Mar 28 2009
Bad food fast
Scrumptious Saturday!
I have decided that unless something else comes to mind (perhaps a movie or TV show),
Saturday s will be about a particular food, and Sunday s will be about a beverage.
There will be a LOT of fast food in this. I realize that real gourmet’s tend to
view fast food as something akin to a rat infested with plague, but I am an aficionado.
Burger King, Taco Bell, KFC? Hell, may as well be the Four Season, Spago’s and Les
Halles for all I care.
Saturday s will be about a particular food, and Sunday s will be about a beverage.
There will be a LOT of fast food in this. I realize that real gourmet’s tend to
view fast food as something akin to a rat infested with plague, but I am an aficionado.
Burger King, Taco Bell, KFC? Hell, may as well be the Four Season, Spago’s and Les
Halles for all I care.
So here is our first entry:
The McDonald’s McDouble.
What is it?
Well, if you happen to be a fan of Mickey-D’s, you probably know that they had the
double cheeseburger on their dollar value menu pretty much as long as there has
been a dollar value menu.
double cheeseburger on their dollar value menu pretty much as long as there has
been a dollar value menu.
Well, in what can only be referred to as a “dick move”, they moved the DCB off the
value menu and marked it up to a buck nineteen. WHAT?
value menu and marked it up to a buck nineteen. WHAT?
I was horrified at first; the double cheeseburger was a staple of my diet (and a
good part of the reason 3 years ago I weighed 250), how could I cope? I’m cheap!
19 cents was an outrage. Then I noticed the McDouble. Hey, it’s only a buck! I thought.
good part of the reason 3 years ago I weighed 250), how could I cope? I’m cheap!
19 cents was an outrage. Then I noticed the McDouble. Hey, it’s only a buck! I thought.
So I ordered one of each, and found out that McDonalds is very clever, in the way
that chimps catching termites with grass is clever. The McDouble IS a double cheeseburger,
minus 1 slice of cheese. It has its own paper wrapper, its own menu line, costs
almost 20 cents less, and is the EXACT SAME THING. Minus a slice of cheese.
that chimps catching termites with grass is clever. The McDouble IS a double cheeseburger,
minus 1 slice of cheese. It has its own paper wrapper, its own menu line, costs
almost 20 cents less, and is the EXACT SAME THING. Minus a slice of cheese.
So I ate them together, gauging the differences wrought by the absence of a single
cheese slice, and do you know what I found? Nothing. Nada. Zip. It turns out 2 slices
of cheese is only slightly cheesier than the one. The rest is identical, 2 buns,
a dollop of ketchup, minced onions and some pickles, cheese and two lovely grey
circles made of beef.
cheese slice, and do you know what I found? Nothing. Nada. Zip. It turns out 2 slices
of cheese is only slightly cheesier than the one. The rest is identical, 2 buns,
a dollop of ketchup, minced onions and some pickles, cheese and two lovely grey
circles made of beef.
So, save yourself the heartache and 19 cents and get a McDouble. You aren’t losing
a thing, save some fat and sodium, and unless you are trying to kill yourself slowly,
there is no point.
a thing, save some fat and sodium, and unless you are trying to kill yourself slowly,
there is no point.
Oh, and just a nitpicky note, a Google image search reveals that most people seem
to think the McDouble is a Double Cheeseburger, as 99% of the burger images returned
were of the DCB rather than a McDouble. Idiots…
to think the McDouble is a Double Cheeseburger, as 99% of the burger images returned
were of the DCB rather than a McDouble. Idiots…
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