Steers Rip Off

Lupus said:
Oh no people shouldn't eat for enjoyment sake. We must all live off granola and yoghurt...
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que?!? there are so many options between not eating junk and eating granola

slow roasted lamb leg?
perfectly prepared rib-eye steak?
even home made hamburgers?

anything except patties that come from a test tube and god only knows what other chemicals keep a McD's burger looking fresh for the next hundred years

hell you can eat anything you desire, it just happens to be the case that whatever that "anything" is, it will be low quality at fast food joints and better quality when you make it yourself or go to a proper restaurant instead
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
que?!? there are so many options between not eating junk and eating granola

slow roasted lamb leg?
perfectly prepared rib-eye steak?
even home made hamburgers?

anything except patties that come from a test tube and god only knows what other chemicals keep a McD's burger looking fresh for the next hundred years

hell you can eat anything you desire, it just happens to be the case that whatever that "anything" is, it will be low quality at fast food joints and better quality when you make it yourself or go to a proper restaurant instead
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Your home made burgers would be roughly the same as one from a junk food place. There is no test tube patties, there is no other chemicals that keep McD's burgers looking fresh either for hundreds of years (anything dried out will look like those supposed "preserved" mcd burgers).
What makes them unhealthy is the oil, salt and sugars, not these so called magical chemicals, which your homemade burger would have as well.
 
Lupus said:
Your home made burgers would be roughly the same as one from a junk food place
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you need to learn how to cook better then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

my home made burgers beat the ever-loving shyte out of any McD's burger any day of the week

for one, I only use topside mince (i.e. pure steak mince) and hand press them so they actually have a mince texture still, for another I control the meat to bun ratio and make ~120g patties, not the 30g flat pancake McD's passes off as a patty

I use fresh rolls and toast them with real butter

and so on and so forth, it is really not difficult to beat a McD's burger with home cooking
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
you need to learn how to cook better then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

my home made burgers beat the ever-loving shyte out of any McD's burger any day of the week

for one, I only use topside mince (i.e. pure steak mince) and hand press them so they actually have a mince texture still, for another I control the meat to bun ratio and make ~120g patties, not the 30g flat pancake McD's passes off as a patty

I use fresh rolls and toast them with real butter

and so on and so forth, it is really not difficult to beat a McD's burger with home cooking
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Sure they will taste miles better, but on the scale of "junk" as you'd label it would be the same. In fact they might be technically unhealthier due to toasting the buns with real butter and the fattier patties.
 
Lupus said:
Sure they will taste miles better, but on the scale of "junk" as you'd label it would be the same. In fact they might be technically unhealthier due to toasting the buns with real butter and the fattier patties.
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they'll be substantially healthier purely due to being less processed

homemade = wholefood, I control every ingredient ... also fat is good for you, butter certainly beats margarine and stuff
fast food = you'll never know exactly what you are eating
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
they'll be substantially healthier purely due to being less processed

homemade = wholefood, I control every ingredient ... also fat is good for you, butter certainly beats margarine and stuff
fast food = you'll never know exactly what you are eating
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home made <> wholefood ;-) it just means home made. Yours might taste better, but on the grand scale of things it's not any better for you than a Big Mac for example. Not sure what other special processing you think they do that you don't? Besides the patties being pre-made?
As you said eat what you want, but realise that all food can be good or it can be junk, it's got very little to do with "processing" and "chemicals" it's got to do with the actual nutritional and caloric value to your body. Junk food is generally just food low on nutrition and high in calories.
The good things for your burger is you control the process and you're happy with it and you prefer it's taste and texture. But not realising it's still not much healthier than the fast food version... It's still a burger at the end of the day.
 
Lupus said:
home made <> wholefood ;-) it just means home made. Yours might taste better, but on the grand scale of things it's not any better for you than a Big Mac for example. Not sure what other special processing you think they do that you don't? Besides the patties being pre-made?
As you said eat what you want, but realise that all food can be good or it can be junk, it's got very little to do with "processing" and "chemicals" it's got to do with the actual nutritional and caloric value to your body. Junk food is generally just food low on nutrition and high in calories.
The good things for your burger is you control the process and you're happy with it and you prefer it's taste and texture. But not realising it's still not much healthier than the fast food version... It's still a burger at the end of the day.
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it's much more than just premade patties when it comes to what they call "meat"

 
NarrowBandFtw said:
they literally state themselves they use meat full of antibiotics:

Responsible Antibiotic Use

McDonald's antibiotic use in meat is guided by its policy of responsible use of antibiotics in chicken and antibiotics in beef throughout their supply chain.
corporate.mcdonalds.com corporate.mcdonalds.com
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How does them saying a responsible use of antibiotics make them full of it? So you'd prefer the animals dying due to diseases that antibiotics can cure? Plus if you open the link
We are working toward the responsible use of antibiotics in our supply chain, including reducing their use and not permitting routine use of medically important antibiotics in food animal production.
 
@NarrowBandFtw no one is fighting you on the tastes and what not of your burger :-), just pointing out in the grand scheme of things it's still classified as junk food. Unless you make the sauces yourself as well? That could swing it a bit.
 
Lupus said:
How does them saying a responsible use of antibiotics make them full of it? So you'd prefer the animals dying due to diseases that antibiotics can cure? Plus if you open the link
We are working toward the responsible use of antibiotics in our supply chain, including reducing their use and not permitting routine use of medically important antibiotics in food animal production.
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perhaps I should have mentioned earlier, the mince I use at home is pure grass fed, pasture reared, 100% hormone and antibiotic free

you cannot claim that is "the same junk" as a fast food joint that admittedly uses meat with antibiotics and given the scale they operate at it's a guarantee they make use of factory style farms where all kinds of other treatments are routine as well

McD's can spin it however they want, fact is meat is available that have none of that nonsense and it is easy to come by for a homemade burger

funny one about preferring the animals die of disease when other farmers seem to cope pretty well without antibiotics ... of course the animals die regardless: they are destined for a burger after all
 
Lupus said:
@NarrowBandFtw no one is fighting you on the tastes and what not of your burger :-), just pointing out in the grand scheme of things it's still classified as junk food. Unless you make the sauces yourself as well? That could swing it a bit.
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all good

PS: I don't actually use sauce on my burgers, I quite hate a burger that swims in stuff that hide the beef flavour of the meat
 
Lupus said:
@NarrowBandFtw no one is fighting you on the tastes and what not of your burger :-), just pointing out in the grand scheme of things it's still classified as junk food. Unless you make the sauces yourself as well? That could swing it a bit.
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And I think a burger patty counts as an ultra-processed food, whether it's home-made or store bought.
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
all good

PS: I don't actually use sauce on my burgers, I quite hate a burger that swims in stuff that hide the beef flavour of the meat
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That's a good burger than, but I do like to put a little chilli crisp/crunch on it.

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Sir Peel-a-Lot said:
And I think a burger patty counts as an ultra-processed food, whether it's home-made or store bought.
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It actually does surprisingly. As mincing it in the first place is processing it, then putting salt, pepper and maybe a little garlic powder in it and forming it into a patty makes it ultra processed :-)
 
Lupus said:
It actually does surprisingly. As mincing it in the first place is processing it, then putting salt, pepper and maybe a little garlic powder in it and forming it into a patty makes it ultra processed :-)
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That's what I thought.
 
Lupus said:
That's a good burger than, but I do like to put a little chilli crisp/crunch on it.

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excellent condiment, but I'd steer clear because of the canola oil, need to make my own with olive oil someday (ditto for humus, pesto and mayo ... always contains awful seed oils when store bought)

I have bird's eye chilies growing in the back, chopping fresh chili straight from the plant into most meals these days
 
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