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When those fast food cravings come knockin', you know there's no better place to go than Wendy's. The fast food chain is home to some of the most delicious menu items and never disappoints. But before you head over to Wendy's, you're going to want to make sure to avoid THIS classic meal: the chili.
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Now that fall is here and the weather is getting a little cooler, you were definitely looking forward to cozying up with some of Wendy's famous chili, right? You should definitely reconsider this decision, because a former employee says that the chili isn't made with fresh meat and gets made in a pretty disgusting way...
“I used to work at Wendy’s. The meat used in the chili, yeah, that comes from the meat on the grill top that expires and dries up that’s put in to a warming drawer until you have enough for a batch of chili, which we first freeze and then thaw the next day," a former employee wrote on Reddit, according to the Huffington Post. "Also, if the chili sitting in the warmer doesn’t sell fast enough we just added hot water to it to mix it up."
Yikes! Not to gross you out even more, but apparently this happens at A LOT of Wendy's. "I worked at Wendy's when I was 16 (32 now), but the meat in the chili is the burnt patties from the grill collected in a drawer, put in a bag, frozen, then boiled and chopped up, up to a week later," another former employee said, according to Thrillist.
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Yeah, so, we're really never ordering chili from Wendy's ever again. Is it just us, or are the Frosty's and fries sounding really good right now?
