then an emu, next comes an ostrich, then a leopard, (For presentational purposes) put all that into a pterodactyl, and then stuff it into a Boeing 747.
*** That ''almost'' beats the ''[[Nodwick]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20110311075711/http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2006-02-22 version]: a hedgehog inside a dire boar, inside a bulette, inside a purple worm, inside a tarrasque (And at some point, one of the two latter apparently ate Nodwick). (Apart from the hedgehog, these are ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' monsters of increasing size and ferocity. None of them are recorded as being appetizing, though, although the Monster Manual is bereft of nutrition facts and deliciousness scores.)
**** Yet another version, claimed to be served at feasts for Arab royalty involves fish stuffed with rice stuffed into chickens which are then stuffed into a sheep with are stuffed into a camel.
*** Wait, it wasn't [https://web.archive.org/web/20150513010749/http://pompfiction.com/comic/strips/ernie-cooking-show-thanksgiving-2010-episode/ Turdonken]?
* A French cookbook from the 19th century attests to what may be the most elaborate nested-bird dish ever conceived - a bustard stuffed with a turkey, a goose, a pheasant, a chicken, a duck, a guinea fowl, a teal, a woodcock, a partridge, a plover, a lapwing, a quail, a thrush, a lark, an ortolan bunting and a garden warbler, the final bird stuffed with an olive in its mouth.
* Gaze on the wrongness of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120201000237/http://la.foodblogging.com/2006/01/20/the-75x75/ 100x100]. Eventually someone's going to buy a whole steer and grind it.
** That could feed a family for ''weeks''.
** In-N-Out Burger is famous (or infamous, depending on your definition of Food Crimes) for doing almost anything to a burger. Try the double cheeseburger with french fries on it.
* This is the driving force that made [http://www.roscoeschickenandwaffles.com/ Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles] a legend in its own time.
* At the risk of over-doing the food examples, behold the [http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/34709834/m/648009184931/p/1 fatty melt]{{Dead link}}. A hamburger with two grilled cheese sandwiches being used as the buns.
* Baked Alaska flambe. Cake + ice cream + meringue + [[Incendiary Exponent]].
* [[wikipedia:Foolchr(27)s Gold Loaf|The fool's gold loaf]]. Take one hollowed-out loaf of lightly toasted Italian bread, then add one whole jar of creamy peanut butter, one whole jar of grape jelly, and ''one pound of warm crispy bacon''. Somewhat unsurprisingly, Elvis reputedly had a fondness for these...
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* Condiment example: ''Baconnaise''; mayonnaise with bacon already in it. As [[The Daily Show|Jon Stewart]] put it, it's "for people that want a heart attack, but are too lazy to actually make bacon."
** It goes great with ''Jimmy Dean Chocolate Chip Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick''.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131007114609/http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2008/01/20/homemade-bacon-vodka/ Bacon vodka]. That is all.
* And [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1327014/The-new-fizzy-drink-thats-likely-sizzler-U-S-company-invents-bacon-flavoured-soda.html Bacon soda] if you want to skip the alcohol (or add it yourself).
* [[I Need a Freaking Drink|The Long Island Iced Tea]]: [[Vodka Drunkeski|Vodka]], [[South of the Border|Tequila]], [[Pirate Booty|White Rum]], Triple Sec, [[Screwball Serum|Gin]], [[Hope Spot|sour mix]], and a splash of [[Must Have Caffeine|cola]]. Seven tastes that taste surprisingly mild, and gets you nice and buzzed. Numerous variations exist, including the "Romulan ale" or "AMF" which substitutes blue curacao for the triple sec, or some which add a ''sixth'' liquor, such as Chambord or Midori.
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* Cincinnati-style chili con carne is an adaptation of the classic stew made to the taste of the city's Greek immigrants in the 1920s, flavored heavily with allspice, cinnamon, and cocoa. It is typically served as a "three-way", "four-way", or "five-way" - over spaghetti, covered in a large mound of shredded cheddar cheese, and with onions, garlic, or beans. More exotic versions may also add sour cream, coleslaw, or a fried egg to the mix.
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