My Ass and Mcdonald's? [Archive] - Straight Dope Message Board

spankboy

01-08-2000, 01:57 PM

Could be a fat substitute, like Olean <?>. One of the side effects is (I'm not making this up) anal leakage. That can't be good. I talked to a medical buddy of mine, and the explanation is that the stuff is so slippery, it slides right through.

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Cooper

01-08-2000, 02:02 PM

If thats what your 'medical buddy' actually told you, I'd advise him to crack open the books again. Olean doesn't run through you because its 'slippery' - it is simply indigestible. I don't believe McDonalds or any other fast food company is using it - a lot of customers would get upset.

StrTrkr777

01-08-2000, 03:14 PM

Actually it seems to be the Hamburgers that have that effect on me, not the fries.

I am sure they do not use Olean.

The first time I ever tried chips with Olean I was up all night sick, so I did not eat any for a long time. I have since begun eating the Fat Free Pringles that are cooked with Olean. They seem to have no effect.

So either it was psycosymatic (sp) the first time or it just happened that I got sick at the same time.

If I were trying it for the first time I would do so only at home when I was not planning to go anywhere else for quite a while even into the next day.

Jeffery

Revtim

01-08-2000, 03:25 PM

I've heard that excessive fat in general can cause the "green apple splatters". Maybe McDonalds fries are greasier than all the other fires you've tried.

funneefarmer

01-08-2000, 05:00 PM

Is it every McD's or just those in your area (the same franchise) ? Maybe someone is trying to save a buck, or not cleaning as well as they should. If it's universal then who knows.

funneefarmer

01-08-2000, 05:20 PM

What's in those fries...

Potatoes, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, natural flavor, dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (to preserve color). Cooked in partially hydrogenated soybean and corn oils, TBHQ (to protect flavor), citric acid, dimethylpolysiloxane and natural flavor.

From the website: http://www.mcdonalds.com/food/ingredients/index.html

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Doctordec

01-08-2000, 09:26 PM

Dimethylpolysiloxane sounds pretty slippery to me. Like some kind of lube or detergent. I had some fries from Mickey Dees yesterday and they are getting worse. Strong chemical taste. Gak !

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mangeorge

01-08-2000, 09:42 PM

Hey, everybody bitched about McD's cooking fries in lard (yum). So I guess this is what we get. Personally, I'll stick to Jack's 2 for $1 tacos. Now that's eating.

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Kilgore Trout

01-08-2000, 11:35 PM

Weird. I'm prone to diarrhea -- lactose intolerant -- yep, that's what it means -- don't eat dairy and expect to leave your house for awhile. Just think of Haagen Dazs as a laxative.
But McDonald's fries have never had that effect on me.

pssst. you're lactose intolerant. fries aren't dairy.

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Cooper

01-08-2000, 11:38 PM

Hey, everybody bitched about McD's cooking fries in lard (yum). So I guess this is what we get. Personally, I'll stick to Jack's 2 for $1 tacos. Now that's eating.

God how I miss Jack tacos. There is no Jack in Kansas - and I miss them so much. I may have to relocate back to somewhere civilized just so I can get those yummy tacos.

Shayna

01-08-2000, 11:52 PM

Personally, I'll stick to Jack's 2 for $1 tacos. Now that's eating.

Oh man, you said it! I love those things. I made a Hispanic friend of mine try them last Summer. I told her they were the best worst tacos she'd ever eat. And guess what? She agreed! And now I think she's hooked on them too :D Yum Yum!

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Satan

01-09-2000, 12:08 AM

You really want fast food that'll have you running to the shitter (and going back for more in spite of this)?

Two words: White Castle!

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fuzzy-wuzzy

01-09-2000, 12:25 AM

Burger King does it for me...the hamburgers...I have no idea why...none of the other chains have that effect...never heard of White Castle, Satan, but I'll make sure I never stop at one

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Cooper

01-09-2000, 12:59 AM

White Castles are called sliders cause they slide in, and slide out.

Alas, they are also lacking in Kansas. They taste great! Never gave me the runs either, though the complain is common with them.

handy

01-09-2000, 10:10 AM

Strange, they didn't mention that McCheaps puts sugar on their frys to give that nice brown color.

Shayna

01-09-2000, 02:34 PM

Oh Fuzzy-wuzzy, you have no idea what you're missing. Imagine, if you will, a piece of dingy, grayish colored matter shaped in a 2½" x 2½" square, approximately 1/8" thick and smelling like a dirty sweat sock. They poke 5 holes in it, about 1/2" in diameter, one in the center and one near each of the 4 corners. It's then smothered in onions, steamed and placed on a soggy, gooey steamed bun with a single slice of dill pickle placed on top. Don't bother to try to open it to add condiments, as the combination of the mystery meat, onions and bun being steamed together gives it the consistency of half dried Elmer's glue. Now order 25 of them, because no respectable connoisseur of fine White Castle dining would attempt to consume anything less than that, and plan on spending the next 4-6 hours sitting on the throne. Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm, now doesn't that sound truly delectable? ;) ;)

Back where I come from, we call them belly bombers. And in spite of (or maybe because of) how disgusting they are, they're so popular that they even sell them in the freezer section of the grocery store. Just zap them in the microwave and serve. Ick!

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AzRaek

01-09-2000, 03:01 PM

The worst fries on my system: Red Robin. A lot of people I know can't eat them either.
StrTrkr, you may have an inability to digest protein, if it's the burgers that get to you. Does only McD's effect you, or all beef products?
BTW, my sister's dog Toby can tell the difference between chains' fries. He hates McD's, loves Wendy's.

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Milossarian

01-09-2000, 03:09 PM

Can't say that McDonald's food gives me 'The Big D,' but it definitely is the most effective laxative known to mankind.

Better than Ex-Lax, a cigarette, you name it.

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mangeorge

01-09-2000, 03:21 PM

Just got back from Jack in tne Box, so here I sit, bag of six of Jack's tacos at hand. (cost; $3) Even better because they've cooled slightly, allowing the grease to congeal.
Excuse me while I dig in. Heaven!!!
Eat your hearts out.
Come to California, Cooper. WE got lot's of room. ;)
Peace,
mangeorge
BTW; White Castles run a close second to Jack's.

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StrTrkr777

01-09-2000, 06:06 PM

No I definitely do not have a problem digesting beef. No beef has this effect on me except McDs or maybe some other fast food establishments.

Jeffery

handy

01-09-2000, 06:13 PM

Certain mexican restaurants always do it to me.

Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor

01-09-2000, 06:48 PM

Arby's roast beef sandwiches----OH GHOD!!!!

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Toonces

01-10-2000, 12:54 AM

I'd have to agree with funneefarmer, who said that the McD's you frequent might not be very clean. For a while, I stayed away from them because the Big Macs didn't seem to sit right in my stomach... However, there are still a few places out there that seem quite clean and the food is as close to fresh as you're going to get from a fast food restaurant.

TwistofFate

01-10-2000, 05:14 AM

McDonalds use the rather sci-fiesque
"formula 185" to use as the cooking oil.
at room temperature, it is thick, white and incredibly hard to remove from a wash if you let it harden onto your uniform. What exactly was in "Formula 185" was never made clear to me, nor would I spend my working time at McDonalds trying to learn more than they already told me.
I wouldnt say its a problem with the fries, rather the person making them.

Say it to the manager and see if you can get a free McChicken sandwich!

on another point... who's Idea was it to put cold lettuce onto a warm chicken patty?
Am I alone in my disgust of Warm lettuce?

Guy Incognito

01-10-2000, 10:40 AM

It's not the fries at McDonalds that give me the trots, it's the cheeseburgers and Quarter Pounders with cheese. I'm not lactose intolerant, so I don't know why these sandwiches have that special "magic". I bet they're testing out some kind of binary chemical laxative.

Whoever mentioned White Castle hamburgers is absolutely correct about their laxative properties. Really, you should just buy them and dump them directly into the toilet--avoiding the middle man, so to speak.

psycat90

01-10-2000, 11:20 AM

MMMM MMMMM Sliders. I can usually finish off 5 or 6. It's lunch time and I'm hungry and the nearest White Castle is 250 miles away. :( Oh well, next weekend.

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Sunspace

01-12-2000, 11:51 PM

Re: "White Castle"--
I think I'm *really glad* I'm in another country from them... :)

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Shayna

01-13-2000, 12:14 AM

Sunspace, you really have no idea how lucky you are ;)

I found their website. Check it out (you'll see I was pretty dead-on in my description).
http://www.whitecastle.com/home.shtml

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fuzzy-wuzzy

01-13-2000, 06:18 AM

Hey guys...I went to the grocery store last night...and I saw White Castle...hamburgers..microwave section. Is this the same thing?

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sunbear

01-13-2000, 06:29 AM

Farmer: you don't drink the McDonald's shakes, do you? It could do it. Bulking and filling without dairy products. Or does it have real milk?

Satan

01-13-2000, 10:34 AM

fuzzy-wuzzy:

Yep. Same thing. But not nearly as good - the microwavable kind does not have that layer of grease that sticks it all together.

I suggest you get a box and try 'em (cheese is better IMHO), but don't let a bad experience dissuade you from trying the real thing if you find yourself in a White Castle-friendly city.

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DAVEW0071

01-14-2000, 05:03 PM

For some reason, any fast-food, no matter where I get it, makes me take a dump about half an hour after eating. Not the trots, mind you, but I never experience such a set-your-watch-by-it digestive reaction to any other meals I eat. What is it with fast-food?

And White Castles are great! There's one on East Tremont Avenue in the Bronx that can't be beat. White Castle aficionados should definitely make the pilgrimmage to this Belly Bomber Mecca.

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sunacres

01-15-2000, 01:47 AM

I apologize for straying off topic by not discussing my bowel movements, but can anyone help me understand how those Jack tacos are cooked?

I take it they come frozen and are somehow deep fried back to "life", but how does the lettuce, the little triangle of "cheez" and the sauce get in there? Surely they don't assemble them by hand?

They *are* tasty. And they're the only ones hereabouts that are served in the style Momma used to make 'em: greasy shells.

BlockHead

01-15-2000, 01:58 AM

OMG! What a disgusting thread. So don't read it you say? Had I known what was being discussed I wouldn't have.

I am losing respect for this board if topics like this are allowed to persist.

Moderators have you no control over the content of your board? Is this really something that should be discuseed?

Oh well, just my opinion, which means zilch.

Have fun talking about your bowel movements and othe disgusting things.

Badtz Maru

09-12-2000, 02:41 PM

Don't have a White Castle in Texas, when I want a lot of little burgers I go to Wendy's and get 4 or 5 Texas Double Quarter-pounders with cheese. They are 99 cents, two tiny patties, have mustard, no mayo or ketchup, and the typical lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle combination.

Mr. Cynical

09-12-2000, 03:49 PM

DavisMcDavis

09-12-2000, 04:02 PM

Originally posted by BlockHead
OMG! What a disgusting thread. So don't read it you say? Had I known what was being discussed I wouldn't have.

Yeah, me too. I thought with the subject line "My Ass and McDonald's" it would be a tasteful discussion of someone's pet burro and its hankering for McDonald's nutritious food. Boy howdy, was I surprised! I'm offended enough to read all the way to the bottom and post a reply!

Anyway, I just wanted to add a little tidbit about anal leakage - the prescription medication "Xenical" blocks absorption of some of the fat you eat, essentially making 30 percent of the fat you eat into Olean, sorta.

Which is fine if you don't eat much fat, but a Supersize fries and you might get the problems farmer is having or worse. I'm guessing he would have mentioned being on Xenical if he was, but if is, there's your answer.

I've been wondering if people lose weight with it because the fat they eat is absorbed less OR if they eat less fat because they're afraid of soiling themselves....

ATTGuy

09-12-2000, 06:57 PM

How are McDonalds and my ass similar?

Pasty white buns.

astro

09-12-2000, 09:23 PM

Originally posted by Shayna
Oh Fuzzy-wuzzy, you have no idea what you're missing. Imagine, if you will, a piece of dingy, grayish colored matter shaped in a 2½" x 2½" square, approximately 1/8" thick and smelling like a dirty sweat sock. They poke 5 holes in it, about 1/2" in diameter, one in the center and one near each of the 4 corners. It's then smothered in onions, steamed and placed on a soggy, gooey steamed bun with a single slice of dill pickle placed on top. Don't bother to try to open it to add condiments, as the combination of the mystery meat, onions and bun being steamed together gives it the consistency of half dried Elmer's glue. Now order 25 of them, because no respectable connoisseur of fine White Castle dining would attempt to consume anything less than that, and plan on spending the next 4-6 hours sitting on the throne. Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm, now doesn't that sound truly delectable?

I thought you might be exaggerating ... but according to their web site they're bragging about this!! Oh the humanity!!

The Slyder® Secret

So what is the secret to that incredible taste? White Castle burgers are steam grilled on a bed of onions, 30 burgers at a time, served hot on a soft, white, steamed bun with a single slice of dill pickle.

To break it down even more, the freshly baked buns are placed on the top of the burgers and onions to absorb the delicious steam grilled flavor. The 2.5" square patty made with USDA inspected 100% beef has 5 evenly spaced holes which allow the steam to completely pervade the burger, enhancing flavor and allowing the patty to cook faster.

muffinman

09-12-2000, 11:08 PM

I don't know if any of y'all have Guthries where y'all live, but it's my FAVORITE fast food. Fried chicken strips, garlic bread, crinkle cut fries, coleslaw, "Secret dipping sauce". I don't know what it is about that stuff though. Give it 30 minutes to an hour, and you're doing the #2 trot to the nearest receptacle.

Could be the special sauce... tastes like a mix of mayo, thousand island, and horseradish. It will clean all the crud off your pennies too! Believe me, there's nothing scarier than watching a black, tar covered penny turn rosy pink in a matter of minutes, and know that the substance in question is having its way with you alimentary canal!

That said, I don't care what it does to me, Guthries is the best fried chicken in Tallahassee!

Doug Bowe

09-12-2000, 11:25 PM

Several people above have stated that they were looking for a White Castle in TEXAS!
Texas is not a place to look for White Castles!
If you're gonna play in Texas, join Hank Hill.

http://www.whataburger.com/

Mike30

09-13-2000, 01:12 PM

I used to have some similar fun with Burger King onion rings... Couple of hours later saw the most amusing/repulsive gas to the point of embarrassment.:eek: :o An unsuspecting friend once ordered two at one sitting. A phone call later confirmed a similar result, including change of underwear. Oddly enough, the onion rings don't affect me as much in recent years.
Possibly a similar phenomenon to that described by other posters?

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Saint Zero

09-13-2000, 02:14 PM

Originally posted by handy

Strange, they didn't mention that McCheaps puts sugar on their frys to give that nice brown color.

And here I was think it was because of the fact that the sucrose in the potato was caramelizing in the boiling oil that they are dunked in for 3 minutes. Silly me.

Saint Zero

09-13-2000, 02:14 PM

Originally posted by handy

Strange, they didn't mention that McCheaps puts sugar on their frys to give that nice brown color.

And here I was thinking it was because of the fact that the sucrose in the potato was caramelizing in the boiling oil that they are dunked in for 3 minutes. Silly me.

Saint Zero

09-13-2000, 02:20 PM

So I'm posting the above, when all of a sudden, I realise I didn't spell "thinking" out. So since the page is taking its time, I cancel it (hit the little red circle with an X in it on IE), and fix it and hit submit.

Little did I know it posted both copies.

Sorry.

Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor

09-13-2000, 06:19 PM

Arby's.

Oh, Dear God defend me; Arby's.

:(

Jeep's Phoenix

09-13-2000, 08:40 PM

Andy's. It's a little cheesesteak/cheeseburger chain in North Carolina. I had eaten there for years with no trouble, but I got really sick after the last time I ate there. I think it was food poisoning of some sort; the report from their latest health inspection seems to back that up.

But going back to the main topic...a lot of fried foods have that effect on me too. I can't even take one bite of something that's been deep-fried without having to RUN to the restroom 30 minutes later.

Danielinthewolvesden

09-13-2000, 08:51 PM

There is a place here in San Jose, called "Burger bar" on Monterey that make burgers that are the moral equiv of white castle. I think they also fry their fries in beef suet, which is actually the best "oil" for fries, tastewise, at least.

Dijon Warlock

09-13-2000, 11:14 PM

Originally posted by astro

The Slyder® Secret

So what is the secret to that incredible taste? White Castle burgers are steam grilled on a bed of onions, 30 burgers at a time, served hot on a soft, white, steamed bun with a single slice of dill pickle.

To break it down even more, the freshly baked buns are placed on the top of the burgers and onions to absorb the delicious steam grilled flavor. The 2.5" square patty made with USDA inspected 100% beef has 5 evenly spaced holes which allow the steam to completely pervade the burger, enhancing flavor and allowing the patty to cook faster.

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No, no...I said "Steamed hams."
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evilbeth

09-14-2000, 01:04 AM

Originally posted by Saint Zero
Originally posted by handy

Strange, they didn't mention that McCheaps puts sugar on their frys to give that nice brown color.

And here I was thinking it was because of the fact that the sucrose in the potato was caramelizing in the boiling oil that they are dunked in for 3 minutes. Silly me.

I was a manager at McD's for six years and yep, the fries are covered in a thin sugar layer to give them uniform browning. Since it is a negligible amount, it isn't included in the nutritional info.

toadspittle

09-14-2000, 03:48 PM

I wrote an article a few years ago re: olestra and the food lab at Penn State that was conducting some dietary research with it (prior to its introduction to the market).

I was told by the researchers that they had observed that the intestinal problems (leakage, diarrhea, cramping, etc.) from eating olestra were no worse than those from eating similar amounts of fat. It seems likely that one reason Olestra causes such intestinal distress, then, is that people have a tendency to overeat potato chips when they hear that they're "no-fat" (such overeating was another phenomenon the PSU studies showed--although the people who binged on olestra-cooked chips STILL wound up consuming less fat and fewer calories than those who ate more common amounts of regular chips).

lawoot

09-14-2000, 07:02 PM

Originally posted by Mike30
I used to have some similar fun with Burger King onion rings... Couple of hours later saw the most amusing/repulsive gas to the point of embarrassment.

Thank God I'm not the only one! I've stopped eating at BK bevause of this, at least on days I have to be at work the next day. (and the fact that there 'new fries' taste like crap!)