McDonalds struggling

Johnny Mars Bar said:
Wrong. Minced meat has much more surface area, goes through more processing and can contain several cuts of meat, all of which makes it at much bigger risk of contamination.

I love a medium rare steak but I would never eat pink minced beef unless it was from a very reputable restaurant that made a point of saying exactly what it was, how it was prepared and where it came from.
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Made fresh. I.e. it was minced on site and used on the same day if not within a few hours.

If they are making a point of deliberately serving less than thoroughly cooked burgers then it's likely the above applies. Or they could have just decided to run the risk of poisoning their customers just for the fun of it.
 
Eating McDonalds really can kill you...........But not for the reasons you may think.
The internet is awash with horror stories about most fast food chains.

Remember Morgan Spurlock? He was the guy who ate nothing but McDonalds for a month.
At the end, his health was so impacted Doctors feared for his life. If you are a average internet viewer, STOP READING NOW.

Ah ok, you want the truth! Turns out that McDonalds wasn't the only thing he was consuming.
He was an alcoholic and actually drinking heavily due to the income suddenly generated by the documentary.
His liver was absolutely fucked. He went on to die of cancer aged 53. So eating McDonald's probably did kill him!

However, the damage he caused to McDonalds actually shaped their menu. Some would argue for the best. Personally, i don't go to McDonalds to eat diet food. But the "Internet" only read the headlines. "McDonalds is bad for you".

I don't think any fast food chain is bad for your health. YOU are the problem with your health. Eat to much or the wrong things and your health suffers. Scientifically, the side salad on a kebab DOES cancel out any effects of the fat...honest! ;)
 
fulabeer said:
Eating McDonalds really can kill you...........But not for the reasons you may think.
The internet is awash with horror stories about most fast food chains.

Remember Morgan Spurlock? He was the guy who ate nothing but McDonalds for a month.
At the end, his health was so impacted Doctors feared for his life. If you are a average internet viewer, STOP READING NOW.

Ah ok, you want the truth! Turns out that McDonalds wasn't the only thing he was consuming.
He was an alcoholic and actually drinking heavily due to the income suddenly generated by the documentary.
His liver was absolutely fucked. He went on to die of cancer aged 53. So eating McDonald's probably did kill him!

However, the damage he caused to McDonalds actually shaped their menu. Some would argue for the best. Personally, i don't go to McDonalds to eat diet food. But the "Internet" only heard the headlines. "McDonalds is bad for you".

I don't think any fast food chain is bad for your health. YOU are the problem with your health. Eat to much or the wrong things and your health suffers. Scientifically, the side salad on a kebab DOES cancel out any effects of the fat...honest! ;)
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There is a reason Morgan Spurlock health was fucked up, and his liver function tests were so bad during the filming of Supersize Me. He was a high functioning alcoholic.
 
roman totale said:
Nothing beats the old Wimpy on Market Street ;)
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Well I would like to say that as good as Wimpy was (there were two in Stockport for a while) what I miss most is Burger King's Mushroom Double Swiss - what a sad say that was when it disappeared off the BK Menu in the UK. I've tried many times at home to try and re-create it, without success :-(
 
DiscoSteve said:
Well I would like to say that good as Wimpy was (there were two in Stockport for a while) what I miss most is Burger King's Mushroom Double Swiss - what a sad that was when it disappeared off the BK Menu in the UK. I've tried many times at home to try and re-create it, without success :-(
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The last Mushroom Double Swiss I had was at Euston Station the day after watching Pink Floyd at Earls Court. Bloody lovely burger was the MDS.
 
I'm not sure if burger king is of a higher quality in the U.K than it is over here in North America but it is disgusting over here.
There's a handful of fast food burger joints that I won't eat at and they are one of them.
A&W and dairy queen are the other two and all three are within walking distance of my house.
Harveys is the best (of that type of place) but I doubt most will ever encounter one.
Wendys is also good.
 
Barcon said:
I'm not sure if burger king is of a higher quality in the U.K than it is over here in North America but it is disgusting over here.
There's a handful of fast food burger joints that I won't eat at and they are one of them.
A&W and dairy queen are the other two and all three are within walking distance of my house.
Harveys is the best (of that type of place) but I doubt most will ever encounter one.
Wendys is also good.
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Wendy's, Sonic, Smash Burger & In-n-out for me all the others are pretty meh.
 
Barcon said:
I don't think we have those other ones. Wendy's are juicy burgers.
If you ever find yourself northside, get yourself a Harveys double original with bacon and cheese.
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The first time I had a Wendy's I'd just arrived in Dayton, OH. Got a taxi from the airport to my hotel a little after 9pm and it was absolutely smashing it down with rain. Dropped my bags off in the room, went back to reception and peered out the door to see if there was anywhere to get some food, and out of the darkness I saw the Wendy's sign across the carpark. Managed to make it without getting too wet, and when I got there the place was dead. Waited around 10 minutes for my burger which they made fresh. Back to the hotel, and after a long day travelling, I ate my burger, and washed it down with 3 miniature bottles of wine I'd managed to snaffle off the flight and went to bed satisfied.

When I woke up the next day the weather had cleared, and to my horror, there was a Hooters just around the corner, probably closer than the Wendy's.
 
There really isn't that much difference between a McDonalds burger and a Wimpy burger.
It just seems nicer as it's on a plate and people have more nostalgic memories as a kid.
I had a Wimpy the other day with the kids, it was ok, definitely more civilized to sit in - but really wasn't that world of a difference to a McDonalds.



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I buy steak mince from the butcher. There's always a huge piece of steak in the fridge on display where he will take a slice from it and mince it Infront of you. It's £10 per kilo and you know exactly what you are getting unlike the meat you buy in the plastic boxes at the supermarket.
 
BlueHammer85 said:
There really isn't that much difference between a McDonalds burger and a Wimpy burger.
It just seems nicer as it's on a plate and people have more nostalgic memories as a kid.
I had a Wimpy the other day with the kids, it was ok, definitely more civilized to sit in - but really wasn't that world of a difference to a McDonalds.



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Yep, I think people are looking at Wimpy through rose-tinted specs. Sure, we all love to hark back to our perceived halcyon days and for those of us growing up in the 70s and 80s, Wimpy would've been a part of that for some of us. I actually don't have any memories of eating in the Manchester Wimpy referred to on here but I know we spent shit loads of time scoffing burgers in the Wimpy in Magaluf near the hotel on our lads jolly in 1990.

As for McDonalds, well they're never exactly going to win any foodie awards but they serve a purpose. It's classic hangover/piss-up food for me. I've often been heading home from a night out in the early hours and it's the only place that's open. Their double sausage and egg McMuffins are the best thing on the menu IMO and I've fuelled up for away games on one or more of those many a time. I do agree that their burgers on their own are pretty tasteless but as part of a Big Mac with the Big Mac sauce on them they become quite edible. Same goes for the Quarter Pounder and Cheese - the cheese, gherkins, and tomato sauce make it what it is. In truth, there are tastier fast food burgers - BK and Wendys - but try finding one open at 3am when you're on your way home. In fact, try finding a Wendys full stop outside of London!
 
Never had a burger from Wimpy. The all day breakfast with gammon was the way forward.
 
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