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The fat US thread somehow got me looking at the McDonalds site and was amazed when I saw this!

http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/pages/eatsmart/sandwiches.html

Big Mac

"Two pure beef patties with an unbeatable sauce, lettuce, onions, pickle, cheese and sesame seed bun."

Pure beef? Pure beef???? How on earth have they managed to make "pure beef" taste like that? Have you actually eaten a McDonalds hamburger by itself? No sauce, salad or bun. Just the burger. It tastes like a cross between cardboard and a rubber seal on a 20 year old vacume cleaner.

How can they claim 100% pure beef? They have got to be having a laugh surely?

In reply to Jon Dittman:


"Pure beef" can include that which is sprayed off factory-farmed bones with a high pressure hose, I'd assume...

In reply to Jon Dittman:

Do you really think there average patrons have any taste? They probably complain if given a nice Steak on the grounds that it tasted a bit...... meaty?

The difference between a 100% beef and a burger from the local butcher is quite distinct. In fact I know people who use minced fillet steak to make burgers and they still don't tast great. For the best burgers you need good flavoured meat with plenty of seasoning and fat.

In reply to Richard:


Well they say it isn't but on that basis, my local kebab shop sells "pure lamb" and I tell you it tastes a damn sight better than a Macy D's burger!

In reply to Jon Dittman:

I know, they're mad. Burger Kings taste much better.

In reply to Lancs Lad:

not people who eat there sober, but after 20 fags and 10 pints it tastes wonderful... just wish the aftertaste was nicer the next morning

In reply to Richard: I do wonder about the claim. It is clearly not just ground up steak. Is BEEF an acronym for something.

In reply to Lancs Lad:

How true this is. Our little canteen at work does really nice hot bacon and/or sausage and/or egg rolls in the morning, if grease is your thing - proper good countryside farm sausages too. All my colleagues (who do enjoy their grease) would prefer to go to the McD drive through. Some of them actually dislke the filter coffee from our snazzy Kenwood jobby, they can only drink instant

In reply to Jon Dittman:

ANY part of a cow is classed as pure beef. Hence they can actually say that.

What is interesting is a friend of mine at uni's family had a beef farm. Mcdonalds were their main buyer, only buying the prime cuts of beef (no offal) from them. We could only assume this was used for the board of directors...

In reply to Jon Dittman:

i feel like then odd one out : i quite enjoy eating at Mcdonalds.................eer sorry

In reply to Jon Dittman:

It may be 100% beef but I bet its all bum holes and eyelids.

In reply to Lbos:

I used to be really anti Mc donalds and all that , anti fast food stuff, now I have relented. I just figure no one gives them up, they have loads of customers ,and if you cant beat them join em.

No one has stopped eating there, and they have exploded all over the world, they are unstoppable, and no one does anything to change.

I had a quarter pounder yesterday and to be honest it tasted quite good

In reply to Kenny:


Sounds like the restaurant that started serving free-range, corn fed chicken. A significant number of diners sent it back, saying it "tasted funny" - because being used to supermarket chicken they didn't know what chicken actually tastes like!

In reply to AndyK:

wonder how long before they start selling that sh*t smell as an air freshener for the jippos on council estates to spray round their houses and behind their ears?

In reply to AndyK:


eau de whopper

In reply to anonymous1:
You aint alone, don't the holier than thou Mac Dee's knockers sound funny.

The Ent

In reply to Enty:


I had two Big Macs the other day - they're doing a "buy one get one free" promotion at the moment. I too get an occasional craving for bullock anus.

In reply to Richard:


http://www.absolutely.net/photos/039_20274_photo.html

In reply to Enty:
I agree.
I have friends who wont set foot in McD's claiming disgust for large global companies, low staff wages and general snobbery. They don't mind shopping in Tesco though! Strange.

In reply to Lbos:


The bum holes are very low fat and a little tasteless. The pink rim around them is a bit jucier. Eyelids are a bit chewy but still have a nice beef flavour.

In reply to Enty:

maccy d's is fine when drunk or hungover, and yes it tastes quite nice at the time but the aftertaste is foul... got nothing to do with being holier than thou! :O)

In reply to Enty:

I know, at least we can go anywhere in the world and know what our favorite food will be and where we can get it.

I rememeber running off the telephrequi(spelling ) in Cham. straight to Mac's. The thought kept me going for 2 days.

Before Mac opened in Cham. you only had the Jap burger bar next to the bar nash. I was so deprived in those days.

That grease is better than sex. !!

In reply to Jon Dittman: dont like mc'd's but burger king mmmm yummy!

In reply to djviper:

burger kings are microwaved.


it's better to ask them for something to be left out/included so they have to make a fresh one.

In reply to Mr Rain: > (In reply to Lbos)

Then logically the old "eat shit, a million flies can't be wrong" bumper stickers must apply.

Just because you can't beat them, doesn't mean you have join them.

In reply to Jon Jones: allways do mate! add "bacon" to a xl double whopper with cheese

In reply to Jon Jones:

apparently bk will always make you a fresh one if you specifically ask them.

In reply to djviper:

xl double whopper cheese rules the nation.

In reply to brothersoulshine:

i'm so hungry and there' s a maccy's over the road!!!!

aaarrghhg!!!!!!!!!111

In reply to Jon Jones: we have have both accross the roads too!
must resist!

In reply to Jon Jones:

yeah I'm starving and there's a bk just round the corner from my house. muuuuuussstt reeessssiissstt

In reply to brothersoulshine:


I'd go right now but I'm cooking for friends tonight.

In reply to djviper:

i am going to have to hold my breath and close my eyes on the way through Euston station tonight so i don't indulge .... this thread has made me very hungry - xl bacon double cheese would hit the spot right now...

and on the comparison with mc d's and BK - aren't BK chips better than mc d's ?? they are nice and crispy... :O)

In reply to Mark N:

rubbery cheese Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm stuck to my fingers....slurp........

In reply to Jon Jones:

Maybe you need a little cheeseburger before you cook. Just to soak up the wine you should be drinking while you're cooking.

In reply to brothersoulshine:


stop it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In reply to AndyK:

lol.. :O)

In reply to estivator:

I won't shop in Tesco.

In reply to Jon Jones:

just one little cheeseburger. Just to take the edge off...

In reply to iceaxejuggler:


Asda?

In reply to brothersoulshine: bugger it im going in who wants BK??

In reply to brothersoulshine:


....................drrrrrrrrrooooooolllll.................



and some chips.




oh go on then, make it a meal.





super size?





it'd be rude not to

In reply to djviper:

xl double whopper cheese meal with a coke please.

In reply to Jon Jones:

lol

In reply to brothersoulshine:


I'm >< this close to breaking my no swearing rule!!!!

In reply to brothersoulshine: is that a super size??

In reply to djviper:

i thought xl was the biggest? you mean i've been missing out?

In reply to brothersoulshine: lol i meant the chips!

In reply to Richard:

I don't shop for food in any of them. Ocassional forays to nearest one to bulk buy loo roll and the like.

In reply to Jon Jones:

five o clock, I'm outta here

http://tinyurl.com/dfrzy

In reply to djviper:

sure, big chips and a big drink. ta.

In reply to brothersoulshine:




I'm licking the screen!!



(much in the same way as when the Girls aloud thread was going)

In reply to brothersoulshine: ok back in a min

In reply to Jon Dittman: Has anyone here worked at McDonalds? I have - full time for seven months. Anyone beat that?

In reply to TobyA:
Ah, but did you enjoy it?

In reply to TobyA: little chef for 3 weeks? oh brother i got ya food where do you want it yummy!!

In reply to djviper:

I worked in a little chef for 6 weeks once.

it was indescribably vile.

In reply to CJD: tis why i was only there 3 weeks! mind numbing!

In reply to Wingnut: Not much but occasionally. There was a bit of them and us with the rest of the "crew" against the "management" which was OK and late closes could be a laugh - cheese burger eating comps (about 4 seconds). I used to help one of the girls there practice her reading on breaks as

In reply to Stormmagnet:

Bollocks, Ears, 'Erses & Fadginas?

Mmmm, tasty...

Ands

In reply to Philip:

Aye, homegrown organic is best.

In reply to Jon Dittman: at least they are making an effort to cover up there evil food

In reply to Jon Dittman: Have you been to Maccas recently?

I was amazed, dropped in for a coffee the other day, at a MacCafe, good cup of coffee, nice carrot cake. Before then I've had a nive fresh salad. They have got their act together.

In reply to Jon Dittman: Anyone seen Supersize Me. If you havent then watch it. Its a documentary film about a man who eats nothing but mcdonalds for 4 weeks. Its a real eye opener.

In reply to pagoda: my brother after he saw it went straight to mcdonalds, and had a Big Mac, said it tasted even better

In reply to Iain Ridgway: Are they still denuding the rainforest to supply their vast, doomed herds?

In reply to pagoda:

I was disappointed with Supersize me. The really interesting stuff, like his liver and blood results, were glossed over rapidly for the sake of cutting to a doctor going "Oooh, that's bad" without actually saying what the results were.
A bit too Michael Moore for me.

In reply to Mr Rain: I thought McDonald's were having real problems. Supersize Me was very damaging, but Subway have done the real damage taking a lot of business.