Vent: People moaning about eating out/junk food

katerinasol

Why is it whenever someone mentions McD's/BK/KFC/Subway, the gourmet brigade comes along and starts whinging about everything from how much it costs to "zomg it's so bad for you don't you know they put polonium in every burger"? Is it just to up their post count? Is there any reason someone that eats the stuff would care?

nomoneytoday

Maybe you can buy a hand crafted, hand reared, happy animal surrounded by luxurious pillows for 99p

charlie-chan

I am very glad that you clarified the "eating out" part of the title :think: :rotfl:

meritaten

well if you are happy to eat overpriced food that is full of fat,salt, additives and chemicals - instead of cooking from fresh wholesome food - far be it for me to tell you otherwise.
and I wouldnt claim to be a gourmet! just a sensible person who doesnt want to get ripped off and risk a heart attack at the same time.

bluebeary

i remember when you actually got a decent burger out of bk and even mcdonalds back in the day at a very reasonable price, now they just give you carboard rubbish, two meals over a tenner, ridiculous, your better off making it yourself

or sitting smugly in the food hall at the shopping mall with a tasty jacket potato and chilli or cheese, whatever

pmduk

I suspect that it's the concept of processed food is what puts people off. There's nothing nutritionally beneficial in it. Just look at the whole trans fat issue. an additive solely created to reduce costs (thus increase profits.) It does nothing but harm to the human body.

scheming_gypsy

meritaten wrote: »

well if you are happy to eat overpriced food that is full of fat,salt, additives and chemicals - instead of cooking from fresh wholesome food - far be it for me to tell you otherwise.
and I wouldnt claim to be a gourmet! just a sensible person who doesnt want to get ripped off and risk a heart attack at the same time.

eating out - not eating at home, when you're actually out of the house.
cooking from fresh wholesome food - eating at home


can you see the difference yet?

Darksun

katerinasol wrote: »

Why is it whenever someone mentions McD's/BK/KFC/Subway, the gourmet brigade comes along and starts whinging about everything from how much it costs to "zomg it's so bad for you don't you know they put polonium in every burger"? Is it just to up their post count? Is there any reason someone that eats the stuff would care?

LUXURY

Back in my day we had to make do with Tellurium in our burgers, IF we were lucky

geri1965_2

meritaten wrote: »

well if you are happy to eat overpriced food that is full of fat,salt, additives and chemicals - instead of cooking from fresh wholesome food - far be it for me to tell you otherwise.
and I wouldnt claim to be a gourmet! just a sensible person who doesnt want to get ripped off and risk a heart attack at the same time.

I eat McDonalds and I also cook home made meals from scratch - it doesn't have to be either/or.

vikingaero

The forums are patrolled by the MSE Food Polis - "Ma boddy es a tempull innit". From the safety of their vicious keyboards they chastise you for your food choice despite themselves being 25 stone. Woe betide you if you mention any of the outlets above.

JoeyG

vikingaero wrote: »

The forums are patrolled by the MSE Food Polis - "Ma boddy es a tempull innit".

Bizarre... I'd normally associate 'chav speak' with fast food... unless thats some other language I've not come across yet