McDonalds: Edible or Not

that was when i started eating food from there. as a kid i didn't like their burgers

last McDonald's I ever ate at was the one just down the road from Dachau in 1996

― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, July 23, 2011 10:56 PM Bookmark

Opening line of your first novel right there

btw I think Chicken Selects are different from McNuggets, because Selects are made from whole pieces of chicken breast as opposed to that nasty mcnugget paste. Although maybe they don't use the mcnugget paste anymore, IDK.

http://static.flickr.com/93/236230409_1cb2864456.jpg

man, maybe someone else can corroborate this, but I remember when Chicken McNuggets were introduced in '82, and the relentless PR campaign -- to such an extent that all I ate for years during the infrequent moments when my parents got us McDonalds were McNuggets.

― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, July 23, 2011 11:10 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

Yes, I distinctly remember the Great McNugget Roll-Out of '82. Loving any form of fried chicken, I could only see their introduction as a positive development. My parents, however, were horrified. Such vaguely-named and -sourced food was a relatively new phenomenon, so I was on my own when it came to McNugget procurement.

Arbeit Macht Fries

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we go to mcdonalds all the time lately but just for the $1 sundaes and wifi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSu4eGDUYZU

oh, mcdonald's...

I basically never went as a kid and when I did only had mcnuggets. I think I've ordered a total of 1 non-mcnugget McEntrees in my life. their burgers even seemed disgusting to me at age 8.

I find McDonald's coffee better (and cheaper) than Starbucks or D&D as long as you get it in the morning -- some locations are wonky about brewing fresh.

I like their Chicken Selects... I have that once every few months.

Spicy Buffalo sauce = YUMMMMMMMMm

^Seriously, that shit rules.

man i could really go for some mcd's fries right now. it's been years.

their coffee IS really better than it has any right to be.

you fucking liberals

if i get some mcdonald's fries tomorrow i promise to vote for the most fascistic candidate next year.

$1 unlimited soda and wi-fi and Sade

burger king fries >>>>>>>>>>>>> mcdonald's fries though

and their chicken tenders are waaaay better than chicken nuggets.

gah... now I want McDonalds. Damn you guys!

waitwaitwait -- McDonald's plays "Paradise" and "The Sweetest Taboo"???

burger king fries >>>>>>>>>>>>> mcdonald's fries though

whaaa? i'm too elitist and veg to eat at fast food restaurants these days, but that is so rong. burger king fries are these skinny soggy floppy things

burger king fries aren't soggy or skinny! I think you have them confused with McD's fries... BK fries are crisp, salty, delicious.

yeah i thought it was generally agreed that mcdonald's fries are the one thing that even vegetarian marxists have a sneaking desire for from time to time.

why would I eat a Quarter Pounder listening to "The Sweetest Taboo" when I could drink a Pellegrino in Starbucks while reading and listening to "Soldier of Love"? Or is this like choosing between The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night?

yeah, maybe they've changed in the years since i've last had them, or different franchises vary significantly in their quality control...but i remember as a kid being excited for the better burger king sandwiches and c. tenders, but bummed that their fries were so disappointing compared to mcdonald's

Hardee's new chicken tenders are really good, but I've only had them once because they're so damn expensive #derail

you go to starbucks for their sparkling water??

Checkers also has amazing fries:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2569/3670218203_8d25bd8e73_o.jpg

And Popeyes of course.

all national-level fast food fries are bad

sort of can't believe that hardee's still exists. it always seemed like a totally moribund lower tier fast food place to me

yeah i've only eaten from popeye's maybe twice, at a highway rest stop, but they put that magic dust on them

the mistake is thinking of them as french fries rather than crispy grease and salt.

Burger king fries are just pure batter, no potato

McD is all "Smooth Operator"--strictly top 5 playlist--and sometimes the a/c keeps the place at cellar temp.

which, you know, sometimes, not always, but sometimes, you just want the most effect way of getting crispy grease and salt into your system

you go to starbucks for their sparkling water??

If it means using their free WiFi and not embarrassing their employees, yes.

I will probably do it tomorrow.

The one here does booming business for breakfast then next to nothing for the rest of the day.

but re the thread question, edible only when hot

french fry scale: wendy's > BK & McD's tie > everybody else except Sonic > Sonic

"booming business for breakfast" referring to Hardees btw

i always feel kind of unamerican when the fast food threads come up

I'd rank Checkers and Popeyes above McDonalds, most definitely... but I LOOOOOVE seasoned fries.

The best fried potatoes are the ones I make out of a leftover baked potato. Always bake a couple extra spuds for fries the next day.

Who cares about free wifi? Don't you all have homes?

sounds like you've a profoundly distorted idea of the ilx demographic

I do but I also like to watch people while drinking sparkling water.

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No outlets at home, just lamplight

This is quite interesting: http://balkanist.net/im-lovin-it-mcdonalds-serbia/

There were also some early cultural barriers to the restaurant’s success. In 1988, the concept of “American-style fast food” hadn’t permeated Yugoslav society. After a meal, even at McDonald’s, people liked to sit, smoke and complain about corrupt government officials for several hours – a time-honored tradition that continues to this day. Americans, on the other hand, call that kind of activity “loitering” — a criminal offense. So in order to prevent too much post-Happy Meal lingering, McDonald’s hired several specially-trained workers whose only job was to make people eat and leave.

Some of the earliest manifestations of the mounting tensions between Croatia and Serbia before the breakup of Yugoslavia were in the songs Serbs sang about their McDonald’s at football matches. One late-1980s chant went “we have a McDonald’s, McDonald’s, McDonald’s, we have a McDonald’s, and where is yours?”

The tradition of whiling one's time away at a restaurant or cafe is one that is sadly missing in America

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/nyregion/fighting-a-mcdonalds-for-the-right-to-sit-and-sit-and-sit.html?_r=0