On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:04:04 -0500, I_am_Tosk
> wrote:

>In article <b458f25d-963b-4a54-8add-35b893c87dc3
>, 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..

That's so true. They're not cheap anymore and don't taste anything
like what they did when I was a kid. When I was in high school I
loved quarter pounders with cheese. The bun was soft, the meat was
juicy, and the cheese was melted. I tried one a few years ago and the
friggin cheese wasn't even melted. The bun was bad and the meat was
like half of what it was years ago. I only got half of it down. It
was at a tollway oasis and it was about $3.50. What a joke.

Chick-Fil-A has just started opening up in the Chicago burbs and one
is about a mile from me. I used a coupon for the basic $2.99 sandwich
and I have to say it was excellent for fast food. And it didn't give
me the shits like mCshitteis did.

Lou