McD's not loving it

[PeckhamRose]

A thread on Face book. A salad is to McDonalds what a hug is to a prostitute.

Not the funniest line, but a reasonable analogy.

I had a couple of burgers in my twenties, not since. Bit bleuuugh or it may have been the Dogbolter.

[Ole]

I haven't been in one in 5 years after one of their burgers gave me food poisoning.

Now, KFC, I have not stepped foot inside for 15 years, and whilst I still get the add McD craving and I can see myself giving in one day, KFC is just one step too far.

[Mick Mac]

Hate McDonalds - Have been 3 or 4 times in my life. Avoid.

[Otta]

I forgive KFC any sin because I love the hravy!

[MrBen]

Whilst it's been underwhelming to some, I had an amazing med rare burger in The Draft House the other night. Not a Meat Easy type but almost better in it's own charcoal grilled and nicely bunned way.

[LondonLogCo]

My fingers smelt lovely on Saturday, after me and my boy ate a Mother Flippa burger at Brockley market.

Utterly delicious !

Just about to pass MD's on Swanley by pass. Shall I shan't I ?

[Salsaboy]

McD's lattes are good quality and best value by a long way. And sausage and egg bagel for brekkers along with the porridge.

[the-e-dealer]

me once regretting it. .

[malumbu]

The thread was to see who had used McD's less than me, and about five of you rose to the challenge. The rest of you just wrote twadle. Start your own thread with "why I think McDonald's is not that bad, sort of, bro, kickin"

I last used Kentucky Fried Chicken in the early 80s but got some sort of MSG buzz. They changed the name to KFC as they stopped frying the chicken as it was too high in calolries.

Just an intersting point.

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[Annette Curtain]

Wot ????'s said.

[Mick Mac]

££££ Wrote:

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> I've had just as shit burgers for 8X the price in

> plenty of 'gastro pubs'....easy target, once in a

> while out of pure convenience i'll have one.

Not a soft target. Multi billion enterprise making money out of lowering the standard of a potentially fantastic product. Give me a gastro pub medium rare any time. Sorry your gastro pub experience in ED was bad Quidsir, but I have had some v nice gastro pub burgers on LL over the years. It feels as good as a top steak on a good day. McDs, you can't even taste the meat.

[shaman]

once for cup of tea on raining day when had missed train about twenty years ago, too a kids party about same time and maybe another kids party with one of my other sons at which had one of there dreadful apple pies since thought that would be safe bet was disgusting plastic. remember being at six form when Peckham one had just opened some friends worked there said they used to play football with the frozen burgers before they served them out front.

they are disgusting dirty places serving cheap chemically enhanced rubbish.

[Jeremy]

malumbu Wrote:

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> Start your own

> thread with "why I think McDonald's is not that

> bad, sort of, bro, kickin"

Or start your own forum, where the initiator of each thread has permission to censor the subsequent posts.

[antantant]

I had a Sausage and Egg meal with a latte on the way to work this mornining. Yum.

[Jeremy]

If you're complaining about the quality of the burgers, you're missing the point. You don't go there for a gourmet experience, there is no point comparing it with a ?10+ burger from a restaurant/gastropub. It's quick, cheap, hot food that you can eat on the go, and tastes OK-ish. If you don't want to eat their food then that's fine, but showing off about it is just snobbery.

[red devil]

Definitely lots of inverse snobbery going on in this thread.

Whether you like them or not, McD's successfully serves a need, basic economic supply and demand, otherwise they wouldn't be in business...

[Otta]

What those two said.

So come on, who always buys an extra cheeseburger to go with their meal?

I miss their chocolate doughnuts.

[malumbu]

A bit sighhhhh

Intention wasn't to debate the pros on cons of McD's but a competition on who had avoided it the most. Just light hearted stuff. Like my who reads the Daily Mail thread.

But now you raise the inverted snobbery gauntlet.

We are a progressively unhealthy nation.

The take away culture (not just McD's) is a serious contributor to this

Takeaways are not a major contributor to economic growth, skills and career prospects.

McDs and the like have enormous corporate clout/brand to influence whole generations

How does this support either our national identity (51st state?) or our celebration of diversity?

The Olympics sucked corporate cock, and as far as I can see did nothing to support SMEs as was promised.

Here comes another winter, of long shadows and high hopes

[Chillaxed]

malumbu, you win, I've been to McD's many more times than you.

Moving on, I do indeed go for the extra hamburger, Otta. And despite always doing this, I will tack it on to the end of the order as if an afterthought (and not considered greed).

When my wife was away recently I resolved to try every burger (or sandwich) on the menu. Have to addmit that was taking it a little too far.

[csaddleton]

what was your favourite?

[Lord Danny Poppins]

I went to Munchies kebab house in Taunton, Somerset once.........but if you are actually after a serious answer.......I'd rather eat the contents of my recycling bin than a Wackdonalds.

[Chillaxed]

Big Mac. Like a lot of things I might have otherwise grown out of, it brings back good memories for me.

[*Bob*]

I had a Maccers cheeseburger the other night.

An aimiable drunk had just been telling me in detail about his shed and pressure washer - whilst I scoured the boards for the last train home. He shook my hand over-enthusiastically when we parted and said I was a 'good lad' - despite me being ten years older than him.

When I got home, I found tomato ketchup and onions around the crotch area of my trousers.

True story.

[drusky]

I don't know who it was - Relate, or similar organisation - once said that McDonalds are where a huge amount of chnage-overs take place. I think they even gave a percentage, something unfeasibly huge like 66%. It would be nice to find that stat on the web somewhere. I cannot think of many places, public or otherwise, that would be so well suited for such a potentially highly-charged moment.