• nul9o9@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I dunno, I feel like McDonald’s fries being fried in beef fat made them the big hit back in the day.

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      No, the food really did taste better, due to the cooking process and the different ingredients that were involved.

      For example, the fries were cooked in beef tallow; the meat they used was of better quality, and more nutritious. The bread was different as well—McDonald’s changed it again only a few years ago.

      Edit—Well, they’re changing their burgers again: wsj.com/business/hospitality/mcdonalds-burger-new-menu-2400d22b

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          Ingredient quality does. The employee gives no fucks but if better beef is getting slapped on the grill the food will be better.

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            Or from which animal… More naturally grown meat has a completely different composition (also a much more elaborate texture) than the same meat from an animal quickly grown with a lot of growth hormones. But both are 100% beef.

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              What grade of beef trimming? What part of the trimmings exactly? What ratio of what trimmings, and how much fat is used comapred to the rest?

              Lipton is 100% “tea,” but its also the sweepings left after all the good parts of the tea leaves have been filtered out and sold as different brands.

              Thats what McDonald’s is doing.

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                  Im not a dietician or a rancher, but not all beef is created equal. Being “beef” doesnt mean every cow is the same nutritionally. Its not just a ratio of muscle to fat that affects that. What cattle are fed, how they are treated/slaughtered, how much time they roam all effects the nutrients in the meat. I guarantee all of the above are worse in the cattle McDonald’s uses, even compared to the 80’s.

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      11 months ago

      Nah, I know for a fact that the Whopper has been enshittified since at least the 90s. It used to be one of my favorites but now tastes like shit and costs 3x the price.

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      No, McD’s has publicly changed various formulations over the years. Never for the better. Even just a couple years ago when they went to “never frozen” beef for some of their sandwiches - they tasted worse IMO, but I’m sure somehow it saved McD’s money.

      We’ve got a pub near us that costs about only 10 bucks more in total to carryout from there and feed my family on burgers and fries than if we go to McDs. But we get a large hand shaped patty cooked to our individual preferences, on a bun from a local bakery, generous portion of thick cut fries, and a better experience all around.

      It’s insane that McD’s prices are within spitting distance of the place. The drive-thru (and its related convenience) is the one and only benefit to McDs. I have reluctantly loved McD’s for most of my life, but there’s no doubt it’s gone downhill a few times, and for sure in the past few years. If they hadn’t also jacked up their prices it wouldn’t be so bad, but it’s really hard to justify eating there now.

      They’ve become as infested with corporate greed as every other company of any significant size.

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        There’s a McDonald’s in downtown Seattle that doesn’t even have a drive-thru. What even is the point?