Author Topic: McDonalds as food? (Read 2607 times)

no guns here · « **Reply #30 on:** July 02, 2009, 01:48:18 AM »

When we make it back to the states we stop at all of them at least once... except for MacD's and BK.

Fudruckers has great burgers
Sonic is a favorite for me since they have malts there - can't seem to find them anywhere else
Braum's (regional in TX and OK area) is my absolute favorite for the burger and ice cream stop
DQ has that wonderful, incredible Blizzard
Schlotzky's makes a better sandwich than Subway
Arby's is really good, about once a year
Wendy's get's a nod for their "double cheese mayo only"
The wife and kids love Long John Silvers but I have no idea why

Of course then there is Waffle House and Cracker Barrel.

Waffle House is one that I love... I guess I spent too much time there at 3:00am in my younger days
We all like Cracker Barrel but I roll out of there in a wheelbarrow when I eat there

What we all REALLY love are the rotisserie chickens and ribs the you can find here in Europe in trucks on the side of the road.

NGH

Heather · « **Reply #31 on:** July 02, 2009, 06:31:49 AM »

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Rustyinfla · « **Reply #32 on:** July 02, 2009, 06:45:50 PM »

I just heard today at my local Subway they they are going to be reducing the sodium levels in a lot of their things that come in vinegar, like pickles and peppers and such. they're trying to make themselves more healthy. Good move I'd say.

GH1 · « **Reply #33 on:** July 03, 2009, 12:19:37 AM »

I'm also a big fan of Lenny's Sub Shops.
GH1

Questor · « **Reply #34 on:** July 03, 2009, 02:06:51 AM »

When I was growing up there were a lot of little family restaurants, especially sub and pizza shops. When a Subway came to town I tried it out of curiosity and thought it was horrible compared to those great sandwiches made by the excellent locals, like Marty and Herb and Parenti's, and Papa Nick. We don't have any of those guys where I live now. Everything is a franchise or something modeled after a franchise. I went back to where I grew up, and also to Manhattan, and San Francisco. There are lots of great little restaurants that are excellent.

Here in Minnesota, there are some decent restaurants, some aren't even that expensive, but you have to look for them. Go to the suburbs and out state and good restaurants are pretty rare. Family diner restaurants exist in a lot of the small towns, but the food is obsolete. It's greasy and salty 1950s cuisine that most people are shunning today. They are dying out because they are not keeping up with peoples' tastes.

My favorite food city is Manhattan. I used to go there for work, and I'd not eat anything all day while traveling to get there. I'd get in about 1am and walk out of the hotel and go across the street for a couple of the best slices of pizza available anywhere.

scootrd · « **Reply #35 on:** July 03, 2009, 02:10:51 AM »

Quote from: Questor on July 03, 2009, 02:06:51 AM

When I was growing up there were a lot of little family restaurants, especially sub and pizza shops. When a Subway came to town I tried it out of curiosity and thought it was horrible compared to those great sandwiches made by the excellent locals, like Marty and Herb and Parenti's, and Papa Nick. We don't have any of those guys where I live now. Everything is a franchise or something modeled after a franchise. I went back to where I grew up, and also to Manhattan, and San Francisco. There are lots of great little restaurants that are excellent.

Here in Minnesota, there are some decent restaurants, some aren't even that expensive, but you have to look for them. Go to the suburbs and out state and good restaurants are pretty rare. Family diner restaurants exist in a lot of the small towns, but the food is obsolete. It's greasy and salty 1950s cuisine that most people are shunning today. They are dying out because they are not keeping up with peoples' tastes.

My favorite food city is Manhattan. I used to go there for work, and I'd not eat anything all day while traveling to get there. I'd get in about 1am and walk out of the hotel and go across the street for a couple of the best slices of pizza available anywhere.

Give me a Chicago deep dish over any N.Y. style Pizza anyday.

hunt-m-up · « **Reply #36 on:** July 03, 2009, 03:19:29 AM »

Quote from: scootrd on July 03, 2009, 02:10:51 AM

Quote from: Questor on July 03, 2009, 02:06:51 AM
When I was growing up there were a lot of little family restaurants, especially sub and pizza shops. When a Subway came to town I tried it out of curiosity and thought it was horrible compared to those great sandwiches made by the excellent locals, like Marty and Herb and Parenti's, and Papa Nick. We don't have any of those guys where I live now. Everything is a franchise or something modeled after a franchise. I went back to where I grew up, and also to Manhattan, and San Francisco. There are lots of great little restaurants that are excellent.

Here in Minnesota, there are some decent restaurants, some aren't even that expensive, but you have to look for them. Go to the suburbs and out state and good restaurants are pretty rare. Family diner restaurants exist in a lot of the small towns, but the food is obsolete. It's greasy and salty 1950s cuisine that most people are shunning today. They are dying out because they are not keeping up with peoples' tastes.

My favorite food city is Manhattan. I used to go there for work, and I'd not eat anything all day while traveling to get there. I'd get in about 1am and walk out of the hotel and go across the street for a couple of the best slices of pizza available anywhere.

Give me a Chicago deep dish over any N.Y. style Pizza anyday.

Connies or Giordanos for me

Questor · « **Reply #37 on:** July 03, 2009, 03:31:48 AM »

scooterd:

I still believe our next civil war will be fought over barbecue, but pizza stirs up a lot of controversy too. I tried to like Chicago pizza, but it never worked out for me. Maybe it's an imprinting process. I was so surrounded by NY style pizza when I was a kid, it just became the model for what a pizza should be.

Chili gets the same kind of passion stirring. As far as I'm concerned if it doesn't have beans and it doesn't have ground beef and it doesn't have tomatoes, then it's not chili. And if it has cinnamon or pasta in it, it's not even food.

Skunk · « **Reply #38 on:** July 03, 2009, 05:01:04 AM »

Quote from: Questor on July 03, 2009, 03:31:48 AM

Chili gets the same kind of passion stirring. As far as I'm concerned if it doesn't have beans and it doesn't have ground beef and it doesn't have tomatoes, then it's not chili. And if it has cinnamon or pasta in it, it's not even food.

Right On!!! For goodness sakes, keep those damn noodles out of the Chili.

scootrd · « **Reply #39 on:** July 04, 2009, 07:21:22 AM »

Quote from: Questor on July 03, 2009, 03:31:48 AM

scooterd:

I still believe our next civil war will be fought over barbecue, but pizza stirs up a lot of controversy too. I tried to like Chicago pizza, but it never worked out for me. Maybe it's an imprinting process. I was so surrounded by NY style pizza when I was a kid, it just became the model for what a pizza should be.

Chili gets the same kind of passion stirring. As far as I'm concerned if it doesn't have beans and it doesn't have ground beef and it doesn't have tomatoes, then it's not chili. And if it has cinnamon or pasta in it, it's not even food.

- I'm with ya on chili. Wife and I just got through watching a chili cookoff and I couldn't believe they allowed no beans in the competition.
I stand firm on Pizza

Chilachuck · « **Reply #40 on:** July 06, 2009, 05:11:24 AM »

The local Subways stink. If I'm going to wait for a mediocre meal, I'll go to a cheap cafe where I can at least sit.

It sure is odd how many people claim to never eat at McD's. So many you'd think that they had to be closing from lack of business. They sure are crowded for a place no one eats at.

Questor · « **Reply #41 on:** July 06, 2009, 05:16:03 AM »

A lot of the burger kings in my area have closed. It's been very gradual over a period of years. McDonalds I go into are busy for breakfast. Very popular with retirees. I see lots of cars parked there the rest of the time, so they are indeed popular around here.

45-70.gov · « **Reply #42 on:** July 06, 2009, 05:31:18 AM »

a lot of us old folks eat at mcdonolds

2 sausage macs for @2 cant beat it

try not to go 2 days consecatively
often go every other day

colesterol was 128 last checked

did you know 5 steaks from golden corral
will raise my blood sugar to over 300

Datil · « **Reply #43 on:** July 06, 2009, 07:51:28 AM »

If you every ate the subway in Hooker Ok you would never eat at another Subway!
It was gross, Datil

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #44 on:** July 06, 2009, 09:40:45 AM »

If ya'll went in the kitchen of most places like that you would have second thoughts .

rockbilly · « **Reply #45 on:** July 06, 2009, 10:18:32 AM »

Beans in chili? Where the hell y'all from anway?

As most of the folks here in Texas believe there is no such thing as chile with beans, that's what we call SOB stew. And a good bowl of chile deserves a big piece of cornbread, afew peppers and a big slice of onion. Course you need a coldbeer or big glass of "sweet tea to wash it down. (Coldbeer is one word here!)

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #46 on:** July 06, 2009, 10:34:12 AM »

Chili with out beans is like being outa gas !

briarpatch · « **Reply #47 on:** July 06, 2009, 10:53:45 AM »

Shootall you are right about the kitchens. When you watch the kids in the kitchen at md's or bk's its a big turn off. Ive not eat at one in years.
Jesses jackson was known to spit in the burgers for the white man at one of the fast food places.
I have heard it is still a past time for a lot of the kids to see how gross they could make a burger. Cant prove it just some grapevine words. but enough for me. MHO

Questor · « **Reply #48 on:** July 06, 2009, 11:04:45 AM »

Rockbilly:

I tried. I really tried to like Texas barbecue. I even went out and got some brisket and did a pretty good job of cooking it. But I just can't abide these barbaric practices of the Texas method when there are better things in this world. Here are the ABC's of proper barbecue according to Questor:

The staples of the barbecue grill are pork spare ribs, chicken, burgers, kebabs, hot dogs, grilled fish (done in grilling basket), and corn on the cob. Occasional variety meats like brisket are permissible, but it voids the warranty of the grill.

Then there's the whole matter of the right sauce to go with the meat, but I don't want to risk aggravating your blood pressure any more than I already have. I will say that sauce and barbecued meat are two halves of a complete system.

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #49 on:** July 06, 2009, 11:08:45 AM »

Cooking on the grill does not make it a BBQ no matter who's brickets you fire up !

Questor · « **Reply #50 on:** July 06, 2009, 11:23:17 AM »

Exactly my point! The Texans think they're doing barbecue, but they're not.

mcwoodduck · « **Reply #51 on:** July 06, 2009, 12:05:49 PM »

BBQ is just low and slow.
And it's PORK not Beef.
Beef is a bull roast.

rockbilly · « **Reply #52 on:** July 06, 2009, 06:10:39 PM »

To each his own...............I have lived around the world and enjoyed smoked or BBQ in every country I can't say I didn't enjoy every bit of it. Good pork ribs DOES not need any sauce, the flavor is cooked in and makes a good meal with adding anything, course some may fancy the sauce. As for brisket, that is Texas BBQ, all beef and it normally served with a sauce. Any area you travel to in these United States has their own idea and method of cooking BBQ, KC style pulled pork, ribs and whole hog the Carolina way or Texas beef. That is what makes this country so great, we have so many different choices, but mine is still Texas style, if it ain’t that way then something is missing……..As for sauce, most of the Texas sauce is spicy, a personality to compliment the meat, most KC and Southern style sauce is a little on the sweet side.

One of my good friends will be on Good Morning America tomorrow talking about his restaurant in Buffalo Gap, TX and method of cooking, he must be doing something right since he was picked as one of the best BBQ houses in America, check Tom Perini out if you can..

I cooked deer and pork on the 4th, no sauce for either. Try this, marinade the meat overnight in a mixture of apple cider vinegar, a generous helping of crushed red peppers, garlic powder and a good coating of Cajun spice. I brown well on a jot fire, move off the heat and let it smoke for an hour or so then wrap in heavy foil and let it set off the heat in the cooker for 6-8 more hours. The meat slides off the bone, lip smacking good and no sauce required to mess the flavor up. Since my by-pass I try to avoid the heavy mesquite flavor and lean more toward fruit woods or hickory, I do add a “hint” of mesquite just to give it a bit of flavor.

I have two good recipes for sauce, one Texas style, one Southern style if you would like to have them to make your stuff more tasty then give me a shout……..I would be happy to help you out.

Mohawk · « **Reply #53 on:** July 06, 2009, 06:38:02 PM »

WOW!!!..... I can tell it is the off season at GB's......

But....I'll chime in. Though unhealthy, I do love Jack in the box, Taco Bell, KFC, Popeyes, Long John's, and multiple other unhealthy places to eat. Wish they would put a White Castle here in Texas. I have eaten their frozen mini burgers but would love them fresh.