{"id":641,"date":"2008-06-11T19:16:04","date_gmt":"2008-06-12T01:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/semperjase.com\/?p=641"},"modified":"2008-06-11T19:19:53","modified_gmt":"2008-06-12T01:19:53","slug":"drinking-straws-rated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/semperjase.com\/?p=641","title":{"rendered":"Drinking straws rated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drinking straws are an important aspect of the fast-food beverage experience. Here is how I see them stack up. <\/p>\n<p>5. Taco Bell &#8211; horrible straws. Too narrow. Who can drink through these things? Also I&#8217;ve found that I frequently have to get a replacement because of a split in the straw or a manufacturing defect at one end hampering the suction.<br \/>\n4. Subway &#8211; Acceptable diameter but their plastic wrapping can be annoying to remove (no one-handed pound on the counter to expose the top of the straw). The covering is also hard to crumple to throw away; again, not a one handed job.<br \/>\n3. Wendy&#8217;s &#8211; A good all-around straw. Not flashy, but serviceable. A little narrow for my taste but not nearly as bad as Taco Bell.<br \/>\n2. Arby&#8217;s &#8211; Good diameter for suction but see-through plastic can leave unsightly residue visible iin the straw. <\/p>\n<p>And the best fast-food drinking straw is:<\/p>\n<p>1. McDonald&#8217;s &#8211; The McDonald&#8217;s drinking straw is the gold-standard for all drinking straws. It is sturdy with enough width to get a good draw on any drink including a thick milkshake. The white and red color hides any residue in the straw and goes well with their cup designs. The McDonald&#8217;s straw streamlines the drinking experience. No other straw comes close. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drinking straws are an important aspect of the fast-food beverage experience. Here is how I see them stack up. 5. Taco Bell &#8211; horrible straws. Too narrow. Who can drink through these things? Also I&#8217;ve found that I frequently have to get a replacement because of a split in the straw or a manufacturing defect &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/semperjase.com\/?p=641\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Drinking straws rated&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[82,81],"class_list":["post-641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america","tag-fast-food","tag-straws"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}