Definitely, some on here are sounding far more Reece-Moggian than is healthy.
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[Brighton] Anyone for a McDonald’s?
- Thread starter Guinness Boy
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Steady now, you’ll have NSC’s very own Director of Stalking/Internet Searching, fact checking your above statement….Oh well do I know that! As an old time Labour voter, I fully realise I'm nowhere near left enough to be part of the NSC elite!
McDonald’s is ultra processed food.
Ultra processed food is bad shit.
Ultra processed food is bad shit.
Fantastic film that
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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i noticed the article didnt even alledge McDonalds use Amazonian beef in UK burgers. it's seeded the inference for the reader to make, then made more specific claims about source of beef in canned, catering and commercial products.And the vast tracts of Amazon rain forest destroyed to supply soy-based feed for the beef cattle that McDonald‘s use in it’s burgers allegedly.
UK purchased £1bn of beef from firms tied to Amazon deforestation
The Bureau and Repórter Brasil have discovered that a major Brazilian meat company bought cows from a ranch that had been fined weeks earlier for breaking…www.thebureauinvestigates.com
What McDonald’s doesn’t want you to know about its ‘British’ beef
Fast food giant stresses its burgers come from British and Irish farms, but one of its biggest suppliers has been accused of fuelling deforestation of the Bolivian Amazon and Brazilian Cerradowww.independent.co.uk
To be fair, it is mostly harmless, but it is to bread cheese and pickles what this is to A Lady.We'll, apparently this is the ingredients for a Big Mac bun:
Ingredients: Enriched Flour (Bleached Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup and/or Sugar, Yeast, Soybean Oil and/or Canola Oil, Contains 2% or Less: Salt, Wheat Gluten, Calcium Sulfate, Calcium Carbonate, Ammonium Sulfate, Ammonium Chloride, Dough Conditioners (May Contain One or More of: Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, DATEM, Ascorbic Acid, Azodicarbonamide, Mono and Diglycerides, Ethoxylated Monoglycerides, Monocalcium Phosphate, Enzymes, Guar Gum, Calcium Peroxide), Sorbic Acid, Calcium Propionate and/or Sodium Propionate (Preservatives), Soy Lecithin, Sesame Seed.
CONTAINS: WHEAT AND SOY LECITHIN.
This is the cheese:
Ingredients: Milk, Cream, Water, Cheese Culture, Sodium Citrate, Contains 2% or Less of: Salt, Citric Acid, Sodium Phosphate, Sorbic Acid (Preservative), Lactic Acid, Acetic Acid, Enzymes, Sodium Pyrophosphate, Natural Flavor (Dairy Source), Color Added, Soy Lecithin (Added for Slice Separation). CONTAINS: MILK AND SOY LECITHIN
The sauce:
Ingredients: Soybean Oil, Pickle Relish (Diced Pickles, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sugar, Vinegar, Corn Syrup, Salt, Calcium Chloride, Xanthan Gum, Potassium Sorbate [Preservative], Spice Extractives, Polysorbate 80), Distilled Vinegar, Water, Egg Yolks, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Onion Powder, Mustard Seed, Salt, Spices, Propylene Glycol Alginate, Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Mustard Bran, Sugar, Garlic Powder, Vegetable Protein (Hydrolyzed Corn, Soy and Wheat), Caramel Color, Extractives of Paprika, Soy Lecithin, Turmeric (Color), Calcium Disodium EDTA (Protect Flavor).
CONTAINS: WHEAT, EGG AND SOY
The pickles:
Ingredients: Cucumbers, Water, Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Calcium Chloride, Alum, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Natural Flavors (Plant Source), Polysorbate 80, Extractives of Turmeric (Color).
Just like grandma used to make
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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I’m usually a labour voter tooOh well do I know that! As an old time Labour voter, I fully realise I'm nowhere near left enough to be part of the NSC elite!
Fair point. I think it's also fair to say that some McDs are less frequently infected by utter chavs than others!
Although saying that I think they’re all lying shitheads
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Which one would that be? I have a whole NSC team of fact checkers stalking me, dying to prove me wrong on everything I type
Cotton Socks
Skint Supporter
- Feb 20, 2017
- 2,156
Most of us know that, but having a McDonald's or US once every few months probably isn't worth worrying about. Every Friday here is home cooked 'junk food' but for the other 6 days, every dinner is made from scratch. The 'quality' of the food made can be somewhat hit and miss but it's healthy, even if it tastes like shite!
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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Not sure you can say dying in this context. Who is to say they are dying? You are factually incorrect here.Which one would that be? I have a whole NSC team of fact checkers stalking me, dying to prove me wrong on everything I type
Why is that? Some women have a vey aggressive nature now. Especially when they are driving, do they take testosterone? I have no doubt many eat lots of Toblerone.
HHGull
BZ fan club
- Dec 29, 2011
- 734
Yep, good film. McD’s a long way from the original vision!
Algernon
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The NSC hallouminati?Oh well do I know that! As an old time Labour voter, I fully realise I'm nowhere near left enough to be part of the NSC elite!
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Cotton Socks
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- Feb 20, 2017
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Er I didn’t say that it did - please don’t jump to conclusions here - I said the ‘vast tracks of land destroyed to supply soy’ to feed the beef cattle. It is mainly British Beef that McDonalds use afaik. It is all about the chain of accountability in mass food production where there are several companies between the end product and the root sources that are required. A company can not claim to be selling sustainable and responsibly sourced products unless every part of the supply chain is sustainable and responsibly sourced.
Did you read the Independent article? Cargill is one of McDonald’s suppliers for soy feed - soy feed that Cargill have been alleged to have bought from farmers illegally clearing forest land to grow the crop.
“In a report in February, campaign group Mighty Earth revealed how land was being cleared to make way for soy plantations in the Brazilian Cerrado and Bolivian Amazon. Now, in a follow-up report, they said “large industrial farms” were still selling to major global food companies that supply household names like McDonald’s, Burger King, Dunkin’ Donuts, Kellogg’s and Kraft Heinz.”
My cupboards are fine, Stat. If you want to pretend McDonald's is fine that's up to you.
Health and ethical issues aside, I'm not interested as it doesn't taste good.
Worried Man Blues
Well-known member
Gotta be drive through, lock the doors and keep the engine running..............
Good advice
Oh lordy no.
That said McDonald's is fine, sure it's absolutely no better than fine, fine in moderation, is an almost perfect description.
What it isn't though, is the spawn of satan and those that eat there don't deserve to die.
Politics is the art of the possible.I’m usually a labour voter too
Although saying that I think they’re all lying shitheads
1. You have a world view and a vision of what the UK should be, and want to make a difference. You stand for parliament.
2. With your party, in committee, you make some policies to reflect that
3. You do some focus group stuff to check this will receive votes
4. f***'s sake. The Electorate want the moon on a stick. Better schools and hospitals, lower taxes. f***'s sake!
5. Redraft, somewhere between your vision and the greed of the venal electorate
6. Try to sell it even though you have major reservations about some of it. OK a lot of it. I love the hustings
7. You get elected. Hooray!
8. Now you have to find a path between what got you elected (what the voters think you manifesto is) and what your backbenchers think.
9. Voters not happy, back benchers no happy.
10. Crack on to the next election.
And, as I always say, we get the governments we deserve.
Glad you are a labour man, even if you have to hold your nose from time to time.
It is unavoidable
