Opinions about fast food - Page 3

***azalea*** · 07-30-2002, 09:26 PM

I have that problem -- we all like different stuff. I don't eat much anyway, my husband eats meat and doesn't like vegetarian food, and my kids like peanut butter sandwiches and crackers, that's it. So I usually just make whatever sounds good, and people either eat it or they don't. I don't like throwing away food, so I just make a small batch of whatever it is. It is hard to please everyone, so eating out when you can afford it makes sense because each person can get something they want.
But I love to cook, so I'll keep trying those new recipes anyway!

jerseydevil · 07-30-2002, 10:02 PM

I actually don't think people have to eat healthy all the time. I'm not going to. I'm going to eat what I like - I'm going to die anyway. Might as well enjoy life and eat what I like.

The medical community keeps coming out with something else that'll kill you. I'm not going to give up french fries or baked potatoes just because some study now says that those items cooked at high temperatures MAY cause cancer.

I'll still eat italian bread or bagels with butter. I'll still eat red meat.

Elvellon · 07-31-2002, 06:54 AM

Here is something I fully agree with you

Celandine · 08-30-2002, 02:58 PM

I don't really like fast food that much, except french fries and ice cream from fast food places is good.

Erawyn · 08-30-2002, 08:35 PM

I agree with everything JD has said, especially about teaching kids, not getting rid of advertising! I could probably count on my fingers the number of times my parents took me to fast food places when i was little, and as a result, i never eat at fast food places when i can avoid it, and i am very aware that it is bad for me (although i really love fries!)

I think the problem with fast food that no one has brought up is what the fast food corps are doing to the environment. I know its cliched, but Mcdonalds IS cutting down the rainforest for their cows and well i don't hugely want to go on a rant about animal rights factory farms environment etc, but i could because this topic brings it out in me! Also i just found out that i can't (being a vegetarian) eat mcdonalds fries because they are fried in beef fat

BeardofPants · 08-30-2002, 09:57 PM

Nobody seems to have mentioned metabolic rates yet. Some overweight people are blessed with overactive ones.

LuthienTinuviel · 08-30-2002, 10:16 PM

fast food is fast cheap and easy, just like a hooker.. would YOU want to eat a hooker?

Laurelyn · 08-31-2002, 02:21 PM

I hate fast food.
Then again, I hate any food at all.

Grey_Wolf · 08-31-2002, 02:33 PM

It's called FAST food 'cause it speeds you towards your death.

Andúril · 09-01-2002, 01:58 PM

McDonalds RULEZ!!

Quote:

Luthien Tinuviel:
...would YOU want to eat a hooker?

Not really. I don't think there would be too much in the way of hygiene benefits. I mean, you never know who's been there.

Sween · 09-01-2002, 04:13 PM

does a donna kebab class as fast food? cos theres no way im giving them up after a hard night of drinking mmmmmm chilli and garlic sauce my gfs so lucky when we get round to our after drinking lovin

Llark silverwolf · 09-01-2002, 11:00 PM

Fast Food is great as long as you dont think about what went into it just not to much of it big'N'tasty meal no cheese at
mcdonalds is soooooo good lol

Celandine · 09-01-2002, 11:58 PM

I like fast food

Rûdhaglarien · 09-02-2002, 02:17 AM

I hate fast food... if I eat it, it literally makes me sick. BLAH!! Same with pizza.

Duddun · 09-02-2002, 12:15 PM

Fast food is good especilly fries

Masderanoe · 09-06-2002, 06:31 PM

I agree with duddun it's the school food that you have to watch out for.

Rûdhaglarien · 09-07-2002, 12:41 PM

Yeah, I try to avoid eating the lunches at my school... they scare me.

*shivers uncontrollably*

Cirdan · 09-30-2002, 03:13 PM

School food is like something from thirty years ago that never changed. I visited my son's school and they were serving hotdogs on wonder bread and soda.

Fast food is good when you are traveling. I would much rather risk a McDeath burger than some of the places I've made the mistake of stopping at. I used to think my son liked Mcd's until I realized he stopped eating it and really just wanted the toys.

An important factor about the health aspect is the quality of the fat. If you are prone to heart disease or high blood pressure then what you eat even early in life is important. And don't think your are carefree and not worried about dying. Dying is the easy part. Paralysis and brain damage aren't much fun, though.

You don't need to eat whole bran, stone ground wheat to be healthy. Moderation, balance, and quality of ingredients goes a long way. JD is right about fixing for from scratch. It is the best way to eat. If my kid doesn't like it we just wait until he's hungry enough that it suddenly tastes good. Nobody will starve and the habit grows until the familiarity makes the food taste better. My son is the only 8-year old I know who loves a good salad.

Taxing unhealthy food? Eh, there is no way your taxing my ice cream!

BeardofPants · 09-30-2002, 03:25 PM

But frozen yogurt tastes better and it's 98% fat free!

Cirdan · 09-30-2002, 03:36 PM

I rarely find chocolate, sugar-free, frozen yogust, but I like it when I do. Since I eat no mono- or di-glyceride sugars, my fat tends to burn up unless I really over-eat.

07-30-2002, 10:02 PM	#42
jerseydevil I am Freddie/UNDERCOVER/ Founder of The Great Continent of Entmoot Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Plainsboro, NJ Posts: 9,431	I actually don't think people have to eat healthy all the time. I'm not going to. I'm going to eat what I like - I'm going to die anyway. Might as well enjoy life and eat what I like. The medical community keeps coming out with something else that'll kill you. I'm not going to give up french fries or baked potatoes just because some study now says that those items cooked at high temperatures MAY cause cancer. I'll still eat italian bread or bagels with butter. I'll still eat red meat. __________________ Come back! Come back! To Mordor we will take you! "The only thing better than a great plan is implementing a great plan" - JerseyDevil "If everyone agreed with me all the time, everything would be just fine"- JerseyDevil AboutNewJersey.com New Jersey MessageBoard Another Tolkien Forum Memorial to the Twin Towers New Jersey Map Fellowship of the Messageboard Legend of the Jersey Devil Support New Jersey's Liberty Tower Peacefire.org AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

07-31-2002, 06:54 AM	#43
Elvellon Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Lindon Posts: 637	Here is something I fully agree with you __________________ **************************************** "None are more hoplessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Reality is just an illusion, albeit a very persistent one - Albert Einstein The Caffeine Mantra It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Brazil that the thoughts aquire speed, The hands aquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion... Elvellon Erelion

08-30-2002, 08:35 PM	#45
Erawyn Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: america junior Posts: 320	I agree with everything JD has said, especially about teaching kids, not getting rid of advertising! I could probably count on my fingers the number of times my parents took me to fast food places when i was little, and as a result, i never eat at fast food places when i can avoid it, and i am very aware that it is bad for me (although i really love fries!) I think the problem with fast food that no one has brought up is what the fast food corps are doing to the environment. I know its cliched, but Mcdonalds IS cutting down the rainforest for their cows and well i don't hugely want to go on a rant about animal rights factory farms environment etc, but i could because this topic brings it out in me! Also i just found out that i can't (being a vegetarian) eat mcdonalds fries because they are fried in beef fat __________________ peace never hurt anyone "Be not so bigoted to any custom as to worship it at the expense of Truth." Johann Georg von Zimmermann

08-30-2002, 09:57 PM	#46
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Nobody seems to have mentioned metabolic rates yet. Some overweight people are blessed with overactive ones. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

08-30-2002, 10:16 PM	#47
LuthienTinuviel protector of orphaned rabbits Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kalamazoo... yes, its a real place! Posts: 1,236	fast food is fast cheap and easy, just like a hooker.. would YOU want to eat a hooker? __________________

07-30-2002, 09:26 PM	#41
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	I have that problem -- we all like different stuff. I don't eat much anyway, my husband eats meat and doesn't like vegetarian food, and my kids like peanut butter sandwiches and crackers, that's it. So I usually just make whatever sounds good, and people either eat it or they don't. I don't like throwing away food, so I just make a small batch of whatever it is. It is hard to please everyone, so eating out when you can afford it makes sense because each person can get something they want. But I love to cook, so I'll keep trying those new recipes anyway!

08-30-2002, 02:58 PM	#44
Celandine Elven Warrior Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 168	I don't really like fast food that much, except french fries and ice cream from fast food places is good.

08-31-2002, 02:21 PM	#48
Laurelyn Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Valinor, right next to Telperion . . . what did you expect, Michigan? Posts: 1,315	I hate fast food. Then again, I hate any food at all. __________________ The Third Age of Entmoot has begun. Angel of music, guide and guardian! Grant to me your glory! The country I eat and spend the day in is by no means the country I sleep and dream in. Define patriotism. Hold the boat, you spastic monkey! ~ Elenka

08-31-2002, 02:33 PM	#49
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	It's called FAST food 'cause it speeds you towards your death.

09-01-2002, 04:13 PM	#51
Sween im quite stupid Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cockermouth Posts: 2,058	does a donna kebab class as fast food? cos theres no way im giving them up after a hard night of drinking mmmmmm chilli and garlic sauce my gfs so lucky when we get round to our after drinking lovin __________________ Yeah god hes ok but i would rather be judged by a sheep than that idiot

09-01-2002, 11:00 PM	#52
Llark silverwolf Banned Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: seattle Posts: 10	Fast Food is great as long as you dont think about what went into it just not to much of it big'N'tasty meal no cheese at mcdonalds is soooooo good lol

09-01-2002, 11:58 PM	#53
Celandine Elven Warrior Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 168	I like fast food

09-02-2002, 02:17 AM	#54
Rûdhaglarien Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 288	I hate fast food... if I eat it, it literally makes me sick. BLAH!! Same with pizza. __________________ I have a very expensive pen.

09-02-2002, 12:15 PM	#55
Duddun I Antha Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: You expect ME to know? Posts: 784	Fast food is good especilly fries

09-06-2002, 06:31 PM	#56
Masderanoe Enting Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 70	I agree with duddun it's the school food that you have to watch out for. __________________ Big spiders are better than little spiders. Smiley people are happy when they make smileys.

09-07-2002, 12:41 PM	#57
Rûdhaglarien Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 288	Yeah, I try to avoid eating the lunches at my school... they scare me. shivers uncontrollably __________________ I have a very expensive pen.

09-30-2002, 03:13 PM	#58
Cirdan Elf Lord of the Grey Havens Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somewhere else Posts: 2,381	School food is like something from thirty years ago that never changed. I visited my son's school and they were serving hotdogs on wonder bread and soda. Fast food is good when you are traveling. I would much rather risk a McDeath burger than some of the places I've made the mistake of stopping at. I used to think my son liked Mcd's until I realized he stopped eating it and really just wanted the toys. An important factor about the health aspect is the quality of the fat. If you are prone to heart disease or high blood pressure then what you eat even early in life is important. And don't think your are carefree and not worried about dying. Dying is the easy part. Paralysis and brain damage aren't much fun, though. You don't need to eat whole bran, stone ground wheat to be healthy. Moderation, balance, and quality of ingredients goes a long way. JD is right about fixing for from scratch. It is the best way to eat. If my kid doesn't like it we just wait until he's hungry enough that it suddenly tastes good. Nobody will starve and the habit grows until the familiarity makes the food taste better. My son is the only 8-year old I know who loves a good salad. Taxing unhealthy food? Eh, there is no way your taxing my ice cream! __________________ There exists a limit to the force even ther most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin. The law cannot be a tool of vengance, never a hostage, nor a fortification against the martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape the consequences. -Muad'dib on Law The Stilgar Commentary Last edited by Cirdan : 09-30-2002 at 03:14 PM.

09-30-2002, 03:25 PM	#59
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	But frozen yogurt tastes better and it's 98% fat free! __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

09-30-2002, 03:36 PM	#60
Cirdan Elf Lord of the Grey Havens Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somewhere else Posts: 2,381	I rarely find chocolate, sugar-free, frozen yogust, but I like it when I do. Since I eat no mono- or di-glyceride sugars, my fat tends to burn up unless I really over-eat. __________________ There exists a limit to the force even ther most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin. The law cannot be a tool of vengance, never a hostage, nor a fortification against the martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape the consequences. -Muad'dib on Law The Stilgar Commentary

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