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Your response is suggesting that because we have very bad practices at McDonalds we should allow/accelerate them? Do you think we should eat and promote highly

Your response is suggesting that because we have very bad practices at McDonalds we should allow/accelerate them? Do you think we should eat and promote highly processed foods?

ceejayoz 7y ago
My response is suggesting that if McDonalds can call highly processed food a "burger", your claim that it's the level of processing that matters is clearly not the case.
- WhatIsDukkha 7y ago
  As I said in other comments - """I also object to Taco Bell being able to call their products even "meat" to be quite honest, I think we should change that."""
moate 7y ago
Cool Strawman Bro! McDonalds is allowed to call their extremely processed foods "burgers". The contents of their "burger" and the contents of 80/20 beef-only patties marketed as "burger patties" at the store are not the same. The point is, "burger" doesn't mean what you're trying to imply it means. It's a loose term for a type of sandwich at best. Saying patties intended to be used for "burgers" can't be marketed as "burgers" is equivalent to saying that "sandwiches" made with <ingredient of your choice> aren't really "sandwiches" because they don't contain the contents that the Earle of Sandwich included in his concoction hundreds of years ago.
- WhatIsDukkha 7y ago
  Because you didn't seem to get it - I think its a travesty that McDonald and Taco Bell are allowed to do what they do to hamburger and are still allowed to sell it at all. Full Stop. The "Veggie" in "Veggie Burger" is a highly processed industrial food paste that has nothing to do with chopping up some chickpeas and garlic and eating it on flatbread. Look at the ingredient lists and read up on all the steps the make to fool you into thinking it has the mouth feel, tast etc of meat. None of those steps are about making the base ingredients healthier for you. They leech nutrients/phytonutrients/fiber at every manipulation. Grinding peanuts and making peanut butter? Hey that's ok with me. This is making terrible food paste and using virtue signalling to market it.

Your response is suggesting that because we have very bad practices at McDonalds we should allow/accelerate them? Do you think we should eat and promote highly processed foods?

ceejayoz 7y ago

My response is suggesting that if McDonalds can call highly processed food a "burger", your claim that it's the level of processing that matters is clearly not the case.

WhatIsDukkha 7y ago
As I said in other comments - """I also object to Taco Bell being able to call their products even "meat" to be quite honest, I think we should change that."""

moate 7y ago

Cool Strawman Bro! McDonalds is allowed to call their extremely processed foods "burgers". The contents of their "burger" and the contents of 80/20 beef-only patties marketed as "burger patties" at the store are not the same. The point is, "burger" doesn't mean what you're trying to imply it means. It's a loose term for a type of sandwich at best. Saying patties intended to be used for "burgers" can't be marketed as "burgers" is equivalent to saying that "sandwiches" made with <ingredient of your choice> aren't really "sandwiches" because they don't contain the contents that the Earle of Sandwich included in his concoction hundreds of years ago.

WhatIsDukkha 7y ago
Because you didn't seem to get it - I think its a travesty that McDonald and Taco Bell are allowed to do what they do to hamburger and are still allowed to sell it at all. Full Stop. The "Veggie" in "Veggie Burger" is a highly processed industrial food paste that has nothing to do with chopping up some chickpeas and garlic and eating it on flatbread. Look at the ingredient lists and read up on all the steps the make to fool you into thinking it has the mouth feel, tast etc of meat. None of those steps are about making the base ingredients healthier for you. They leech nutrients/phytonutrients/fiber at every manipulation. Grinding peanuts and making peanut butter? Hey that's ok with me. This is making terrible food paste and using virtue signalling to market it.