Do you like mcdonald's?

IDK, subway stuff tastes too good to be healthy/nutritious. I've grown up operating under the assumption that the idea of something like that is preposterous.
 
I dunno how people can like subway. Uncooked BS. The first time I went there, I was really hoping it to be good, turned out to be a total waste of money as I only ate 1-2 bites.

I like McD, KFC and CCD for different things in which they excel.
 
Mc Donald's food is real junk. Its never fresh. I ate at Mc Donald's on only two occasions. In the first one my stomach was upset for a day, on the second, it was more akin to food poisoning and I suffered for two weeks. KFC, I have never tried it myself, but my sister did once and I saw it. It was so greasy and just a look at it showed that it was unhealthy food even by the worst of standards. People would be better of eating a kilo of Tandoori chicken compared to that crap.

The only fast food that I have known to be made from relatively fresh ingredients is Subway's sandwiches. Even in that too the meat/veg patties are not fresh.
 
Joann Bruso said: 'Food is supposed to decompose, go bad and smell foul eventually. The fact that it has not decomposed shows you how unhealthy it is for children.'
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'Food is broken down into its essential nutrients in our bodies and turned into fuel. Our children grow strong bodies when they eat real food.
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'If flies ignore a Happy Meal and microbes don't decompose it, then your child's body can't properly metabolise it either.
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If you cannot properly metabolise something does it make it unhealthy or just useless for the intended purpose ?

All this means is the food is not as nutritious which is not a surprise.

From her blog, she says...

I purchased a Happy Meal, not to eat, but to observe and blog about. Yes, I bought a Happy Meal and then placed it on my office shelf, right behind me and my computer. It sat on my shelf for a year as a silent witness to our fast food industry.
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ie it was left indooors, but

When I was a kid, I remember our garbage pail for the left over food scraps was kept by our back door. After a couple of days, flies deposited their larvae (maggots) in the meat. When I would lift the lid, I would see the recently hatched maggots wiggling on the putrid mess. A fly never bothered to land on the tiny hamburger patty on my office shelf.
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Lot more action outside I expect ;)
Course the reason these kids get given this 'food' is because they are difficult with other kinds of food. And fast food is HUGE with kids.

I always snigger when ppl here think going to such a joint is a treat, its not, go to a proper restaurant if you want a treat.

The only ppl that consider it a treat are little people or where harried parents take screaming brats to have a peaceful weekend.
 
blr_p said:
Course the reason these kids get given this 'food' is because they are difficult with other kinds of food. And fast food is HUGE with kids.

I always snigger when ppl here think going to such a joint is a treat, its not, go to a proper restaurant if you want a treat.

The only ppl that consider it a treat are little people or where harried parents take screaming brats to have a peaceful weekend.
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When you are short on cash,hungry but not so much as to eat a full meal and want something fast, such things are a treat.
And Please, don't generalize things..or add AFAIK or IMO but that also doesn't help as much as totally avoiding generalized statements specially while seeming serious about it.
 
hehe... I think our stomach processes food a lot better than the garbage bin, so a bit of preservatives isn't going to hurt that much.

The only thing I have against them is the price. I mean when we can get idlis for Rs 1/- so how can you justify the price of pizzas and burgers.

If you think about the bogo offers, doesn't that mean that a Rs 300 pizza probably cost less than Rs 50 to make.
 
chiron said:
hehe... I think our stomach processes food a lot better than the garbage bin, so a bit of preservatives isn't going to hurt that much.
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Won't hurt if done sparingly just wont get what you paid for.

Will hurt indirectly if its done on a regular basis.

chiron said:
The only thing I have against them is the price. I mean when we can get idlis for Rs 1/- so how can you justify the price of pizzas and burgers.
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Sure, i think they are defnitely not cheap.
 
blr_p said:
If you cannot properly metabolise something does it make it unhealthy or just useless for the intended purpose ?

All this means is the food is not as nutritious which is not a surprise.
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Well lets think about another thing that does not get metabolized, how about plastic? Add a layer of cheese and it would be just about as nutritious as a Mc Donalds burger. if the burger is not going to break down properly inside the stomach and stay there, then how is it different from something like plastic.

I have know people (including myself) who have gotten sick after consuming a Mc Dolands Burger, but I have never known anyone who got sick after consuming a bit of plastic accidently (not unless they choked on it). So between the two I would think its much safer to consume a bit of plastic with a layer of cheese and get the same same amount of nutrition. :bleh:

Mephistopheles said:
When you are short on cash,hungry but not so much as to eat a full meal and want something fast, such things are a treat.
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Its not called a treat under the conditions you described. Its called a compromise.
 
Lord Nemesis said:
Well lets think about another thing that does not get metabolized, how about plastic? Add a layer of cheese and it would be just about as nutritious as a Mc Donalds burger. if the burger is not going to break down properly inside the stomach and stay there, then how is it different from something like plastic.

I have know people (including myself) who have gotten sick after consuming a Mc Dolands Burger, but I have never known anyone who got sick after consuming a bit of plastic accidently (not unless they choked on it). So between the two I would think its much safer to consume a bit of plastic with a layer of cheese and get the same same amount of nutrition. :bleh:

Its not called a treat under the conditions you described. Its called a compromise.
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Junk food is all about taste at cheap rates, nothing else period.

And being able to satisfy your taste buds without having to burn a huge hole in your pocket is a treat to me. (Sorry, but I ain't rich :ashamed:)
 
Mephistopheles said:
Junk food is all about taste at cheap rates, nothing else period.

And being able to satisfy your taste buds without having to burn a huge hole in your pocket is a treat to me. (Sorry, but I ain't rich )
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^^ LOL, if you think fast food prices are cheap, you must be spoilt rich.

Most people treat fast food as a compromise/convenience and anything but as cheap tasty food. It neither cheap nor tastier than conventional food. Fast food may be cheap in America where conventional food costs a lot more, but its definitely a lot costlier than regular food in India.
 
Lord Nemesis said:
^^ LOL, if you think fast food prices are cheap, you must be spoilt rich.
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I'm not talking about fancy pizzas or burgers that you get from uber-fancy restaurants.

And 50 rupees a burger is ok to me, there is also McAloo tikki for 25 and there are cheaper fast-food options too. (Eg. street food)

Whereas A good meal at a decent restaurant with another person would cost you about 500-600.
 
i prefer McDs above KFC

KFC is just a scrambled FCK and waste of money for me.

i would rather choose Tandoor items at regular restaurants..

i also like non-veg subs
 
Mephistopheles said:
I'm not talking about fancy pizzas or burgers that you get from uber-fancy restaurants.

And 50 rupees a burger is ok to me, there is also McAloo tikki for 25 and there are cheaper fast-food options too. (Eg. street food)

Whereas A good meal at a decent restaurant with another person would cost you about 500-600.
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You can always get healthier and tastier food than a lousy burger for 50/- at your local dabha/hotel. From personal experience, I have seen that Chandigarh does not have a lot of affordable places with healthy conventional food, but other cities like Hyd and Bangalore do have them. I have had a pretty satisfying and healthy quick meals comprising of rice at Bangalore for 20 bucks and also similarly in hyd as well.

Also I don't get how you are comparing a lousy 50 buck burger at a Mc Donalds self service joint to the food at a uber fancy and costly restaurant that charges more for service than for the food.
 
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