23-02-2003 03:53									#31
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My wife suggested McD's for lunch today. My answer:

We got some deli sandwiches instead... yum. Every time I have fast food I get stomache cramps.

	23-02-2003 03:56									#32
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I love fast food. Taco Bell, Arby's, Quizno's, Wendy's, McDonald's, and Burger King are the ones I eat at the most. But I don't eat at them all that often.

	23-02-2003 03:58									#33
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Yeah, usually I will go to somewhere like Wetherspoons and get something more nutritious and just as cheap if there is one available. I prefer Burger King to McDonalds though if I am going to get fast food, although it is more expensive. Although in this country I think the fast food chains are being clobbered by the cheap food pub chains (such as Wetherspoons)

	23-02-2003 04:01									#34
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Isn't it something like £5 for a burger in McDonalds in England now (it was when I was there...)

	23-02-2003 04:03									#35
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Oh, I will eat KFC whenever possible.

Mmmmmmmmm.... fried chicken.

	23-02-2003 04:13									#36
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quote: Originally posted by Frozzy Isn't it something like £5 for a burger in McDonalds in England now (it was when I was there...)

Erm...no...A double cheeseburger is 99p...although it does get more expensive than that for some of the more 'luxury' (hah) burgers...

	23-02-2003 05:27									#37
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quote: Originally posted by Frozzy Isn't it something like £5 for a burger in McDonalds in England now (it was when I was there...)

Ouch! You guys are getting screwed; the sole redeeming feature of fast food is that it is cheap (well, and fast) so $8 is outragous. You can get a whopper or a Bic Mac for $0.99 here in California. Add a large fries & a large coke and your still some where btween $3.50-$4.00.

	23-02-2003 05:30									#38
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A big mac itself is £1-2 or something, certainly not as much as £5...

	23-02-2003 05:32									#39
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I like fast food quite a bit too, but usually don't eat it very often. Bollocks on the snobs who are too good for fast food.

	23-02-2003 05:36									#40
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A burger is 1€ here so guess who's getting screwed?

	23-02-2003 05:37									#41
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quote: I eat at fast food way too often (usually Wendy's).

Wendy's can be not too bad for all those vegetarians as well. Decent salads for a 'fast food place.'

	23-02-2003 06:54									#42
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quote: Originally posted by Datajack Franit A burger is 1€ here so guess who's getting screwed?

Since a Euro is worth slightly more then a dollar and our burgers cost just under a dollar... I'd say it was you.

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The best fast food is fish 'n' chips - a big cod fillet in crispy golden batter, and a huge portion of thick chips (fries to non-Brits), but not the thin, straw-like things you get in burger places.

With loads of salt and vinegar. Heaven!!

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	23-02-2003 07:51									#44
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I eat once a week at a locally-owned burger joint and twice a week at a locally-owned pizza/pasta joint. I rarely venture out to chain fast food places anymore.

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	23-02-2003 07:56									#45
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quote: Originally posted by Osweld It's not nearly as cheap as cooking your own food.

That really depends. There's plenty of stuff you can cook at home that is just as bad for you as eating out at fast food places all the time. Since I've switched my diet to more healthy stuff — fruits, vegetables, reduced-sodium stuff where possible, whole wheat bread, among other things — it actually seems to cost a bit more to eat healthy.

That's part of the reason why there's such an epidemic of health problems across the Western world — the stuff that's bad for your system is usually much *cheaper* than the stuff that's good for you, but takes a bigger chunk out of your wallet.

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	23-02-2003 08:03									#46
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Voted in the middle. Fast Food is convenient, and I eat well enough at home that the occasional indulgence can't be doing much harm.

Really burgered-out lately, though. Can't find a good fish place since I left New England.

Does buying a chef salad at the local supermarket's deli count as fast food? It was fast, and it was food.

	23-02-2003 08:11									#47
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quote: Originally posted by Dissident actually I'm kind of sick of it. I rarely eat it. And when I do it is Taco Bell.

You're sick of fast food, so you decided to go further down the cuisine ladder?

	23-02-2003 08:13									#48
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Can you go further down? If you did you might have to revert to neolithic hunter-gathering.

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There's a local minichain, Pachanga, which I eat at 2-4 times per week. It's has Californianized Mexican food: merinated chicken and steak, flame broiled, fresh vegetables, no lard (rare for a Mexican place). So good and so good for you.

Other than that, I eat at fast-food places maybe once a month: Subway, Hotdog-On-A-Stick, Carl's Jr. or pizza.

	23-02-2003 08:54									#50
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Yes, the Californiaized Mexican style restaurants are way more healthy then the original stuff. It seems like every thing in Mexico is deep fried or mixed with lard; it tastes good but you'll die young.

	23-02-2003 09:15									#51
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quote: Originally posted by Gatekeeper Since I've switched my diet to more healthy stuff — fruits, vegetables, reduced-sodium stuff where possible, whole wheat bread, among other things — it actually seems to cost a bit more to eat healthy.

Beans and tofu. Cheap and wholesome

	23-02-2003 09:47									#52
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quote: It's not nearly as cheap as cooking your own food.

But I'm so lazy!

Seriously, I don't have the time or inclination to go home in the middle of the day to make lunch when I can get fast food in a couple minutes.

	23-02-2003 09:47									#53
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Could someone explain to a Brit - and possibly others - what sort of food do you get in a Taco Bell?

	23-02-2003 10:12									#54
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger Beans and tofu. Cheap and wholesome

Heh. I'll pass on the tofu, but I do enjoy eating beans. Lots of fiber, protein and iron in them, and the gas a few hours later isn't so bad. For me, at any rate.

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	23-02-2003 10:14									#55
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Nivek:

In Taco Bell, you basically get Americanized Mexican food. I prefer Taco Johns, personally.

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	23-02-2003 10:35									#56
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Really bad (but really cheap) Americanized Mexican food.

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So... have the small fast food stores in town been bought out by the big, mega corp ones like McDonalds in the US? In New Zealand, there are a large number of burger stores which have sole traders running them.

	23-02-2003 11:39									#58
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Frozzy:

Not where I live. We have two McDonalds, one Burger King, one Wendys, one Hardees, three Subways, one Taco Johns, one Taco Bell, one Culvers, one Dairy Queen, and one Arbys. The remaining eating establishments in town are locally owned and operated, and there are a number of them. My immediate area only has 30,000 or so people living here, too, so we really have a good choice of places to dine out at when you look at the whole picture.

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quote: Originally posted by monkspider Bollocks on the snobs who are too good for fast food.

Half the reasons why I hate fast food are political. Low wages, poor working conditions, ect.... Would've expected a communist to be supportive.

	23-02-2003 19:02									#60
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I like fast food....