Burger wars 2045

FauxPseudo

Doesn't sound like you're too sure what you're on about.

Why would they? The fries were wonderful.

They (and every other foodservice operation) have never had to declare their cooking oils. They didn't "include it in their fries," they cooked their fries in it. There has never been a requirement to talk about cooking oils. They've done it in an effort to pacify a largely ignorant public.

Potatoes cooked in beef tallow taste better, brown better, crisp better. It was one of their early trade secrets and why their fries were unarguably better than everybody else's. Now, they're routine. They dumbed down the quality of their fries with the net effect that a few Hindus and a few vegetarians can now eat fries. So everybody gets diminished quality, so a few more people can crowd into your friendly neighborhood McD's.

(Try cooking some at home in rendered tallow. Or goose fat. Or duck fat. It's a whole different experience.)

I think McD's has really gone overboard trying to offend nobody; to please everybody. They've been trapped by so much ignorant foolishness - they changed their burger packaging in bowing to public opinion with the final result that the newer packaging is less biodegradable. That whole bullpoo episode with Stella pouring hot coffee in her lap and blaming it on McD that uses the same machines and same industry standards as every other foodservice operation.

Were it my company, I'd say, I'm sorry all you people who don't want any contact with beef (DUH! We're a freakin burger joint!) be advised that beef fumes permeate our kitchens and we fry our potatoes in clean beef tallow so they taste better than everybody else's. I wonder how many Hindus eat in McD's in the States. And vegetarians. Can't serve everybody.

One of the great (and not so great) things about the US is the vast, vast number of choices there are for where to eat. And where not to eat.

Pastorio