Saturday, January 08, 2005

The Fry That Wouldn't Die

I just got finished watching Super Size Me on dvd. I've never been a huge fan of fast food. I prefer home-cooked meals. They just taste better to me. But I do occasionally get fast food. We'll do Burger King every so often. More often, we stop at the pizzaria. I don't worry too much about the pizza because it's a family business and they use real cheese and make their own dough. Even so, we only get it, at most, 2 times a month. I think I'll eat Burger King even less now, though, after seeing this movie-- even though he was eating McDonalds (I'm not arguing semantics, it's all junk)-- I don't think I can eat the fries anymore. The expreriment done with them just grossed me out. Add this to my inability to drink their milkshakes most of the time because of their ingredients list. Anyway, I recommend the movie. It's interesting to watch. And now I want to read Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. It'll probably cure me of any vestigial fast food cravings and that can't be a bad thing.

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At 5:43 PM, Blogger if_i_had_a_hammer said...

Fast Food Nation is excellent. Schlosser is less senstational than the Super Size Me guy and very informative and humorous at the same time. It's an excellent book, especially if you're at an airport.

 
At 5:44 PM, Blogger if_i_had_a_hammer said...

ps...I still get a hankering for Carl's Jr. regardless. Damn those CrissCut fries.

 
At 6:24 PM, Blogger Erratic Prophet said...

All of this potato talk made me crave. I had to make a bunch of potato pancakes. Very nummy. Any time you take a potato and add grease and salt? I'm happy.

 

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