Went to McDonalds today......

[gunslingingbird]

:dunno:wtf

I just remembered that when I saw your last post.

 

[ninetysixcavy]

seriously. if you do make your own fries, remember to blanch in oil for a minute, remove, cool, then fry again til golden. thats how u make them at home. fries at fast food places and restaurants alike are blanch-fried once then frozen. they just fry them again to get those tasty fries no one seems to know how to make at home.

Still gotta figure that one out.

 

[maildude]

I go to a lot of ethnic and family-owned restaurants. Even they are cutting portions, especially on their full meals as opposed to just their sandwiches.

 

[calpoon]

hey fat America: you don't need to eat that quarter pounder, get a damn salad.

 

[xX-Joanne-Xx]

I went about a month ago and my fries we're so salty! I just couldn't eat them! It was like they tipped a bucket of salt on them or something.. :O

And they always seem to get our orders wrong too when we go in the drive through!

But I ADORE their Mc Chicken Premiere.

xx

 

[Member2019]

False advertising and false product, you should have told them ...

Okay.....I went to McDonalds today and I have noticed that my Quarter-Pounder was looking really smaller than ever. So I ordered a cheesebuger and matched them up side by side (patties only).....holy shit, Batman they are the same size....wtf????

That's false advertising and a false product sale to the consumer.
You should have told them and asked them what they were going to do about it.

BTW, I don't go to McDonald's and, based on newer research, not even teenagers should except sparingly.
The food there is extremely bad for anyone and everyone, and according to my doctor, eating that crap regularly as a teenager does affect your cholesterol later in life.

 

[Violator79]

There's no Jack-in-the-Crack in Pittsburgh? :eek: That sucks! Along with In-N-Out, they're my favorite fast food joint!

There has never been a Jack In The Box here in Pittsburgh. We do have Popey's Chicken though. There is no Northern state that has a JITB. It's mainly southern and western.

 

[ninetysixcavy]

Still gotta figure that one out.

You can get a mean fried rice in my parts for $2.00 even. Huge plate at that price, can't go wrong.

 

[maildude]

You can get a mean fried rice in my parts for $2.00 even. Huge plate at that price, can't go wrong.

I'm partial to Asian and Greek/Mediterranean. I have a killer gyro place just down the street. Plus they make great falafel and hummus.

 

[Bigoldowls]

It's to do with the current economic recession that we are all experiencing. Smaller food portions at greater cost per portion - classic tactics by corporations.

 

[gunslingingbird]

There has never been a Jack In The Box here in Pittsburgh. We do have Popey's Chicken though. There is no Northern state that has a JITB. It's mainly southern and western.

So it's the same thing as Carl's Jr./Hardee's? I've talked to some truckers that have told me that Carl's Jr. is only in the states west of New Mexico, and Hardee's is everywhere east of New Mexico.

 

[Violator79]

So it's the same thing as Carl's Jr./Hardee's? I've talked to some truckers that have told me that Carl's Jr. is only in the states west of New Mexico, and Hardee's is everywhere east of New Mexico.

There's no Carl's Jr. around here or anywhere in Pa. There's Hardee's all over here, in fact there's one within 5 miles of me.

 

[blackbull1970]

I go to Mickey D's cuz my kids want the happy meals. I usually get the Fish combo. That damn fish sandwich is small. 3 bites and its gone.

Peace.

 

[Becks...poamr]

Heck, if you find the right recipe, fry them bitches right up here...

seriously. if you do make your own fries, remember to blanch in oil for a minute, remove, cool, then fry again til golden. thats how u make them at home.

Homemade fries and I do not get along.

Nope.

Not at all.

 

[bigbadbrody]

homemade fries are only good if you have a deepfryer

 

[Nikkifan19]

Im a Manager there. Im sure they just fucked you over by placing a normal patty on your sandwich instead of the normal 1/4 patty. It happens all the time cus the place is filled with morons.

I work at McD's, and it happens often at our store too.

 

[photowizard]

Retailers and restaurants know you dont want to pay more for the same thing. So.. the price is the same while portions are getting smaller.

That is happening to EVERYTHING !!... The cereal companies are doing it (smaller box same price) as with many many other food products....we definitly need help from the powers of above to straighten out our economy

ok sorry for the "rant" back to your regularly scheduled post

 

[Facetious]

seriously. if you do make your own fries, remember to blanch in oil for a minute, remove, cool, then fry again til golden. thats how u make them at home. fries at fast food places and restaurants alike are blanch-fried once then frozen. they just fry them again to get those tasty fries no one seems to know how to make at home.

I recall watching Jacques Pepin on PBS one Saturday AM and he was talking about deep frying and the importance of keeping your oil above 350º deg. fahrenheit. Anything less than 350 - the food will absorb the oil.
He did a side by side test - frying food in 320 º oil and another batch in oil slightly above 350. He then went back to the fryers and checked the content of the oil remaining in each . . . the fryer with the 350º oil had not lost any content, the 320 fryer had "lost" quite a bit of it's original content via food absorption, for lack of a better term


:dunno: Oh well ! :o

 

[squallumz]

I recall watching Jacques Pepin on PBS one Saturday AM and he was talking about deep frying and the importance of keeping your oil above 350º deg. fahrenheit. Anything less than 350 - the food will absorb the oil.
He did a side by side test - frying food in 320 º oil and another batch in oil slightly above 350. He then went back to the fryers and checked the content of the oil remaining in each . . . the fryer with the 350º oil had not lost any content, the 320 fryer had "lost" quite a bit of it's original content via food absorption, for lack of a better term


:dunno: Oh well ! :o

its true, anything lower than about 350 will cause the oil to soak into the food. however, this is the point of blanching. frozen frys have a lot of oil stored up in them from the blanching process too. ever notice when you drop food into hot oil, it sizzles loudly, this is what you want. thats moisture escaping the food, not oil entering it. if oil enters it, it renders it soggy.

so if you put food in oil and it doesnt sizzle immediately, the temp is too low. you can certainly blanch the fries in 350, but for a very short time. you can even transfer them into an oven to finish. add a little oil if you do that, UNLESS you blanch at a low temperature in which case, the food has absorbed enough oil to bake it.

 

[Yankeefan21325]

There was once a pubic hair in my fries at McDonalds