tsunami wrote:there was a film abut how people eat here in switzerland,
and there wes a guy that eat only caned ravioli-tomatosauce toped by some majonaise and some cheese.
Jeff Yeast wrote:Unfortunately, fast-food is a cheap and easy way to feed a family, and with fewer people interested in cooking at home, it is the main food source for many families. My wife is a dietitian with a local weight-loss company and she counsels clients on their dietary needs. She tells me that about 60% of her clients eat nothing but fast-food or convienience foods. She also says that at least 25% never eat a vegetable...at all.
Larry Greenly wrote:And after watching "The Smoking Fries" in the deleted scenes section, I really do wonder about Mickey D's french fries. The author placed various McD burgers and sandwiches in bell jars to see how they "aged" over several weeks. The burgers/sandwiches got moldy and decomposed in short time, but the fries looked like they had been purchased yesterday even after 10+ weeks (might be useful to the embalming business). [shudder]
Stuart Yaniger wrote:There was a writer (I'll have to dig around for a link) who did the same thing, lived off Mickey Dees exclusively for the same period of time and managed to lose weight and not have increased cholesterol/triglycerides.
Cute polemics, though, I'll give him points for that.
Paul Winalski wrote:Larry Greenly wrote:And after watching "The Smoking Fries" in the deleted scenes section, I really do wonder about Mickey D's french fries. The author placed various McD burgers and sandwiches in bell jars to see how they "aged" over several weeks. The burgers/sandwiches got moldy and decomposed in short time, but the fries looked like they had been purchased yesterday even after 10+ weeks (might be useful to the embalming business). [shudder]
The fries are cooked completely immersed in extremely hot fat for several minutes. This effectively sterilizes them. The burgers/sandwitches (1) aren't cooked as long, and (2) contain uncooked components (e.g., the bun) that will carry bacteria and mold spores into the bell jars with them.
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the guy did not look sick. so i guess there is all inside in such a can
Larry Greenly wrote:But, as a control, the author had "real french fries" from an ordinary restaurant that were likely cooked the same way. They went moldy after a few days.
Larry Greenly wrote:Who doesn't like McD fries?
Do you remember, not too long ago, that they were fried in beef tallow? In Supersize, the author claims there is no sugar on the fries, but I remember reading somewhere their fries had both salt and sugar on them (a possibility--some potato chips do that). Of course, you've noticed a bit of dextrose in Morton's salt?
Larry Greenly wrote:Who doesn't like McD fries?
Peter May wrote:They are the very worst of all the forms of fried potato that I can think of (though those croquettes of instant mash rolls covered in bread crumbs and fried are just a milimetre above on the scale.)
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