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> almost nobody finds it outright objectionable Correction: .. among people that are into eating junk food I can assure you there are many many people that wo
by clon 5y ago
> almost nobody finds it outright objectionable
Correction: .. among people that are into eating junk food
I can assure you there are many many people that would not touch Mickey-D, nor Wendy's, nor Burger King.
- LanceH 5y agoGood for you.
- j7ake 5y agoIf they cut up the Big Mac into bite sized mini burgers skewered by a long toothpick I bet many would be fooled.
- throwawayboise 5y agoThe burgers aren't really much different from what most people would make at home. It's decent quality beef on a white-bread bun. The fries and the sugary drinks are the real junk.
- ghaff 5y agoI guess I'm not most people. But if I grill a burger, it's thicker and juicier, is on a better bun of some sort, and I actually like it. Not that I've eaten one in years but fast food burgers are pretty awful in my opinion generally. (The higher end fast casual places, on the other hand, I quite like now and then--usually when traveling.)
- throwawayboise 5y agoThey are, because they have to be cooked to death to reduce any chance of food-bourne pathogens. If you took a McDonald's quarter pounder beef patty and cooked or grilled it at home to medium doneness it would be as good as the same thing made with supermarket ground beef.
- wavefunction 5y agoI worked the grill at McDonalds for a while (admittedly two decades ago) and I disagree. They were frozen when retrieved for cooking and I just don't think those frozen pucks compare to fresher ground chuck hamburgers that occasionally I buy at the grocers.
- roothog 5y agoMcD switched to fresh beef for the quarter pounders in 2018. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/13/business/mcdonalds-marion-gross-risk-takers/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/13/business/mcdonalds-marion-gro...
- jcranberry 5y agoI've never seen anyone make a 1/10th pound burger patty at home.
- philwelch 5y agohttps://www.theonion.com/area-man-constantly-mentioning-he-doesnt-own-a-televisi-1819565469 https://www.theonion.com/area-man-constantly-mentioning-he-d...
- clon 5y agoThat's actually very witty. I do realise though that eating good quality food is not a choice that everyone is free make in the US. Not when a decent carrot costs the same as a cheeseburger down the road [1] [1] https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180222-how-can-a-fast-food-chain-ever-make-money-from-a-1-burger https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180222-how-can-a-fast...
- mark-r 5y agoI know a guy who hates McDonalds and Burger King, but loves Wendy's. There's no universal rule that applies to everybody.