Irish Girl Tries SONIC For The First Time

[@DianeJennings]

On Wednesday I'll be LIVE reacting on Tw itch to JOHNNY CASH for the first time. Don't think I can post it on YT due to cop y right. Hope you can join me at this link: www.twitch.tv/dianodrama/schedule?segmentID=3ca00e36-2568-4112-b202-de93573aa283

[@Unclebillyr]

Please make sure you listen to Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue then.

[@rickeycarey4556]

Awesome looking forward to it

[@pastorbrianediger]

I'll try to be there. Hopefully you can check out some of his older stuff, as well as his cover of "Hurt" which was originally done by Nine Inch Nails.

[@googe2312]

Didn't know you had a twitch channel

[@scottferguson2092]

See you then!

[@raydurz]

Anybody else go bonkers with Diane's sauce + food choices? 🙂

[@brendafrazier811]

I was thinking no, the cheese sauce is for the pretzel! (Maple syrup?!) And the marinara is for the mozzarella sticks!!!

[@kenbrockfarm8656]

I didn't think I would because of my unusual sauce choices, but yes.

[@peggydeis8415]

Exactly. Cheese for the pretzel, marinara for the cheese sticks, mustard for the corn dog, ketchup for the tater tots

[@macsnafu]

Right. Maple syrup with the pretzel twist???

[@debjorgo]

I'm not sure why they have maple syrup. Do they serve pancakes?

[@joykoski7111]

I was laughing so hard every time Diane said "leemy-odd" i never considered limeade a difficult word before. 😂🍈🥤

[@josefstalin9678]

I think the US is more used to "ade" drinks than Europe. I mean they have lucozade, and lemonade but we have Gatorade, Powerade, lemonade, limeade, and kool-ade.

[@Japanican269]

In Ireland, limeade doesn't exist, so she has no idea what it is. I wonder if she's found out by now.

[@dbsagacious]

Between her attempted pronunciation of limeade, and her..."unique" choice of sauces for the foods, this is an absolute 10/10!!

[@texasdustfart]

IKR? corn dog needs mustard or maybe ketchup.

[@aquilapetram]

@@texasdustfart BBQ sauce could also be OK, since cornbread is a common side for BBQ. But a lot of us are anti-tomato products for anything in the hot dog family.

[@texasdustfart]

BBQ sauce would be ok.

[@Steve_Stowers]

Pickle slices are a fairly standard burger (and sandwich) topping in the US. You can buy a jar of "hamburger dill chips" at the store.

[@debjorgo]

I don't think I'd want one on a plain Hamburger though. I've got to have it dressed, - lettuce, tomatoes, pickles.

[@jesthered7966]

And it helps cut through and balance the other flavors! But i mean if you don't like pickles, I guess you don't get that experience

[@debjorgo]

@@JDoelker No. I've not had their cheeseburger or hamburger. I've had their Big Mac. Which is special sauce (a mayo kind of blend), lettuce and cheese with a pickle. Luckily, they don't mix ketchup or mustard with that. I like McDonalds for breakfast. I avoid it for lunch.

[@thejourney1369]

I love most pickles. I hate dill. And I DO NOT want pickles on my burger.

[@debjorgo]

@@thejourney1369 Okay. I'll take it back to the cook, but wouldn't you rather just pick it off.

[@Philistine47]

A lot of Sonic locations, but not all, have picnic tables outside for people who want to get out of their cars to eat and/or aren't in cars. A very few actually have indoor dining areas. Roller skating carhops used to be a lot more common at Sonic, but they mostly went away starting in the 90s due to insurance. Yes, there is meat in Sonic chili. The onion rings are hand-breaded each morning in each location. But then they're fried, like any other onion rings. I'm astonished that you were able to drink any of the blast through the straw - usually those go out the door with a spoon, and they're eaten like an ice cream dish rather than drunk like a milkshake.

[@DianeJennings]

Oh wow! Real thick like

[@LindaC616]

​@@DianeJenningswe have a place locally that calls their shakes "awful awful's." Because they're so awfully thick that you cannot drink them with the straw

[@williambranch4283]

The footlong chili dog is my favorite, and a cherry limeade.

[@DianeJennings]

That’s a very classic order

[@Dularr]

I find the tater tots better than the fries. Sonic is running a special on $2 small shakes.

[@mikeconner3684]

At Sonic, it's all about the tots!

[@IceNixie0102]

I have literally NEVER gotten fries at Sonic. The point of Sonic is tots. And real strawberry bits in your soda.

[@richardcurtis5281]

You're getting your sauces mixed up. The marinara is for the mozzarella sticks and the cheese sauce is for the pretzel. And always mustard on a corn dog, catsup if you must.

[@justdustino1371]

Sonic is good! The foot long chili cheese dog and the strawberry shake or cherry slush are awesome! 😎👍

[@DianeJennings]

So good

[@debjorgo]

Really. I don't think I've ever been to Sonic without getting the footlong chilidog.

[@wildbill7081]

@@debjorgoYes very true

[@aquilapetram]

@@debjorgo Yeah, the chili-ized dish (or the chili cheese-ized dish) is a fairly standard American thing. Burgers, hot dogs and fries are the usual bases. As the fast-food empires fight it out with the same fairly limited range of menu items, chili-cheesing has expanded to chicken things and onion rings. The variants of "Cincinnati chili" (a meat sauce with allspice, cinnamon, cumin, clove that nobody from the Southwest or West acknowledges as chili; the flavorings are Balkan, not Mexican) in Ohio are in the same territory: Spaghetti covered with "chili" (a "two-way'); spaghetti+"chili"+cheese (a 'three-way'); spaghetti+"chili"+cheese+onions OR beans (a 'four-way'); spaghetti+"chili"+cheese+onions AND beans (a 'five-way'). We put chili in/on all kinds of things. If you're making nachos at home, canned chili is a quick and dirty way of getting there. Back when I was young (60s-70s) before all the breakfast places got fancy, it wasn't unusual for diners in California and the Southwest to serve chili con carne omelets. And yes, Diane: Chili means meat. In fact, to hear Texans tell it, if there are beans in it, it's *not* chili. New Mexicans disagree, sometimes to the point of visible anger. The rest of us observe with bemusement.

[@debjorgo]

@@aquilapetram Yeah, the chili on the chilidog is nothing like what I make at home. I'm a "spaghetti and beans in the chili" person too.

[@markbrown2640]

I would have thought that the pretzel was meant to pair with either the cheese sauce or a mustard sauce if there is one. 13:10

[@DianeJennings]

Girls gone wild!

[@LiqdPT]

I love how Diane couldn't make the leap from knowing about lemonade, to realizing this was lime-ade... just a different citrus fruit.

[@KristyNobles]

1/2 price happy hour all day long if you order thru the app!! My favorite things at Sonic are the Cheddar Jalapeño Poppers with ranch, and then the Mozzarella Sticks dipped in marinara sauce!! Your pronunciation of Limeades was hilarious!! I laughed out loud. I can’t only imagine how many thing I would mispronounce when traveling to new places!

[@greendragonpublishing]

Cherry Limeade from Sonic is the full reason to go there :) SO refreshing on a hot summer day.

[@tierneybeckett]

Sonic is an exception with the fries. You don't go to Sonic for fries. You go for the tots (because you can't really get them anywhere else). And cheddar peppers if you like jalapenos. I like cheese tots, personally. The pretzel twists are amazing. The onion rings are handmade in store, not shipped to them frozen, so that's probably the "special" way they're talking about. Every once in a while, they do a frito pie and a frito pie wrap. They're so good. I'm always sad when they go away.

[@Amm1ttai]

I can get tots at at least 3 other fast food places where I live.

[@dongray9852]

Mozzarella sticks with the Marinara sauce, pretzel with the cheese... You experienced some unique flavors your way though. 😬😁😂

[@Armando_Brown32]

Paddy thought his new girlfriend might be the one. But after looking through her knicker drawer and finding a nurses outfit, a French maids outfit, and a police woman's uniform, he finally decided.....if she can’t hold down a fu*king job, she's not the one for him. And if non-patrons and channel members enjoyed this, please consider joining us on the other side…

[@DianeJennings]

😂😂😂 I wondered which Paddy were talking about for a moment. Thanks for the endorsement.

[@LindaC616]

😅😅

[@LindaC616]

​@@DianeJenningshe's adapting!

[@daverave3698]

For me the Onion Rings are a 10/10. It's the one thing I always get at Sonic. Real onions, unlike Burger King.

[@DianeJennings]

Agreed!

[@RayLeejr]

Burger King onion rings SUCK!!! I don’t even think they are made from onions!!! Sonic OR’s rule! They are made fresh from scratch and they put a little bit of soft serve in the batter, gives them a little sweetness!!!😜😜😜

[@Rosedach]

I am sorry to say that the Sonic where I live are now using the same frozen onion rings that the other fast food joints. And they need to leave the tots in the fryer a little bit longer because the are mushy.

[@daverave3698]

@@Rosedach I hope that idea doesn't spread. The Onion rings are the main reason I go to sonic.

[@Rosedach]

@@daverave3698 I hope so, too. I still have two places close enough to where I live that makes their onion rings from scratch and a chain BBQ place that makes their fries from scratch.

[@lisapop5219]

I love the pretzel twist and corn dogs with the honey mustard. Their breakfast wraps are great

[@tpdonnelly]

Hi Diane, Mustard goes well with pretzels. I don't know how you eat all that food! Have a good week!

[@pastorbrianediger]

I like going through the Sonic drive through with Velvet cause they want to pet her and give her a dog treat!

[@DianeJennings]

Awww chewy totally knows what drive-through’s are also!

[@BillW1]

There’s a Sonic about a mile from my house. It’s been there for 10 years or more. I’ve driven past it a million times and never stopped in. Don’t know why. It never seems crowded though.

[@DianeJennings]

Yeah, the one I went to was totally empty

[@rodneygriffin7666]

I will give Editor Dianne even more respect to edit this as Dianne is probably in a food coma right now. I hope she recovers. 😂

[@theyoungdiego]

Diane Jennings once said, " I don't know lads... I think that Bonno makes an awful lot of sense" Made me laugh more than once. ❤

[@DianeJennings]

😂

[@clevelandmaker386]

@@DianeJennings Diane.....TAKE IT STRAIGHT TO THE HEAD....IN AMERICA... Calories don't count!!!! And besides..... your significant other loves you for all your curves💖💖💖💖 And hopefully this will keep Editor Diane from destroying any sonics in the eventual takeover Which I am still offering up myself as a concubine by the way 😉❤️❤️

[@allanlank]

My favourite Bono quotation: "The world needs more Canada".

[@theyoungdiego]

@@allanlank that's awesome

[@jimross7648]

Well, Diane gets sauced at Sonic. As far I know Sonic doesn't exist in Canada, or at least not anywhere I've been in my slightly larger than almost everywhere country. I'm guessing that the special ingredient in Dianes New York Corndog was pieces of central park. If you know you know! Another fun video from the ever entertaining, Diane Jennings.

[@aquilapetram]

Personally, I'm still a little confused at the idea of eating a corn dog in New York City, a metropolis where you can't go more than two blocks without passing a counter and three food carts where you can get excellent non-corn dogs. I think of corn dogs as something you get on the midway at a county fair, where deep-fried everything is a food category; you don't actively seek them out. Why eat a corn dog, when you can walk up to the guy at the Sabrett's cart or walk into Mike's Papaya or a Nathan's and get one with the works? Is the pull of deep-fried starch really that strong?

[@bob_._.]

If you've never had cucumbers or pickles you should give them a try. Probably both because the flavor changes so much in the pickling. And in the US we have dill and sweet pickles, which are different from each other.

[@smokinhalf]

And the best is bread and butter pickles

[@aquilapetram]

All kinds of different dill and sweet pickles, too: Pickled in vinegar, pickled in salt brine, pickled with wide varieties of seasonings/varying degrees of sweetness, pickled for various lengths of time. I like all kinds of pickles, but my absolute favorite is the half sour, which is hard to find outside the New York area; you sometimes find them in kosher-style delis in other cities. It's basically a salt-brined dill, but it's not pickled for very long; it maintains the crispness of the original cucumber, and it has a much brighter, fresher taste than most dill pickles. The more old-fashioned delis in New York City often have a bowl of assorted pickles sitting on the table when you sit down; you take what you want. We have a big deli called Saul's in the famous Gourmet Ghetto in north Berkeley, California that's a straight copy of big New York delis like Katz's on the Lower East Side. They do the pickle bowl thing, because there are enough ex-New Yorkers here that the customers would yell at the management for deviation from the One True Deli Faith (I learned from my Queens-raised father that you can take the New Yorker out of New York, but you can't take New York out of the New Yorker). Saul's has excellent half sours; I think they do them in-house. I'm surprised that Diane's not a pickle eater, seeing that she lives much of the time in southern Spain. I would have assumed that cornichon (the crunchy tart little French pickles) are a standard item along with olives; cornichon are an excellent pairing with hams, salamis, chorizos, pates and other pork-y tapas items, because the sourness offsets the fat. And aren't pickles part of a ploughman's lunch everywhere?

[@ronnydowdy7432]

The chicken sandwich is better when fresh. It will dry out if you let it cool down. Good reaction. ❤

[@mattheweudy2396]

1:49 🤣🤣lim-ee-ned. They are soooo good

[@hempchimp]

Your battle with "Limeade" reminded me of Bronson Pichot's character in "Beverly Hills Cop". Thanks.

[@FlowerChild65]

Love this! We don't have Sonic in Canada, but I agree ranch can go to hell. I've never thought about dipping a soft pretzel in maple syrup, but now that I've seen this, I'm going to have to try it.

[@jamesloftus6157]

I am glad you finally got to try Sonic. The ones I went to in Houston were okay, but the one I went to in a small town in New York once was terrible. Greasiest hamburger I ever had.

[@DianeJennings]

Oh dear. The grease does require a careful, balancing act.

[@aquilapetram]

@@garycamara9955 Depends on the food, and I am a hardcore Northern California partisan whose father emigrated from New York, so I used to go back and forth to visit grandparents. I think Italian food is better here, because the common culinary languages here are Italian, Cantonese (with more Chinese regions as time has gone on) and a little Mexican (although LA's Mexican food is much better than ours). They're what everybody grows up eating in restaurants. South Asian and Southeast Asian food is excellent here. But French food is much better in New York, as are Central and Eastern European food. Middle Eastern food, too: Arab, Turkish, Israeli, Persian. Italian deli food is better in NorCal; Jewish deli food is better in New York. About 40 years ago, I once ran into a man at the San Francisco Airport departure lounge who had about eight 3-foot long Gallo salamis in a sack. I asked him why so many, and he said that he was from Long Island NY, and the availability of really good Italian salami was inconsistent there. So he stocked up on the salami for which the Bay Area is famous, because we have the right enzymes floating around in the air for the curing process. I told him that I was desperate for German salamis, which were no longer made in the Bay Area (and even when they were made, they were inferior to the New York products). We came to an agreement, and for many years we would do an occasional swap by mail: I'd send him a few pounds of San Francisco Italian salami (usually from Molinari or Columbus, which are better-tasting than the Gallo), and he'd send me a few pounds of German cervelat or Hungarian Pick paprika salami from Schaller & Weber, a German butcher on the Upper East Side of Manhattan - the old Central European neighborhood.

[@ik7578]

Mustard on a corn dog is phenomenal.

[@randalmayeux8880]

Hi Diane! Happy Monday to you. I've been eating at Sonic for years, and it's always been pretty good. For a long time I would always order the foot long cheese Coney. I usually get the #2 burger (with mayo). Their fries are about average. All in all not a bad place to eat. We are still on the hot side weather wise, it's around 43°c right now (3:30) but it's not getting much below 40° at night. I'll be glad when autumn comes to north Texas. Hope you and Chewie are doing well, I love y'all and goodbye for now!

[@martinbaldazo4863]

The lemon berry cream slush is the go to at Sonic

[@Cullenlove2120]

As a sonic expert (born in the same city, eat there more than I can to admit) Diane’s rogue sauce choices are killing me in the best way 😅🤣

[@jmanj3917]

8:48 Hehheh... Seriously, though: Lettuce, tomatoes and pickles are going to come on pretty much any burger here in the States.

[@magnificentfailure2390]

I have so many great memories of going to Sonic back in the early 80's when I was my Mom's chauffeur as she began her paralegal career. At that point in time, Sonic was mostly a rural restaurant. I always knew what I was going to order; a #3 burger/no cheese, small fries and a large Pineapple shake. As far as I know, Sonic is the only FF place that sells pineapple shakes. They are amazing, especially when a pineapple chunk gets caught in the straw and I have to suck extra hard 🤭to free up the flow.

[@aquilapetram]

Funny you should mention. There's a local burger/dog stand in south Berkeley, California called Smoke House. I've been going there for 60 years; my parents moved to the neighborhood just before I was born, and we kept going back there after we'd moved further north. They have about 40 different shake varieties (mostly vanilla ice cream with the flavoring blended in), and pineapple's one of them. There's also several different berry varieties: Strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, boysenberry, even huckleberry (a giant blueberry-like thing you mostly see in Idaho and Montana). Coffee, mocha, mint, both with and without chocolate chips. I should go there tomorrow. Nowadays, it's hard to find weird-flavor shakes because traditional ice cream parlors (where they'd scoop cones and fill cartons, but they also had table service and made shakes and sundaes) seem to have disappeared in big cities. All the newer ice cream places I see these days just scoop very expensive cups/cones of superpremium ice cream. I'm not sure I could name four places in the San Francisco area where I could still go for a traditional 'scoop it into a glass dish and squirt the whipped cream' hot fudge sundae.

[@justgreta1796]

You were so funny! Loved this video. My mom used to deliver food on roller skates.

[@kimsparks5811]

These restaurants need to pay you to do these. I live about 2 miles from a Sonic & I had no idea they had soft pretzels or mozzarella sticks. Now I have to go try them 😂

[@LindaC616]

I do not live close to 1, and everytime I have been near one have opted for the Indian place at the food court. But now that I know they have pretzels, I want to try them too!

[@DianeJennings]

Ha ha even I get hungry watching these! Where is my money? Corporations?!

[@lisaanderson2900]

The soft pretzel & cheese sauce are so good! Their cheese sticks are the best, imo. Their drinks are so good, we add cream to them sometimes.

[@texasdustfart]

Sonic and I go way back, like to the 70's. Few random bits on Sonic, the "car hops" get paid extra if they roller skate, the onion rings are like none other, they are battered with melted ice cream and bread crumbs, unlike other national chains their menu changes from region to region, they have always (as for as I can remember) given out peppermint disk with every meal.

[@Japanican269]

The mint candy not only sweetens the breathe but aides in digestion. Mints have been used for centuries for stomach problems.

[@wabash9000]

There used to be a Sonic near my dad's house that only had an indoor dining area. Each table had a phone on it and you would call in your order and they would bring you your food. It was in a strange location so there was no space for the drive in parking. The sonic near me has tables you can eat at outdoors, but there is no parking spots that are not order spots so if you want to eat at a table you have to take a spot with an order button. It isn't really in an accessible location for foot traffic so you pretty much have to drive there. Very strange.

[@DianeJennings]

Sounds cool though! You don’t even have to get up

[@joelavcoco]

Yeah, some Sonic locations have outdoor tables with walk-up order stations.

[@FastEDismo]

Boop

[@nathanpadilla213]

I can't 😂 with the limeade.

[@victorduffany7723]

Fast food restaurants used to be a good cheap way to get a quick snack or meal but now they are just too expensive for the quality and quantity of food. Now when I want a great burger I go to Sam's BBQ Restaurant in San Jose, Ca.

[@TruthHurts2u]

I love Sonic Jalapeno Poppers and they used to have a BBQ bacon cheeseburger Toaster sandwich that was delicious.

[@Eduardo99922]

All of Sonic food looks so very good.

[@aliwantizu]

Sonic's Cherry Limeade is top tier. Cherry Limeade in general is awesome, pretty much no matter where you get it from (Wing Stop had bottled Cherry Limeade, Ghost energy drink Cherry Limeade is incredible...) As far as Sonic goes, I have said for years that if you go to Sonic and can't find something to eat or drink...you just aren't trying. They pretty much have everything. Burgers, chicken, dogs, tater tots, cheese stix, desserts, SO MANY DRINK OPTIONS... Thanks for sharing! ~Be Blessed

[@bkm2797]

Too funny Diane, your reviews always make me smile. This is only my humble opinion, but you really should review fast food items fresh, but hey it's not always possible. Good job, thanks for sharing.

[@patrickchambers5999]

When my daughter was younger with braces on her teeth, she would take an onion ring and eat the onion out of it leaving a tiny hole. Then all I got was the crunchy coating as she laughed her head off. She also hated sea food except for lobster and crab!

[@What_Makes_Climate_Tick]

You've never had a pickle? I'd recommend that your first time reacting to a pickle be one from a New York-style deli. This brought to mind the idea that you could do an awesome food reaction video by going to the Minnesota State Fair and try a bunch of things from food stands there, including deep fried pickles and many other unique things. Their website says that new foods for this year include bacon-wrapped waffle dog, cheese curd-stuffed pizza pretzel, and crispy lutefisk steam bun.

[@garyschwab8802]

I'm in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The first Sonic ever was opened here in 1957. Everyone has their favorites.

[@todddepue681]

Used to work down the street from a Sonic so I went quite often! Favorite lunch was the 10/10 mozzarella sticks and the equally fabulous banana milkshake! Please don't judge! Also liked the chili dogs and the sausage/egg croissant sandwich. Grateful that menu items were numbered so i never had to say the word "croissonic" aloud! 😂

[@DianeJennings]

So good!

[@glennblackwell9679]

Hello Diane. Happy Monday! Some Sonic restaurants have outside tables, and speakers where you can order the food, and they will bring it to you.

[@DianeJennings]

Thanks for the tips!

[@glennblackwell9679]

@@DianeJenningsYour welcome, and they have been giving out those peppermint candies, for as long as I can remember. I like them, but I wish they gave out free mini milkshakes lol.

[@katsu-graphics5634]

When our local Sonics first opened (south of Pittsburgh ) they actually had waitresses on roller skates come out to your car. . .Now they are basically a drive thru, but you can still park at a booth, and order by speaker, and they bring it out to you (in good weather), but no more skates. . . Wife likes French Toast Sticks, I like the Philly cheese steak w/mushrooms..Strangely, Sonics is one of the few local spots that serve Hot Dogs.

[@ranger-1214]

At Sonic the area between the pull-in lanes has a couple tables and there is a menu board with speaker so you can order there when you're a walk-up, and even eat there during decent weather. Sonic was a great Oklahoma franchise started in 1953 in Shawnee, and their HQ in Oklahoma City had a location right outside their building so when they wanted to test things you could go by and try them out. In the 60's my dad loved to take the grandkids there for drinks and Sonic put little plastic animals on the rims of the cups which the kids would collect. Sadly, in 2018 they sold out to an Atlanta company who has felt compelled to change everything, including colors and signage. For us Okies, it's now Braum's! Although a lot of us would say it was Braum's first anyway. ;-)

[@CCoburn3]

Editor Diane must have had the night off. SHE would never have repeated the bit about the name twice.

[@edkeaton]

Happy Monday Diane! Great video as always! Hope that you enjoyed Sonic. I have only had a milkshake from there and not any of their menu items. Have a fantastic rest of your week! 👋😎❤️

[@DianeJennings]

Thank you! You too!

[@mattheweudy2396]

5:30 I can only get corn dogs in Oz at the local fair & they’re called “Dagwood dogs”

[@Googleistheantichrist]

Tots, chili dog, Cherry lime aid and and a Sonic burger for the win

[@ozarkscarguy540]

The food sauce combos are absolutely nutty but im glad they wasnt horrible.

[@dicknodnfs]

That's it Diane. You need to try Cincinnati chili. Preferably a four-way onion. I'm buying.

[@butchgriggs6325]

"IF IT'S RANCH YOU CAN GO TO HELL" I think I'm in love. omg

[@karenabendshien846]

I think maybe Diane thought the pretzel stick was like a donut and paried it with the maple syrup! I'm glad it was good!

[@ExUSSailor]

Their drinks are really good, everything else is so-so.

[@ExUSSailor]

Limeade is pronounced like "Live Aid", but, with an "m".

[@gnome53]

Num, num, num. Now I'm hungry and have to go eat. Thanks for sharing!

[@DianeJennings]

Hope you enjoy

[@berniej.rucker4252]

If you liked their plushies, try one with the ice cream in it. By the way, the Sonics I used to frequent were known more for the plushies and ice cream slushies as they serve more of these items than the burgers. Also, their kid's meal menu really isn't the best. The nostalgia atmosphere is awesome too and I used to get out of my car and purposely eat at their outdoor patio area.

[@retcutter10]

Diane, if you've got this opportunity to try different foods around the USA, go for the more local foods, the "mom and pop's" diners. You can get Sonics and Arbys and McDonalds everyplace. Enjoy. Treat yourself to the regional specialties!

[@Jay-j4w3x]

I loved Sonic's cherry cokes. Drank them daily for 10 years. Then I developed kidney stones and had to have 2 surgeries to remove them. No more soda for me!

[@bdwon]

In Texas, the Sonic Drive-in restaurants sometimes have picnic tables on little patios outside where people like you can walk up and eat.

[@ed.z.]

That’s so we can breathe in the exhaust fumes of pickup trucks while we eat. After all, Every month is truck month is red hot Texas.

[@TR4200]

I was hoping you would have tried the chili-cheese Fritos wraps.

[@papag1001]

Most Fast Food Establishments, the fried and grilled Foods will taste, texture better if eaten right after cooked, in other words eaten there, you would probably grade the food at least 1 or more points higher, not always, but most of the time, Love your Content Diane, Love it!!

[@JamesHill-kw3tv]

Entertaining as always. Going to Sonic without a car is unique.

[@seanmcgilvery9563]

I'm not a big pickle person either. I don't dislike them, just not a go to for me. That said, my absolute favorite is the half dill pickle. It has the pickle flavor while retaining the cucumber taste. Unfortunately, they are not easy to come by. If you should ever encounter them in your travels, I highly recommend trying one.

[@aquilapetram]

They're commonly called 'half sours' in New York, the epicenter of America's pickling development. The only place I've ever seen them outside New York is in Jewish delis in some bigger cities, usually operated by New York expats. There are recipes you can use to do a decent imitation yourself, since the pickling time is fairly short.

[@Dunybrook]

You can't take the pickles off the burger. That's the best part. So much delilcious food.

[@DianeJennings]

I’m saving pickles for its own video… Not those particular pickles, of course…

[@LindaC616]

​@@DianeJenningsgood!

[@garyd1125]

Pickles get out of my burger cracks me up😂😂

[@ed.z.]

I’m glad you did this I have been avoiding this place for 10 years. I’d rather postpone my lunch than go back.

[@markwilliams6394]

Back in high school (in the 80's) we would go to Sonic and get the limeade slush then put alcohol in it and it's basically like a margarita. They had a special sauce back then for the burgers and it tasted like a Big Mac. Unfortunately, they don't have that sauce anymore. The burgers only cost $1 back then.

[@gregmcmahon957]

Happy Monday! I really enjoy this video. Have a awesome week.

[@DianeJennings]

Thank you! You too! 😊

[@HazyDaze.]

I like lemmeadds and I don’t like ranch. Thank you Diane for your pronunciation of limeade. It’s the best thing I heard all day!

[@mattheweudy2396]

0:44 most Sonics used to have picnic tables when I was a kid

[@DianeJennings]

👴 “ when I was a boy…”

[@mattheweudy2396]

@@DianeJennings 🤣 & we called them Johnny tables because Johnny was always sitting there👴

[@psirockin123]

I always go to Sonic for corn dogs during Happy Hour. Sometimes I’ll get the mozzarella sticks. Haven’t had an actual meal from Sonic in years.

[@Predaking4ever]

Sonic’s peanut butter shake is my favorite shake.

[@winterburden]

Thanks for trying it Diane!

[@DianeJennings]

You are so welcome!

[@donaldbutcher1260]

The foot long coney chilli dog rocks! Being Irish I am sure you find American potato concoctions somewhat lacking.

[@eileenderheim3768]

The limeades (lai' meids) are the best! It is all about the ice at Sonic. In college we took advantage of the Happy Hour, then went back to the house to add a little 'spike' for a true happy hour. 😎

[@thefallofKAE89]

The brown bag special, footlong chili cheese coney, and banana split for me. Haha

[@paulbegley1464]

Yes. Pickles are good. Especially on a burger. Just try it.

[@user-wr9ej6xe4j]

Theyre really more known for their foot long chili dog, corn dogs, and shakes. Their shakes are sooo good

[@JessicaLauraGeorge]

Your pronunciation is my new favorite and I'll probably say it like you from now on, but it's generally pronounced like "lime aid." ❤😂

[@someoneoncesaid6978]

Corndogs _have_ to be smothered in mustard. I've never heard of using cheese, but now I'll need to try it.

[@someoneoncesaid6978]

@@runrafarunthebestintheworld - Hot dogs, yes. I do that all the time. But I've never seen it used on a corndog.

[@robs8449]

Sonic is my fave fast-food and their limeade is the best!

[@depluribusunum3128]

They had a Sonic in Booneville Arkansas with inside booths. Even had the jukebox terminals at each table.

[@macsnafu]

I'd always get a frito chili pie at Sonic when I was younger, or occasionally the foot-long hot dog. Nowadays, Sonic just doesn't to be as consistent as they used to be. I had the chicken fried steak sandwich three times recently, and each time it was a little bit different. One was great, another looked really good but was just okay, and the third one was dark and overcooked. And if you're looking for Fun Sonic facts, the first Sonic was in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Their headquarters are now in Oklahoma City. And it really surprises me that they've grown beyond a regional chain. My sister lives in Washington state and they have Sonic there, too. And in Florida, I guess!

[@cypher515]

Okay, our Sonics in Orlando and the outlying areas have walk-ups and a lot of them have picnic tables. Just so you know.

[@Roger_Hardy]

A corndog without mustard is a sad thing, but I wouldn't expect an Irish person to know that. You'll note that in the graphic that briefly flashed when she rated the corndog that it was paired with a little bowl of mustard. Lastly, I would be disappointed with a burger, as well, if the pickle were removed and it was cold.

[@wolf870626]

You can do as you wish with the sauces but the suggested normal American way is cheese sauce with the pretzel, barbecue with the onion rings and marinara with the mozzarella sticks.

[@carlj95]

Reading the comments of other viewers, I so agree with the sauce line of thought. I wonder if Diane could do a parallel video about sauces from Ireland but flip it and have us that are not from Ireland match what they go with? Oh, and I'm in total agreement about Ranch Sauce!!

[@fenrir7878]

Sonic is so good. They've got some of the best slushies and like base level chicken strips and chicken sandwich. SOOOOOOO Good!!!

[@-RONNIE]

Thanks for the video I haven't had Sonic in a long time

[@davidcosta2244]

Sonic foot long chili dogs are amazing !