Burger King ... you are kidding me..

_Timmeh_

SiltyPigeon

Feel free to point me to something other than "supersize me" that says enjoying fast food is going to have a negative effect on my health.

You win this round. :grumble:

ninerbuff

So after my workout lastnight, on my drive home, I heard a super funny commercial on the radio!
Burger King was offering a "FAMILY" meal for $9.99!
This included a whopper, fries, and a soda, a whopper junior, fries and a soda, and a kids meal with soda!
A MEAL FOR A FAMILY OF 3 OF NUTRITIONALLY VOID FOOD???!!! For $10??!!

I laughed because I can feed my family of 6 a nutritionally sound meal with a protein (usually meat), 2 veggies/fruit, a starch (brown rice, WW noodles, corn, legumes,potatoes, etc..), and milk. ALL FOR $10!!! OR LESS!!!!

I am NOT SURE who ever thought that feeding a family FAST FOOD was cheaper than feeding them at home!

EX: Chicken breast baked, with salsa, and black beans. Served with carrots sticks, and green beans on the side. CHEAP AND GOOD FOR YOU!!!!

Even if BK was cheaper to feed your family... in the long run, the health costs would not be!

That sounds like a great deal to me. All that for roundly £7.50?! Bargain!

Why are you so against it? It sounds like a great once a week treat! No one is saying do it every night.

Why do you only consider price and nutrients? What about taste and convenience?

I could eat all of that on my own............................




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ninerbuff

I think you're all forgetting the king of fast food here... The McRib is in season! Why get a whopper when you can get a tasty, juicy, tender McRib!?

You know, I don't feel like cooking for lunch, so I'm having a McRib!!!




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ilookthetype

I like Burger King. The fake smoky taste of their burgers makes me happy.

We use a real fire, I promise! (Doesn't make it any less fake and delicious though.)

As for ammonia, you really think it's exclusively fast food beef that's soaked in ammonia? No, that includes beef from all major meat producers that supply your grocery store too.

In Haiti we were taught how to properly clean meat with Clorox.

servilia

I have McDonalds or Wendys or Burger King once a week (and I'm talking about a real burger here - quarter pounders and whoppers) and I'm just fine lol Once in a while is fine, it's the people who can't cook and rely on it as their staple that have the problem.

ninerbuff

Not only do they treat their burgers with ammonia, they mix bleach in with their mayo, spit on your pickles, their wrappers have an anthrax base, and they pepper spray your kids as they walk in the door!

Bwahahaha!



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Jeff92se

Bk isn't bad if you look at it like a special thing. Making BK a daily part of your meals is bad.

JennW130

tell me about it. I made a, well, semihealthy casserole last night for $9, that will feed my family for 2 nights!

sexforjaffacakes

Plus all the beef in Scotland is usually from Angus cows...it's realy funny because they make a fortune in England selling special "angus" burgers, but up here it's like..."um, what's so special about that, they're all angus cows here!" My english friends came up to visit at the weekend and were really annoyed to see that we get angus steak/sausages/everything the same price as other sausages/steak/everything, while they have to pay extra money for it :L

Scottish cows talk funny and wear kilts. True story. Back me up here, kid.

CoraGregoryCPA

I think 1 to 2 times a month is a lot for a kid. I think it is leading to bad habits in the future. Lots of health costs in the future.

What would be the "health costs" of feeding a child a moderate amount of Burger King, i.e. 1-2 times per month?

JennW130

Bk isn't bad if you look at it like a special thing. Making BK a daily part of your meals is bad.

i agree with this. we do fast food maybe once or twice a month. usually one time its a pizza night and another its a burger joint.

CoraGregoryCPA

New fries? I didnt know they had new fries. Now you got me curious. Im craving it now. Lol

Yum, whopper jr with their new fries is soooo good.

Scott613

That meal sounds like a challenge. Bet I could eat it all if I tried but, i want the boy toy in the kids meal

CaptainGordo

I have McDonalds or Wendys or Burger King once a week (and I'm talking about a real burger here - quarter pounders and whoppers) and I'm just fine lol

Now that is seriously sexy. Gimme a girl that doesn't always order the salad. Awesome!

CaptainGordo

Plus all the beef in Scotland is usually from Angus cows...it's realy funny because they make a fortune in England selling special "angus" burgers, but up here it's like..."um, what's so special about that, they're all angus cows here!" My english friends came up to visit at the weekend and were really annoyed to see that we get angus steak/sausages/everything the same price as other sausages/steak/everything, while they have to pay extra money for it :L

Scottish cows talk funny and wear kilts. True story. Back me up here, kid.

You, my friend, are excellent!

bcattoes

What would be the "health costs" of feeding a child a moderate amount of Burger King, i.e. 1-2 times per month?

They could be considerable in the long run, they could be negligible.

taso42

Bump! I love BK! Whopper w/ Cheese is my favorite! lol

ninerbuff

I think 1 to 2 times a month is a lot for a kid. I think it is leading to bad habits in the future. Lots of health costs in the future.

Really? I take my family there at least once a week. My daughter is considered "underweight" because I make sure that she's active instead of sitting in the house all afternoon after school. I would think it would more a bad habit to let kids just sit around and watch TV or play video games all afternoon.
And health has more to do with being overweight and obese as well as genetics than the actual food you consume. Consuming healthier food doesn't ensure being healthy just as eating "unhealthy" food dooms you to being unhealthy.



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sexforjaffacakes

REAL MEAT IS GINGER

bcattoes

I am NOT SURE who ever thought that feeding a family FAST FOOD was cheaper than feeding them at home!

When people say that fast food is cheaper than healthy food, I always wonder if they know so little about eating healthy that they actually think it's true, or they are simply trying to justify their own bad habits. My guess would be half and half.

ninerbuff

That meal sounds like a challenge. Bet I could eat it all if I tried but, i want the boy toy in the kids meal

We could have a timed race. Bet I would win.....................





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Jeff92se

I have McDonalds or Wendys or Burger King once a week (and I'm talking about a real burger here - quarter pounders and whoppers) and I'm just fine lol Once in a while is fine, it's the people who can't cook and rely on it as their staple that have the problem.

I see what you mean but honestly, you can't call anything from CrapDonalds, BullsheitKing etc... "real" burgers. If I'm cheating with a burger, I want a gourmet style burger. This isn't a crack on you btw. Just my opinion about burgers.

Sidesteal

Dear Runfrommygenes,

Gotcha!

Sincerely,
Burger King™

wildcata77

I have McDonalds or Wendys or Burger King once a week (and I'm talking about a real burger here - quarter pounders and whoppers) and I'm just fine lol Once in a while is fine, it's the people who can't cook and rely on it as their staple that have the problem.

I see what you mean but honestly, you can't call anything from CrapDonalds, BullsheitKing etc... "real" burgers. If I'm cheating with a burger, I want a gourmet style burger. This isn't a crack on you btw. Just my opinion about burgers.

I'm with you...does anyone else have Cook-Out where they eat? Not as good as homemade, but damn it hits the spot.

servilia

I have McDonalds or Wendys or Burger King once a week (and I'm talking about a real burger here - quarter pounders and whoppers) and I'm just fine lol Once in a while is fine, it's the people who can't cook and rely on it as their staple that have the problem.

I see what you mean but honestly, you can't call anything from CrapDonalds, BullsheitKing etc... "real" burgers. If I'm cheating with a burger, I want a gourmet style burger. This isn't a crack on you btw. Just my opinion about burgers.

Picking on pedantics?? By real I meant big ones not little kiddie ones. I don't get it though - is it FAKE meat? What is it? Maybe in the US it is, where you're allowed to put all kinds of crap in your food/cows.. luckily I'm north of the border

Barneystinson

I wish my local BK was replaced by an In-N-Out Burger.

But nooooooo...

Because there are none in PA.

sexforjaffacakes

I am NOT SURE who ever thought that feeding a family FAST FOOD was cheaper than feeding them at home!

When people say that fast food is cheaper than healthy food, I always wonder if they know so little about eating healthy that they actually think it's true, or they are simply trying to justify their own bad habits. My guess would be half and half.

I think it's cheaper when you live alone? For a family healthy food is cheaper, but a lot of healthy food goes out of date really quickly, to get your monies worth out of fresh fruit/veg/dairy you need a few people to eat it quickly.
I'm not saying it's impossible, but as a student I find it hard on a strict budget to buy myself veg and meat and stuff when I know for half the price I could be filling up on £1 ready meals/pizzas, or even super cheap food like noodles/tinned stuff for like 20p a pop!

CoraGregoryCPA

Lol. That is a good question. When i worked at mcdonalds the box said 100% american beef.... But i wonder what the definition of american beef is?
When i read your post originally. I knew what you were referring too.

I have McDonalds or Wendys or Burger King once a week (and I'm talking about a real burger here - quarter pounders and whoppers) and I'm just fine lol Once in a while is fine, it's the people who can't cook and rely on it as their staple that have the problem.

I see what you mean but honestly, you can't call anything from CrapDonalds, BullsheitKing etc... "real" burgers. If I'm cheating with a burger, I want a gourmet style burger. This isn't a crack on you btw. Just my opinion about burgers.

Picking on pedantics?? By real I meant big ones not little kiddie ones. I don't get it though - is it FAKE meat? What is it? Maybe in the US it is, where you're allowed to put all kinds of crap in your food/cows.. luckily I'm north of the border

servilia

I am NOT SURE who ever thought that feeding a family FAST FOOD was cheaper than feeding them at home!

When people say that fast food is cheaper than healthy food, I always wonder if they know so little about eating healthy that they actually think it's true, or they are simply trying to justify their own bad habits. My guess would be half and half.

I think it's cheaper when you live alone? For a family healthy food is cheaper, but a lot of healthy food goes out of date really quickly, to get your monies worth out of fresh fruit/veg/dairy you need a few people to eat it quickly.
I'm not saying it's impossible, but as a student I find it hard on a strict budget to buy myself veg and meat and stuff when I know for half the price I could be filling up on £1 ready meals/pizzas, or even super cheap food like noodles/tinned stuff for like 20p a pop!

I don't find this to be true (the part about living alone v. family). You don't need to buy veggies/fruit for the whole month at a time. Just go shopping more often. Dairy doesn't spoil that quickly if it's in the fridge.