In article >,
says...
>
> 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
>

Just give me a bucket from the Colonel and I am good, maybe two to three
times a year at most though