[IYAS9YAS]

If that is true, then it have to be the oil and possibly a smaller size in cross section. What they have today is crap.

From 2002: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcdonalds-settles-beef-over-fries/

It's been a while, but this is why they taste like crap these days. Plus, either the worker puts too much salt on them (hard to do, but it's possible), or not enough.

[IYAS9YAS]

Another from 2007: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2007-01-29-mcdonalds-trans-fat_x.htm

[Gaffer]

Seems typical of PC pandering companies.

There is simply no comparison of what they once put out with what they put out today. None.