It's not just my grown up digestive system that detests it. The last time we had McDonald's, my nine year old son (after only eating fries and some chicken nuggets) had gas pain so bad that I had to carry him from the car to the bathroom while he grasped his stomach and cried out in pain. Last Thanksgiving, all my kids caught a horrible stomach flu after playing on a McDonald's play area and eating lunch there. We missed Thanksgiving because we were all sick. My kids are pretty much done with McDonald's. In fact, we only ever ate there for three reasons.
1) We are short on funds and need something cheap to feed the whole family.
2) We are rushed for time and there is a convenient McDonald's near us.
3) I crave their Egg McMuffins (the only food item I like at McDonald's).
When I think to myself, I'm craving a good hamburger, McDonald's never comes to mind. The only thing it has going for it is convenience and price. Otherwise, there would be absolutely no reason to go there at all. However, at this point, my kids equate sickness and stomach pain with McDonald's. We don't go unless we have no other choice and then we do it grudgingly. McDonald's...I'm hatin' it.
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Yesterday while shopping for thanksgiving fair with Aunt Carol, we stopped by IN n OUT. Extra grilled onions on a hamburger. It took an extra few minutes because when I order No Salt, They make me burger and fries with no salt. But totally worth it. Why would I say this to someone stuck in CO with no IN n OUT? For the time someone else took a trip to CA brought back Vince's. Called me to ask cooking directions for the left overs and didn't share. HA ha.
I actually prefer Five Guys Burgers and Fries to In and Out any day. Vince's I miss, though.
McDonalds sucks. I used to love them but I guess when you get older your tastebuds change or something. I avoid them whenever possible but the kids still love it. We cut out salt a little over a year ago and that is all i can taste now when we eat there. Yucky. I'll take an In-n-out burger anyday.
Don't even get me started on McDonalds! Have you seen the pictures of the processed chicken meat used in their nuggets? Also, if you look up the ingredients in their ice cream shakes, there are things in there that are also used in furniture polish! What ever happened to a good ol' ice cream and milk milkshake? Nope, McD's has to make is cheaper and more shelf stable, I suppose. We've definitely been keeping away from McD's for a long time now & don't regret it.
I stopped eating at McDonalds about 10 years ago. The meat tastes like cardboard. I tried their salads, but that was not an improvement. I think eventually we grow up the our tastes do change, but that's not an excuse for McDonalds food to taste so over-processed. Only God knows what all the chemicals they put in their food is. The entire state of the food industry is horrible. Too much food wasted and sold Too expensive and too much sugar, starch and chemicals in every product. It's time we all demanded better & safer foods in our markets that doesn't cost so much.
Since you'll live a lot longer if you cook your own food from whole foods and avoid processed foods altogether, this is a good insight.
You're right-- life giving foods spoil. You can leave a McD burger on a shelf in your kitchen and a year later it will look exactly the same. Even mold and insects don't want it.
On the other hand, I do love In n Out.
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