Chef Bourdain Says McDonald's Is Scary

and i agree!

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Chef Bourdain Says McDonald's Is Scary

and i agree!

http://start.earthlink.net/newsartic...7U838OG0_story



I think he's an idiot. If his feeble mind cannot fathom what a chicken
mcnugget is - or might be - got forbid him understanding anything more
complex, and he's *supposed* to be a chef!

NO Email wrote:
Chef Bourdain Says McDonald's Is Scary

and i agree!

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I think he's an idiot. If his feeble mind cannot fathom what a chicken
mcnugget is - or might be - got forbid him understanding anything more
complex, and he's *supposed* to be a chef!

He may be an idiot (I got the distinct impression he is when I read 'Kitchen
Confidential') but IMO he's right. Chopped pressed breaded fried chicken
parts (a'la McNugget) just doesn't strike me as all that great. But then, I
can't remember the last time I went to a McDonald's. Had to have been at
least 5 years ago, if not more.

Note: 'A Cooks Tour' is a much better book.

Jill

mrs j peters wrote:

Chef Bourdain Says McDonald's Is Scary

and i agree!

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I dont' know what's more disturbing or frightening: the foods he pointed
out or the fact that he's an author and he describes everything as "the
most frightening and disturbing thing". Get a thesaurus for the man,
please.

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Darryl L. Pierce wrote:
mrs j peters wrote:

Chef Bourdain Says McDonald's Is Scary

and i agree!

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I dont' know what's more disturbing or frightening: the foods he
pointed out or the fact that he's an author and he describes
everything as "the most frightening and disturbing thing". Get a
thesaurus for the man, please.

Ever heard of an "editor"? Apparently he can't describe anything another
way without the assistance of one

Jill

On 2003-10-17, NO Email wrote:

I think he's an idiot. If his feeble mind cannot fathom what a chicken
mcnugget is - or might be.....

Why don't you tell us what a MacDonald's Chicken McNugget is! I sure
as Hell don't know. Near as I can tell, it's some sort of breaded
grease matrix. I dare you to find something even remotely resembling
chicken meat in one. If you think there's actually any real chicken
meat in a McNugget, you're even more feeble minded than Tony (a
condition MacDonald's very successfully exploits!).

nb

NO Email wrote:
Chef Bourdain Says McDonald's Is Scary

and i agree!

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I think he's an idiot. If his feeble mind cannot fathom what a chicken
mcnugget is - or might be - got forbid him understanding anything more
complex, and he's *supposed* to be a chef!

Better than any "McNugget", try this:

4 boneless chicken breasts, cut into strips
1/2 c. Italian salad dressing (oil based)
1/4 c. breadcrumbs seasoned with dried oregano or marjoram, basil and
parsley flakes
1/2 tsp. pepper

Marinate the chicken breast strips in Italian salad dressing about 30
minutes. Dredge in seasoned breadcrumbs to evenly coat. Spray a baking
dish with cooking spray or lightly brush the pan with canola oil. Bake the
chicken at 425F about 10 minutes or until crispy and golden brown.

Those are McQuowns, not McNuggets.

Jill

mrs j peters wrote:
Chef Bourdain Says McDonald's Is Scary

and i agree!

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lol ... so true !
Later in the interview, Bourdain thought of another scary dining experience:
"Walking into Planet Hollywood and seeing Bruce Willis' underwear hanging
over your plate. I mean that to me is the most disturbing and frightening."



--
Gold ODDY Winner, 2002

!

You need tostoptaking things so literally. PLease come up with more
intelligent rants in the future, whoever you are.

-sw

Maybe you need to take your own advice? Idiot.

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 18:10:36 +1000, "lea" wrote:

lol ... so true !
Later in the interview, Bourdain thought of another scary dining experience:
"Walking into Planet Hollywood and seeing Bruce Willis' underwear hanging
over your plate. I mean that to me is the most disturbing and frightening."

So perhaps neither is the "most" disturbing, but going to Planet
Hollywood and eating McDonalds Chicken Mcnuggets under Bruce Willis'
underwear _would_ be shudder.

Bob

I eagerly look forward to each episode of Cooks Tour. I consider it one
of the better shows on the TV Network. I enjoy his dry, warped sense of
humour. He definitely shows extremes of emotion. One week he is in some
third world toilet bowl consuming absolute shit only to be followed by some
of the finest cuisine in the world cooked by fabulous chefs. He looks like a
burned out rock star. His comparison of the reproductive practices of
oysters and club med members was brilliant. Oh, by the way, chicken
McFuggits are made from compressed chicken skin.

Farmer John

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On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 20:13:50 GMT, "mrs j peters"
wrote:


Chef Bourdain Says McDonald's Is Scary
and i agree!

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McDonald's may produce qualms, but the article quotes Bourdain as
saying "When I go to a tiny little town in Morocco in the middle of
nowhere and there's a damn KFC or a Planet Hollywood or a Hard Rock
Cafe, that to me is the most frightening and disturbing." According to
their web site, there isn't a Planet Hollywood in Morocco. KFC plans
to expand there, but their efforts in the 70s were unsuccessful. There
is no listing for a Hard Rock Cafe in Morocco. These restaurants *are*
present in many exotic locations (large cities), but scarcely "in the
middle of nowhere." US fast food, like McDonald's, has been welcomed
in many parts of the world -- partly from the 'American' association,
and partly because of providing standardized, sanitary, good-tasting
food. Millions of Americans like McDonald's fries -- why not the rest
of the world? America has a zillion Chinese, Thai, Italian, and
"Mexican" restaurants, as well as those specializing in the cuisine of
every country and continent. Just because Dubai hasn't developed a
successful chain restaurant to export doesn't mean if it does, it will
be an insult everywhere.

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 06:08:03 -0400, "Fudge" Blurted out
the following for cryin'outloud!: :

I eagerly look forward to each episode of Cooks Tour. I consider it one
of the better shows on the TV Network. I enjoy his dry, warped sense of
humour. He definitely shows extremes of emotion. One week he is in some
third world toilet bowl consuming absolute shit only to be followed by some
of the finest cuisine in the world cooked by fabulous chefs. He looks like a
burned out rock star. His comparison of the reproductive practices of
oysters and club med members was brilliant. Oh, by the way, chicken
McFuggits are made from compressed chicken skin.

Farmer John


Yikes. I hate that visual that lasts line gave me. Piles of chicken skin
pressed in a trash compressor then formed into nuggets. And I do believe
this is done. Yikes again.

I had forbidden my family to eat at McDonalds. I make the McNuggets at
home from chicken breast pieces rolled in Panko. Once my family got used to
it, my daughter told me she will never touch one from McDonalds again.



Robocheese

Food is good. Eat.

Frogleg wrote:

McDonald's may produce qualms, but the article quotes Bourdain as
saying "When I go to a tiny little town in Morocco in the middle of
nowhere and there's a damn KFC or a Planet Hollywood or a Hard Rock
Cafe, that to me is the most frightening and disturbing." According to
their web site, there isn't a Planet Hollywood in Morocco. KFC plans
to expand there, but their efforts in the 70s were unsuccessful. There
is no listing for a Hard Rock Cafe in Morocco.


I believe his "example" was *not* to be taken literally... but to prove
a point...


Millions of Americans like McDonald's fries -- why not the rest
of the world? America has a zillion *AMERICANIZED* Chinese,
*AMERICANIZED* Thai, *AMERICANIZED* Italian, and *AMERICANIZED*
"Mexican" restaurants, as well as those specializing in the cuisine of
every country and continent.


I agree 100% with Mr. Bourdain... The last thing I want to see in a
foreign country is any remnants of Western Culture... America has
already fallen victim to the "Individually Wrapped Prepackaged Single
Serving" plague... and I don't want to see the rest of the world follow
suit...

~john!

--
What was it like to see - the face of your own stability - suddenly look
away...

Fudge wrote:

I eagerly look forward to each episode of Cooks Tour. I consider it =
one
of the better shows on the TV Network. I enjoy his dry, warped sense of=

humour. He definitely shows extremes of emotion. One week he is in some=

third world toilet bowl consuming absolute shit only to be followed by =
some
of the finest cuisine in the world cooked by fabulous chefs. He looks l=
ike a
burned out rock star. His comparison of the reproductive practices of
oysters and club med members was brilliant.

Up to here, I agreed completely.

Oh, by the way, chicken
McFuggits are made from compressed chicken skin.

Puhleeze. It's white meat chicken, "chopped and formed" (as the=20
industry tech talk goes). Not gourmet stuff, but certainly not=20
"compressed chicken skin." But even if it were, chicken skin is still=20
food that most people would consider perfectly edible. Think fried or=20
roasted chicken.

Here's the legal description from McD.

Chicken McNuggets=AE:
Chicken, water, salt, modified corn starch, sodium phosphates, chicken=20
broth powder [chicken broth, salt, and natural flavoring (chicken=20
source)], seasoning (vegetable oil, extracts of rosemary, mono, di-=20
and triglycerides, lecithin).

Battered and breaded with water, enriched bleached wheat flour=20
(niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yellow=20
corn flour, bleached wheat flour, modified corn starch, salt,=20
leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum=20
phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium lactate), spices, wheat=20
starch, dried whey, corn starch. Batter set in vegetable shortening.

Cooked in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, (may contain=20
partially hydrogenated soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated corn=20
oil and/or partially hydrogenated canola oil and/or cottonseed oil=20
and/or sunflower oil and/or corn oil). TBHQ and citric acid added to=20
help preserve freshness. Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an anti-foaming=20
agent.

Pastorio