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On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:01:07 -0400, Harry ?
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On 6/25/10 8:28 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:55:00 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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McDonalds is just the lightning rod for our obesity problems.
Look at the portion sizes at Red Lobster or Olive Garden.
The average size of a dinner plate in the 50s was 9". It is 12" now.
Remember when a Coke was 7 ounces. A "SMALL" coke is now at least 12
ounces and may be 20. A Big Gulp is 64.
A candy bar was about the size of your thumb.
They called a 3 Musketeers bar that because you were supposed to break
it into 3 pieces and split it with 2 friends. It used to even be
scored. Now it is twice as big and people eat the whole thing.

I watched Supersize me... blech...

Like I said, McDonalds is just the lightning rod. Why single out
"fast" food when so many slow food places have all you can eat
specials?

More moral equivalency.

So it is better for you to pig out at the Olive Garden "bottomless"
pasta bowl or Golden Corral's all you can eat ribs for $10.

It seems that is the way they advertise restaurant these days.
"The food sucks but there is plenty of it"

At least the quality of food there is better, and that's not saying much.