Supersize me: I'm never eating fastfood again

[Big Booger]

Sorry to say but I have just eaten my last McDeath Meal. Last night I got a McGrand set, and some fish dippers and that will be my last fastfood meal until I die.

It is obvious that fastfood is killing us. I won't touch the crap again. I know that what Morgan Spurlock did was extreme, but it cannot be ignored simply because he overdid it. I mean there is some truth to the unhealthiness of McGrub.

Also, that guy who ate like 19,000 Big Macs was and has to be an anomaly. But you notice how it said he seldom eats french fries and probably doesn't drink any soft drink.


I'm done. I won't go to any of the fastfood chains again.

Have any of you seen it? If so what are your thoughts?

[Detekt]

ok......... how about....try KFC

[rik]

I know what you mean, but it's more the convenience of it that gets my family to those places.

[Nikto]

I recommend Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation:
http://tinyurl.com/45hew
If reading that doesn't put you off then nothing will.

[Big Booger]

I just can't go to another fastfood restaurant again. KFC, Taco Bell, well maybe subway. I won't go to Wendy's, Jack in The box, Checkers, Burger King, Hardees, any of that crap. I might go to Schlotzsky's Deli as it is much like subway.

I and my wife haven't cooked in about 6 months. We go out nearly every night. Unless we are invited to dinner or something like that. That has changed. From tonight on, we are cooking.

I wished they had a healthy place to eat that offered cheap, fast and tasty organic food... Here in Japan we have a couple places like that luckily. But it is not so cheap.

I am sick of fastfood. In college everyday of the week I went to fastfood, one because I was poor and two because it was fast and close by.

Nikto, I just purchased Fast Food Nation. Sounds interesting.

[phishhead]

I only eat at rubio's, panda express, pickup stix, and subway. those stores cook fresh no MSG's. I ate KFC one time and never again. lets just say fire in the hole from both ends.

[petard]

Stir Fry!! It's easy, it's fun, it tastes great, easy to clean up afterwards, and it's good for you!

[rik]

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[Dehcbad25]

Yep, Chinese food it is fast and a lot healthier than BK or MacD. Only problem, American Chinese food is not as healthy as Chinese, Chinese.
I remember eating Chinese food in Japan and I never had stomach ache, here, I am not crawling, but I feel uneasy for a while.
Taco Bell, well, that $h#@ cannot be good for you, there is plenty of studies that show that TB uses laxity. I only ate once there, and I was so sorry (and taking the bus, so it took me a while to get back home)
McDonald's. A 6 year old girl died in Argentina for food poisoning some months ago. I know a .....(I have no idea what she is but she does the study on food to approve for the government) and they always find McDonald's meat not adept for human consumption. The problem, is that those analysis take 48 hours. IT takes only 18 hours for the meat to be consumed, so there is no more proof, and you need the proof to show where it gets bad. If it is in transport, in the frigorific, the cow was sick, or during processing. The reality is that the chain has a notion about it and do nothing. And to top it off, Argentina has a great meat production, but the meat of McD is not from Argentina (all other chains used 100% arg meat)
I like Arby's with its mix of deli and BK. Subway is OK, but lately has a laxative effect on me, so I am doubting it. Best Fast Food? WAWA. WHY?? well, it can be other place, I just can't remember another chain right now
Wawa has Bagel, subs and the like, but, they also have fresh fruits, and vegetables, that you can just pick, wash and eat. Not even have to wait for it to cook ;)
Of course, the choice is in the costumer, if you go and pick a bacon, egg, cheese and ham bagel it does you no good. Still Wawa at least puts the time it was cooked, giving me some rest about freshness.
I take to work usually food from the night before, so basically I only cook once a day (if that) and if I don't have any leftover, I just wash some baby carrots and take them. ;) (I am still about 20 pounds overweight from my normal weight while I was in Arg, but only like 5 for what is consider normal)

[Big Booger]

Well I finished Fast Food Nation, and all I can say is even now more than ever I will never eat at fast food again.. It is sickening.. The food itself, the corporations, the way they treat workers.. who they hire.. their "rallies" aka retreats where they get together and talk about how best to make people sick and fat, and make money off of that...

It was said that Subway treated it's franchisee's the worst, and in turn their employees got the s*&# end of the stick..

The sections on the feedlots and slaughterhouses to the way they are anti-union to the point of it nearly being illegal.. despite how one would feel about a union, their methods to stop unionification is down right dirty...

And then not to go into it too deeply but how that culture, the corporate franchise spreads like herpes all over the globe infecting country after country..

I got so inspired I went ahead and read another fantastic book, FAT LAND (http://www.elx.com.au/images/products/full/0713997397.jpg)

Buy it below:
BUY ME (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0618380604/qid=1094538698/sr=ka-1/ref=pd_ka_1/103-1665995-5884624)

Your attitude about fastfood, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Palm Oil, soft drinks (aka Diabetes Inducers), and so on will change...

The book does lull in a few spots but overall it was amazing.. everything from why minorities especially blacks and latinos have a higher obesity rate than other groups to how invasive branded items like McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut, Coke, and Pepsi have infiltrated the classroom.. where Dominos Pizza's logos are used in textbooks... to logos being printed on buses... vending machines at every nook and cranny... In my day, soda was banned from school, and our lunches were cooked by the cafeteria workers... it tasted bland compared to the salty substitutes that tempt our taste buds, but it was healthy.. and met the requirements for nutrition..

Read, get educated, and your life will change forever.

[alliswoe]

I last ate in a fast food restaurant about 2 years ago. It was a Pizza Hut if i'm not mistaken.

Since then i have read and seen plenty about the fast food industry that have made me never want to go there again. There have been several documentaries over here about the horrific lack of hygene in places like KFC, McDonalds and Pizza Hut (Pizza Hut came out the worst of all of them), and i'm talking mouse s*** and cockroaches all over the place.

But then, equally bad, were good restaurants, mostly because they didn't give a damn about how they stored their rubbish, and rats etc would get into it and then migrate into the kitchens. I think they found some dead rat babies somewhere.

So, the morale of the story? Don't ever eat out (at least not in London) whether it be a restaurant or a take-away or a fast food restaurant. Always make your own meals with the best ingredients so you know it's safe, and keep away from reconstituted meats (burgers, sausages, chicken nuggets etc). It may be a tough morale, but for the most paranoid among us, it's a lesson well worth remembering.

(P.S. please remember that it is your RIGHT to inspect the kitchens of a restaurant, at least in Britain)

[Dehcbad25]

If we ate like that, we would have to turn to smoking or other adictions to reduce our life spam and support our doctors :p
People that I know eat right, never visit a doctor, and can get pretty old :p
That is a problem that Japan has, right BB?
I read somewhere (funny web page about Japan) that Japanese people smoke a lot because they are afraid to get so old :p

[z3n]

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Aye that stuff will kill you - I'm sticking to the 3 main food groups.

Beer, black coffee and cigarettes :D

[Big Booger]

That is a problem that Japan has, right BB?

Getting old is not the problem, as most older Japanese people are really active.. compared to their western counterparts. And they live as well as enjoy healthier lives.

The problem here is that young people are no longer having children and the birthrate is going down.. Soon the number of people over 80 will be greater than the number of people under 15.. it is causing a burden on the social security system here.

That said, some people think it is a great thing because with 100 million people in the land area the size of California, it's a tad crowded.. so the less people, the less crowded.

:D

Eating healthy is one thing. What gets up my skin is how they claim to offer healthy food at these fast food chains.. Apart from Subway, most of them are definitely not healthy, and even if you tried to pick out the healthy choices, it probably is not healthy.

I haven't been to a fastfood joint in about 2 months now.. and I probably will never go back to one. I encourage you all to do the same.

[efc]

I last ate in a fast food restaurant about 2 years ago. Now I understand your logon name. Eating too many sticks and twigs. :D

You health nuts (disclaimer: nut not intended to be a slur. Just can't come up with a better word) may live longer than me. I am sure of one thing. It will seem longer. A lot longer. :D Double-size me!

[petard]

Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "holy cow,,,,,,,,,,,,,,what a ride!!!!!!!

[Big Booger]

You say that now, but when I look at America's old and Japanese old, the QOL, is by far, much better in Japan. I see people here 80 or 90 years old driving cars, riding scooters, walking, jogging, outside gardening, working in the fields.. these people are healthy and have 10-20 more years of good living.

Then I look at people in America who are that age.. the overwhelming majority are stuck in some nursing home, bed ridden, or at least barely able to walk, eat, or use the bathroom on their own.

When my mother came here, she couldn't believe how many old people are out and about in Japan.

They eat very healthy food, fish, rice and vegetables with very little meat. That is why Japan leads the world in longevity. Japan will have 10 million people over the age of 100 by 2050 or so it has been predicted.

I used to think, live my life now as I see fit.. but now at 26 I am thinking, maybe I should take care of my "car" so that I can get more years of use out of it.

You abuse anything too much and it won't last long. McDonald's and fastfood are the most abusive foods you can intake.

[rik]

well hopefully I'll drink and smoke enough that I won't have to worry about fast food...

[Dehcbad25]

I used to think, live my life now as I see fit.. but now at 26 I am thinking, maybe I should take care of my "car"

26?? :eek:
Well, I am completely against unhealthy food. In Argentina we don't lead on healthy food, but I can tell you, I was a lot, lot thinner that I am now. How do I feel now? Usually more tired, less active, less productive, I spend more (on clothing) The car uses more gas (because I am heavier :p)
I have easily stomach ache, or feel gloated.
The problem, is this is something that I was analyzing 2 weeks ago, is that the human system defends itself pretty good to most reactions (physical, logical, sickness) but against this, actually it works inverse.
When you see a fat juicy hamburger you can help but think YUMMY. When you see a vegetable you think YUCK (or you don't feel yummy at all :p)
The Truth is that the food we shouldn't eat, is more attractive.
On top of that, if you get fat, instead of being more active (to consume those calories) you just get more like-couch-potato.

[z3n]

Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "holy cow,,,,,,,,,,,,,,what a ride!!!!!!!

I'll drink to that -

:cheers:

[Snake]

It is okay, IMO, to eat that kind of junk once in a while. But you really have a problem if you're eating fastfood everyday.

[Big Booger]

Eating McDonalds even once in a while would be like shooting lard in your veins once in a while :D

[Snake]

Yes :)

But if we excersise daily, those lards will die! And we don't, we will. :D :p

[egghead]

Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "holy cow,,,,,,,,,,,,,,what a ride!!!!!!!
nice one brother!!!

i guess i now understand my journey:)


nice job

egghead

[z3n]

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Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out alive.
Bugs Bunny

[egghead]

Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out alive.
Bugs Bunny
yeah



ok

now for the test

which one is taco bell?

link (http://viswiz.imk.fraunhofer.de/%7Esteffi/madcow/madcow.htm)

[z3n]

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LMAO

OMG - Eggz - I have tears in my eyes - thats brilliant....

[Big Booger]

People who don't take life seriously early on, are laid up in a bed, not able to move, wearing poopy diapers when they are elderly. :D

[z3n]

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Supersize us, say Olsen twins
September 17, 2004


MARY-KATE and Ashley Olsen have signed up to promote McDonalds Happy Meals in France just months after Mary-Kate sought treatment for an eating disorder.

Olsen twins ... the new face of McDonalds Happy Meals in France / AP
The 18-year-old actresses are promoting the meals in 1,035 McDonald's outlets in the country.

The Olsen marketing blitz began on September 8, a spokeswoman for the French division of the fast-food giant said, while refusing to be quoted by name.

The news comes as concerns continue over the health of Mary-Kate, who was released from an eating disorder treatment facility in July.

The girls are freshmen at New York University. They recently made appearances at New York Fashion Week and the MTV Video Music Awards in Miami.

The meals come either with a photo album, a denim bag or a crayon box, the spokeswoman for McDonald's said.

The album bears the twins' photo, and the bag and the crayon box have their names, according to pictures on the McDonald's France Web site.

[Big Booger]

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Supersize us, say Olsen twins
September 17, 2004


MARY-KATE and Ashley Olsen have signed up to promote McDonalds Happy Meals in France just months after Mary-Kate sought treatment for an eating disorder.

Olsen twins ... the new face of McDonalds Happy Meals in France / AP
The 18-year-old actresses are promoting the meals in 1,035 McDonald's outlets in the country.

The Olsen marketing blitz began on September 8, a spokeswoman for the French division of the fast-food giant said, while refusing to be quoted by name.

The news comes as concerns continue over the health of Mary-Kate, who was released from an eating disorder treatment facility in July.

The girls are freshmen at New York University. They recently made appearances at New York Fashion Week and the MTV Video Music Awards in Miami.

The meals come either with a photo album, a denim bag or a crayon box, the spokeswoman for McDonald's said.

The album bears the twins' photo, and the bag and the crayon box have their names, according to pictures on the McDonald's France Web site.


Two dumbasses to lure more children. I wonder how much money they received? A shame. How can they promote junkfood with a sound mind and heart?

[z3n]

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How can they promote junkfood with a sound mind

A Sound mind ??? - Who are you kidding - You are way too kind BB ;)

[efc]

Health fanatics would starve at Oktoberfest in Munich which started today.

http://www.cox-internet.com/xanadu/efc/haxen1.jpgThe Hax'n ( pork knuckle ) at the Munich Oktoberfest is grilled to perfection and a firm favourite with visitors and locals alike.:p

[Big Booger]

Health fanatics would starve at Oktoberfest in Munich which started today.

http://www.cox-internet.com/xanadu/efc/haxen1.jpgThe Hax'n ( pork knuckle ) at the Munich Oktoberfest is grilled to perfection and a firm favourite with visitors and locals alike.:p

I can really dig Oktoberfest foods. They are mainly home cooked, meaty and dribbling with grease. Very tasty. Once a year, you can treat yourself to something unique and cultural.

However fastfood is garbage plain and simple. Hamburger, unless procured through a local butcher is the vilest substance on the planet next to a chicken McNugget :D

Ewww... the thought of eating a McNugget now makes me sick.

Down with the fastfood industry and the plundering of our culture. When I travel I want to try local food, not some galvanized, sterilized, and communized food like McDonald's or KFC...

These corporations are raping our culture and destroying the local flavors that makes one want to travel and try new and different things.

There's more to the fastfood industry than just the crappy food. It's the anti-labor practices, the hiring of illegal and the poor, the way they pay them next to nothing, give their workers little if any training and room for improvement. Their stance on health care for their employees.. some never get health care. Their reliance on teenagers for immediate and disposable labor...

It can go on and on... how they treat their franchisees.. pitting them against one another, how they move to a global trend when domestic sells start to decline and it looks like their business is growing, but in reality it is only expanding to fatten their stocks to a bloated and unsupportable level..

And all the while they are killing local demand for custom and unique items. Things that you could never buy in your town or area... these mom and pop shops that serve up some of the best tasting delectables that you couldn't imagine..

McDonald's and their ilk are basically corporate communism (has this term been coined yet? If not, I'd like to coin it) at it's worst... They make everything the same, same taste, same prep and operations techniques, same look, same design.

From Cairo to Katmandu, it all tastes the same.. now there may be alternate items on the menu depending on the location but where it counts it's all the same...

I hate fastfood for the most part now, and am trying my best never to go back. I need to set an example for my children in the future and the best way is to start now whilst I am young.

Burn in hell Ronald McDonald.. in fact I'd say Ronald McDonald is like the John Wayne Gacy of the fastfood industry luring kids in to eat their death foods and dooming them to a life of sheer health hell.

Adults can and should be able to make their own decisions, but kids need guidance and if parents (adults) can't prevent their kids from going because they are hooked on that mutant meal... then children are doomed. They might was well let Ronald McDonald (AKA John Wayne Gacy) bludgeon them to death.. like a serial killer.. because when you add up the number of deaths due to diabetes, coronary heart disease, cardiopulmonary failure, stroke and so on, much of which attributed to diet, you can without a doubt see that indeed Ronnie McKiller is as true a serial killer as any.

serial killer

n : someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval

McD's Ronald does just that only on a much larger scale.

[z3n]

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"Badboy, badboy, whatcha gonna do when they come for you.."

[Big Booger]

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http://img71.exs.cx/img71/707/badboy.jpg



"Badboy, badboy, whatcha gonna do when they come for you.."


Nice! That should be made into an anti-McD's commercial :D

[z3n]

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It's actually just two police officers removing a stolen Ronald statue that was stolen from a mall and dumped in the park...
I put a filter on it so it didn't look so plastic.

http://img34.exs.cx/img34/1273/devil4.gif

[alliswoe]

Hmm, thats quite an outpouring of rage there BB, most of which i agree with.

However, McDonalds and all the other giant fast food chains are just products of the "American Dream", a small town Californian chappie opens a small store selling cheap food at a price convenient for working class people - they can now eat out on a regular basis, perhaps for the first time.

With this small-scale success comes a yearning for bigger and better things, more and more shops open up all around California, pandering to the needs of the New Wave - the automobile driver.

As the company begins to spread east, the businessmen are worried that the original flavour of the product will be lost by the purchase of meat from other farmers. They begin to employ fragrance (? - guys who recreate smells and tastes) companies so that the meal's taste will be preserved in every burger.

With this comes the realisation of labour division, keeping training costs down and profits up; as well as the ability to buy cheaper meat and potatoes for fries, safe in the knowledge that the meals will taste the same and customer satisfaction will remain high.

At this point, the businessmen turn from being small town, happy go lucky store owners and turn into millionaire business tycoons, obssessed with the furtherment of their company. They manage to stifle much competition through competition and their superior marketing capablities.

The vision of the American dream has been swallowed by the few, who have become huge, blossoming trees, constantly growing at a spectacular rate. All the while, those left on the forest floor are starved of life, unable to grow, their nutrients sapped by the larger trees, and eventually they wilt and die.

However, even the biggest trees can be brought down in a big enough storm. Perhaps now, when public knowledge of the practises of these coorporations is becoming more widely known, we shall see a fall from glory of the fast food coorporations and a lot of what they stand for.

From the debris, perhaps we will see the emergence of a new, more prosperous, more healthy tree, rather than one rotten at its core, thereby weakening its roots, easily brought down by a storm of public information.

[Big Booger]

Hmm, thats quite an outpouring of rage there BB, most of which i agree with.

However, McDonalds and all the other giant fast food chains are just products of the "American Dream", a small town Californian chappie opens a small store selling cheap food at a price convenient for working class people - they can now eat out on a regular basis, perhaps for the first time.

With this small-scale success comes a yearning for bigger and better things, more and more shops open up all around California, pandering to the needs of the New Wave - the automobile driver.

As the company begins to spread east, the businessmen are worried that the original flavour of the product will be lost by the purchase of meat from other farmers. They begin to employ fragrance (? - guys who recreate smells and tastes) companies so that the meal's taste will be preserved in every burger.

With this comes the realisation of labour division, keeping training costs down and profits up; as well as the ability to buy cheaper meat and potatoes for fries, safe in the knowledge that the meals will taste the same and customer satisfaction will remain high.

At this point, the businessmen turn from being small town, happy go lucky store owners and turn into millionaire business tycoons, obssessed with the furtherment of their company. They manage to stifle much competition through competition and their superior marketing capablities.

The vision of the American dream has been swallowed by the few, who have become huge, blossoming trees, constantly growing at a spectacular rate. All the while, those left on the forest floor are starved of life, unable to grow, their nutrients sapped by the larger trees, and eventually they wilt and die.

However, even the biggest trees can be brought down in a big enough storm. Perhaps now, when public knowledge of the practises of these coorporations is becoming more widely known, we shall see a fall from glory of the fast food coorporations and a lot of what they stand for.

From the debris, perhaps we will see the emergence of a new, more prosperous, more healthy tree, rather than one rotten at its core, thereby weakening its roots, easily brought down by a storm of public information.


I like the tree analogy. Very fitting. Corporate America is wrecking our world.. and people need to wisen up to it on the double.

[z3n]

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Yes I agree with BB (again) very well thought piece there Alliswoe and nicely executed. Was a pleasure to read.

If a man talks in a forest, and there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong ?

[icemn01211]

You know what...according to readers digest, the healthiest fast food is Clear noodle soup.

[Big Booger]

Well I can tell you one thing I haven't been back to a fastfood chain since I posted this. I won't go back either. To hell with that crap. :D I'd rather spend 10 minutes or so cooking something I can recognize as food.

[SupaStar]

Well have you tried McDonalds Grilled Chicken Focaccia? For fast food I reckon it rocks!

[rik]

mmmm burgers...

[Big Booger]

I like hamburgers. I like my dad's grilled burgers.. I don't like what McCrap tries to pass off as a burger... :D It's garbage and it gives your intestines a toxic treatment.

Read up on it.. it's some wickedly nasty food.

[Conan]

I may be part of a minority but I don't like anything served at McDonald's. :eek:

[joshsiao]

Hmm, anyone eats instant noodles? Sometimes even fast food is too costly for some people in S'pore, not becasue we are poor but its really the very high living costs. So many just eat instant noodles. BE FOREWARNED! INSTANT NOODLES is another poison! My uncle got a failing liver from eating instant noodles for dinner every night for 4 months. Instant Noodles are FULL of artifical chemicals!

[Big Booger]

Yeah I eat instant noodles.. too much sodium. I have heard though that if you don't consume the soup, the noodles are fairly healthy. It's the soup that can cause issues.

In Japan ramen shops are everywhere and they make instant noodles taste like poo poo. :D We go about 2 times per month to a ramenya.

[petard]

I can eat just about anything and not gain weight. My cholesterol is very low. People hate because of it.

[rik]

dogs are that way...

;)

[petard]

I squat in your direction.
:D

[Conan]

Just saw this on DVD yesterday! By the way here's a nuritional counter for most of the Fast Food joints:

http://www.dietfacts.com/fastfood.asp

[Big Booger]

I tell you, I think I have convinced several friends and family members.. not only have I given the shaft to fastfood, but sodas as well.. to hell with those sugar-filled diabetes inducing drinks... pure OJ, milk, water etc.. for me..

We need to hit companies where it hurts and get them to offer natural and good tasting foods and beverages that won't kill us both in body and walllet...

[Conan]

Not all fastfoods are bad. If you take a look at Kenny Rogers from my link, their roasted chicken is really low in fat.

I've given up drinking all softdrinks after watching this movie. I lost 3 pounds and my waist is smaller.

[Nikto]

Why does it taste so good?
A typical artificial strawberry flavor, like the kind found in a Burger King strawberry milk shake, contains the following ingredients: amyl acetate, amyl butyrate, amyl valerate, anethol, anisyl formate, benzyl acetate, benzyl isobutyrate, butyric acid, cinnamyl isobutyrate, cinnamyl valerate, cognac essential oil, diacetyl, dipropyl ketone, ethyl acetate, ethyl amyl ketone, ethyl butyrate, ethyl cinnamate, ethyl heptanoate, ethyl heptylate, ethyl lactate, ethyl methylphenylglycidate, ethyl nitrate, ethyl propionate, ethyl valerate, heliotropin, hydroxyphenyl-2-butanone (10 percent solution in alcohol), a-ionone, isobutyl anthranilate, isobutyl butyrate, lemon essential oil, maltol, 4-methylacetophenone, methyl anthranilate, methyl benzoate, methyl cinnamate, methyl heptine carbonate, methyl naphthyl ketone, methyl salicylate, mint essential oil, neroli essential oil, nerolin, neryl isobutyrate, orris butter, phenethyl alcohol, rose, rum ether, g-undecalactone, vanillin, and solvent
...
Grainger had brought a dozen small glass bottles from the lab. After he opened each bottle, I dipped a fragrance-testing filter into it -- a long white strip of paper designed to absorb aroma chemicals without producing off notes. Before placing each strip of paper in front of my nose, I closed my eyes. Then I inhaled deeply, and one food after another was conjured from the glass bottles. I smelled fresh cherries, black olives, sautéed onions, and shrimp. Grainger's most remarkable creation took me by surprise. After closing my eyes, I suddenly smelled a grilled hamburger. The aroma was uncanny, almost miraculous -- as if someone in the room were flipping burgers on a hot grill. But when I opened my eyes, I saw just a narrow strip of white paper and a flavorist with a grin.
From Eric Schlosser's "Fast Food Nation" (you knew that already, Boog;))
Extract here: http://tinyurl.com/6x2sy

[Big Booger]

Yeah fastfood nation really changed my view of it.. it's a sad day when artificial is more popular than natural.. and I am not a health freak.. by far.. I just think we are being molested by these large companies that offer foods that harm us.

And at conan, yeah some fastfood can be healthy.. I won't deny that.. Subway, Roasters, etc..

But even so, you have to think about where the ingredients come from: GM, large animal farms where the chickens are fed god knows what, chemicals, antibiotics, hormones and so on to change their fat to muscle ratios, make the bigger, fatter, etc..

It would be nice to see a fastfood shop try an organic yet tasty menu at a reasonable price... I'd pay for that. I am trying to shy away from all fastfood simply to take my life out of that habit.. When you are pressed for time it's easy to go the fastfood route.