I'm down to 5 supersized fries a day. E-gorging does work and is effective for breastfeeding mothers.

Our democracy does not work. Period. It's so clear.

On the other hand, who wants foamy fries?

When the hell do fries foam?????????????????????????????????????

Antifoaming agents cut down on oil spattering from the fryer. Oil spatter is a fire hazard.

their French Fries?

other than how Mickey D's prepares their fries.

When I was in High School and worked at McDonald's (1964), we had to put the potatoes in the machine to be peeled and then cut the damned things (by hand) by placing them upright on a "machine," then pull the arm of the thing down so it sliced the 'taters into fries. All this for $1.25 an hour. Guess I should thank LBJ for that, huh? Oh wait, McD's was around when JFK was President so, maybe, I should thank him.

perfect.

Potatoes, a little olive oil, herbs, pop in the oven. Yum.

You know what? The hell with my 70s!

I went to the McDonald's site and looked it up some time ago.

They used to fry them in beef tallow. They don't do that any more. They tasted better when they used beef tallow.

Seriously?
I was probably not in America yet...

Hrm... Now I have to look it up.

A few years ago, McD's announced that it was switching away from beef tallow, but I don't remember the year.

Here's a link. Apparently they switched in the 1990s.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/09/us/mcdonald-s-to-settle-suits-on-beef-tallow-in-french-fries.html

I sincerely don't remember.

They still have beef in them in the US, even if they don't fry them in it. I'm not sure where that ingredient list in the OP came from, but this is from their web site today:

http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/getnutrition/ingredientslist.pdf

FRENCH FRIES:
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Canola Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Natural Beef Flavor [Wheat and Milk Derivatives]*, Citric Acid
[Preservative]), Dextrose, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (Maintain Color), Salt. Prepared in Vegetable Oil (Canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean
Oil with TBHQ and Citric Acid added to preserve freshness), Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent.
*
CONTAINS: WHEAT AND MILK.
*Natural beef flavor contains hydrolyzed wheat and hydrolyzed milk as starting ingredients

Have you even tried UK fries?

You think they taste as good as freedom fries?

Because if they did, I am sure McDonalds would love to save money by cutting out some ingredients.

What next, are they gonna add something really scary, like deoxyribonucleic acid?

I heard they put dihydrogen monoxide in their tea and pop as well!

That stuff will kill you! It's a universal solvent that has the most effect on our climate. It causes suffocation, building damage...

who cares? Put out the fire before it starts?

didn't have a choice, the stuff is in all of it's foods, as well as food people cook at home or in the best restaurants.

They said so on Cosmos last week.
Every living thing has DNA.

but I haven't eaten at McDonald's in years. Last time was during a 3-day power outage for "breakfast." It tasted like crap and we vowed then never to go back no matter the circumstances.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]All things in moderation, including moderation.[/center][/font][hr]

Hard to believe there was a time I considered it food.

Why they don't serve everything 24/7, like Jack in the Box, is beyond me.

Haven't eaten one of their "burgers" in decades. Just plain gross.

nt

I'm in a situation right now where it's easier to eat fast food.

I am getting so sick of it and cannot wait til this is over.

Give me fresh fruits and veggies and chicken and fish please!

I hope your situation changes soon so you can return to cooking your own meals.

Thank you!

only choice. If you have free time, you can cook nutritious meals for refrigeration then heat them when needed.

We just moved into a new apt. after a long, long crazy time. All of my kitchen/cookware/spices/plates/dishes/cups are in storage in another state. I am not buying any new stuff. I will wait til my stuff gets here. I have toooo much good stuff. We are pretty much broke and like I said, I refuse to buy anything new.

I do not even have a pan or a pot or a plate. I have silverware, foil, Gladware and red Solo cups.

No choice right now.

This from someone who had 4 raised gardens in her backyard and cooked a huge meal every night. It sucks, bigtime.

Last year I had a 3-day power outage due to a close brush with a tornado. I could not cook, so I went to Captain D's. The fish and fries were terribly greasy and I ended up throwing most of it away.

Let's hope neither of us have any more power outages!

So you won't see two or three one-note Charlies posting OPs complaining about it once a week.

I'm probably going to catch hell for this, but....

Lard is good for you.

It's certainly better for you than the fake hydrogenated vegetable oil junk they use now.

Was my first job at 15 and we had these big square tubs of lard and the fries tastes a million times better! I think that was the only ingredient we added to the fries. I try not to eat fast food anymore and avoid McDonalds at all costs.

in the lard days, too. Best fries ever. I still go there on occasion, but I can't do the fries. I still remember the way they used to be.

Sausage McMuffin with Egg before an early morning road trip just hits the spot. Full tank of gas, some money in the wallet, fresh pack of cigarettes, some good music... What more could I ask for? Sorry haters.

I have a 4 lb. bucket in the fridge and 2 lb. bucket in the freezer. Best frying ever.

Which is why they switched in the first place.

They used to advertise that they used vegetable oil to make the fries. That implies the fries are vegetarian.
But, they were sprinkling beef tallow on the fries. They got sued from a religious group. Not for much, only a few thousand dollars and the vegetarians won.

I have several tubs of lard but also use peanut and olive oil for some dishes.

If anyone has a Five Guys near them - they ONLY cook with peanut oil. Warnings posted everywhere about it because of allergies. Best burgers EVER.

Those are my top three for cooking, as well.

It is possible for McDonalds to do fries differently and get the same results, but the shelf life would me hours instead of days or weeks, frozen. Vegetable source natural flavor could be something like Onion Salt, which is commonly used by even small restaurants. Citric Acid could come from lemons or limes. If you use iodine salt, you get the ingredients listed with it - one is an anti-caking additive that has been used for decades, another has been used for almost 50 years to fight goiter, the other is a form of starch that occurs naturally in nature and has been used in food for likely a century. I am not defending McDonald's food, I think it is trash and the company should be able to do better without impacting profits.

"High quality food" may be a bad choice of words - rather, let's say: food made from high-quality ingredients, all while being mindful to incorporate local production and to conform to high ecological standards. Also, McDonald's pays decent wages in much of Europe.

Then again, most Americans probably couldn't afford McDonald's at european prices.

As someone who has lived in both places, I have found the difference to be striking and intriguing.

one pound chicken sausage, hot and mild mixed,sliced and browned in a large skillet, 5 red skinned potatos cut into squares (not quite diced), one onion cut into squares, two green peppers cut into squares, 3/4 cup of water, some oregano, basil, garlic salt, pepper and a pinch of salt. cook on low heat for 30 minutes. HMMMMMMMMMM, better than anything from that place and it basically cost as much as two of their fat loaded burger meals.

their food is like biting into fat chunks to me, even the lettuce and tomato don't come near a real taste.

tasting food on their menu.

But at home, it's 3....potatoes (skin on) salt and EVOO roasted in the oven at 450 degrees until done.

But for some reason McDonalds fries are by far the best tasting of all the fast food joints IMO.

By. Far.

"I never..." "I don't..." " I wouldn't..."

I do, on occasion. One would think that after almost 50 years, the ill effects would have shown up.

You supersized it. What the hell were you thinking?

RIP
Here Lies Chris
He Died in His Tennies
The French Fries He Bought
DUers Make at Home for Pennies

But then I know i'm gonna get flak for..."scientific materialism duhhhhh".

and gov't working for corporations. Thanks!

That's a very good analogy.