It’s definitely not the way it used to be. I wonder what’s up with that.
There’s a distinctive flavor difference when McD’s food gets cold. With most food, it just tastes like the same food except it’s cold; but with McDonald’s, it goes from smelling appetizing and tasting decent to smelling horrible and tasting worse. The thing I have noticed is that, in the past decade or so, that window of flavor has gone from a gradient to a really stark dividing line, about 20-30 minutes after the food is cooked.
McDonald’s food has no flavor. It has all been destroyed during their manufacturing and preservation process. What you’re “tasting” is actually scientifically engineered odors that are added to the food with chemicals. When the food gets old, or cold, those smells dissipate and you taste what it actually tastes like. This whole process was outlined in detail in the book Fast Food Nation back in the late 90’s or early 00’s. I imagine that the issue has only gotten worse since then through ever present cost cutting strategies. McDonald’s is absolutely disgusting, and nobody should eat there. It barely qualifies as food.
Actually, in the second edition, Schlosser added an epilogue talking about how much things had changed in a positive direction in the decade or so since he published the original. So if anything, I think the downturn in quality is probably due to the removal of the artificial stuff. Maybe it’s just proving that they never used good ingredients to begin with.
McDonald’s pioneered franchising. Even the actual restaurant wasn’t original, Ray Crock just bought the name from the actual McDonald’s brothers after visiting their single burger stand and having the idea of duplicating it so he could sell more milkshake machines.
Unfortunately they could never figure it out and every ice cream machine across the entire goddamn planet seems to be in a perpetual state of brokenness.
…or they are just a pain in the ass to clean so no one wants to clean them so everyone claims they are broken so they dont have to serve ice cream and clean the machine.
Hold up. The McDonald’s brothers had some great original innovations for running a hamburger stand. They were using assembly line techniques to produce burgers faster than ever before. They weren’t using cutlery or plates for the first time ever. They built a very streamlined business. THAT is what Ray Crock saw potential in, and that is what he bought. That is what the fast food industry is built upon.
Columbus is kind of known for not being known for anything.
I’ve lived here for a little over 15 years and various places in Ohio for every bit of my 40 years. There are things to like about it (low cost of living compared to the rest of the country, 4 seasons of weather) and things to not like about it (really, too many people for me – I’m from a rural area, and local and state government are not great). I like that it’s kind of a generic Midwestern town. Plenty of sports to watch if you like that kind of thing.
I think it’s underrated. People are moving here like crazy, so maybe they agree, but it’s causing rents to get out of control. I feel bad for those moving here. It’s a lot less affordable than when I came in 15 years ago.
I hear that because Ohio is so average, fast food chains typically trial out their experimental menu items there before the rest of the country to see how well they would do. You guys have that going for you as well.
They’re also pretty gross tasting with a 90% chance of diarrhea afterward. In N Out is more like McDonalds with a tiny menu and better quality ingredients.
I think more accurate is that White Castle has an incredibly polarizing flavor. More than almost anywhere else I’ve ever eaten, people either love it (some even become devotees and will travel across multiple state lines to get it, and their Valentine’s Day special event books up months ahead of time) or they hate it (as, apparently, you do). It’s almost exactly 50/50. There might be like 1% of people who are like, “yeah, I mean, it’s ok.”
Loved Krystal Burger growing up. Seldom got a chance to eat there. Now I live in a place without them.
Of course it was bad for me, but at least it tasted really good. Fast food now is unhealthy and most of it tastes like dogshit. Which is probably a good thing as it keeps me away.
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