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Post by chrisfan on Sept 5, 2006 11:17:42 GMT -5
Honest to god, this is as good an explanation as any. Though I do love the occassional Mickey D's Fillet-o-Fish ... still tastes just like it did when I was a kid. And I can feel my arteries harden as I eat it.  I always wondered who on earth ordered the Filet-o-Fish. I can't believe I found him. Ken must order more of them that he is letting on, considering that McDonald's has them in every single location just in case "that guy from El Paso" shows up. |
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Post by phil on Sept 5, 2006 11:26:56 GMT -5
Filet-ÔÔ-Fish ...
Ingredients
Fish Filet Patty
Pollock or Hoki, bleached wheat flour, water, modified corn starch, yellow corn flour, salt, whey, sugar, dextrose, dried yeast, disodium pyrophosphate, sodium pyrophosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, cellulose gum, colored with extractives of paprika and turmeric, natural flavoring (vegetable source). Cooked in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (may contain partially hydrogenated soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated corn oil and/or partially hydrogenated canola oil and/or cottonseed oil and/or sunflower oil and/or corn oil). Contains wheat, milk and fish (Polluck or Hoki) ingredients.
Regular Bun
Enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, folic acid, reduced iron), water, high fructose corn syrup, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, yeast, contains less than 2 % of each of the following: salt, calcium sulfate, calcium carbonate, calcium silicate, wheat gluten, soy flour, baking soda, emulsifier (mono- and diglycerides, diacetyl tartaric acid esters of fatty acids, ethanol, sorbitol, polysorbate 20, potassium propionate), sodium stearoyl lactylate, dough conditioner (corn starch, ammonium chloride, ammonium sulfate, calcium peroxide, ascorbic acid, azodicarbonamide, enzymes), calcium propionate (preservative). Contains wheat and soybean ingredients.
Tartar Sauce
Soybean oil, pickles, distilled vinegar, egg yolks, onions, water, sugar, salt, capers, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate as preservative, parsley, spice extractives. *Dehydrated. Contains egg ingredients
Pasteurized Process American Cheese
Milk, milkfat, water, cream, sodium citrate, salt, sodium phosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), artificial color, cheese culture, acetic acid, soy lecithin, enzymes, with starch added for slice separation. Contains milk and soybean ingredients.
Grill Seasoning
Salt, pepper, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (cottonseed and soybean).
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Post by phil on Sept 5, 2006 11:40:35 GMT -5
Nutrition Facts for Ken's "Catch of the Day" Big Mac in brackets ... Calories : 400 (560) Total fat (g) : 18 ( 30) Saturated fat (g) : 4 (10) Trans fat (g) : 1 (1.5) Cholesterol (mg) : 40 (80) Sodium : 640 ( 1010) (47) Carbohydrates (g) : 42 (47) Dietary fiber (g) : 1 (3) ... It you eat the paper it came in ...  proteins (g) : 14 (25) |
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Post by Kensterberg on Sept 5, 2006 11:44:14 GMT -5
Half the cholesterol of a Big Mac! HALF! I think I'll have two! |
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Post by phil on Sept 5, 2006 11:52:16 GMT -5
That's what I call "digging your grave with your teeth ... ;D
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Post by phil on Sept 5, 2006 11:55:34 GMT -5
Manufacturing Fast Food AddictionFlavour is the key to the attractiveness of fast food. It is not just the blend of salt, sugar and fat, but the combination of taste and smell which is now micro-engineered by the big food corporations’ chemists. Nearly 90 per-cent of what we think of as taste is actually smell. The 10,000 taste-buds on our tongues and in our mouths can pick up the 5 basic tastes: salt, sour, sweet, bitter and “umami”. But we humans have subtle olfactory nerves that can distinguish about 20,000 odours in the tiniest amounts. Smell is a powerful sensation that helps to shape our psychology, and is strongly linked to memory. From earliest infancy, humans swiftly learn what is in their food, what is pleasant and what may be poisonous. The flavours of childhood food seem to mark us indelibly, and adults often return to these primary sensations as “comfort food” without knowing quite why. Fast food companies happily capitalise on this. Fast food is industrially processed before it is served. It requires colour additives to make it look good, and chemical flavour compounds to make it taste right. Technically it is perfectly legal to call these flavours that are manufactured in plants "natural". Food scientists also study “mouthfeel” – and can adjust crunchiness and chewiness, density and dryness, by using a range of fats, gums, starches, emulsifiers, and stabilisers. This subtle and sophisticated art is also required for snacks, drinks, confectionary, medicines, perfumes and cleaning products as well. The scientists have been almost too successful, and their chemistry for some has become addictive. Americans spend $110 billion a year on fatty, sugary fast food, more than they do on films, videos, books, magazines, newspapers and music combined. Nearly two thirds of Americans are now overweight, and the US Surgeon General says 300,000 Americans die each year of obesity. As fast food chains spread through Europe and Asia on a rising tide of affluence, people got fatter in those countries. It is called “globesity” by the World Health Organisation (WHO). In 1995, the WHO estimates there were 200 million adults and another 18 million under-five children classified as overweight. By 2000 the number of obese adults had risen to 300 million. This is not just a problem in industrialised societies. In developing countries, says the WHO, over 115 million people suffer from obesity-related problems. Fast Food Factory ... www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/1616_fastfood/index.shtml
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Post by limitdeditionlayla on Sept 5, 2006 20:42:36 GMT -5
A plan is being considered to put a McDonald's restaurant in the Rikers Island jail system, giving workers there greater meal options
they have other meal options there? I didn't know jails operated a buffet-type system. Thats better than the cafe we eat lunch at near work.
re Paris: look at how many people chimed in with their opinion on her. Love her or hate her, either way you're thinking about her. Thats exactly what she wants.
And I think he really knew the nature of the animals he worked with -- if not, his nickname surely would have been "Stumpy" a long time ago.
It amuses me the number of people who say things like "well, it was a matter of time really" when people who lead a more dangerous life than usual die. Death is just a matter of time for all of us. When someone who drove to work each day dies in a car accident you don't go "oh well, it was bound to happen".
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Post by luke on Sept 5, 2006 21:01:37 GMT -5
Well...it wasn't bound to happen. Said pencil pusher had a pretty big chance of dying of old age in a hospital bed.
Unlike, say, Steve-O, who has a fighting chance of dying from an infected staple mark in his balls or something.
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Post by limitdeditionlayla on Sept 5, 2006 21:25:12 GMT -5
Said pencil pusher had a pretty big chance of dying of old age in a hospital bed
Statistically? No. A big chance of dying from heart disease, cancer, an accident (esp motor vehicle or firearm) & slightly less chance of suicide, drug overdose or homicide. But dying of old age? If only we had a pretty big chance of that. If you drive to work every day & die in a car accident, it was bound to happen. Stats-wise.
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Post by kool on Sept 5, 2006 21:27:56 GMT -5
Shit, I think I'm gonna start taking the bus to work. Anyone know the stats on bus related deaths? |
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Post by limitdeditionlayla on Sept 5, 2006 21:32:20 GMT -5
1 in 500 million. or close to that
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Post by Mary on Sept 5, 2006 22:16:23 GMT -5
Apparently I've just crawled out of a very deep and dark cave, but I haven't the foggiest idea who Steve Irwin is. Anyway, everyone knows that Nick Cave is the only Aussie that matters  (well ok....maybe nick cave and those dudes in radio birdman - they were pretty cool.) |
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Post by rockysigman on Sept 5, 2006 22:22:11 GMT -5
And Natalie Imbruglia.
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Post by Mary on Sept 5, 2006 22:23:06 GMT -5
ick...
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Post by luke on Sept 5, 2006 22:25:04 GMT -5
Said pencil pusher had a pretty big chance of dying of old age in a hospital bedStatistically? No. A big chance of dying from heart disease, cancer, an accident (esp motor vehicle or firearm) & slightly less chance of suicide, drug overdose or homicide. But dying of old age? If only we had a pretty big chance of that. If you drive to work every day & die in a car accident, it was bound to happen. Stats-wise. Okay, then, he had a much better chance of dying of old age than a guy who plays with deadly animals for a living. And yeah, anyone is "bound to die/get really hurt" from that multitude of things you mentioned, but not everyone is "bound to die/get really hurt" from ONE SPECIFIC THING. Which is why people say "bound to happen" when race car drivers die on the tracks, when stunt men break their necks, when crackheads OD, when porn stars get STDs, when soldiers get blown up, when guys who play with dangerous animals get stung by stingrays/attacked by tigers. Etc. |
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