Kat:
Though I didn’t find any info on the net specifically about the ingredients of McDonalds products, I did find a ton of stuff on the infamous McLibel trial, which I am wary about - as it has propoganda on both sides to weed through.
However, try this link:
An interview with someone who seems to know a lot about McD’s stuff
I’m largely with Heath on this – the last time I ate at McPuke’s was at least a year ago, after not eating there for the previous year and forgetting quite why. The quarter-with-cheese I ordered reminded me: it tasted so strongly of rancid meat fat that for the first time in my life (“eat that!People in China are starving!”) I actually threw it and the rest of the meal away in disgust.
I used to like the Filet o’Fish – when I thought it was fish! I don’t know what that glob of recycled white paste they put on nowadays really is. Not to mention getting it with about quarter-cup of friggin’ ‘tartar sauce’. I do like their EggMcMuffin, but they charge too much.
But, what really crumbles my cookies with the Brass Arches is the way they exploit the families of sick children for publicity with their ‘Ronald McDonald Houses’! If you’ve looked into them, you know that in most cases, McDonald’s is neither the sole contributor to their creation/upkeep, it is rarely their largest contributor – usually it’s only the largest corporate contributor, in some cases providing only about 15% of the total amount; but it doesn’t provide that unless the charitable organization agrees to call it a Ronald McDonald House.
Don’t bother asking for citations – it’s been several years since I read this and I can’t recall the source now, but it’s there.
THE LAST TIME I ATE AT MCDONALDS I GOT SICK FOR THREE WEEKS BECAUSE I ATE THE “CHICKEN” BUTT NUGGETS, WHICH WERE NOT COOKED LONG ENOUGH, AND NOW I WILL BE SUING THEM FOR $35 MILLION DOLLARS, IF YOU WANT SOME LOOT LET ME KNOW.
Kat…yes, I called the restaurant and complained. The manager said, “You’re kidding!” (as in she couldn’t believe it, it was so dumb, not, “I don’t believe you, you liar”). She asked for my name, told me that next time I come there to ask for her and she will personally see to it that I get 2 free double chheseburgers. 
By the way, I love their food but will not eat their chicken. One day I had a chicken sandwich and bit into a bone. Ick!
MaryAnn
Sometimes life is so great you just gotta muss up your hair and quack like a duck!
It’s McDonald’s! What are you expecting when you pay $3.99 for an entire meal? I’d rather eat at the golden arches than Friendly’s or Arby’s, which have both made me violently ill on more than one occasion.
As a vegetarian, my only food experiences at McD are the fries (the best fast food fries in the USA), salads (below average), and breakfast sandwiches (without meat, of course). I don’t go there that often, but I do travel a lot, and when I’m driving, there’s always one convenient to the highways.
I do make one trip a year to my local McD’s: on 17 March, to get a Shamrock Shake. The year isn’t complete without one.
I keep wondering when one of the big hamburger shacks will introduce a veggie burger. McD’s were test marketing it in NYC last year, and I tried it. Not bad. I’ve seen them in London, though, where vegetarianism is more mainstream (my theory: due to Mad Cow disease fright).
Anyway, McD’s is acceptable for what it does: fast, convenient “food”. It’s not gourmet, and no one should expect it to be.
The best thing McDonalds has going for it is that it is everywhere. On my last job I past FOUR McDonalds on my way home. I only pass 1 White Castle and 1 Burger King.
When you are in a hurry and work 12 hours a day it makes it awfuly easy just to run in there.
The fries are good but only when hot. After a few minutes they aren’t much. I like BK’s better they stand up over time.
I can’t stand BK fries. I’ve only eaten them once since they got the “new, improved” fries, and they were crunchy and tasteless. And they couldn’t possibly have been old and stale, as they were still in the process of switching from breakfast to lunch, so they were fresh.
Unofficial term from those idiotic McD’s employees: McMorons
We’ve got a McD’s in my Wal-Mart, as do most of the Wal-Marts in Canada. They’re supposed to dump their garbage into our compactor in the stock room, as well as clean up any messes they make. They don’t, of course.
McD’s garbage is the worst smelling, most disgusting crap you can imagine.
Of course, so is the food.
The breakfast food is okay, but I won’t touch the rest of the stuff unless I really have no choice.
This is a problem becuase I have a friend who works there and she always wants to eat there because she gets 50% off.
Well, that’s my rant.
MaryAnn…I got one that can top that
I went throught a drive thru at a MCD’s in Nashville and ordered a hamburger. What did I get. A bun with pickles ketchup and mustard…no meat. I was so mad I called the damn Mcdonalds for the hell of it and told the manager “Ok now forgetting mustard or onion is one thing but forgetting the burger in a fucking HAMBURGER is in a new realm.” Manager’s reply…“Come on down and get another one” I called him a dumbfuck and hung up.
Kat-agreed on the BK fries! Want to know what makes them golden brown? SUGAR! Yep they coat them in sugar because it browns quicker. Serious! Most fast food places do