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  • Posts: 1,216 Member
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    Because we all know that if they had the ability, they would do the same and likely worse to us.

    My cat did once try to smoother me because I didn't feed her early enough.
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    I like McDonald's french fries as much as the next person. They taste really good. That said, is there really an argument about relative quality of some of the ingredients used? There's a dollar menu for a reason. That's great if you're on a tight budget and budgetary concerns are real concerns. McDonald's is a legit option and you can make better or worse nutritional choices at McDonalds. It's entirely up to the customer. That said, extra value meals tend to mean that filler is involved. It's a matter of maximizing cost effectiveness.

    A year or two ago, in my state there was actually a law suit (albeit it was with Taco Bell rather than McDonald's) about labeling their ground beef as meat because between all of the fillers involved it didn't meet the minimum regulations to be called 'meat.' It CONTAINED meat, but there was actually more filler than meat involved. Fast food restaurants use fillers. They just... do (and they add extra sodium and sugar to 'improve' the taste of their stretched to the max somewhat less than top shelf ingredients) (though thankfully I seem to vaguely recall that McDonald's voluntarily ceased using 'pink slime' (?) , which the beef industry likes to call 'finely textured beef' but in non-PR real-world means cartilege, connective tissue, sinew and any manner of cast-off things, as long as it comes from cows', which... whatever. But to meet health standards it then has to be ground into a slush, washed with ammonium hydroxide, and sent through a centrifuge. Edible? It makes it through the health inspection process, so yeah. But an equal equivalent to an actual cut of chuck or sirloin? I can't help being a tad skeptical.

    There's filler. Filler isn't evil, but it is filler. It maximizes how far they can stretch the more expensive ingredients. That's Business 101. We all make choices and we have a variety of reasons to make them. But there's a reason why one hamburger sells for a dollar and a half and a ground sirloin patty costs somewhat more. Which suits your needs is up to the individual involved as they know their situation better than I do.

    BTW, there's one ingredient in a McDonald's hamburger patty. Ground beef. No fillers, no extenders, no preservatives. Only ground beef.

    You can get two patties on a McDouble for one dollar.
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    proves a calorie is a calorie is a calorie...
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    If you love cats and haven't seen the Sad Cat Diary....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKffm2uI4dk
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    If you love cats and haven't seen the Sad Cat Diary....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKffm2uI4dk


    I've seen it 3 times.
    laughed to tears every time.
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    If you love cats and haven't seen the Sad Cat Diary....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKffm2uI4dk

    I'm dead.
  • Posts: 341 Member
    I'm relieved to know that Taco Bell's beef is a whopping 88% actual cow

    Meh, 88% real beef tastes pretty damn good smothered in nacho cheese and doritos. I'm not complaining.
  • Posts: 746 Member
    Good for him. Why would or should I be bothered?
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    I'm dead.

    Haha, me too.
  • Posts: 99 Member
    Fast Food places are gross. I stay far, far away from them. Eeeww.. But if you're someone that loves them, then by all means, DO YOU! ;)
  • Posts: 7,166 Member
    http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/product_nutrition.sandwiches.256.hamburger.html
  • Posts: 746 Member
    Fast Food places are gross. I stay far, far away from them. Eeeww.. But if you're someone that loves them, then by all means, DO YOU! ;)

    She squats bro!
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    She squats bro!

    Damn right I do! ;)
  • Posts: 34,415 Member
    Fast Food places are gross. I stay far, far away from them. Eeeww.. But if you're someone that loves them, then by all means, DO YOU! ;)

    Just fast food places or *all* restaurants?
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    If you love cats and haven't seen the Sad Cat Diary....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKffm2uI4dk

    Love it.
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    Just fast food places or *all* restaurants?

    I don't go to 'chain' restaurants either. ie: TGIF, Applebee's, etc. When I do go to a restaurant it'll be for Sushi at a place that uses top quality products, usually organic, or one of Bobby Flay's establishments (pricey but delicious), he uses top quality products. but usually I cook at home using organic ingredients.
  • Posts: 29,136 Member
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    I don't go to 'chain' restaurants either. ie: TGIF, Applebee's, etc. When I do go to a restaurant it'll be for Sushi at a place that uses top quality products, usually organic, or one of Bobby Flay's establishments (pricey but delicious), he uses top quality products. but usually I cook at home using organic ingredients.

    are you in the kitchen when they use these "top quality" products??/
  • Posts: 29,136 Member
    I can't decide if I want in on part 2 after the roll or not...

    ...because the sequel is (almost) never as good as the original...

    ...and the original hasn't been *that* great.



    Decision, decisions...

    F it, I am in ...
  • Posts: 29,136 Member
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    Meh, 88% real beef tastes pretty damn good smothered in nacho cheese and doritos. I'm not complaining.

    LOL anything tastes good smothered in nacho cheese and Doritos...
  • Posts: 10,161 Member
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    I don't go to 'chain' restaurants either. ie: TGIF, Applebee's, etc. When I do go to a restaurant it'll be for Sushi at a place that uses top quality products, usually organic, or one of Bobby Flay's establishments (pricey but delicious), he uses top quality products. but usually I cook at home using organic ingredients.

    Wow, congratulations. This makes you an amazing person.
  • Posts: 29,136 Member
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    Wow, congratulations. This makes you an amazing person.
    superior too….
  • Posts: 1,614 Member
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    superior too….

    Agreed
  • Posts: 3,348 Member
    Sushi, now THAT is gross. What with the fish, the weird veg and the rice that isn't soaked in chow mein grease!
  • Posts: 1,614 Member
    Besides thinking fast food is just gross, I kinda avoid eating out for the most part. I kinda have an irrational fear about other people handling my food. I mean, your putting something in your body and you have no idea what's up with it. I know to a certain extent you don't have a choice unless you really grew your own food. I get that. Maybe it is just to minimize the total risk that good ole min wage Johnny won't go freaking insane and put something in my mcChicken sandwitch that will kill me, I dunno.

    Maybe I'm not irrational with my fear, maybe everyone else is way too liberal. I mean people flip their **** everyday.
  • Posts: 61 Member
    My only problem with McDonald's is piss poor vegetarian choices. How hard is it to stock a veggie burger like Burger King does?
  • Posts: 29,136 Member
    Besides thinking fast food is just gross, I kinda avoid eating out for the most part. I kinda have an irrational fear about other people handling my food. I mean, your putting something in your body and you have no idea what's up with it. I know to a certain extent you don't have a choice unless you really grew your own food. I get that. Maybe it is just to minimize the total risk that good ole min wage Johnny won't go freaking insane and put something in my mcChicken sandwitch that will kill me, I dunno.

    Maybe I'm not irrational with my fear, maybe everyone else is way too liberal. I mean people flip their **** everyday.

    LOL I think you are over thinking it …

    I pretty much cook about 85% of my meals…but sometimes i forget or am feeling lazy so I go to mcdonalds, subway, etc..or sometimes I just want to go to a really nice restaurant and dine out..usually on the weekends...
  • Posts: 5,413 Member

    I don't go to 'chain' restaurants either. ie: TGIF, Applebee's, etc. When I do go to a restaurant it'll be for Sushi at a place that uses top quality products, usually organic, or one of Bobby Flay's establishments (pricey but delicious), he uses top quality products. but usually I cook at home using organic ingredients.

    Yes, but do you only buy from feng shui orchards? Because that is the only way you will know for sure...
  • Posts: 34,415 Member
    are you in the kitchen when they use these "top quality" products??/

    Safe to assume that she has never worked in procurement for one of these places that use only "top quality" products.
  • Posts: 3,730 Member
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    superior too….

    Agreed.

    I work out, but holding my pinkie out is just exhausting!
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  • Posts: 29,136 Member
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    Safe to assume that she has never worked in procurement for one of these places that use only "top quality" products.

    highly doubtful….
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