― katie, Wednesday, 19 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 19 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Richard Tunnicliffe, Wednesday, 19 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tom, Wednesday, 19 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ed, Wednesday, 19 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― dave q, Wednesday, 19 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― jameslucas, Wednesday, 19 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― dinosaur, Wednesday, 19 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Mr Noodles, Wednesday, 19 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Whatever one thinks of McDonalds, some of the European McDonalds knock-offs I'd eaten at were absolutely disgusting. Like this one chain in Italy called Burgy -- absolute utter shit. And do they still have Wimpy's in the UK? (errrrkg!)
― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Wednesday, 19 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
last time i went to mcd's was after my first six months of vegetarianism. i wanted to see if i was missing meat. so i bought a cheeseburger, took one bite out of it and gagged. needless to say, i never went back to meat or mcd's.
― di, Thursday, 20 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tom, Thursday, 20 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I *wuv* Burger King fries. You'll be disappointed to learn that I didn't have Burger King food last night, after finding I only have £20 left in the bank. I ate wholemeal pasta instead.
EVER FEEL LIKE YOU'VE BEEN CHEATED?
― Sarah, Thursday, 20 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
(i am sorry lady di but "Am I missing meat? Let me scoff a Big Mac and see" = totally the thinking of a mentalist) Vegetarians who go into mcd's but only eat the fries do not garner my sympathy either.
Key Simpsons fast-food-related quote (actually i have dropped this before but obsessive repetition = helpless hilarity) : "Awww. Without the grease all you can taste is the hog anus!"
― mark s, Thursday, 20 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ronan, Thursday, 20 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
(sorry, haven't read ILE since yesterday)
― katie, Thursday, 20 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Ackshirely, McDs fries in the UK aren't fried in beef tallow, it was a US practise as far as I know. -- Sarah (), September 20, 2001
-- Sarah (), September 20, 2001
According to that article, they don't FRY their chips / fries in beef flavouring, but add it before freezing their raw material and THEN send it for cooking in vegetable oil. SO no matter what they fry it in, it already containns beef flavouring!!
― Kodanshi, Thursday, 20 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
STRAWBERRY JAM SANDWICHES ON WHITE BREAD!
Mind you when I was young and foolish I did eat a big mac in two bites!
― cabbage, Thursday, 20 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Nastier than Dom Deluise wearing a thong.
― Nicole, Thursday, 20 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Paul Strange, Thursday, 20 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Bill, Thursday, 20 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Maria, Thursday, 20 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I mostly avoid McDonald's now (not that I avoid junk food, far from it, very far indeed, I just seem to go for non-chain varieties of greasy rubbish), but I went there far too much a couple of years ago, it was right near where I lived and I was lazy and I kept convincing myself that I wanted to get another Happy Meal toy, plus every time I tried to arrange with certain friends to meet anywhere and get food we ended up going to BK or McDonald's. Sigh. Eek. So now I have a load of mini beanie babies with McD logos on and I just think, "Why?" every time I see them.
There are still Wimpys over here? Where? All the Wimpys I knew (erm, both of them) became Burger Kings in the late 80s.
― Rebecca, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Richard Tunnicliffe, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Bill, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 8 May 2006 15:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Monday, 8 May 2006 15:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― chap who would dare to be a nerd, not a geek (chap), Monday, 8 May 2006 15:08 (eighteen years ago) link
Anyway, the Latte coffee in McD's is alright.
xpost funnily enough.
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 8 May 2006 15:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Abbott (Abbott), Monday, 8 May 2006 15:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 8 May 2006 15:13 (eighteen years ago) link
and five-year xpost: what kind of vegetarian tests whether or not she can still enjoy meat by trying a mcdonalds cheeseburger? hardcore meat eaters wouldn't even consider it proper "meat." test your meat love/tolerance on a properly prepared filet next time, foolio.
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Monday, 8 May 2006 15:32 (eighteen years ago) link
McDonald's also serves kangeroo meat in thier burgers to save on costs.
In the UK McDonald's donates a portion of their profits to the Irish terrorist group the IRA, so that their restaurants will not be used in bombing campaigns.
McDonald's uses minute traces of chemical substances in their food to make it addictive.
McDonalds milkshakes are made with lard.
McDonalds milkshakes are made with seaweed.
A child complained of being hurt while playing in the "ball pit" at a local McDonald's and pointed out a small red mark on his behind. His mother noticed something like a splinter just under the skin so made an appointment to have it looked at. Within a few hours the child went into a coma and died - the splinter had been the needle from a syringe full of heroin that had been discarded in the pit.
During the BSE scare McDonald's bought up cow carcasses that were "possibly infected" to use in their burgers.
― gear (gear), Monday, 8 May 2006 16:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 8 May 2006 16:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Monday, 8 May 2006 16:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Mercury Krueger (Ex Leon), Monday, 8 May 2006 16:13 (eighteen years ago) link
The rest seem dubious. I mean, what sort of dumb ass junkie prepares a needle full of smack then leaves it in a ball pit?
Not to defend the horriblness of MacDonalds and their bland, artificial muck. I do occassionally succumb admittedly. There's a McDonalds right next to my work and if I'm on a late shift and haven't brought my own food and nowhere else is open what else can I do? It does leave a weird feeling though. Something about that processed plastic cheese that makes my head feel all plastic and shiny. Must be the MSG.
― Stew (stew s), Monday, 8 May 2006 16:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― AaronK (AaronK), Monday, 8 May 2006 16:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Where Flavor Comes From (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Monday, 8 May 2006 16:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Abbott (Abbott), Monday, 8 May 2006 17:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― AaronK (AaronK), Monday, 8 May 2006 17:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rumpsy Pumpsy (Rumpie), Monday, 8 May 2006 17:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― patita (patita), Monday, 8 May 2006 17:23 (eighteen years ago) link
IT TOOK THEM FIFTY YEARS TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT?
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 21 September 2006 19:50 (seventeen years ago) link
Kind McNuggets
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 21 September 2023 18:31 (eight months ago) link
pretty sure I've bought a cart called "Grimace's Birthday Shake" before
― frogbs, Thursday, 21 September 2023 18:32 (eight months ago) link
Totally Fried Apple Pie
― I Wanna Find an ILXor That'll Flag My Last Post Till I Have To Go (WmC), Thursday, 21 September 2023 18:35 (eight months ago) link
I'd read an article about McDonald's attempts to detoxify their brand. I don't know how much of this is specific to Europe, but along with changing colours from the garish iconic red-and-yellow to the more "organic" messaging green and brown you'd see branches redecorated to have like giant pictures of carrots on the walls. Carrots as an option in the happy meal too. Speaking of which, is it a legal thing that they can't advertise the toys in those anymore? They're still there if you check - along with the "educational" option of getting a crappy McDonald's book instead. It all feels very shame-ridden, like obviously absolutely no one is going to go to McDonald's for a healthy meal but they have to pretend a little now instead of the ostentatious hedonism of yore.
Specific to the UK, McDonald's ads try hard for the relatable: hey grampa living in a council flat, you may not share a lot in common with the young black kids who are your neighbours but you both love our fries! Hey mate, want a coffee without getting talked down to by the late sipping, croissant munching urban elites? We have you covered. A cozy part of the British landscape, not at all a foreign invader as it used to proudly announce itself as, no longer the avatar of glorious American capitalism that will bring joy to us all. In Portugal they try to incorporate local dishes into the menu and again, absolutely NO ONE is going to go there for the caldo verde soup, but it's a way of telegraphing that same sense of "belonging" there.
What's amusing about this to me is I haven't seen the other US chains adopt similar tactics - Burger King and KFC basically still are the same things they were when they first came to Europe. I wonder if McDonald's had to move in these directions because it's more iconic, a bigger symbol of American food imperialism.
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 23 September 2023 16:33 (eight months ago) link
the "toys" in happy meals now are shitty cardboard things which the kids do not care about, at all. except last time we went it was a pack of pokemon cards, that was better.
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 23 September 2023 17:52 (eight months ago) link
I can remember the Girls Aloud mini speaker from 15 years ago, that was fab!
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Saturday, 23 September 2023 17:57 (eight months ago) link
Yesterday, when eating a quarter pounder, I noticed something. At McDonald’s, or at least, THIS particular McDonald’s, they put the mayo on one bun and the ketchup/mustard on the other, to maintain condiment separation (and distribution). Small thing but very noticeable and I intend to put it into practice in other contexts
― (the poster formerly known as Twitter) (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 23 September 2023 18:09 (eight months ago) link
fgTMI
― Vinnie, Saturday, 23 September 2023 18:16 (eight months ago) link
I remember one fried cheese place in Prague where they would put ketchup on one side and mayonnaise on the other, absolutely unbeatable
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 23 September 2023 18:21 (eight months ago) link
it all just goes into the mixer imo - although I do very neat and orderly stripes of ketchup and mustard/mayo down one side. I don't just slosh it on.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Saturday, 23 September 2023 18:39 (eight months ago) link
i'm listening to the album and i forgot about this gem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofz5mCubeJ4
― scott seward, Saturday, 23 September 2023 19:45 (eight months ago) link
RONALD MCDONALD
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Saturday, 23 September 2023 19:48 (eight months ago) link
Happy Meal toys are the worst. 97% of them are in the trash a day later. Sometimes the same day.
So much waste. I can't decide whether elementary school valentines or Happy Meals are more pointless and sad.
― Hereward the Woke (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 24 September 2023 11:06 (eight months ago) link
https://www.today.com/food/restaurants/mcdonalds-mcrib-return-2023-rcna118129
it's that time of year
― 龜, Sunday, 1 October 2023 12:55 (eight months ago) link
They should do a McRib promotion campaign with Kiss, given the number of comebacks both have had. Actually McDonalds is kind of the Kiss of fast food: you know what you're going to get, it's sort-of OK, but if you think about it too long you wonder why you're doing this to yourself.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Sunday, 1 October 2023 13:19 (eight months ago) link
This thread in the Australia subreddit the other day was interesting, from a confused american who ordered "a double quarter pounder with only ketchup, mayo, onion, and cheese" and was perplexed when they got precisely that (a bun, with only ketchup, mayo, onion, and cheese in it. No meat).
https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/16v8h3l/am_i_ordering_maccas_wrong/
Apparetly the disconnect partly is, in the US when you say burger you mean the meat in it. When we do, we mean the whole shebang, which is why we will also say "chicken burger" and "fish burger" etc.
Here, all you'd say is "a double quarter pounder without pickles".
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Sunday, 1 October 2023 21:25 (eight months ago) link
That’s idiotic, if the presence of the meat wasn’t implied why would anyone order a *double* quarter pounder? They want to eat twice the nothing?
― Boris Yitsbin (wins), Sunday, 1 October 2023 21:46 (eight months ago) link
Yeah thats what everyone said to this guy.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Sunday, 1 October 2023 23:30 (eight months ago) link
But also a lot of aussies agreed that "with only ketchup, mayo, onion, and cheese" means "and thats it, no meat". I mean you'd think someone'd pause at the "why double quarter pounder" but I dunno. They don't push 'em hard at MacUniversity.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Sunday, 1 October 2023 23:32 (eight months ago) link
Had a bacon egg & cheese biscuit and hashbrowns last week - not sure if they were worse than they used to be or if it was just the first time I had McDonald's breakfast not hungover.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 2 October 2023 00:04 (eight months ago) link
Maybe the order-taker thought it was *double* ketchup, mayo, onion, and cheese.
― nickn, Monday, 2 October 2023 04:47 (eight months ago) link
why call it a double quarter pounder and not just a half pounder.
― pplains, Monday, 2 October 2023 14:56 (eight months ago) link
because then people might think twice about eating a half pound of poison?
― scott seward, Monday, 2 October 2023 15:12 (eight months ago) link
but knowing people, probably not!
Yeah more poison please
― The Royal House of Hangover (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 2 October 2023 15:44 (eight months ago) link
Maybe they think ¼ + ¼ = ⅛
― pplains, Monday, 2 October 2023 15:54 (eight months ago) link
they had a triple cheeseburger with Disney's animated Hercules marketing
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, 2 October 2023 16:12 (eight months ago) link
I always admired how arby's circumvented all fractions and simply called their half-pound sandwich the Big Montana.
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, 2 October 2023 16:21 (eight months ago) link
Big Montana vs Big Buford
― I love you, dad (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 October 2023 17:23 (eight months ago) link