McDonalds?

I don't eat meat, but I like the fries.

the fries aren't vegetarian.

Nope, they are covered in beef fat or some other revolting ****e :laugh:

This is true. They cook the fries in the fat which comes off of the hamburgers during cooking. That is their secret to the fries having a unique flavor they say. They are not vegetarian.

This is not true, the fries are cooked in 100% vegetable oils. There used to be animal fats in them years ago but that is a thing of the distant past.

Most of which are actually worse for you than animal fats.

True! Vegetable oil, like margarine is FAKE fat. It is artificial fat and very, very bad for you. One should use REAL oil instead. Such as coconut oil or olive oil. Again, yet ANOTHER reason why I cook at home. I bake my fries from cut up red potatoes with a coating of olive oil and a shake of sea salt.

I love your style!

This thread has jus gone completely off the deep end. What utter nonsense.

*nod nods* I think that it has gone very off topic...and not in the humorous way either.

Really? Off topic? The topic is whether McDonald's is healthy or not. No one has strayed from that topic. If it bores you. If the conversation is "too much" there are other topics on MFP going on right now. Thanks for stopping by.

Wow...having a bad day? Didn't say it was boring. Hope things look up for you soon :flowerforyou:

I hope you stop whining soon.

I don't eat meat, but I like the fries.

the fries aren't vegetarian.

Nope, they are covered in beef fat or some other revolting ****e :laugh:

This is true. They cook the fries in the fat which comes off of the hamburgers during cooking. That is their secret to the fries having a unique flavor they say. They are not vegetarian.

This is not true, the fries are cooked in 100% vegetable oils. There used to be animal fats in them years ago but that is a thing of the distant past.

Most of which are actually worse for you than animal fats.

True! Vegetable oil, like margarine is FAKE fat. It is artificial fat and very, very bad for you. One should use REAL oil instead. Such as coconut oil or olive oil. Again, yet ANOTHER reason why I cook at home. I bake my fries from cut up red potatoes with a coating of olive oil and a shake of sea salt.

I love your style!

Mostly canola oil with some small amounts of corn and soybean oil because they can be brought to higher temperatures.

I don't eat meat, but I like the fries.

the fries aren't vegetarian.

Nope, they are covered in beef fat or some other revolting ****e :laugh:

This is true. They cook the fries in the fat which comes off of the hamburgers during cooking. That is their secret to the fries having a unique flavor they say. They are not vegetarian.

This is not true, the fries are cooked in 100% vegetable oils. There used to be animal fats in them years ago but that is a thing of the distant past.

Most of which are actually worse for you than animal fats.

True! Vegetable oil, like margarine is FAKE fat. It is artificial fat and very, very bad for you. One should use REAL oil instead. Such as coconut oil or olive oil. Again, yet ANOTHER reason why I cook at home. I bake my fries from cut up red potatoes with a coating of olive oil and a shake of sea salt.

I love your style!

Mostly canola oil with some small amounts of corn and soybean oil because they can be brought to higher temperatures.

French Fries: Potatoes, canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, safflower oil, natural flavour (vegetable source), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (maintain colour), citric acid (preservative), dimethylpolysiloxane (antifoaming agent) and cooked in vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with THBQ, citric acid and dimethylpolysiloxane).

From the McD website

Re Chips/Fries


French Fries: Potatoes, canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, safflower oil, natural flavour (vegetable source), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (maintain colour), citric acid (preservative), dimethylpolysiloxane (antifoaming agent) and cooked in vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with THBQ, citric acid and dimethylpolysiloxane).

Why do french fries need an anti foaming agent!?

I really have no idea :noway: so they don't "foam"?

I think I'll stick to home grown potatoes with a little olive oil on them.

They use it so that frying oil won't get foamy after multiple batches.

I am thinking about it lately. The funny thing is, in the last five years I've only been there once, and that was in Japan. And that was before I gave a flying rats behind about calories. I just did not like it, did not like that fast food smell and could not bring myself to eat it.

Now, after a month of clean living, I want it. I mean a cosi salad is 600 calories and I can get a crispy fried chicken for that.
Egg McMuffin is only 300? My breakfast of yogurt, nuts and fruit is over that (really, take a look). Small fries are only 230??? That's crazy. I'd certainly feel a lot more full eating there. But is it crazy?

From the McD website

Re Chips/Fries


French Fries: Potatoes, canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, safflower oil, natural flavour (vegetable source), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (maintain colour), citric acid (preservative), dimethylpolysiloxane (antifoaming agent) and cooked in vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with THBQ, citric acid and dimethylpolysiloxane).

Why do french fries need an anti foaming agent!?

I really have no idea :noway: so they don't "foam"?

I think I'll stick to home grown potatoes with a little olive oil on them.

They use it so that frying oil won't get foamy after multiple batches.

And you want to eat that just so they dont have to change the oil? Really?

Doesn't really bother me since I eat it once in awhile.

From the McD website

Re Chips/Fries


French Fries: Potatoes, canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, safflower oil, natural flavour (vegetable source), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (maintain colour), citric acid (preservative), dimethylpolysiloxane (antifoaming agent) and cooked in vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with THBQ, citric acid and dimethylpolysiloxane).

Why do french fries need an anti foaming agent!?

I really have no idea :noway: so they don't "foam"?

I think I'll stick to home grown potatoes with a little olive oil on them.

They use it so that frying oil won't get foamy after multiple batches.

And you want to eat that just so they dont have to change the oil? Really?

Doesn't really bother me since I eat it once in awhile.

So we agree that McDs should really only be a once and a while type thing. Cool.

I don't eat meat, but I like the fries.

the fries aren't vegetarian.

Nope, they are covered in beef fat or some other revolting ****e :laugh:

This is true. They cook the fries in the fat which comes off of the hamburgers during cooking. That is their secret to the fries having a unique flavor they say. They are not vegetarian.

This is not true, the fries are cooked in 100% vegetable oils. There used to be animal fats in them years ago but that is a thing of the distant past.

Most of which are actually worse for you than animal fats.

True! Vegetable oil, like margarine is FAKE fat. It is artificial fat and very, very bad for you. One should use REAL oil instead. Such as coconut oil or olive oil. Again, yet ANOTHER reason why I cook at home. I bake my fries from cut up red potatoes with a coating of olive oil and a shake of sea salt.

I love your style!

Mostly canola oil with some small amounts of corn and soybean oil because they can be brought to higher temperatures.

French Fries: Potatoes, canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, safflower oil, natural flavour (vegetable source), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (maintain colour), citric acid (preservative), dimethylpolysiloxane (antifoaming agent) and cooked in vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with THBQ, citric acid and dimethylpolysiloxane).

dimethylpolysiloxane and dimethylpolysiloxane YUM! Just what my body needs. It's said, "if you can't pronounce it, you shouldn't eat it." That is poison.

Can you pronounce all of these?
neohesperidin, naringin, rhoifolin, lonicerin, hesperidin, and other polymethoxyflavonoids (tangeretin, nobiletin, sinensetin, auranetin, rutin, etc.) dimethoxycoumarin and umbelliferone, citraurin, violaxanthin, and cryptoxanthin.

I know I can't..but doesn't mean I think orange peels are something to turn from

I didnt realize those ingredients were artificially added to oranges! Fascinating.

Also, you eat orange rinds?

I don't eat meat, but I like the fries.

the fries aren't vegetarian.

Nope, they are covered in beef fat or some other revolting ****e :laugh:

This is true. They cook the fries in the fat which comes off of the hamburgers during cooking. That is their secret to the fries having a unique flavor they say. They are not vegetarian.

This is not true, the fries are cooked in 100% vegetable oils. There used to be animal fats in them years ago but that is a thing of the distant past.

Most of which are actually worse for you than animal fats.

True! Vegetable oil, like margarine is FAKE fat. It is artificial fat and very, very bad for you. One should use REAL oil instead. Such as coconut oil or olive oil. Again, yet ANOTHER reason why I cook at home. I bake my fries from cut up red potatoes with a coating of olive oil and a shake of sea salt.

I love your style!

Mostly canola oil with some small amounts of corn and soybean oil because they can be brought to higher temperatures.

French Fries: Potatoes, canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, safflower oil, natural flavour (vegetable source), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (maintain colour), citric acid (preservative), dimethylpolysiloxane (antifoaming agent) and cooked in vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with THBQ, citric acid and dimethylpolysiloxane).

dimethylpolysiloxane and dimethylpolysiloxane YUM! Just what my body needs. It's said, "if you can't pronounce it, you shouldn't eat it." That is poison.

Can you pronounce all of these?
neohesperidin, naringin, rhoifolin, lonicerin, hesperidin, and other polymethoxyflavonoids (tangeretin, nobiletin, sinensetin, auranetin, rutin, etc.) dimethoxycoumarin and umbelliferone, citraurin, violaxanthin, and cryptoxanthin.

I know I can't..but doesn't mean I think orange peels are something to turn from

I didnt realize those ingredients were artificially added to oranges! Fascinating.

Also, you eat orange rinds?

I don't eat meat, but I like the fries.

the fries aren't vegetarian.

Nope, they are covered in beef fat or some other revolting ****e :laugh:

This is true. They cook the fries in the fat which comes off of the hamburgers during cooking. That is their secret to the fries having a unique flavor they say. They are not vegetarian.

This is not true, the fries are cooked in 100% vegetable oils. There used to be animal fats in them years ago but that is a thing of the distant past.

Most of which are actually worse for you than animal fats.

True! Vegetable oil, like margarine is FAKE fat. It is artificial fat and very, very bad for you. One should use REAL oil instead. Such as coconut oil or olive oil. Again, yet ANOTHER reason why I cook at home. I bake my fries from cut up red potatoes with a coating of olive oil and a shake of sea salt.

I love your style!

Mostly canola oil with some small amounts of corn and soybean oil because they can be brought to higher temperatures.

French Fries: Potatoes, canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, safflower oil, natural flavour (vegetable source), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (maintain colour), citric acid (preservative), dimethylpolysiloxane (antifoaming agent) and cooked in vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with THBQ, citric acid and dimethylpolysiloxane).

dimethylpolysiloxane and dimethylpolysiloxane YUM! Just what my body needs. It's said, "if you can't pronounce it, you shouldn't eat it." That is poison.

I don't eat meat, but I like the fries.

the fries aren't vegetarian.

Nope, they are covered in beef fat or some other revolting ****e :laugh:

This is true. They cook the fries in the fat which comes off of the hamburgers during cooking. That is their secret to the fries having a unique flavor they say. They are not vegetarian.

This is not true, the fries are cooked in 100% vegetable oils. There used to be animal fats in them years ago but that is a thing of the distant past.

Most of which are actually worse for you than animal fats.

True! Vegetable oil, like margarine is FAKE fat. It is artificial fat and very, very bad for you. One should use REAL oil instead. Such as coconut oil or olive oil. Again, yet ANOTHER reason why I cook at home. I bake my fries from cut up red potatoes with a coating of olive oil and a shake of sea salt.

I love your style!

Mostly canola oil with some small amounts of corn and soybean oil because they can be brought to higher temperatures.

French Fries: Potatoes, canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, safflower oil, natural flavour (vegetable source), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (maintain colour), citric acid (preservative), dimethylpolysiloxane (antifoaming agent) and cooked in vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with THBQ, citric acid and dimethylpolysiloxane).

dimethylpolysiloxane and dimethylpolysiloxane YUM! Just what my body needs. It's said, "if you can't pronounce it, you shouldn't eat it." That is poison.

Can you pronounce all of these?
neohesperidin, naringin, rhoifolin, lonicerin, hesperidin, and other polymethoxyflavonoids (tangeretin, nobiletin, sinensetin, auranetin, rutin, etc.) dimethoxycoumarin and umbelliferone, citraurin, violaxanthin, and cryptoxanthin.

I know I can't..but doesn't mean I think orange peels are something to turn from

I don't eat meat, but I like the fries.

the fries aren't vegetarian.

Nope, they are covered in beef fat or some other revolting ****e :laugh:

This is true. They cook the fries in the fat which comes off of the hamburgers during cooking. That is their secret to the fries having a unique flavor they say. They are not vegetarian.

This is not true, the fries are cooked in 100% vegetable oils. There used to be animal fats in them years ago but that is a thing of the distant past.

Most of which are actually worse for you than animal fats.

True! Vegetable oil, like margarine is FAKE fat. It is artificial fat and very, very bad for you. One should use REAL oil instead. Such as coconut oil or olive oil. Again, yet ANOTHER reason why I cook at home. I bake my fries from cut up red potatoes with a coating of olive oil and a shake of sea salt.

I love your style!

Mostly canola oil with some small amounts of corn and soybean oil because they can be brought to higher temperatures.

French Fries: Potatoes, canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, safflower oil, natural flavour (vegetable source), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (maintain colour), citric acid (preservative), dimethylpolysiloxane (antifoaming agent) and cooked in vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with THBQ, citric acid and dimethylpolysiloxane).

dimethylpolysiloxane and dimethylpolysiloxane YUM! Just what my body needs. It's said, "if you can't pronounce it, you shouldn't eat it." That is poison.

These are both common food additives in many applications of foods that have a tendency to foam when cooking. You probably eat other foods with it and don't even know it. Unless you don't eat in restaurants at all and eat nothing but raw unprepared foods.