McDonalds: Edible or Not

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!)

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.

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?

(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!"

(sorry, haven't read ILE since yesterday)

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

STRAWBERRY JAM SANDWICHES ON WHITE BREAD!

Mind you when I was young and foolish I did eat a big mac in two bites!

Nastier than Dom Deluise wearing a thong.

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.

Anyway, the Latte coffee in McD's is alright.

xpost funnily enough.

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.

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.

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.

IT TOOK THEM FIFTY YEARS TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT?

this is "good" news

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.

I can remember the Girls Aloud mini speaker from 15 years ago, that was fab!

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

fgTMI

I remember one fried cheese place in Prague where they would put ketchup on one side and mayonnaise on the other, absolutely unbeatable

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.

i'm listening to the album and i forgot about this gem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofz5mCubeJ4

RONALD MCDONALD

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.

https://www.today.com/food/restaurants/mcdonalds-mcrib-return-2023-rcna118129

it's that time of year

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.

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".

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?

Yeah thats what everyone said to this guy.

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.

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.

Maybe the order-taker thought it was *double* ketchup, mayo, onion, and cheese.

why call it a double quarter pounder and not just a half pounder.

because then people might think twice about eating a half pound of poison?

but knowing people, probably not!

Yeah more poison please

Maybe they think ¼ + ¼ = ⅛

they had a triple cheeseburger with Disney's animated Hercules marketing

I always admired how arby's circumvented all fractions and simply called their half-pound sandwich the Big Montana.

Big Montana vs Big Buford