McDonalds
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Yum! Steamed meat! <sarcasm>The biggest problem may not be whether they use beef that's been previously frozen, but how long a patty spent in a warming tray. A place I worked at had foodservice frozen burger patties in the company cafeteria and they were reasonably good. Probably not the greatest quality beef. But it didn't go on the grill until I ordered it at the counter and I saw a raw, frozen patty go on a flattop griddle. So frozen beef was fine if I got it right after cooking. But already fully cooked in one of these things for up to an hour? They get that pale, light brown color and they lose a lot of moisture that simply can't be reconstituted.
When I was a kid, McDonald's locations would generally just churn out everything continuously and put them in a styrofoam clamshell sitting under a heat lamp. The styrofoam seemed to defeat the purpose of the heat lamp though. Regular hamburgers and cheeseburgers just went in paper though, like they do today.
Do I eat at McDonald’s? Yes, but only when I’m “hangry” and need to eat something ASAP before my mood worsens even further.
Scott
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I’m much more comfortable with my own biohazards than I am with biohazards from people I don’t know and wouldn’t trust to air up my tires.
Scott
AM - not replying to you specifically, just sounding off at your nugget cue.
Mc'D's ruined the nuggets when they went "heathy" with all breast meat. Taste like little fried kitchen sponges now, without that good skin and some thigh meat and fat ground in there. Then they ditched the deep lard fried apple pies. and lard fried shoe string potatoes. I used to crave a deep fried pie now and then. I thought something was missing in my gastro-life.
Basic burger is ok if they didn't kill it with msg or some other massive qty of salt.
Fresh meat for the Q pounders? Why? Its griddled not grilled. Tried it a couple times and I though the quarter pounder tasted better frozen - likely a different meat source and a cheap out. The processed MRE cheese (sneeze) kills the flavour of a quarter-pounder and two slices kills it twice
Doesn't matter anymore - not paying 6 or 7 bucks for a Q pounder.
I like real cheese on a burger. Have they ever heard of just plain old Havarti? Jack or Swiss?
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Since nobody asked - when I travel to the Midwest, Culver's FTW.
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I honestly have never noticed a difference. Do you know when this switch occurred? I’ve been eating McNuggets since I was born practically. Haven’t noticed a change in the fries either but did notice change in the apple pies maybe 6-7 years ago it seems.
Thinking maybe 10 years ago? Maybe the Northerners up here like bland stuff and they give it to 'em.
It's a boiled meat and tuna casserole and mayo crew up here. Yucch!
Not me I am a transplant. Give me something tasty! My ketchup is hot sauce
So I get the McChicken instead. I think it's still has the good every chicken meat and fat mixture - for sure a lot of pepper!
Equal to five McNuggets maybe.
Well according to McD's, the "new" McNuggets came out in 2003.Thinking maybe 10 years ago? Maybe the Northerners up here like bland stuff and they give it to 'em.
It's a boiled meat and tuna casserole and mayo crew up here. Yucch!
Not me I am a transplant. Give me something tasty! My ketchup is hot sauce
So I get the McChicken instead. I think it's still has the good every chicken meat and fat mixture - for sure a lot of pepper!
Equal to five McNuggets maybe.
"7. The recipe was tweaked in the early 2000s. The white-meat Chicken McNuggets we know and love today were rolled out at the end of 2003."
https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-stories/article/10-things-mcnuggets.html
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GON
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McDonald's Restaurants per 100,000 People in the US and Canada. Nevada is number one- who would have guessed that?
I never saw a MacDees in HI. Interesting!
The Chain Tropical Smoothie makes McDonalds Smoothie look like health food.
Like Pablo I never heard of them either so I pulled up their lack of nutrition guide.
Let's call it a tie for the obnoxious amount of sugar to irritate all the arteries and veins in your body and get that calcium build up to slowly close them up. (gulp)
Just saying ...
https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/...rge.html#accordion-c921f9207b-item-842cb18782
https://www.tropicalsmoothiecafe.com/nutrition/latest
Water is your best friend.
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For the win!
I'll check the app to see the deals. Usually have buy a large soda or iced tea and get free any size fries. The drink is $1.29 and the fries are $4.50 so a good deal. There's a Mick D's close to the pharmacy where I get my Ozempic and Prevastatin.
You have to be selective. I go now and then when travelling. The blueberry smoothie has much lower callories than most others. Any fruit smoothie is going to be high in sugar unless you get the artificial sweeteners which are far worse for you IMHO.The Chain Tropical Smoothie makes McDonalds Smoothie look like health food.
Like Pablo I never heard of them either so I pulled up their lack of nutrition guide.
Let's call it a tie for the obnoxious amount of sugar to irritate all the arteries and veins in your body and get that calcium build up to slowly close them up. (gulp)
Just saying ...
https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/...rge.html#accordion-c921f9207b-item-842cb18782
https://www.tropicalsmoothiecafe.com/nutrition/latest
Water is your best friend.
The Thai Chicken salad is pretty tasty - but it is a little high in sodium for a salad. What fast food place isn't I guess.
Its all vis-a-vis. Would take tropical smoothie cafe over mcdonalds any day.
Patman
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The deal that we have up here is that when the Toronto Raptors get more than ten 3 pointers in a game, McDonald’s gives a deal on the app. Most of the time it’s free medium fries with a $3 purchase. So far this basketball season I have gotten free fries 17 times
For all you Fast Food junkies just watching a segment on GMA you are going to be delighted as they are going to have a war between the companies, no way they will let the MAHA revolution take hold we will crush that immediately and have the media on our side.
McD is starting to remove the soda machines from many stores in my area . there was an article last year saying they will do it nationwide . they will state give you free refills, but you need to go to the counter , although i did encounter one that had a sign that refills would be 50 cents .
https://www.foodandwine.com/mcdonalds-phasing-out-self-serve-soda-stations-7968814
https://www.foodandwine.com/mcdonalds-phasing-out-self-serve-soda-stations-7968814
Yeah - that was announced a while ago. I do remember when several locations near me installed Coca-Cola Freestyle machines with all the flavor additions as well as a lot of choices. The only locations I see now with self-service machines are traditional multi-position machines. But when they had those Freestyle machines, I remember seeing limits using a tag on the bottom that had to be placed on a platform to be read before it would dispense a soft drink. It might have been a limit of 3 fills where the cup was provided empty to the customer. And once there was a fill, it might be something like 3 minutes before one could come back for another.
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