IMO: Mcdonalds french fries taste like crap
 

I can only base this on recent experience - travel in eighteen states.

IMO: Since Mcdonalds changed the fry oil, their french fries taste like crap.
The few times I have sampled them since the change, it has made me puke.
:eek: Even the smallest sample leaves a day long after taste like 80 - 90 gear lube. :eek:

IMO the coffee is toxic waste, smells BURNT and is not safe for human consumption. :eek:

IMO The nuggets contain more gristle, fat, and breading than meat, I stopped getting them because of bone fragments in the last year.

:D They have finally run me off as a customer. :D

IMO The cost of a meal is priced higher at Mcdonalds with bad food, and worse service, than the local Mom and Pop restaurants.

:D Thankfully my local Mom and Pop restaurants make french fries the 1950's - 1960's way, and they taste great. :D


I realize Mcdonalds is a global mega corp.
If anyone from Mcdonalds corp reads this and cares, feel free to call me.

My taste buds and wallet go elsewhere, until they have IMO edible food again. :D


Why don't we hear about this in the media???



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I refuse mcds. Even when free. Tastes industrial.

I prefer Hardees if I have a choice.

You are a very slow learner.:D

I was run off at about 30 years of age when I realized that the "beef" might kill me.

Wasn't aware of the french fry adjustment............WTF did they do that for?

This is fast 'food' not Texas de Brazil. I do not understand why people go to fast 'food' places to eat in the first place.

I used to work at McDonald's in the mid 1990's. At the time I thought most of the food was pretty good. Now it mostly tastes like plastic to me. If I get fast food now it's usually In N Out (because it's actually good) or Jack in the Box (because it's the only thing open and I don't feel like cooking).

Fortunately, I have my choice of greasy spoons and diners that are open late in my neighborhood. All within closer walking distance than Mickey Dee's.

Roy played into McD's plot. I haven't been there in ages but Roy's claim makes we want to check for myself. It started with a staged bad batch of fries. Or Roy was part of a double blind taste test :P

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Seriously hunter, Wendy's fries are much better.

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So now they're using rapeseed oil with who-knows-what-else mixed in. Was there something wrong with beef tallow? Seriously, it's fast food. No one thinks it's healthy, so you may as well make it taste good.

This thread makes me want a McRib. :cool::D

Poison. It's all poison.

But our nanny insists that we get rid of trans fats in he food.

The rule is artificial trans fats, of which beef tallow, lard, and my personal favorite bacon grease are free.

Now you're talking!! Something that is pork patty shaped, covered in BBQ sauce, and served with onions and pickles on a bun.



Sadly...I won't be grabbing one this year when they come back out. I've got to get rid of this weight!



Oh...and the best French Fries come from Rally's. Seasoned and fried to perfection. Close second are Curly Fries from Arby's...best dipped in Horsey Sauce

They actually have a McRib MRE. Of course it isn't called that, but that's what it basically is. It also comes with some really nice clam chowder.

I haven't had Rally's. My favorite fries are from In N Out.

That's also my favorite burger joint. Hand made fresh all beef patties, grilled onions, ketchup and mustard.

However, they don't exist here on the east coast.

I was just telling the wife that the other day.

So what is the reason for the switch? I thought they had some rule that affected the fast food industry in NY? :confused:

I absolutely love the McRibs. With Steak Escape fries, it' be like sex in a bun

They were previously using some or another type of hydrogenated vegetable oil, which is affected by the law in NY. For some reason they decided to doctor up some rapeseed oil instead of just using the good stuff.

Good stuff meaning animal fat? Perhaps they don't want to offend the PETArds/veggies.

I haven't been to McD in ages. The memory of the smell inside of a car when a McD bag is left there overnight is enough to repel me away from eating there.

This is why "fast food" became a substitute for actual food.

Could they have used the good stuff in spite of the NY ban? :confused: I know that things like chinese food tastes better when cooked with lard but we have moved away from them for health reasons. I haven't seen a chinese place cook with lard in forever.

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There are dozens of Cantonese restaurants near me that use the good stuff.

They have the correct view, customers come back for the best tasting food.

It is my choice to eat _________ food, the advocacy groups and government may suck hind tit.

Shocking the amount of vile chemical crap they try to claim is food.

My life is more complex because (here is the short list) I am allergic to MSG, Red 40, Aspartame, Sucralose, formaldehyde, formalin, Canola and Rapeseed, Corn, Tree nut, Shellfish, Wheat, Pollen, Cat, wasp - hornet sting, mold, Perfume, dust mite, and basically any coniferous or fern plant.
List of allergens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Lard and butter are real food. There's nothing wrong with them for people with normal cholesterol and weight. I cook with olive oil, lard, butter, grapeseed and coconut oil, depending on the dish and method.
Every time I buy butter in a store, I can't help but notice all the fatties on the end of the display where the ersatz butter substitutes are sold, helping themselves to giant tubs of "I Can't Believe I'm Going to Eat This Instead of Butter", or whatever it's called.
I eat In N Out about three times a year when we're near one. I like their food, and I like their business model and the way they treat employees. Otherwise, no fast food for me. It all sits in my gut like l ate a greasy basketball.

Cripes. I though I had allergies.:eek: Do you carry an Epi-Pen?
I've had to use one 3 different times. One time undetermined food, twice from scorpion stings. When I was a kid, before Epi-Pens, I carried under the tongue epi tablets in case of bug bites.

I walked into A Chinese Wok fast food place here in Houston ,sat down to wait on my plate ,while waiting I noticed only teenage kids working behind the counter ,ordered chicken chow mein and an egg roll ,sat down to eat and took one bite of each ,politely got up put my napkin over the food and walked out.Only good products make good food ,all the rest is imatation .Ive had experience in a family owned pizzeria ,passion for fresh produce preped each day and the best cheese and hand built dough with their own recipe makes the final product a winner for patrons alike.Increasing the profit and not the product is the reason for most restuarant failures.Hunter ,next time you order take the fries back up to the counter and ask for your money back ,enough people will change it back.

I carry one for bee stings. I panicked the first time, and my brother had to use it on me...hurt like hell, but I survived the sting. It may have hurt because of how hard he stuck me in the leg with it...

I never eat at McDonald's but when I have no other choice I usually can't figure out which item on the menu is going to taste the least disgusting. If you want really good fries and a really good burger but are willing to pay a premium for it, just try to find a Five Guys Burgers And Fries. They make the food right there in front of you, all from fresh ingredients. They even have whole potatoes in the restaurant and cut them in there instead of McDonald's that receives shipments of pre-cut, pre-seasoned, fries that are just covered in chemicals. They also make the patties for your burger when you order, they are not frozen or pre-formed patties like other fast food places. The prices are much higher but it is worth it and the burgers and amount of fries you get is huge. The food is very greasy but actually tastes good unlike the food at McDonald's or Burger King or similar places.

I don't know if the fast food chains decided to change it or whether the govt decided to change it for them and so to make it easy and change a state or two to the formulation, they change everyone.

Here is my view. If it tastes good, it probably has to be bad for you. Choice is usually between taste or health.

Problem is that since the govt is potentially liable for your bad health, it becomes their "job" to lower the incidences of health issues. Kinda like when we lived with Mom & Dad, we had to abide by their rules.

I don't go as much for the chemical stuff one way or the other. If it tastes good, it goes on top of the list. IF not, it goes at the bottom.

Not sure I bother to determine what is real or not. I go by taste. Much like boobies, I don't care if they are OEM or by the hands of a plastic surgeon. If it looks good, it's all good. Speaking of it being ok for people of normal cholesterol and weight, many are not of that group. In my case, I don't care to live for forever in this life and certainly not in the next.

Well, they think that since this stuff is technically better for them, life is good. So instead of 3 cans of Coke, I can drink 20 cans of Diet Coke and life is good. Oh well. Not a good idea but there's that. Even at a restaurant, I ask for DRY toast and real butter on the side.

What has their business model and the way they treat their employees got to do with the food? :confused:

Just like b(.)(o)bies[*], the natural stuff "feels" (well, tastes) better. The artificial stuff looks good from a distance.

[*] - natural things are seldom completely symmetrical.

Silicone does make it feel better so they tell me. Yes it does look better from a distance especially when the girl has saggy boobs.

I like symmetrical. I don't worship nature. I just want it to be good one way or the other.

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Blame teh change in fry taste on the healthy food police. I dont eat fries so I can't comment on that but the hash browns taste bad.

I will eat the scrambled eggs and sausage, love the coffee (but I like Army coffee) and thats about all I'll get there.

Perhaps nothing. Maybe everything.

Maybe our health watchdogs at 1600 Pennsy?

Was watching something of Food Channel and they were doing fish and chips, the cook said they used to be really tasty but the gov't stepped in and now it all tastes like crap.

Never happen here.

Way I see it, I am there for food and not to get I volved with your internal affairs. As lonf as the food is good as is the service, where is the issue?

Would it be for the coffee or service that would have you coming back for more??

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There is no issue. Obviously, if the food is bad I'm not eating there. I eat a few times a year at In n Out because their food is good. I also happen to like the way they treat their employees, so it's an added feel good.

Take a look at potatoe chips and the like.

I found that the items that are prepared using COTTONSEED OIL leave a bad after-taste and gave me a case of heartburn that almost came off feeling like the symptoms of a heartattack.

Now, I look for the items that DON'T contain cottonseed oil. Very few are out there, but when I find them, they taste just like the "original" versions of the same product.

Ruffles used to be simply: Potatoes, corn oil, salt.

The "original" has that, but I see that the company is starting to "sneak" the cotton seed oil back into the mix.

Read the bag or enjoy the drag.

Know your limits on what's poison.

Usually when you go to the country of origin you find that things taste better.

Spaghetti in Itally - mmmmm!

Croisants in France - mmmm!

Sausage in German - ya ya ya!

McDonalds in the US of A - just as crap as it is here.

The last time I had a McDonalds (just off the A28 in Assen where they have the motor cycle races?) I could %^*%&*&$ through an eye of a needle...

Cottonseed oil is cheap. It also has the added benefit of being pressed from the seeds of a plant heavily treated with pesticides, chemical fertilizers and battlefield style defoliants.
Yum!

What do you think?

I am trying to see why you said that. Nothing more, nothing less. Not sure what you are trying to read into it. I myself never investigated a place as to employee satisfaction. Is there some reason why I should delve into their internal affairs? IDK. If the employees are thE discontented that they behave badly. I don't go back. Beyond that, why should I care? Just asking and not sure why you thinkthere is a figbt or something. Just assuming there is a reason so the question unless you want to make something of it too

Without reading all the posts. Generally I reserve macdonalds for times I am over the road on a trip and know what macdonalds stuff will taste like. Rather than an unknown in a small strange town.

Local outlets I stay away from as for my tastes there are better out there. Plus we have no small kids begging to get macdonalds food.

You've made the point ad nauseum that if you like a product you don't give a rat's ass how the place does business. I am not you. One opened in a nearby town. I'd heard about them but not eaten there. We stopped one day on a monthly trip to Costco. I liked the food, it didn't impress me as being the usual poisonous garbage peddled at corporate fast food places. So I investigated their website and some other information.
Discovered that they are and always have been family owned, insist on the freshest ingredients they can obtain, start their employees at 9 bucks an hour plus benefits and recruit and promote from within. Obviously, if their food was lousy, I'd not go back regardless how they treat the help. But when possible, I personally like to give my money to businesses that take pride in their products and take care of their people. Call me foolish.

Pretty much. I choose not to interfere in your affairs since I cannot listen to BOTH sides of the coin and I have no stake in it.

THAT concerns me the most.

Idealistic, maybe.