Posted on 02/18/2006 9:25:40 AM PST by indcons
So these kids have been eating the McDonald's fries all along and only when this disclosure has been made it becomes a problem?
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...
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.
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.
I remember the ad, DD. LOL. Thanks for the calculator.
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.
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?
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.
Real spuns spuds fried in beef tallow.
I reaallly do know better than to post pre-coffee...
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.
You're welcome! Thanks for the burger recipe. I'm definitely going to try it!
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.
And, do not drain on a paper towel, but a wire rack.
California v Illinois prices? When they went national, prices dropped, perhaps?
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.
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