Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Allergy causes french fry quandary
NorthJersey.com ^ | February 17, 2006 | BONNIE MILLER RUBIN

Posted on 02/18/2006 9:25:40 AM PST by indcons

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-90 next last
To: July 4th

So these kids have been eating the McDonald's fries all along and only when this disclosure has been made it becomes a problem?


41 posted on 02/18/2006 10:32:40 AM PST by Mygirlsmom (You can either despair that the rose bush has thorns-or rejoice that the thorn bush has roses.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: indcons
From one of the stories linked...

The company has felt the heat over its fries before. McDonald's paid $10 million in 2002 to settle a lawsuit by vegetarian groups after it was disclosed that its fries were being cooked in beef-flavored oil more than a decade after insisting that it was starting to use pure vegetable oil.

It paid another $8.5 million in February 2005 to settle a suit by a nonprofit advocacy group that accused the company of misleading consumers by announcing that it was changing its cooking oil, then delaying the switch.

That does it...I'm gonna sue...I thought all these years I was getting nice healthy beef lard, but instead they've been feeding me (my outrage is undiminished by the fact that I've probably eaten McDonald's French fries less then a dozen times since 1990) icky politically correct dangerous trans-fats...I WANT $1,000,000,000.00 DOLLARS...

42 posted on 02/18/2006 10:42:17 AM PST by MRMEAN (Corruptisima republica plurimae leges. -- Tacitus)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]

To: ASOC

In Ocean City Maryland there is a stand on the Boardwalk called Thrashers. They too use real potatoes and they cook them in peanut oil. No trip to Ocean City is without a stop there to get some fires. Like you say they do it all right there in front of you. They have a long line of people waiting.

But McDonalds and others seem to think they can fool the public with a poor substitute.

Ease of preparation probably has a lot to do with it. Its pretty easy to dump a batch of prepared fake frozen potatoes into some grease and hit the start button.
I am pretty sure with McDonalds they cant hire someone for minimum wage smart enough to cook a real potato. I dont go there often but last time I did they dont even wait for the fires to take on a Golden hue they get them out as soon as they start turning yellow. Half cooked.


43 posted on 02/18/2006 10:44:23 AM PST by sgtbono2002
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 37 | View Replies]

To: butternut_squash_bisque
I used to ride my bike to the first MacDonald's in Des Plaines, back in '63, as a freshman in high school. Burgers were 7¢, fries 5¢, Cokes 10¢. I ate like a king for 50¢, in those days.

Remember when McDonalds ran commercials showing an older gent plunking down a dollar bill for his burger, fries, and Coke and being surprised by getting change back from his buck?

The Inflation Calculator takes a bit of fun out of those reminisces by reminding me how much the dollar used to be worth back in the "old days". 1963's fifty cent lunch costs $3.05 in our inflation-adjusted dollars. I haven't eaten at McD's in quite a while so I don't know how the prices of a regular burger, small fries, and a small Coke compare to those times, but that sounds about right.

44 posted on 02/18/2006 10:46:18 AM PST by Denver Ditdat (Melting solder since 1975)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: mariabush
My son is also a Celiac and he has no trouble with the fries. If they contained gluten, he'd also be hitting the bathroom for about three days... after I peeled him off the walls, that is.
45 posted on 02/18/2006 10:46:49 AM PST by Marie (Support the Troops. Slap a hippy.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies]

To: Denver Ditdat

I remember the ad, DD. LOL. Thanks for the calculator.


46 posted on 02/18/2006 10:49:34 AM PST by butternut_squash_bisque (Borders, Language, Culture™)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 44 | View Replies]

To: sgtbono2002
I gave up eating at McD a long time ago, tho I will admit when the mrs & I were in Tokyo, they had the best of that type of food I'd had in a very long time - but then the local market won't tolerate the crap the passes for food McD here (the snails were tasty as well, another story).

The other unbelievable part, a Big mac, fries and coke cost less than a bowl of noodles at the noodle joint across the street.
47 posted on 02/18/2006 10:49:50 AM PST by ASOC (Choosing between the lesser of two evils, in the end, still leaves you with - evil.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

To: Aliska
I never could get them right home, oil too fresh, you have to soak them in ice water before you plunge them in hot fat, etc.

The trick is to fry them twice. The first time at about 325 degrees for about 5 minutes then drain them. Hold them aside until just before you want to finish them. Have the oil/fat/lard/tallow at 365 degrees and finish them to a nice golden brown.Drain,salt and serve.

This works best in a deep pot with a thermometer and a large wire basket. Don't cook too many at once.

48 posted on 02/18/2006 10:50:51 AM PST by Calamari (Pass enough laws and everyone is guilty of something.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: Malacoda
Jeepers. Is it me, or are allergies to just about everything more prevalent these days??? I don't remember all the dietary allergies being around when I was in grade school...

I was wondering the same thing. A PB&J was the universal sack lunch back in my 1960s elementary school days. I wonder what has changed?

49 posted on 02/18/2006 10:51:50 AM PST by Denver Ditdat (Melting solder since 1975)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: indcons
...a flurry of calls from parents who already feel as if they're tip-toeing through a minefield when it comes to policing their kids' diets...

Apparently I'm more fastidious, anal-retentive, picky, obsessive, and controlling than these parents. We just don't go to McDonald's -- for health reasons. It really would be so much easier for them to do the same than trying to cheat death for $1.49.

50 posted on 02/18/2006 10:51:56 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: null and void
*sigh*

Real spuns spuds fried in beef tallow.

I reaallly do know better than to post pre-coffee...

51 posted on 02/18/2006 10:52:11 AM PST by null and void (When the city fades into the night, before the darkness there's a moment of light)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: indcons
When a neighbor told Garmit Kaur that McDonald's had listed wheat -- a taboo for her two children with food allergies -- as an ingredient in its french fries, she flat-out didn't believe it.

Lemme guess... before wheat was listed as a ingredient, her children did not have allergic reactions when they ate MacDonald's French Fries, but now that it's listed, mom's gonna remember the horrible suffering her children have been experiencing and she's gonna sue.

52 posted on 02/18/2006 10:54:13 AM PST by delacoert
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Marie
Can your son tolerate Oats. We were told that oats were debateable, so I gave them to my husband who really loves them for breakfast and he has has no trouble at all.

As far as I know MD's is the only fast food that does not contaminate their oil.

At first I would not tell my husband if he accidentally got something that he should not have to see if it was in his mind or stomach. It always made him sick.
53 posted on 02/18/2006 10:55:19 AM PST by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45 | View Replies]

To: butternut_squash_bisque

You're welcome! Thanks for the burger recipe. I'm definitely going to try it!


54 posted on 02/18/2006 10:55:56 AM PST by Denver Ditdat (Melting solder since 1975)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 46 | View Replies]

To: Denver Ditdat
I grew up going to the original McDonald's in Calif. long before they became a national chain. Hamburgers were 12 cents, fries 10 cents malts 15 cents. Never were as cheap as the poster remembered, but still could get lunch for less than 50 cents.
55 posted on 02/18/2006 10:58:59 AM PST by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 44 | View Replies]

To: Lx
I know. Spoil sports.

They used to not list the beef tallow and everyone thought they were vegetarian.

They should have listed it. But if you are a vegetarian or Hindu what are you doing at MickeyDees in the first place? It is a place dedicated to the consumption of beef.

You are breathing in little drops of beef grease every moment you are in there.

56 posted on 02/18/2006 10:59:44 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Have you hugged your accountant today?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: indcons
Are there potatoes in the fries. The way they taste, I have assumed that they are fried Styrofoam not.
57 posted on 02/18/2006 10:59:59 AM PST by Proud2BeRight
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Calamari

And, do not drain on a paper towel, but a wire rack.


58 posted on 02/18/2006 11:00:37 AM PST by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 48 | View Replies]

To: mariabush; Denver Ditdat

California v Illinois prices? When they went national, prices dropped, perhaps?


59 posted on 02/18/2006 11:05:56 AM PST by butternut_squash_bisque (Borders, Language, Culture™)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 55 | View Replies]

To: Denver Ditdat

You're most welcome, DD. It makes a huge difference in a burger's taste. You could also add-in A-1 or Lea & Perrine's sauces with the 1oz of water, BTW. Enjoy.


60 posted on 02/18/2006 11:08:10 AM PST by butternut_squash_bisque (Borders, Language, Culture™)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 54 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-90 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson