McDonalds

The double golden arches are an American icon.  It's hard not to meet a person who hasn't had a taste of the iconic thin and one-note McDonald's hamburger.  Now operating it's 71st year what is it about the child obesity-causing restaurant that makes Americans love it so much?

Dick and Mac McDonald opened the first McDonald's BBQ restaurant in California in 1940.  It was your typical American drive-in at the time featuring a large menu and car-hop service.  In 1948, they closed their restaurant for alterations, re-opening it as a self-service drive-in, reduced the menu to just 9 items, and introduced the 15 cent, 80% bun hamburger.

In 1954 52 year-old multimixer salesman Ray Kroc made a trip out west hoping to sell the McDonald brothers more mixers, and fell in love with their operation.  He learned the brothers were looking for a nationwide franchising agent.  Ray Kroc then decided to make his future in hamburgers, and in 1955, opened the second McDonald's location in Illinois.  This location was the first to feature the ever-now famous double golden arches, and red & white tiled walls.  In just a decade, McDonald's would expand to over 700 locations through the US alone.

Operating now in 118 countries around the world McDonald's is no longer just an American icon, but an international one.  The menus reflect the country they are located in, and there is enough sub-par food to please every undeveloped palate out there.  But lets get to the classics.



The 10-piece chicken nuggets are the go-to for children and adults alike.  Biting into the soggy texture reveals a juicy, flavorless, white-meat-esque inside that will have your stomach churning in a few hours.  Nuggets not doing enough for you?  Reach for one of the many calorie building sauces they now have on hand to feed your fancy.  BBQ, Ranch, Sweet & Sour, Honey Mustard, Sweet Chili, and Spicy Buffalo.  They will surely put some bite into those nuggets for you.

Ahh the McDonald's big mac.  Two, thin, gruesome, pre-cooked patties set between three pieces of toasted buns with wilted lettuce, hard cheese, and pickles.  Biting into it reveals a doughy texture with a touch of beef scraps hitting your palate.  And the sauce.  Oh the sauce.  Tartar sauce on a rampage.  Mayo, relish, thousand island dressing,and sugar.  Yes, the sauce definitely makes the $6 value meal worth it.

We then get to the iconic McDonald's fries.  Thin, crispy, hollowed, greasy, salty fries fried in a large vat of oil that most likely has a large piece of lard floating through it.  You can watch the grease just drip off the fries as a worker then shakes a pound of salt through them.  Why not get the fries super-sized?  For just $0.40 more you can feel a year of your life disappear as the fat starts to clog your arteries.  What a deal.

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If you made it this far.... SHAME ON YOU FOR BEING SO INTERESTED! STOP EATING THIS CRAP!

* I would never set foot inside a McDonalds
** None of these pictures are mine
*** If you didn't get the underlying sarcasm through the post, and the pictures made you          salivate, we can not be friends.