In article <b458f25d-963b-4a54-8add-35b893c87dc3
@o7g2000prn.googlegroups.com>, says...
>
> "A more accurate description than ?100% natural whole-grain oats,?
> ?plump raisins,? ?sweet cranberTries? and ?crisp fresh apples? would
be
> ?oats, sugar, sweetened dried fruit, cream and 11 weird ingredients
> you would never keep in your kitchen.?
>
> http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com...meal-wrong/?hp
>
> He goes on in the article to talk about why take a perfectly easy,
> natural thing to cook and make it unhealthy by adding stuff most
> people wouldn't eat if they knew what it was.
>
> It's a good skewering of the fast food giant.
>
> ....
>
> The last paragraph is a doozy.
>
> "Here?s the thing: McDonald?s wants to get people in the store. Once a
> day, once a week, once a month, the more the better, of course, but
> routinely. And if you buy oatmeal, they?re o.k. with that. But they
> know that, once inside, you?ll probably opt for a sausage biscuit
> anyway.
>
> And you won?t be much worse off. "

I grew up a half mile from one of the very first McDonalds in my state.
I remember 15 cent burgers and 10 cent shakes, I remember the signs when
they were still talking about hundreds of thousands sold, now it's
"billions and billions". My dad took me there at least once a week, I
was hooked for decades to big macs.

The last time I did McDonalds was about three years ago when I walked in
go get a burger, fries, and shake for the three of us, and it came to 26
dollars! Man, me and the wife and kid can get a sit down meal for 30
right next door at Red Robin, Fridays, etc., so McDonalds is just a
memory..