Why does cheap food taste so good?

[Bighoss]

its so strange, why does cheap food taste so good? For example today I realized when I decided to use some frenches mustard from a BBQ on my sandwich I realized it tasted 10x better than that dijon (insert french here) mustard. Then I thought about how this rule seems to apply to many other foods. Can anyone explain this to me, shouldn't the equation be quality+high price=good taste rather than crappy quality+low price=bad taste?

[Kikinchikin]

got me dude. I think its cuz they use so many chemicals that they trick our taste buds into thinking it's good. Or maybe we are familiar with the cheap taste and prefer it over fancy food. /shrug

[Fragmatic]

Currently eating -

Corned beef sandwich using cheap bread and cheap corned beef.

Evaluation - Tasty.

[Onizuka-GTO]

Best food ever!
Canned Corn beef, cheap Stale Tesco white bread, Morrison strawberry Jam, put together.
mmmmmmm......DINNER!

[Firefly]

Wendy's number one combo with cheese: 4.29
Biggie Size: 39 cents
A Spare number one: 4.29

Satisfaction: priceless.

[scarpas]

1/3 of a $2.00 cheese queso jar, 1/6 of a $5.00 tostitos chip bag, and free tacobell fire sauce =supreme happiness!


ketchup = crappiness

[Corrosion]

Jack's shakes = teh win

[Jaged]

Burgers* own all


*McDonalds, Jack in the Box, Burger King and the like are not included

[Biohazzard56]

What the hell does this have to do with cheap food.

[Firefly]

Fast food such as Wendy's. It's cheap. It's good. If Wendy's had beer then I would be in hog heaven.

As opposed to, say, Dominique's, this French restaurant in Washington DC underneath the Watergate (or nearby, I forget... drunk...). The food is somewhat okay, not anything close to what I would call good. Probably healthy, but not quite appeasing my tastebuds. AND it's outrageously expensive. The after-dinner sex wasn't even worth the difference.