On 6/12/13 2:18 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:50:30 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 6/12/13 12:05 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:09:51 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:


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I do. I also remember that the french fries were cut on the premises
from real potatoes by a special slicer. Today, the fries are a "factory"
product that do not taste nearly as good. And back in the day, the meat
was meat, without ammonia.

Yup I remember when they opened the first McDonalds near me, across
the DC line (Southern Avenue) in Maryland.

The main reason they use "factory" french fries is that they are pre
cooked a little. To make decent fries, you really need to cook them
twice.
I think the reason fries don't taste as good is they don't cook them
in animal fat anymore.
Fries are the highest profit margin item in fast food, better than
coffee or soft drinks.

When I worked at Swift they were a vendor for McDonalds. Those 1.7 oz
burgers were real beef (no pink slime).

Did you ever get to the Little Tavern in DC? They had 10 cent burgers
and I think they were a lot better than McD. (similar to White Castle
for you mid west folks)


I vaguely recall getting burgers in the early 1970s from a little place
right off of M Street in Georgetown that I think was a Little Tavern.

It was old school fast food, nothing but a grille and a counter in a
little green roof building.
There was one next to the cut through in the 1700 block of Pa ave to G
street. I went by there every morning on my way to school and I
usually grabbed a burger or two.



There's a place in New Haven that's like that. Been there for
generations, more than 100 years, actually, called Louis Lunch.

http://www.louislunch.com/

I am sort of fond of Crystals in Florida, tiny but tasty burgers.