Yummy McDonald's??

Haggis anyone? Scrapple anyone? Skin, organs, leftovers? Sounds good to me.

Side note: Don't make fun of Scrapple. I grew up on that loaf of leftover parts. I LOVE It.

Strong copy pasta...

...and by that I mean plagiarism. Attribution to the actual author would have been nice. This appears to be the original source: http://politicalblindspot.com/hamburger-chef-jamie-oliver-proves-mcdonalds-burgers-unfit-for-human-consumption/ but honestly, citing *any* source would have been better than nothing.

Also, how did you avoid hearing about this when it first happened?

I did quote original article after...forgot to do so in the first place. Mi Scusi to all plagiarism Hitlers in this world!

Pretty insidious really.....especially considering how they market to children with all the clown stuff.

inorite?

That creepy clown keeps breaking into my house at night and force-feeding Happy Meals to my children...

...and during the day, my 9- and 12-year olds keep taking the family car and buying that "food".

Evil...pure evil...how this company is compelling children against the will of and without knowledge of their parents.

No one is forcing anyone to eat it.

We go there maybe once a month. My boys have a nugget happy meal with chocolate milk, yogurt, apple slices and french fries, and then they go play for half an hour to an hour. Perhaps other places should up their game and provide an indoor playground, but until then a maybe once a month handful of nuggets won't kill them.

I grew up helping with butchering various animals, one being the pig. Part of that process was cleaning and rinsing out the intestines to use as sausage casing. And guess what, we purposefully put fat into the sausage mix, otherwise they are too dry. While I always peel the casing off, many people happily eat it along with the sausage. People also eat chicken skin all the time, KFC, anyone? And did you know that Health Canada's advice for international travel includes not eating lettuce or other raw vegetables that havent been cleaned in bleach water.
The only problem with McDonald's is people weren't specifically told.

Pretty insidious really.....especially considering how they market to children with all the clown stuff.

inorite?

That creepy clown keeps breaking into my house at night and force-feeding Happy Meals to my children...

...and during the day, my 9- and 12-year olds keep taking the family car and buying that "food".

Evil...pure evil...how this company is compelling children against the will of and without knowledge of their parents.

No...the clown programs the children who in turn beg you to take them to McDonald's....which you do apparently. So in reality you are being controlled by a make believe clown.

My kids dont beg me to take them. Theyll ask but guess what I put my foot down and tell them no...its called being a parent and having the upper hand

No one is forcing anyone to eat it.

We go there maybe once a month. My boys have a nugget happy meal with chocolate milk, yogurt, apple slices and french fries, and then they go play for half an hour to an hour. Perhaps other places should up their game and provide an indoor playground, but until then a maybe once a month handful of nuggets won't kill them.

I grew up helping with butchering various animals, one being the pig. Part of that process was cleaning and rinsing out the intestines to use as sausage casing. And guess what, we purposefully put fat into the sausage mix, otherwise they are too dry. While I always peel the casing off, many people happily eat it along with the sausage. People also eat chicken skin all the time, KFC, anyone? And did you know that Health Canada's advice for international travel includes not eating lettuce or other raw vegetables that havent been cleaned in bleach water.
The only problem with McDonald's is people weren't specifically told.

I have no problem eating sausages with the casing on it. As Ive always ate it almost my whole life, every sunday my Italian grandma would make meatballs and sausage sauce. Which I might add Im having sausages tonight for dinner with the casing on it.....I guess just like with McD's food ppl get used to it, it really no longer would bother ppl so much. But would I eat McD's pr sausages every day no. I like a variety of foods especially food made at home

Pretty insidious really.....especially considering how they market to children with all the clown stuff.

inorite?

That creepy clown keeps breaking into my house at night and force-feeding Happy Meals to my children...

...and during the day, my 9- and 12-year olds keep taking the family car and buying that "food".

Evil...pure evil...how this company is compelling children against the will of and without knowledge of their parents.

No...the clown programs the children who in turn beg you to take them to McDonald's....which you do apparently. So in reality you are being controlled by a make believe clown.

I am certainly not going to defend mc Donald's and their mass produced industrial, processed food products. I prefer real food, and cooking things myself. But, a few things mentioned in OP's post bugs me.

1) what's wrong with eating the whole part of animals, like snout to tail eating? Are we supposed to eat only the chicken breast, and throw the remaining carcass in the garbage bin? Snout to tail eating is healthier I think, different nutrients in different parts of the animal. And reduces waste.
2) the use of alkaline ingredients is used in other cooking techniques. For example, the Mayans have used lime for centuries to make corn tortillas, which breaks down the corn, releasing nutrients and making the food more digestible.