Yeah, last time I went there was over a year ago and had a similar experience to op, now I go to my local shop. Same price now as mcds, but I get almost 2x the food and it's better quality.
You can get a burger and fries (or a bunch of other things) at many of bar and grill type places around here for less than mcdonalds. Several of the ones near me will do carry out if you want to call ahead and put an order in too. Hell, I got a steak dinner for like 15$ a few weeks ago.
I actually miss mcdonalds here in Japan because it's actually pretty tasty and did pretty fun collabs with IPs my kids and I like (except the pokemon and chiikawa ones, those were just stupid and irresponsible). Haven't had it in a year or so to keep my elbows up and support my Canadian brothers and sisters.
Now, I just go to MOS burger or just make my own. Unfortunately, the independent ones are a bit too pricey for my food budget.
Did McDonalds leave Japan in the last few months? I was there last year and McDonalds was nice because free wifi and some locations are open 24/7, not the worst place to get work done during US business hours.
Wife doesn't like burgers, had never been to Steak n Shake. (Must be a Filipino thing because she cant' cook 'em either.)
First bite, "This is the burger I have been looking for!" She loved the seasoning so much she bought 2 bottles, $5 each.
Forget what we paid, but it was on par with McDonalds, including the $5 tip. The restaurant itself and waitress kinda sucked, "Do you have coffee?" "We're out." So make some? This is a restaurant. Something else basic was out, I forget. But the point stands, a proper sit-down meal was the same cost as McDonalds, except delicious.
And don't start me on local Mexican dives and trucks. I can get 3 deluxe street tacos for $10, less than some of the gross combos at McDonalds. And that place is a little high!
Similarly, any chip shop in the UK outside of greater London. I've taken to ordering a medium chips for my wife and I, because a large is just Too Many Chips.
In London, however, they serve a tragically small amount of chips in many chippies. Fuck London.
Wasn't even in Belgium but in France near the border and there was one of these shops setup in a kinda temporary thing on the highway. Still felt a bit peckish after the tiny triangle sandwich so ordered a small fry, was greeted with not much less than pictured here haha. Had to share them to get through it.
I don't get the point of fast food chains anymore. Never really ate there, but I always had the idea it was a cheap place where to eat.
This past year I've been once in burger king, where I spent about 10€, and I tried KFC for the first time, where I spent some 15€.
I did not eat enough even at such a high price.
With 15€ i can go to an actual restaurant, why would I go to a fast food place?
They are so understaffed these days that they are no longer fast anymore.
I think the real reason they exist is because of addiction. They've got people addicted to 7,000 times the amount of recommended daily sugar, fat, and salt content.
They're still trying to rake in that high despite it now costing 5x the price, at 1/3 the quickness and 1/2 the quality.
If they started from scratch today - I don't think they would go far.
They are so understaffed these days that they are no longer fast anymore.
The food itself is pre-prepared and re-heated on the spot. Go when there's not a rush on and you can get your food in minutes. Go during rush hour and you'll still be in and out much faster than at a sit-down establishment (that's also inevitably understaffed).
They’ve got people addicted to 7,000 times the amount of recommended daily sugar, fat, and salt content.
I've heard this line and I think there's an element of truth to it. Food really does taste differently if you've been eating the high salt/sugar junk for an extended period.
But you can get junk food anywhere. You don't need McD's to make it for you. Gas stations have soda fountains. Grocery stores have microwaved meals full of preservatives and sweeteners. You can just make yourself a hamburger at home, it doesn't have to come from a store.
It just takes time, a certain degree of skill, and a kitchen with functional appliances that you're going to need to clean up after you're done. McD's just goes in the trash afterwards. Far faster to buy a burger than cook one.
It’s all in the name. You can get through a fast-food drive through in about 5-10 minutes.
Because you’re fighting traffic on your way home to feed your spouse and kids.
Go when there’s not a rush on and you can get your food in minutes.
Sorry but this is circular reasoning.
If you don't have much time then you go when you're able to. Which is lunchtime or after work. Which is the same for everyone else. Which is why you have to wait in line for half an hour. Which is why the "saving time" aspect doesn't make any sense. It doesn't matter if the food is ready made if you have to wait behind 30 other cars ahead of you.
A takeout order anywhere else will be ready when you get there if you call ahead of time and you can just go in and get it. No need to wait a single minute.
The truth is that fast food is made to be addictive, not convenient.
Not where I live, no. And wouldn't I rather take them to an actual restaurant? I mean, if we leave the house to go eat somewhere I'd rather take the family to a nice place and eat something good.
Dining in and cooking tends to take thirty min to an hour.
Don't know how much faster the fast food is, when I've been to that burger king I tell you I have been fighting with that automatic ordering machine for 10 good minutes before I actually succeeded.
If I have to go to the shop, order, get the food and take it back home I'm better off cooking at home.
I never used them, but I guess at this point if you really don't want to cook nor to go out you're better off with those applications which allow you to order food at your place from any restaurant.
I can understand eating out when you have no time to get back home, but then I have much better options where to eat at the same price or even cheaper.
Cheapest burger and fries will send you 7 euros back. One can buy Doner for that price which will include potatoes, tons of salad and meat, sauce (sometimes even 3 of it) and a piece of bread. Kebap is the new fast food and it is all round better than any fast food chains of today.
Yeah Taco Bell is the only fast food that I'll still get every now and then, but that's only because I consider it to be it's on genre of food that's separate from actual Mexican or Tex-Mex food. Even the prices there have gotten ridiculous
10-15 euros is a large amount of money where I live at, it would feed a family of five for a day.
You're living in a country where nearly everything is accessible in 15 minutes of walking or less, and besides you cook your food, I guess your local resto serves cheaper food. However, I also guess there's some inflation going on and/or higher cost of living, that's why you see fast food restos as being more expensive, although they do exist partly because of convenience, especially if in a car and a drive-thru makes it faster to grab whatever lunch or dinner off from the order window.
At least around me, I feel like the drive-thru is often noticeably slower than parking and going inside. The last time I got McDonald's at the drive-thru, I was waiting for over a half hour to get my order. To make it worse, I was stuck in the inner lane, so I couldn't even say "fuck it" and drive off until I was third in line. At that point, I had spent a good 25 minutes waiting, so the sunk cost fallacy kicked in and I waited some more. When I got to the window to pick up my order, it wasn't even warm.
I don't get fast food as much anymore, but when I do, I order through the app and go inside to pick it up. At least then it doesn't feel like I'm stuck in gridlocked traffic.
McDonalds here in London is comical. I'm not even near the inner city (Greater London) and I'm surprised they get business these days.
The last time I wanted a burger I checked, and a meal was going for around £11+
I walked for five minutes and found a local place, paid about £7-8 for a proper good burger meal with better quality ingredients... They even asked me what kind of bun I wanted (went with brioche).
Same thing where I am, I could go to Wendy's and get a meal for 15 dollars that won't fill me up or I can go down the street and get a breakfast burrito the size of my forearm and a large drink that'll last me until noon for 15 dollars. While I may be rather lanky in my arms that's still a fucken forearm worth of food thatll hold me over till dinner.
That's crazy! I hope the sales from the McDonalds branches, in Vietnam, are at least contributing to the country in a meaningful way through taxes etc.
(I don't know about that sort of thing, I just hope the huge difference in price at least has some benefit to locals).
One of the odd effects I've noticed with the last round of inflation is that prices are converging. Cheaper places raised prices more than more expensive places. I never liked McDonald's - the french fries are good but I've never chosen to go there, only had them incidentally. But it was cheap. Not now, it's more like going anywhere, so why would you go there? As someone else said, I can get tacos down the street, closer than any fast food place and they are pretty fast, or we go to the cafe up the street, they did have inflation but at least the money stays local.
Are the contents less by weight? I don’t doubt your frustration. But when I was a kid, the happy meals came in a cardboard box, but now they come in a paper bag (at least in Japan). Obviously to save money. Maybe they just cut the cardboard box to save money? FWIW I actually ate a large fries yesterday and they came in the traditional packaging, so this was surprising for me.
Not sure what the rules are where you are, but one way is to check the menu for calories if they need to be listed.
Then you can tell exactly what the size difference is between a small, medium and large, assuming they aren't lying about the calories, and that they actually fill it to the proper size listed per the calories.
I work at a McD's, our large fries come in 6oz tall cardboard boxes, not whatever the fuck that is. My only guess is that the area you're in has extra taxes on cardboard waste or a supply chain issue.
I keep wondering when the Reddit fad of bitching about McDonalds will end.
The food is shit. It has always been shit. There was never a time when the food from McDonadls did not suck. There was never a time when eating there was not a waste of money. There have always been better options including better burger fast food chains….
There has never been a time when it was a good idea to eat at McDonalds for a variety of reasons.
So like the idiot who keeps smoking it is entirely that idiots fault.
If you buy food from McDonalds it is entirely your fault.
I think its people being bitten for the first time. I hadn't been there in years because theres not one near me. When I went a few months back I did do a double take checking the receipt with what I actually received.
I was expecting a low-end shitty budget option. The game changed and I didnt expect it.
It's still always been shit, but it has also gotten worse. I assume they're trying to say McD's wasn't garbage at some point in the past simply because they have gotten worse, but... a burger has always been a cheap shitty meal. They just charge a normal meal's price for them these days, because Americans are used to eating expensive shit.
In the early '70s a Big Mac was the size of The Whopper at the time, so it was huge. It was also decent value back then, IIRC the Big Mac Meal was like $1.50 back then.
You can still get a version of the original Big Mac at Plant Power these days, but it is completely vegan.
I don’t remember how much McDonalds cost in the 70s. kids tend to not retain that information.
Thing is do remember this. In 1978 I could get a burger from a place called The Duck Inn for 75 cents. It was huge and delicious. At that same place a chicken dinner was $1.50.
Amazingly The Duck Inn is the only restaurant costs I remember from my childhood, because the place was two doors down from where my family and I lived.
I went to college in the 80s and started to learn about nutrition and the environment and found out how shitty fast food was/is.
McDonald’s didn’t turn to shit in the 80s. It always was shit.
I'm not defending Mcds , but everyone can choose to eat whatever they want. Everyone has fast food of any kind everywhere,. It's not my place to judge whether they eat it or not. You never hung out with your friends at a fast food joint because that's what you could all afford at the time ?
I think the spirit of the post is that all fast food horribly shifted to being terrible in the last decade. Mcds happens to be one of the most prominent ones. KFC is cardboard now, Chinese food containers are now half of what they used to be. A Korean fried chicken place cut the wings in two and called them separate pieces, so you have two buy two now to get the same amount of chicken as before. With the smaller portion , the price has gone up 50% across the board.
Maybe some countries have not seen their food quality and price shift so quickly, but in Corporate America, consumers are getting squeezed like never before. The dollar has lost 50% spending power everywhere in America.
One of my favorite local takeout lobster sandwiches used to be $17 less than 10 years ago, now it's $40, and it's the same size as before.
This is always my concern. Actually frying something takes minutes, but heating, cooling, straining, and storing significant volumes of oil just doesn't justify the convenience. If I want fried food, I'm going to a restaurant.
Bought a deep fryer a couple years back, once you're done with it, and let it cool down. You can turn a knob and it will filter itself and empty into a storage container. Once the oil has gone bad, I have a Home Depot bucket with a lid that I dump it into, once that is full I take it to the dump. Once the filtered bits are dumped in the compost, everything else goes in the dishwasher.
I fry in peanut oil, I have 2 air fryers but some things need to be deep fried.
I bought a deep fryer for $100ish. Makes it easy. Turn it on, come back 10minutes later, cook food for 4 minutes and then eat. It is a bitch to clean though but depends on how thorough you want to be.
It does but your comment didn't say that outright and people who just avoid deep friers because they don't want to deal with the oil probably don't make assumptions about deep friers making it easy to deal with that stuff.
I didn't realize deep friers were more than fancy pots with stoves and temperature control built in and baskets so you don't have to fish the fish and chips out with tongs. If I had more space and less fat, I might even have gotten one now that I understand they can also help manage the oil.
I do it on a little table outside my back door. It definitely stinks up the house otherwise. My fryer has a little lid that you can put on it after the oil cools. You can reuse the oil a bit depending on what you're cooking.
Make churros. Mix same amount water and flour with a bit of salt. Press out with a churro maker, fry for 2 minutes, cool, sprinkle sugar and serve with hot chocolate
I fry other things, and know the oil struggle, but for fries, I've been using the air fryer recently with success. (America's test kitchen recipe works)
Get a dedicated appliance which also stores the oil. Put the whole appliance away, including the oil, after use. Been doing this for years and you can store oil like this forever
Mine has an integrated filter, so I don’t even have to care of this. The oil pan and accessories are dishwasher safe, so super easy to clean. And in my case, where I only use it like 4-5 times a year, I don’t have to change the oil often. Using the same oil for 2 years now without issues.
I do use the overhead fan. And I move the whole fryer, oil and all, outside when I finish cooking, till I can clean it. I store the oil in the garage as well. Still stinks the house out everytime I use it.
Yeah they will be far far superior. Especially if you blanch and double fry the potatoes. Salt levels you can determine yourself too. Make it as salty as you want.
They are talking about the Minnesota Coronary Experiment, which suggests that using vegetable oil reduces cardiac disease, but leads to earlier death.
Rejecting science because it happens to be included in the garbage that an idiot believes would make you an idiot as well.
Edit: While re-reading what I wrote, I realize I'm also taking about the scientist who ran the study. He believed that his study would show that vegetable oils are healthier than animal fats. When the results proved the opposite was true, he hid the data.
You’re reading too much into my stupid quip. I honestly don’t care which frying medium is “healthier”, you’re still frying shit. “Steam burns you more than boiling water”… bitch, they both hurt.
Historically, it was one of the cheaper items on the menu. In college (20 years ago) I could get a large fries for under $1. Back in the 80s/90s they were practically free. Like, loose-change free.
Also one of the tastier meal items given that they went so fast you could safely assume they'd be fresh, why the sandwich options could be sitting in the warmer for half an hour or longer depending on the speed of business.
When I worked in fast food all fry containers got 1 scoop of fries. If you got a large, you could squeeze more in, but mgmt disapproved. So it's kind of a mix bag
That's a good question, answer is generally that it depends. Do I want to spend more money on stuff? Of course not.
But if the price is the same or negligibly more, then I'm better off not incurring the bodily damage of consuming excess calories. The smaller the default size of the suggested meal (eg, a combo) the better, unless it hits the point where it makes me order a second meal or extra sides.
That preference reflects my own privilege, health perspective, and lack of self-control though. I know it's a different call for everyone.
You're holding that bag very kindly. It looks like you're fondling it. I see you have a deep appreciation for McDonald's fries... I can't imagine how painful the shrinkflation must be for you!
The 2010s were great. Very nostalgic and McDonalds was one of my first and my best memories of America. Glad I got to enjoy them before they went to shit, cuz otherwise kid-me would've have the impression that "all western foods suck". (I mean it's hard to even know how to look for local non-chain "western" restaurants... since the reason I know what a McDonalds is because back in China, we also had them, but I think it tasted different... don't remember)
I mean seriously, is it just me or does like Papa Johns and Dominos and even Pizza Hut all went to shit?
P.S. I remember my mom telling about the Pizza we had in Pizza Hut in China... like she said it was expensive and it was only a very small pizza (like individual-size). I don't even remember having it in China
Glad I got to enjoy them before they went to shit, cuz otherwise kid-me would’ve have the impression that “all western foods suck”.
... This is like someone saying "Guys I thought American chocolate was awful, but have you tried this Hershey's stuff?!? It's so good!" Like I'm glad you had a good experience but... but I'm sorry that was your good experience.
Oh, yeah. "American Cheese" (and other processed cheese) does technically have to be made from primarily cheese, which is a concerningly low bar for "cheese based consumable products" to fail to meet.
I mean, for context, I was like 8 years old when I first got here. I didn't really know the difference between fastfood vs "real" restaurants so I just categorically grouped them all together.
Honestly, I still don't really know what "real" western food is.
I remember going along with family to a cousin's sweet 16 birthday party and I think its was western cuisine or something... like I heard they spend a lot of money on it (the cousin's parents were kinda middle class rich) and I disliked most of the food they served, didn't eat much, don't even remember what they served. Ended up going home kinda hungry lol.
I think I just go so used to Chinese food, I didn't feel confident exploring other types of "western" food... other than like burgers, pizzas, cheesesteaks, subway sandwiches / hoagies. Which I know, living here for like over a decade, I still don't feel quite "American" because of my picky eating habits.
Honestly, I still don’t really know what “real” western food is.
French cuisine is the most classically famous example, but pretty much every western country has hundreds of years of it's own extremely distinct culinary identity (ex: Germany, Spain, Italy, even the UK (despite the jokes)).
If you just mean the US though, it doesn't exactly have it's own unified thing going on beyond what you've listed (burgers, pizzas, etc) but there are plenty of foods, and even a few entire genres of food, that are very closely tied to the american identity (Texmex is the best one I can think of). The most "american" american food I can think of is probably hotdish which... I don't actually recommend seeking out (please don't hurt me, I just don't think the majority of casseroles are all that great)
Isn't that primarily a spanish invention? US has a culture built around it absolutely, but most places also incorporate it somehow, especially oceania and any former spanish colonies. It's not really an "american" food per se as far as I'm aware.
Ah, I was indeed specifically talking about the meats - I did forget there were all the other traditional accouterments that go along with American barbecue.
its mostly meat, and maybe some kind of bread, very high incidence of type 2 amongst western countries, after asians started incorporating alot of sugar in thier diet, type 2 was in the rise in them too. vegatables are lacking in thier cousins, much like with European ones.
Well the West is know for their baked goods and pastries. Like croissants, donuts, churros, etc. Like in East Asia and South East Asia a lot of the pastry that is for sale is based on Western recipes and they are different from the local pastry recipes.
Here in colombia when you order any size fries from McD’s they are only a small amount. Doesn’t matter if you order large or small. Always a small amount. It makes me sad because their fries are really good even though they’re fake.
Kind of crazy when I just saw they announced a new "group" fry which is an XXL fry that basically allows them to sell you an even bigger version of the original supersize fry by saying its meant for groups.
While I understand the temptation of McD's fries, I stopped eating completely out during the pandemic and never went back. I got used to making my own meals. It's much cheaper, and I know what's in the food.
I miss KFC for completely different reasons. Mainly because it's not even KFC anymore, and they finally managed to take over the Corbin, KY store and kill off The Colonel's recipes.
I remember getting ice cream from McDonald's - must've been 15 years ago. It was somewhat nice, but then the whole "the ice cream machine is broken" thing started and I haven't bothered any more. Can't tell about the rest of the food, but I share the sentiment that if it's getting shittier and shittier, you shouldn't support it.
Genuinely had to scroll up to see what the problem was... Those are genuinely some of the least offensive nails I've seen (the temptation to say "this year" is unreal, I feel like I now understand the primal urge to make dad jokes)
Tell me you’re a smart person when you keep buying low quality shit you don’t need and complain about the quantity of that same shit when it isn’t sold by weight or volume.
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tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 152 pts · 210d
Give money to shitty company, get a shitty product.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 47 pts · 210d
Yeah, last time I went there was over a year ago and had a similar experience to op, now I go to my local shop. Same price now as mcds, but I get almost 2x the food and it's better quality.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 19 pts · 210d
You can get a burger and fries (or a bunch of other things) at many of bar and grill type places around here for less than mcdonalds. Several of the ones near me will do carry out if you want to call ahead and put an order in too. Hell, I got a steak dinner for like 15$ a few weeks ago.
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 210d
I've eaten there three times in five years. Each time was due to a social situation. Overpriced and nasty is how I rate them.
k0e3@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 210d
I actually miss mcdonalds here in Japan because it's actually pretty tasty and did pretty fun collabs with IPs my kids and I like (except the pokemon and chiikawa ones, those were just stupid and irresponsible). Haven't had it in a year or so to keep my elbows up and support my Canadian brothers and sisters.
Now, I just go to MOS burger or just make my own. Unfortunately, the independent ones are a bit too pricey for my food budget.
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 210d
Other countries with standards held out a lot longer. Still, it’s a megacorp that prioritizes profit above all else.
k0e3@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 210d
Exactly. I shouldn't get too attached to any megacorp, even if I enjoy their products or services.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 210d
Did McDonalds leave Japan in the last few months? I was there last year and McDonalds was nice because free wifi and some locations are open 24/7, not the worst place to get work done during US business hours.
k0e3@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 210d
Oh no, sorry, they're still around. I meant I avoid it because I'm avoiding as many American products as I can.
shalafi@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 210d
Wife doesn't like burgers, had never been to Steak n Shake. (Must be a Filipino thing because she cant' cook 'em either.)
First bite, "This is the burger I have been looking for!" She loved the seasoning so much she bought 2 bottles, $5 each.
Forget what we paid, but it was on par with McDonalds, including the $5 tip. The restaurant itself and waitress kinda sucked, "Do you have coffee?" "We're out." So make some? This is a restaurant. Something else basic was out, I forget. But the point stands, a proper sit-down meal was the same cost as McDonalds, except delicious.
And don't start me on local Mexican dives and trucks. I can get 3 deluxe street tacos for $10, less than some of the gross combos at McDonalds. And that place is a little high!
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 210d
...is Steak n Shake considered a proper sit-down meal? Thats still fast food. Most of them have drive-thru's.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 210d
Yeah, weird in-between dining model. Still beats McDonald's inside where they have purposefully run off dining customers in favor of drive thru.
Still, way better food, brought to you and cleaned up, same price.
bytesonbike@discuss.online · 7 pts · 210d
I'm so glad that so many fast food chains are disappearing in my city. There's so much local cuisine here.
Compared to when I was in the Midwest, where there was a dozen of each franchise.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 113 pts · 211d
Soon:
mech@feddit.org · 65 pts · 211d
"That'll be $39.99 with our special in-app-only deal."
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 210d
$59.99 without the app
mech@feddit.org · 9 pts · 210d
plus tip
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 210d
"You want a tip? Here's your tip: 'Fuck You, Clanker, I'm eating!'"
Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 210d
Plus value added tax, city tax, and over the counter delivery fee.
criss_cross@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 210d
Plus $20 handling fee
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 211d
Is this a miniature or one of those things where they make actual tiny food?
AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social · 12 pts · 211d
This is the original. Polymer clay.
Honytawk@feddit.nl · 9 pts · 210d
Nah, it is just a really big hand
myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 210d
Anything is edible if you believe it.
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 210d
OK, Art Vandelay.
melroy@kbin.melroy.org · -3 pts · 211d
Ai generated?
Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 210d
It sucks how ai cheapens ALL art like this. There has to be a word for when something is mistaken for AI.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 210d
“Slop rot”
Thought of it when listening to npr mentioning the last two year’s Webster dictionary words of the year. Brainrot (2024) and Slop (2025).
Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 210d
I like it
melroy@kbin.melroy.org · 1 pts · 210d
yeah sorry.. I also don't know it anymore.. I just didn't know it was AI or real anymore.. its horrible.
AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social · 12 pts · 211d
I found this image dating back to 2014, it's probably even older, so not AI generated.
AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social · 12 pts · 211d
This is the original, 2011.
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 211d
I went to the website and apparently it's a miniature, the artist has been doing this way before the A'I' craze: https://www.aiclay.com/philosophy
ooterness@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 210d
"What is this? Fast food for ants? It needs to be at least...three times bigger."
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
wait until they can feed you paste but make you think it tastes good.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 210d
This is how I feel about certain expensive meal replacement supplements.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
soylent mignon is made out of rocks!
Shieldtoad@sh.itjust.works · 81 pts · 210d
In Belgium, when you go to a 'frituur' and you order 2 small fries you get this amount of fries:
yakko@feddit.uk · 30 pts · 210d
As it bloody well should be. More than one order of fries of any size should be a life-altering amount of potato
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 210d
That's like 5 Guys burgers in the US
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 210d
its called that because you need 5 guys to finish 1 meal!
FatVegan@leminal.space · 1 pts · 209d
Calm down with the inaults
GreatRam@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 210d
Thats like five guys
djdarren@piefed.social · 11 pts · 210d
Similarly, any chip shop in the UK outside of greater London. I've taken to ordering a medium chips for my wife and I, because a large is just Too Many Chips.
In London, however, they serve a tragically small amount of chips in many chippies. Fuck London.
jballs@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 210d
I've yet to encounter such a phenomenon.
djdarren@piefed.social · 7 pts · 210d
I think I've gotten too old for a large. The spud, coupled with a beers leaves me feeling uncomfortably bloated.
Honytawk@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 210d
They really go overboard.
Like even the smallest portion, you can eat with 4 persons and all be full.
mystrawberrymind@piefed.ca · 4 pts · 210d
Yeah I was in Belgium last year and them OG fries were the best. Really good quality mayo too.
Obi@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 210d
Wasn't even in Belgium but in France near the border and there was one of these shops setup in a kinda temporary thing on the highway. Still felt a bit peckish after the tiny triangle sandwich so ordered a small fry, was greeted with not much less than pictured here haha. Had to share them to get through it.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 210d
Sounds like a classic australian fish & chip shop. "Minimum fries" gets you a bag the size of your head.
Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 210d
Who the fuck goes to a chippy and orders a "Minimum fries" lol???
JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 209d
Except they will give you a parcel of chips instead of fries
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 209d
Lots of them, but man they're all little nubs. That would annoy me.
wieson@feddit.org · 1 pts · 209d
If you've never eaten Belgian fries, they're really good
Caketaco@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 73 pts · 210d
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 70 pts · 210d
Wtf, that's a medium from like pre-covid.
Oh well, restaurants were neat, time to learn how to coom.
EDIT:
... cook.
.... ... .. god, damnit.
87Six@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 210d
9 yo me could've helped a lot
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 21 pts · 210d
... sigh ...
Of all the degenerate things I've done as a horny kid, fucking my McDonalds meal is not one of them.
... but, its a fucking hilarious typo, so it stays, lol
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 210d
Picturing that makes me grimace.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 210d
god damnit i had to read this a second time, 2 hrs later, to realize what you did there.
faythofdragons@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 210d
That sloppy bun with the mayo spilling over the sides
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d
His tramp stamps were between the rolls, so I aimed.
faythofdragons@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 210d
"Oh, Hamburgler!", he cried
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 209d
Damn, kids really be starting young these days
chad@sh.itjust.works · 38 pts · 210d
I ORDERED ONE LARGE FRY AND YOU GAVE ME A BUNCH OF FUCKIN LITTLE ONES
OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de · 34 pts · 210d
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 210d
Guessing OP's picture is from Europe or a Micky D's inside of a theme park.
miked@piefed.social · 10 pts · 210d
I'm in the US and my fries come as pictures. San Francisco Bay Area
underisk@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 210d
I ate at a McD last week in NV and the fries were in the expected cardboard carton and not as pictured.
mystrawberrymind@piefed.ca · 7 pts · 210d
Yeah. These are from the San Francisco Bay Area as the other commenter said lol
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
That's wild to me, but good info to know.
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 210d
A large fry is almost $5 now where I live. It is probably .10 of potatoes .15 of oil and .30 of labor. The mark up is incredible.
ranzispa@mander.xyz · 26 pts · 210d
I don't get the point of fast food chains anymore. Never really ate there, but I always had the idea it was a cheap place where to eat.
This past year I've been once in burger king, where I spent about 10€, and I tried KFC for the first time, where I spent some 15€. I did not eat enough even at such a high price.
With 15€ i can go to an actual restaurant, why would I go to a fast food place?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 210d
It's all in the name. You can get through a fast-food drive through in about 5-10 minutes. Dining in and cooking tends to take thirty min to an hour.
Because you're fighting traffic on your way home to feed your spouse and kids.
Rooster326@programming.dev · 12 pts · 210d
They are so understaffed these days that they are no longer fast anymore.
I think the real reason they exist is because of addiction. They've got people addicted to 7,000 times the amount of recommended daily sugar, fat, and salt content.
They're still trying to rake in that high despite it now costing 5x the price, at 1/3 the quickness and 1/2 the quality.
If they started from scratch today - I don't think they would go far.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 210d
The food itself is pre-prepared and re-heated on the spot. Go when there's not a rush on and you can get your food in minutes. Go during rush hour and you'll still be in and out much faster than at a sit-down establishment (that's also inevitably understaffed).
I've heard this line and I think there's an element of truth to it. Food really does taste differently if you've been eating the high salt/sugar junk for an extended period.
But you can get junk food anywhere. You don't need McD's to make it for you. Gas stations have soda fountains. Grocery stores have microwaved meals full of preservatives and sweeteners. You can just make yourself a hamburger at home, it doesn't have to come from a store.
It just takes time, a certain degree of skill, and a kitchen with functional appliances that you're going to need to clean up after you're done. McD's just goes in the trash afterwards. Far faster to buy a burger than cook one.
bold_atlas@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d
Sorry but this is circular reasoning.
If you don't have much time then you go when you're able to. Which is lunchtime or after work. Which is the same for everyone else. Which is why you have to wait in line for half an hour. Which is why the "saving time" aspect doesn't make any sense. It doesn't matter if the food is ready made if you have to wait behind 30 other cars ahead of you.
A takeout order anywhere else will be ready when you get there if you call ahead of time and you can just go in and get it. No need to wait a single minute.
The truth is that fast food is made to be addictive, not convenient.
ranzispa@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 210d
Not where I live, no. And wouldn't I rather take them to an actual restaurant? I mean, if we leave the house to go eat somewhere I'd rather take the family to a nice place and eat something good.
Don't know how much faster the fast food is, when I've been to that burger king I tell you I have been fighting with that automatic ordering machine for 10 good minutes before I actually succeeded.
If I have to go to the shop, order, get the food and take it back home I'm better off cooking at home.
I never used them, but I guess at this point if you really don't want to cook nor to go out you're better off with those applications which allow you to order food at your place from any restaurant.
I can understand eating out when you have no time to get back home, but then I have much better options where to eat at the same price or even cheaper.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 209d
Just spend like $3 more, go to Cava, and end up with enough leftover for another 2 meals
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 210d
Cheapest burger and fries will send you 7 euros back. One can buy Doner for that price which will include potatoes, tons of salad and meat, sauce (sometimes even 3 of it) and a piece of bread. Kebap is the new fast food and it is all round better than any fast food chains of today.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 209d
Yeah Taco Bell is the only fast food that I'll still get every now and then, but that's only because I consider it to be it's on genre of food that's separate from actual Mexican or Tex-Mex food. Even the prices there have gotten ridiculous
lechekaflan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 210d
10-15 euros is a large amount of money where I live at, it would feed a family of five for a day.
You're living in a country where nearly everything is accessible in 15 minutes of walking or less, and besides you cook your food, I guess your local resto serves cheaper food. However, I also guess there's some inflation going on and/or higher cost of living, that's why you see fast food restos as being more expensive, although they do exist partly because of convenience, especially if in a car and a drive-thru makes it faster to grab whatever lunch or dinner off from the order window.
SpraynardKruger@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 210d
At least around me, I feel like the drive-thru is often noticeably slower than parking and going inside. The last time I got McDonald's at the drive-thru, I was waiting for over a half hour to get my order. To make it worse, I was stuck in the inner lane, so I couldn't even say "fuck it" and drive off until I was third in line. At that point, I had spent a good 25 minutes waiting, so the sunk cost fallacy kicked in and I waited some more. When I got to the window to pick up my order, it wasn't even warm.
I don't get fast food as much anymore, but when I do, I order through the app and go inside to pick it up. At least then it doesn't feel like I'm stuck in gridlocked traffic.
JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 210d
McDonalds here in London is comical. I'm not even near the inner city (Greater London) and I'm surprised they get business these days.
The last time I wanted a burger I checked, and a meal was going for around £11+
I walked for five minutes and found a local place, paid about £7-8 for a proper good burger meal with better quality ingredients... They even asked me what kind of bun I wanted (went with brioche).
The meat wasn't as thin as a pencil either.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 210d
Same thing where I am, I could go to Wendy's and get a meal for 15 dollars that won't fill me up or I can go down the street and get a breakfast burrito the size of my forearm and a large drink that'll last me until noon for 15 dollars. While I may be rather lanky in my arms that's still a fucken forearm worth of food thatll hold me over till dinner.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 210d
Their competition is other expensive British food, so I could see the logic there.
Theres mcds in vietnam, selling their crap at american prices, where you can walk 200 feet in any direction and get amazing food for like 60 cents.
JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 209d
That's crazy! I hope the sales from the McDonalds branches, in Vietnam, are at least contributing to the country in a meaningful way through taxes etc.
(I don't know about that sort of thing, I just hope the huge difference in price at least has some benefit to locals).
RBWells@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 210d
One of the odd effects I've noticed with the last round of inflation is that prices are converging. Cheaper places raised prices more than more expensive places. I never liked McDonald's - the french fries are good but I've never chosen to go there, only had them incidentally. But it was cheap. Not now, it's more like going anywhere, so why would you go there? As someone else said, I can get tacos down the street, closer than any fast food place and they are pretty fast, or we go to the cafe up the street, they did have inflation but at least the money stays local.
th3dogcow@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 211d
Are the contents less by weight? I don’t doubt your frustration. But when I was a kid, the happy meals came in a cardboard box, but now they come in a paper bag (at least in Japan). Obviously to save money. Maybe they just cut the cardboard box to save money? FWIW I actually ate a large fries yesterday and they came in the traditional packaging, so this was surprising for me.
mystrawberrymind@piefed.ca · 13 pts · 211d
It seemed like less but I can’t deny that it could be placebo. It seemed like we got through it pretty fast though
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
Not sure what the rules are where you are, but one way is to check the menu for calories if they need to be listed.
Then you can tell exactly what the size difference is between a small, medium and large, assuming they aren't lying about the calories, and that they actually fill it to the proper size listed per the calories.
Link@rentadrunk.org · 7 pts · 211d
In the UK they still use cardboard boxes but in France they use reusable plastic boxes. They also use reusable plastic cups for drinks.
Lojcs@piefed.social · 12 pts · 211d
wdym reusable? You take it back to the restaurant next time you go? You eat in and they collect it after you leave?
Link@rentadrunk.org · 5 pts · 210d
https://food.ndtv.com/news/mcdonalds-france-goes-eco-friendly-introduces-reusable-cups-and-containers-3900488
I think it only applies for eat in but not 100% sure.
Lojcs@piefed.social · 1 pts · 210d
I was going to say they should go porcelain if it's in location but I guess they don't trust kids with them. Can't stop thinking of microplastics tho
KaRunChiy@fedia.io · 13 pts · 210d
I work at a McD's, our large fries come in 6oz tall cardboard boxes, not whatever the fuck that is. My only guess is that the area you're in has extra taxes on cardboard waste or a supply chain issue.
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 210d
I keep wondering when the Reddit fad of bitching about McDonalds will end.
The food is shit. It has always been shit. There was never a time when the food from McDonadls did not suck. There was never a time when eating there was not a waste of money. There have always been better options including better burger fast food chains….
There has never been a time when it was a good idea to eat at McDonalds for a variety of reasons.
So like the idiot who keeps smoking it is entirely that idiots fault.
If you buy food from McDonalds it is entirely your fault.
STFU about it.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 210d
I think its people being bitten for the first time. I hadn't been there in years because theres not one near me. When I went a few months back I did do a double take checking the receipt with what I actually received.
I was expecting a low-end shitty budget option. The game changed and I didnt expect it.
IWW4@lemmy.zip · -7 pts · 210d
Uh-huh..
If this place was Reddit it would be called Karma farming.
The bitching about McDonalds is the shit as the bitching about Pick Up Trucks.
frostysauce@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 210d
If you don't like the content you can simply not engage with it.
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 210d
Right back at ya..
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d
Tell me you weren't alive in the early '70s, without telling me you weren't alive in the early '70s.
IWW4@lemmy.zip · -2 pts · 210d
Oh I was alive in 70s. I saw Star Wars and Jaws in their openning run.
WTF does that have to do with what I posted?
MotoAsh@piefed.social · 12 pts · 210d
Because McD's has gotten worse.
It's still always been shit, but it has also gotten worse. I assume they're trying to say McD's wasn't garbage at some point in the past simply because they have gotten worse, but... a burger has always been a cheap shitty meal. They just charge a normal meal's price for them these days, because Americans are used to eating expensive shit.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d
They've cut corners somewhere this century and the meat turned to cardboard. Their burgers were tastier when I was a smoker.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 210d
In the early '70s a Big Mac was the size of The Whopper at the time, so it was huge. It was also decent value back then, IIRC the Big Mac Meal was like $1.50 back then.
You can still get a version of the original Big Mac at Plant Power these days, but it is completely vegan.
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 210d
No, the big mac was never the size of a whopper. I don't think it has changed much at all. Look it up.
What did change was when McDonalds was well worth it: 5 cheeseburgers for a buck. But that was the 50's.
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 210d
I don’t remember how much McDonalds cost in the 70s. kids tend to not retain that information.
Thing is do remember this. In 1978 I could get a burger from a place called The Duck Inn for 75 cents. It was huge and delicious. At that same place a chicken dinner was $1.50.
Here is a picture of the place https://www.shorpy.com/node/20743
Amazingly The Duck Inn is the only restaurant costs I remember from my childhood, because the place was two doors down from where my family and I lived.
I went to college in the 80s and started to learn about nutrition and the environment and found out how shitty fast food was/is.
McDonald’s didn’t turn to shit in the 80s. It always was shit.
Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio · 2 pts · 210d
Bullshit! Mcnuggets were amazing back in the 80's.
IronBird@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 210d
it is funny seeing americans complain about not being able to eat like disgusting slobs though
lemonSqueezy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d
I'm not defending Mcds , but everyone can choose to eat whatever they want. Everyone has fast food of any kind everywhere,. It's not my place to judge whether they eat it or not. You never hung out with your friends at a fast food joint because that's what you could all afford at the time ?
I think the spirit of the post is that all fast food horribly shifted to being terrible in the last decade. Mcds happens to be one of the most prominent ones. KFC is cardboard now, Chinese food containers are now half of what they used to be. A Korean fried chicken place cut the wings in two and called them separate pieces, so you have two buy two now to get the same amount of chicken as before. With the smaller portion , the price has gone up 50% across the board.
Maybe some countries have not seen their food quality and price shift so quickly, but in Corporate America, consumers are getting squeezed like never before. The dollar has lost 50% spending power everywhere in America.
One of my favorite local takeout lobster sandwiches used to be $17 less than 10 years ago, now it's $40, and it's the same size as before.
mika_mika@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 210d
I ordered 4 cheeseburgers and devoured them all in a single sitting. I need bigger burger so I'm full!!
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 210d
HEHE Truth.
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 211d
I really wonder what they'd consider "small fries" then.
murph@lemmy.sdf.org · 9 pts · 211d
Two. Two fries is a small.
Zachariah@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 211d
2 inches
bagsy@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 210d
Fuck Ray Kroc, that whole company is rotten to it core. Stop supporting these giant shitty companies.
BroBot9000@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 211d
Bag of potatoes, a knife, oil, a pot and thermometer. Now you can have a snack that is a million times better and cheaper.
Double fry the potatoes for that authentic fish and chip style fries.
zakobjoa@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 211d
What do you do with 2 litres of oil then?
themeatbridge@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 211d
This is always my concern. Actually frying something takes minutes, but heating, cooling, straining, and storing significant volumes of oil just doesn't justify the convenience. If I want fried food, I'm going to a restaurant.
PoliteDudeInTheMood@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 210d
Bought a deep fryer a couple years back, once you're done with it, and let it cool down. You can turn a knob and it will filter itself and empty into a storage container. Once the oil has gone bad, I have a Home Depot bucket with a lid that I dump it into, once that is full I take it to the dump. Once the filtered bits are dumped in the compost, everything else goes in the dishwasher.
I fry in peanut oil, I have 2 air fryers but some things need to be deep fried.
winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 210d
I bought a deep fryer for $100ish. Makes it easy. Turn it on, come back 10minutes later, cook food for 4 minutes and then eat. It is a bitch to clean though but depends on how thorough you want to be.
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · 21 pts · 210d
That literally solves none of the complaints.
winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 210d
It heats, cools, you can buy one with automatic filtering, and it stores the oil. That's literally all the complaints they had?
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 210d
It does but your comment didn't say that outright and people who just avoid deep friers because they don't want to deal with the oil probably don't make assumptions about deep friers making it easy to deal with that stuff.
I didn't realize deep friers were more than fancy pots with stoves and temperature control built in and baskets so you don't have to fish the fish and chips out with tongs. If I had more space and less fat, I might even have gotten one now that I understand they can also help manage the oil.
Probably better to get a rice cooker, though.
Duranie@literature.cafe · 2 pts · 210d
My ex had a nice one that he used about once a week. Made his kitchen smell like fast food after a few months. I'd like to have one except for that
thesystemisdown@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
I do it on a little table outside my back door. It definitely stinks up the house otherwise. My fryer has a little lid that you can put on it after the oil cools. You can reuse the oil a bit depending on what you're cooking.
optissima@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 211d
Drink it
melroy@kbin.melroy.org · 5 pts · 211d
I agree. Don't waste it, just drink it.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d
It's the next Big Thing: Oil Cocktails!
Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social · 10 pts · 210d
Air fryer and you don’t need any oil. And they come out as crisp as if they were fried in oil, and they’re healthier.
Air fryer really changed the way I cook.
Honytawk@feddit.nl · 9 pts · 210d
Fresh potatoes still need a layer of oil over them in order to be crisp in the airfryer.
Krudler@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 210d
Frying is the transference of heat through oil or fat. Air "frying" is just heating.
Forester@pawb.social · 3 pts · 211d
You don't actually need that much oil if you use a parchment paper origami box
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 210d
You can reuse it several times by running it through a cheese cloth. Otherwise just put it in a jar/pitcher/empty oil bottle.
hawgietonight@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d
Make churros. Mix same amount water and flour with a bit of salt. Press out with a churro maker, fry for 2 minutes, cool, sprinkle sugar and serve with hot chocolate
azimir@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 211d
Cocktails. Just need some bottles.
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 211d
I fry other things, and know the oil struggle, but for fries, I've been using the air fryer recently with success. (America's test kitchen recipe works)
shalafi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 210d
My wife fries them in a cast iron pan with a little oil.
BroBot9000@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 210d
It’s call use a smaller pot and less oil. You don’t need 2 litres every time you fry…
Restaurants also reuse oil a bunch by simply filtering out the big particles.
One the oil has cooled down and run through a filter you can store it again for later.
zakobjoa@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 210d
I'm cooking for several persons. Even with just 2 litres I have to do batches if I make fried tofu or Pakoras.
BroBot9000@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 210d
Okay so you have use for 2 litres. Why did you ask what to do with two litres of oil?
Did you mean after? Let it cool and filter and store it for the next meal.
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 211d
Get a dedicated appliance which also stores the oil. Put the whole appliance away, including the oil, after use. Been doing this for years and you can store oil like this forever
BroBot9000@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
You should be filtering the oil and eventually it does get burnt out. But yeah it’s super easy to maintain a basic deep fryer.
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 210d
Mine has an integrated filter, so I don’t even have to care of this. The oil pan and accessories are dishwasher safe, so super easy to clean. And in my case, where I only use it like 4-5 times a year, I don’t have to change the oil often. Using the same oil for 2 years now without issues.
mystrawberrymind@piefed.ca · 15 pts · 211d
I know, I don’t eat like this usually lol. I’m just doing night shift and it’s only fast food and convenience stores open right now😆
arin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
This is another reason why night shift workers are unhealthy. Sorry. Normally we think it's the lack of sun or vitamin D..
supamanc@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
And your whole house can smell like a chippy!
BroBot9000@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
Use the overhead fan. Also if you filter and store the oil once it’s cooled down it won’t smell at all.
supamanc@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 210d
I do use the overhead fan. And I move the whole fryer, oil and all, outside when I finish cooking, till I can clean it. I store the oil in the garage as well. Still stinks the house out everytime I use it.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
They'll never have that limp, soggy, and oversalted McDonalds feel like that.
BroBot9000@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
Yeah they will be far far superior. Especially if you blanch and double fry the potatoes. Salt levels you can determine yourself too. Make it as salty as you want.
ekusea@lemmynsfw.com · 0 pts · 210d
NABDad@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 211d
If you want it to be really good, use beef tallow instead of oil.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 211d
Go away RFKjr
Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 210d
He said beef tallow, not bull semen.
NABDad@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
Just because RFK jr is a brain-damaged POS doesn't make vegetable oil automatically the better choice.
https://youtu.be/SBG7LAbeUh4
They are talking about the Minnesota Coronary Experiment, which suggests that using vegetable oil reduces cardiac disease, but leads to earlier death.
Rejecting science because it happens to be included in the garbage that an idiot believes would make you an idiot as well.
Edit: While re-reading what I wrote, I realize I'm also taking about the scientist who ran the study. He believed that his study would show that vegetable oils are healthier than animal fats. When the results proved the opposite was true, he hid the data.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 210d
You’re reading too much into my stupid quip. I honestly don’t care which frying medium is “healthier”, you’re still frying shit. “Steam burns you more than boiling water”… bitch, they both hurt.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 211d
McDonalds Rep: It's not really fair you dug up Andre the Giant to hold our large fries in your picture.
OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 210d
Wasn't the large fries always a ripoff? I think someone showed once that it's only marginally more fries than a small fry.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 210d
Historically, it was one of the cheaper items on the menu. In college (20 years ago) I could get a large fries for under $1. Back in the 80s/90s they were practically free. Like, loose-change free.
Also one of the tastier meal items given that they went so fast you could safely assume they'd be fresh, why the sandwich options could be sitting in the warmer for half an hour or longer depending on the speed of business.
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 210d
When I worked in fast food all fry containers got 1 scoop of fries. If you got a large, you could squeeze more in, but mgmt disapproved. So it's kind of a mix bag
tpihkal@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 211d
I can't discern the size of the fries based on this picture.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 211d
OP might have massive hands.
CannedYeet@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
emb@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 210d
I'm actually pretty OK with this. Portion sizes were generally kinda oversized, especially for not-so-healthy fastfood.
MotoAsh@piefed.social · 9 pts · 210d
You say you're OK with it, but are you also OK with the constant price hikes for less quantity of the shitty food?
BurgerBaron@piefed.social · 2 pts · 210d
I am, helped break my junk food addiction. Now I never pay for it.
emb@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
That's a good question, answer is generally that it depends. Do I want to spend more money on stuff? Of course not.
But if the price is the same or negligibly more, then I'm better off not incurring the bodily damage of consuming excess calories. The smaller the default size of the suggested meal (eg, a combo) the better, unless it hits the point where it makes me order a second meal or extra sides.
That preference reflects my own privilege, health perspective, and lack of self-control though. I know it's a different call for everyone.
FatVegan@leminal.space · 1 pts · 210d
If you eat at McDonald's you deserve everything you get.
prac@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 210d
I guess ‘Large’ now stands for ‘Large Disappointment.’ Shrinkflation is getting out of hand.
Bluewing@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 209d
Good. Smaller portions are what many need these days. And the high price of fast food is a great incentive to eat at home.
gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 211d
You're holding that bag very kindly. It looks like you're fondling it. I see you have a deep appreciation for McDonald's fries... I can't imagine how painful the shrinkflation must be for you!
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 210d
Mcdonalds these days suck ass.
The 2010s were great. Very nostalgic and McDonalds was one of my first and my best memories of America. Glad I got to enjoy them before they went to shit, cuz otherwise kid-me would've have the impression that "all western foods suck". (I mean it's hard to even know how to look for local non-chain "western" restaurants... since the reason I know what a McDonalds is because back in China, we also had them, but I think it tasted different... don't remember)
I mean seriously, is it just me or does like Papa Johns and Dominos and even Pizza Hut all went to shit?
P.S. I remember my mom telling about the Pizza we had in Pizza Hut in China... like she said it was expensive and it was only a very small pizza (like individual-size). I don't even remember having it in China
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 210d
... This is like someone saying "Guys I thought American chocolate was awful, but have you tried this Hershey's stuff?!? It's so good!" Like I'm glad you had a good experience but... but I'm sorry that was your good experience.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 209d
For real. It's like when people think Kraft Singles are representative of American cheese
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 209d
We did slip up a tiny bit by literally calling it "American cheese". Slight strategic error on that one.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 208d
They can't call it that anymore
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 208d
Not sure I understand, I'm sorry.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 208d
Kraft is literally not legally allowed to call Singles "American cheese"
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 208d
Oh, yeah. "American Cheese" (and other processed cheese) does technically have to be made from primarily cheese, which is a concerningly low bar for "cheese based consumable products" to fail to meet.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 210d
I mean, for context, I was like 8 years old when I first got here. I didn't really know the difference between fastfood vs "real" restaurants so I just categorically grouped them all together.
Honestly, I still don't really know what "real" western food is.
I remember going along with family to a cousin's sweet 16 birthday party and I think its was western cuisine or something... like I heard they spend a lot of money on it (the cousin's parents were kinda middle class rich) and I disliked most of the food they served, didn't eat much, don't even remember what they served. Ended up going home kinda hungry lol.
I think I just go so used to Chinese food, I didn't feel confident exploring other types of "western" food... other than like burgers, pizzas, cheesesteaks, subway sandwiches / hoagies. Which I know, living here for like over a decade, I still don't feel quite "American" because of my picky eating habits.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d
French cuisine is the most classically famous example, but pretty much every western country has hundreds of years of it's own extremely distinct culinary identity (ex: Germany, Spain, Italy, even the UK (despite the jokes)).
If you just mean the US though, it doesn't exactly have it's own unified thing going on beyond what you've listed (burgers, pizzas, etc) but there are plenty of foods, and even a few entire genres of food, that are very closely tied to the american identity (Texmex is the best one I can think of). The most "american" american food I can think of is probably hotdish which... I don't actually recommend seeking out (please don't hurt me, I just don't think the majority of casseroles are all that great)
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 209d
Don't forget barbecue
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 209d
Isn't that primarily a spanish invention? US has a culture built around it absolutely, but most places also incorporate it somehow, especially oceania and any former spanish colonies. It's not really an "american" food per se as far as I'm aware.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 209d
I'm specifically referring to American barbecue, which is absolutely it's own unique thing (or several things since it varies by region)
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 209d
Ah, I was indeed specifically talking about the meats - I did forget there were all the other traditional accouterments that go along with American barbecue.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 210d
its mostly meat, and maybe some kind of bread, very high incidence of type 2 amongst western countries, after asians started incorporating alot of sugar in thier diet, type 2 was in the rise in them too. vegatables are lacking in thier cousins, much like with European ones.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 210d
Well the West is know for their baked goods and pastries. Like croissants, donuts, churros, etc. Like in East Asia and South East Asia a lot of the pastry that is for sale is based on Western recipes and they are different from the local pastry recipes.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 210d
they changed after renovating thier stores in '19 to have those kiosks, it was never the same.
serpineslair@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 211d
Can't lie, that looks massive.
teft@piefed.social · 4 pts · 210d
Here in colombia when you order any size fries from McD’s they are only a small amount. Doesn’t matter if you order large or small. Always a small amount. It makes me sad because their fries are really good even though they’re fake.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d
How are the fries fake?
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 210d
Meh, pretty ok with this. America needs a serious downsize on processed food.
HeyJoe@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 211d
Kind of crazy when I just saw they announced a new "group" fry which is an XXL fry that basically allows them to sell you an even bigger version of the original supersize fry by saying its meant for groups.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 16 pts · 211d
"I'm something of a family of four myself."
arin@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 210d
I wouldn't feed this artificial crap to my pets.
TheRealKuni@piefed.social · 6 pts · 210d
Good, always use vet-approved pet food for your pets.
But I’ll definitely take some fried potatoes covered with salt for myself. Nothing artificial about it, just processed.
frostysauce@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 210d
What exactly is artificial about potatoes, oil, and salt? Which of those ingredients specifically are artificial?
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d
While I understand the temptation of McD's fries, I stopped eating completely out during the pandemic and never went back. I got used to making my own meals. It's much cheaper, and I know what's in the food.
I do miss KFC, tho.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 210d
I miss KFC for completely different reasons. Mainly because it's not even KFC anymore, and they finally managed to take over the Corbin, KY store and kill off The Colonel's recipes.
kamen@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d
I remember getting ice cream from McDonald's - must've been 15 years ago. It was somewhat nice, but then the whole "the ice cream machine is broken" thing started and I haven't bothered any more. Can't tell about the rest of the food, but I share the sentiment that if it's getting shittier and shittier, you shouldn't support it.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 210d
remember the salads, last time i bought that 10+years ago while still in community, i heard they discontinued it.
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 210d
don't paper bags give more?
Guillermosaenz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 209d
“Large” is a state of mind now 😅 If you’ve got the receipt, it’s worth a quick feedback ticket—sometimes they’ll toss you a replacement or coupon.
starlinguk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
Funny, here in Germany the small ones come in cardboard. There is no actual small anymore.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
This is a terrible picture for anyone actually trying to understand the quantity of fries there.
BanaramaClamcrotch@lemmy.zip · -9 pts · 210d
That’s awful but bro… please… clip your nails. I’m begging you…
NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net · 12 pts · 210d
Genuinely had to scroll up to see what the problem was... Those are genuinely some of the least offensive nails I've seen (the temptation to say "this year" is unreal, I feel like I now understand the primal urge to make dad jokes)
rafoix@lemmy.zip · -12 pts · 210d
Tell me you’re a smart person when you keep buying low quality shit you don’t need and complain about the quantity of that same shit when it isn’t sold by weight or volume.
Maybe change your eating habits.
three@lemmy.zip · -2 pts · 210d
Hell yeah. Why the fuck are people ignoring op eating literal slop?
frostysauce@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 210d
Because you sound insufferable when you call fries "slop."
three@lemmy.zip · -1 pts · 210d
Please find your nearest treadmill.