What a sad state of affairs.

[Johnno260]

As usual, the arld gits on here going on about how terrible the food/drinks are despite openly admitting to never having tried it.

I don’t actually mind the milkshakes or the fries, but I’m still in shock that the eggs were actually once eggs

 

[slowmotion]

I quite like the burgers. I can eat a few of their chips but the buns are quite unspeakable.

 

[Brandane]

Milkshakes are good, especially banana flavour.
Chips/fries () are good but only if fresh and hot.
Quarter pound cheeseburger is fine once the gherkin has been dispatched to the bin where it belongs.
So IMHO McD's is OK for what it is. The average clientele though, jeez.. I am no snob, but really... especially the lazy nobbers who will queue for half an hour at the drive thru, rather than park up, go inside and get served in 5 minutes. Then they insist on dumping the packaging outside the car door rather than walk to the bin 10 yards away.

 

[mistyoptic]

See, those of us who can remember a proper Wimpy are perfectly entitled to slag off MacD’s

 

[stephec]

Has it been that long since the last fast food snobbery thread?

I love their new breakfast roll, and I'll usually have the orange juice with it to keep it healthy.

 

[Stephenite]

I've been waiting for this one to come round again. Sort of.

I've said on here several times that i just can't palate the McD product. It has always had an 'unfulfilling' flavour and texture to me. But the missus and the kids love it and i've been many times in the past few years. We've been that often that my palate seems to have changed! And now, the burgers don't have that moist cardboard aftertaste they used to. The food isn't like the meat, potatoes, salad and bread from the farmhouse kitchen of yore. It's of it own, I suppose, and I've grown accustomed to it. I've even enjoyed it tbh

 

[slowmotion]

Their Milkshakes are excellent, IMHO, but, I will manage to survive without one

Ah, the Dunkirk Spirit lives on. Splendid.

 

[Slick]

I've been waiting for this one to come round again. Sort of.

I've said on here several times that i just can't palate the McD product. It has always had an 'unfulfilling' flavour and texture to me. But the missus and the kids love it and i've been many times in the past few years. We've been that often that my palate seems to have changed! And now, the burgers don't have that moist cardboard aftertaste they used to. The food isn't like the meat, potatoes, salad and bread from the farmhouse kitchen of yore. It's of it own, I suppose, and I've grown accustomed to it. I've even enjoyed it tbh

I was like that when I started smoking.

 

[Drago]

It's fithy, unhealthy pap.

Give me a kebab over a Mickey D any time.

 

[Arrowfoot]

For the money, speed and convenience its hard to be beat McDonalds and most fast food. For every McDonalds and fast food joints, there must be 3 or 4 cafes, eateries and restaurants that comes with poor service, inconsistent food quality, questionable hygiene and a waste of good money.

Small towns and villages that do not have them yearn for them as it does indicate there is hope for such places. It is also a convenient and safe place for the many especially the young and school going to meet.

There is also the negatives. Remember the Upsize scandal documentary that led to a good outcome in terms of better quality and introduction of healthy options.

So it is up to us to keep a keen eye so they are kept on the straight and narrow.

 

[lazybloke]

not the eggs, that stuff was never an egg surely?

For a summer job in 1988, I did the 4am-12noon shift in Gatwick McDonalds.
Cracked many an egg onto the griddle for McMuffs, or into a mechanised contraption for make scrambled.

Egg are probably the freshest food they sell!

 

[Fab Foodie]

OMG OMG. What am I going to do now.

By the way, what do they taste like as I have never had one.

They’re the usual strawberry, chocolate banana etc. but with the coldness and consistency of semi-melted ice-cream...which is kinda what they are!

 

[Fab Foodie]

Has it been that long since the last fast food snobbery thread?

I love their new breakfast roll, and I'll usually have the orange juice with it to keep it healthy.

The McSpicy promo has been fab!

 

[lazybloke]

See, those of us who can remember a proper Wimpy are perfectly entitled to slag off MacD’s

I've been walking past the local Wimpy for at least 20 years without going in. I do have fond memories of visiting when younger - it tastes better than Mcs, but not good enough to be worth the passing of empires whilst they cook it.

Don't know how they stay in business.

 

[welsh dragon]

They’re the usual strawberry, chocolate banana etc. but with the coldness and consistency of semi-melted ice-cream...which is kinda what they are!

Sounds yucky I'm afraid.