Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?

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Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?

Post by Le_Fromage_Grande »

Feck me, you lot can whine about fuck all, if you don't like the food somewhere, don't eat there, if someone else likes it, good for them, it really doesn't matter.
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Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?

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KungFooBob wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 4:58 pm ZRX61 fought in WW2, he probably knows what it smells like in real life.
Visited a mate in hospital who had it. Haven't stepped foot in McD's since.
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ZRX61 wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 5:45 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 4:58 pm ZRX61 fought in WW2, he probably knows what it smells like in real life.
Visited a mate in hospital who had it. Haven't stepped foot in McD's since.
Field Hospital, right?
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 4:13 pm I'd like to know what exactly people think McDonalds are putting in their burgers :lol:

They are what they are. Certainly the least likely to give you Norovirus at that price, at the side of the road :obscene-birdiedoublered:

Can't remember who it was - probably you :D - that pointed out how strict McD are on cleanliness etc.
They make them of ground up beef. Ground up in a factory where you can't see it. I am sure it meets hygene standards, but probably falls far short of what Tom Kerridge or I would accept as 'good' beef.
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Meh, Kerridge is perfectly happy to stick his name on factory produced stuff for M&S now :D
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 5:53 pm Meh, Kerridge is perfectly happy to stick his name on factory produced stuff for M&S now :D
Yes, but made in a Marks and Spencer factory.
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Post by Mr. Dazzle »

It's also weirdly two faced how chefs like that will sneer at supposed "factory meat", then lovingly talk about making stocks, broths and stews from long slow cooking of carcasses and bones :lol:
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KungFooBob wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 5:46 pm
ZRX61 wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 5:45 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 4:58 pm ZRX61 fought in WW2, he probably knows what it smells like in real life.
Visited a mate in hospital who had it. Haven't stepped foot in McD's since.
Field Hospital, right?
I've heard of 'sick building syndrome' but didn't know fields could be ill.
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Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?

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Horse wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 6:48 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 5:46 pm
ZRX61 wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 5:45 pm

Visited a mate in hospital who had it. Haven't stepped foot in McD's since.
Field Hospital, right?
I've heard of 'sick building syndrome' but didn't know fields could be ill.
Hospital or similar in a war zone = field hospital.
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Cousin Jack wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 3:19 pm
Yorick wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 1:23 pm When I worked in Aylesbury, I went to Greggs once a month. Really nice sarnies and loved the pasties.
Pasties??? Pasties have pieces of real beef, if it is minced it is a pie. Even if it is pasty-shaped it is still a pie. Yes, I am looking at you Ginster!
Ginster are shite. And hard to get a decent pasty in Cornwall. All tourist shite.

Philps pasties in Hayle are shite
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ogri wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 8:25 pm
Horse wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 6:48 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 5:46 pm

Field Hospital, right?
I've heard of 'sick building syndrome' but didn't know fields could be ill.
Hospital or similar in a war zone = field hospital.
I know.

It was a a joke ;)

A play on words :)

A M.A.S.H. up, perhaps? :D
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Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?

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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 4:13 pm
Mr Moofo wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 1:16 pm
Taipan wrote: Sat Nov 02, 2024 2:36 pm Tom Kerridge recently said he's never eaten McDonalds because he knows what ingrediants cost you cant make a real burger for what they charge!
Which is completely guff. Kerridge knows his world but not the one of mass production. The quality of McDonalds ingredients is way better than most high street eateries. They do what they do well, but people don’t have to like them.
I'd like to know what exactly people think McDonalds are putting in their burgers :lol:

They are what they are. Certainly the least likely to give you Norovirus at that price, at the side of the road :obscene-birdiedoublered:

Can't remember who it was - probably you :D - that pointed out how strict McD are on cleanliness etc.
I worked alongside them for 5 years - McDs owned stores are very strict ( the franchise ones - M6 Toll Road South , can be questionable). Their burgers are beel - produced in millions, using local beef in each country - no soy, no filler, no onion or rusk as per the burger van.
Because of the scale they buy at, they can sell at the prices they do.
Unlike Tom Kerrodge who used to start his shift with pint of Negroni. Who do you think pays for that?
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KungFooBob wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 5:46 pm Field Hospital, right?
LA County, He went from diagnosis to morgue in under 48 hours.
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Yorick wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 8:45 pm Ginster are shite. And hard to get a decent pasty in Cornwall. All tourist shite.

Philps pasties in Hayle are shite
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Post by Jody »

Fast food is over priced shite


KFC £10.36

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B+M for the beer and then one of local Chippys £9.50 total

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Post by Noggin »

That up there!

I’ve never found places like McDo to be cheap for what you get!
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Jody wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 7:39 am Fast food is over priced shite

KFC £10.36

B+M for the beer and then one of local Chippys £9.50 total
Erm, chippy's are fast food :wtf:
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MrLongbeard wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 9:18 am Erm, chippy's are fat food
ftfy :)
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Horse wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 9:23 am
MrLongbeard wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 9:18 am Erm, chippy's are fat food
ftfy :)
In sufficient quantities all food is fat food.
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But chips cooked in vegetable oil are vegan and therefore healthy.