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[Tulac]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Lulu_Jane @ Oct 4 2007, 01:24 PM) [snapback]314591[/snapback]</div>

True, but when I get to eat beef (which is rare around here) it's not ground up with meal and assorted offal
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Hehe, and what do you think they put in all those sausages, pate's etc. You'd pretty much have to be a vegetarian to escape that, or eat really expensive meat although even then you'll stumble on hormone enriched meat.

So again I have no idea why is McDonalds so special? True it does not have nutritional value, but I consider more like eating chips or some other snack rather than a true meal. About people who go to eat there every day, well that's their problem. I doubt their diet would be much better if there weren't for McDonalds.

[chumloofah]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE("Tulac")</div>

McDonalds is just symbol of that way of life, but it's not the cause.[/b]

They rape the third world a little bit too.
Then they pump enough money into charities to get their name on it before never thinking of it again.

Crap food isn't a big deal, but you'd think that much collective evil could muster the resources to provide a decent burger.

[thebes]

You guys get stuck with McDonalds which I never cared for. I go to a real burger joint here or for fast food Whataburger. Much better. But really I pefer BBQ beef ribs at a place in Alvin, Tx called Joe's. Ooooweeee!

[chumloofah]

Lousy texans.
They get all the meat options. :jealous rage:

[thebes]

He he!

[12turtle12]

Whataburger takes forever around here - maybe that's because it is real meat and not just microwaved. I like McD's - once in a while. You can't eat it all the time - anybody see Fast Food Nation???
I prefer either In-n-Out, or HabitBurger. Mmmmmm......HabitBurger.
Chick-fil-A for teh win though!

[thebes]

HabitBurger Thats for real? I never heard of it. Where abouts are these?

[rlbell]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tulac @ Oct 4 2007, 11:19 AM) [snapback]314589[/snapback]</div>

I very much doubt you can find it anywhere. McDonalds and supermarkets/butcheries have the same suppliers in the end.
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In Canada, the sources of beef for MacDonalds and meat counters are very different. Other nations are probably similar, except where price points differ. Meat counters get their beef from young animals that are slaughtered as soon as they stop growing enough to justify continued feeding (about five months old). MacDonalds gets its beef from dairy cows that can no longer produce milk, but are still healthy enough to walk into the slaughterhouse (nobody eats a down cow, they might not even be used for petfood), they can be over ten years old.

The old dairy cow is tougher, but actually has more flavour, and you cannot really use it for more than hamburger and/or stewing beef. Commercial beef differs from veal only by a number of weeks and enough iron to prevent anemia.

I do not know if you can find these groups outside of the Americas (they came here to escape religious persecution), but the Amish, Mennonites, and other really conservative groups produce organically raised meat for only a small premium over the supermarket price.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(chumloofah @ Oct 5 2007, 05:36 PM) [snapback]314813[/snapback]</div>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE("Tulac")

McDonalds is just symbol of that way of life, but it's not the cause.[/b]

They rape the third world a little bit too.
Then they pump enough money into charities to get their name on it before never thinking of it again.

Crap food isn't a big deal, but you'd think that much collective evil could muster the resources to provide a decent burger.
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That was Burger King. They bought free range beef from Brazil that was grazed on cleared rainforest. However, as rainforests have usually taken nearly everything out of the soil (they are, naturally, very big on recycling), the pastures quickly become unable to support much grazing, so more rainforest has to be cleared.

[chumloofah]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE("rlbell")</div>

That was Burger King. They bought free range beef from Brazil that was grazed on cleared rainforest. However, as rainforests have usually taken nearly everything out of the soil (they are, naturally, very big on recycling), the pastures quickly become unable to support much grazing, so more rainforest has to be cleared.[/b]

It's both really <_<

[12turtle12]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(thebes @ Oct 8 2007, 04:25 PM) [snapback]315291[/snapback]</div>

HabitBurger Thats for real? I never heard of it. Where abouts are these?
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USA - California, Goleta/Santa Barbara area. If you're ever in the area, go there. You won't
be disappointed.

Chick-fil-A is still my favorite though.

While we're on the topic of McD's and such - maybe some of you have seen Legend of Zelda : Lampshade? Another copyright-infringing game - who knows how long it'll be around so it's pretty fun for a flashgame I think.

http://www.arcadebliss.com/legend-of...-lampshade.htm