Big Macs

[SUBMAN1]

I just ate a Big Mac for the first time in ages, and what happened to them? They are so tiny! So I said, maybe I don't rmemeber right since an 800 calorie Big Mac is still 800 calories, right? Not so! I looked it up, and now they are only 540 calories!!!!!!. Crud, I'd need to eat 4 of them for a 2000-2500 calorie diet!!! I mean, what happened? 800 calories used to be the perfect size for one of your three square meals a day!

Anyway, so I guess they are smaller - yet they still want three friggen dollars for that thing!!! I can go down to a mom and pop burger place and pay $3.50 for a decent sized burger than is probably 800 to 900 calories. Mc D's is a rip.

-S

PS. It could be worse - I just looked it up and the US has the biggest version. Take Australia for instance and they have a tiny 480 cal version. You guys down under are getting really screwed!!!

[STEED]

And you survived?

We all know here in the UK there made from rats. :rotfl:

[AVGWarhawk]

They use cat here in the US. But hey, I get a hankering for a Big Mac every now and then.

[The WosMan]

I rarely eat @ McDonalds just because I usually feel guilty after eating there but every once in a while I get a megacraving for the double cheeseburger.....which has been on the dollar menu for quite some time now. I have a taste for one of those. I swear they put something in their food to make them addictive.

[DeepIron]

I've got a long-time friend who used to haul "swingin' meat" for Mickey D's... After some of the stories he's told me, I'll never touch the a Quarter pounder again... The Filet O' Fish is alright... Besides, as SB1 has found out, and to coin a phrase from a Burger King ad, "where's the beef"? Wendy's is better IMO...

[Officerpuppy]

I agree, I think compareing a Bigmac from the 80's and early 90's is smaller than what's served now.

[Subnuts]

I'm frankly amazed that there's anyone out there that will eat anything from McDonalds, with the except of the sundaes. I don't trust meat I can break apart using my tongue against the roof of my mouth.

Oh, and $2.79 for six chicken nuggets? You gotta be ****ting me!

[Chock]

I wouldn't touch that slop with a bargepole. In actual fact, I once did some advertising for McDonalds (they are really picky as a client incidentally), which resulted in them sending me load of vouchers - but even making it free didn't persuade me to eat there, I gave them all away. I'm not averse to fast food, but that stuff is garbage.

Chock

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by The WosMan

....I have a taste for one of those. I swear they put something in their food to make them addictive.

I agree - there is something in the meat... You must remember, they grew up in a time when making addictive products like cigarettes was a normal thing.

-S

[DeepIron]

You must remember, they grew up in a time when making addictive products like cigarettes was a normal thing.

Who can forget "secret sauce".... ugh.... ack.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac


And as there has been a huge proliferation in fast food joints all over the friggin' place over the last 25 years or so, it's no wonder that being over-weight has become a global problem...

My wife is on the Weight Watchers program and you should see the stats on most of the fast food junk they've published... I can feel my arteries hardening already...

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Burger Kings Triple Wopper is alright, but I always get the annoying thing where you have a bigger top bap than the bottom as you eat it, so it gets really messy.


Oh, and:

Infact, the meat is nice as buggery

rofl

[U49]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

I just ate a Big Mac for the first time in ages, and what happened to them? They are so tiny! So I said, maybe I don't rmemeber right since an 800 calorie Big Mac is still 800 calories, right? Not so! I looked it up, and now they are only 540 calories!!!!!!. Crud, I'd need to eat 4 of them for a 2000-2500 calorie diet!!! I mean, what happened? 800 calories used to be the perfect size for one of your three square meals a day!

Calo....*WHAT* ? I don't care. I know KILOGRAMM, that's fine

MCD is something I try to leave out. Preferable is BK (crypted enough for everybody? )

If you need to get yourself some amount of food you are totally wrong at any of those fast-fed-up-the-f&#§-cutomer shop's. Better get yourself some real food. If you havn't always the chance (like me) you're on the loosing side of life . *FEEL WELCOME*

When I'm in a new city I always try to get in close contact with a nice and scenic restaurant/bar/pub which keeps me up on the surviving edge of life.

Logistics is always the primary concern ....

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

I just ate a Big Mac for the first time in ages, and what happened to them? They are so tiny! So I said, maybe I don't rmemeber right since an 800 calorie Big Mac is still 800 calories, right? Not so! I looked it up, and now they are only 540 calories!!!!!!. Crud, I'd need to eat 4 of them for a 2000-2500 calorie diet!!! I mean, what happened? 800 calories used to be the perfect size for one of your three square meals a day!

Anyway, so I guess they are smaller - yet they still want three friggen dollars for that thing!!! I can go down to a mom and pop burger place and pay $3.50 for a decent sized burger than is probably 800 to 900 calories. Mc D's is a rip.

-S

PS. It could be worse - I just looked it up and the US has the biggest version. Take Australia for instance and they have a tiny 480 cal version. You guys down under are getting really screwed!!!

Things get smaller and you pay more for them.

It's called PROGRESS :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Iron Budokan]

I wouldn't let a diseased rat with sores on its tail eat a Big Mac. That's being cruel to the rat and he doesn't deserve that kind of treatment.

[Sailor Steve]

I had a Quarter Pounder with cheese last night. Lunch today was a Whopper with cheese at BK.

Still alive, thank you.

On the other hand, we do have a local chain here in Salt Lake called Crown Burger. A tad on the expensive side, but very much worth it. I go there when I can.