Originally Posted by
jackal
I have never understood why people love McDonalds' fries so much. They're oversalted, undercooked, limp, and flavorless (except for the salt). The nail in the coffin for me was watching a DVD extra for Super Size Me, where the McDonald's fries sat in a sealed container for something like six months without decomposing or developing even the slightest hint of mold.
They used to be cooked in suet and were pretty good.
But take any shoestring fry and try to make mold grow
on it. Doesn't work. No magic, no preservative, just
natural lack of moisture.