Consolidated "McDonald's" thread
Sep 30, 2008 | 6:00 pm
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Sep 30, 2008 | 6:03 pm
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Sometimes there is just nothing quite like a McDonald's cheeseburger and a fountain Coke. I gotta have one of their hot fudge sundaes every once in a while too.
Sep 30, 2008 | 9:22 pm
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Some of my favorite foods are processed, hydrogenated, and made-from-concentrated apple parts. 
As with everything, moderation is the key. If I eat 'good' food for 179 days, what does it matter if I have a Big Mac on day 180? Of course, all the badness of that Big Mac is negated by my Diet Coke.
As with everything, moderation is the key. If I eat 'good' food for 179 days, what does it matter if I have a Big Mac on day 180? Of course, all the badness of that Big Mac is negated by my Diet Coke.
Sep 30, 2008 | 11:00 pm
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I have not eaten at McDs since 1982. This is not to say I haven't eaten many more things a lot worse for me. But I have no desire to ever go back and the smell really disturbs me. This is not to say I haven't been into one since 1982, because I have made a highway pit stop
Sep 30, 2008 | 11:54 pm
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Hi all,
Do you know McDonalds is not good for us at all. Because it was too much fat with hamburger and french fries. That's why I am never go back to eat at McDonalds for quite of long time. Don't you mentioned know information from McDonalds?
What about breakfast but, it's okay for me that I will ate with steak cheese & bagel. Sometimes that I will eat at the McDonalds another state but, in Arizona does not have it at all. Why you don't figure out more information from McDonalds for me.
Instead, I will go to eat at In & Out Burger but, its absolutely wonderful where we want go there. Also, we have very good place to go. It is Islands Restaurant where we went there for lunch near PV Mall. Its much more convenient for me. So if you try to give me more information for which good restaurant or fast-food. Thanks, Guys!
Do you know McDonalds is not good for us at all. Because it was too much fat with hamburger and french fries. That's why I am never go back to eat at McDonalds for quite of long time. Don't you mentioned know information from McDonalds?
What about breakfast but, it's okay for me that I will ate with steak cheese & bagel. Sometimes that I will eat at the McDonalds another state but, in Arizona does not have it at all. Why you don't figure out more information from McDonalds for me.Instead, I will go to eat at In & Out Burger but, its absolutely wonderful where we want go there. Also, we have very good place to go. It is Islands Restaurant where we went there for lunch near PV Mall. Its much more convenient for me. So if you try to give me more information for which good restaurant or fast-food. Thanks, Guys!
Some of my favorite foods are processed, hydrogenated, and made-from-concentrated apple parts.
As with everything, moderation is the key. If I eat 'good' food for 179 days, what does it matter if I have a Big Mac on day 180? Of course, all the badness of that Big Mac is negated by my Diet Coke.
As with everything, moderation is the key. If I eat 'good' food for 179 days, what does it matter if I have a Big Mac on day 180? Of course, all the badness of that Big Mac is negated by my Diet Coke.
I take it you've never had an ebi burger in Japan, a Quorn burger in the UK or one of the Alvalle Gazpachos in Spain. Experiencing a few tidbits of local cuisine through MacDonalds is all part of International Travel. The only place I'm not tempted to eat at MacDs is in the USA - I've never seen anything exotic or enticing on the menu there.
In Alaska, we have the McKinley Mac, (instead of being made with 2 1/8 lb patties, its with 2 1/4 lb patties... mmm...
Concur about the fudge sundaes, great after a long day fishin'!
Oct 1, 2008 | 12:03 am
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My guess is that allset2travel remembers the ebi-puri burger, (the 'puri' morphing into 'tempura' and then to 'tampora'
)Alas, I'm sure this is all irrelevant to the OP as none would be available in AZ...
And there's now a thread to continue this line of discussion: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=871506
Last edited by LapLap; Oct 1, 2008 at 12:23 am
Oct 1, 2008 | 12:06 am
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Oct 1, 2008 | 12:11 am
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Just got back from Alaska - every town we visited, we got the McD's report from the locals - either "We're proud to have one" or the disappointed "We haven't got one yet." The tour guide in Juneau detoured the bus to show off their McD's.
In N Out fries are just plain nasty. Raw in the middle, sort of dough-y, no flavor.
The chain I wanted after a day's fishin' in Alaska was Starbucks - double jumbo extra large hot chocolate, please!
The chain I wanted after a day's fishin' in Alaska was Starbucks - double jumbo extra large hot chocolate, please!
Oct 1, 2008 | 12:15 am
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Besides the blandness of the menu, American McDonald's franchises also tend to be filthy and have spotty food quality, especially in big cities. This is in contrast to other countries where McDonald's is often cleaner than local restaurants (China comes to mind) and has consistent food quality.
Oct 1, 2008 | 12:19 am
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Oddly enough, chains like Hardees and Wendy's have started calling their medium fries/drinks "small" and using that as the basis for their meals. Small to McDonalds is kid sized, small to Wendy's/Hardees is medium in McD land. And yet those other chains try to upsell you to what is basically a Supersized meal by calling the standard small....go figure.
Nonetheless, it's all crap food. But oh so satisfying!
Oct 1, 2008 | 1:02 am
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It was about 3-4 AM so everything else was shut down in Soldotna, so we stopped in... mmm... hot fudge!
Oct 1, 2008 | 1:38 am
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That's interesting, that's supposed to be the case in Hokkaido too (the Northernmost part of Japan )
I understood it was because the locals kept their home thermostats whacked up throughout most of their snowy winters. Would you say this was the case in Alaska also?
I understood it was because the locals kept their home thermostats whacked up throughout most of their snowy winters. Would you say this was the case in Alaska also?