How does ones owner even allow their dog or cat to reach this ridiculous weight? The bulldog in the middle is my favorite, look how small is fucking legs are!
On 10.31.08, In Food, By AC Slater
Rumors of McDonalds dropping the double cheeseburger from the dollar menu seem to be picking up steam these days. I first heard about this "McDouble" the other night at our softball game and couldn't believe it was actually true (as in McDonalds is considering it). Apparently cheese is costing McDonalds too much money and they are actually thining about removing the double cheeseburger from the dollar menu because of it. The double cheeseburger consists of two "beef" pattys, 2 pieces of cheese, a couple pickles, ketchup, mustard and a bun, not a whole lot to it really. So McDonalds apparently wants to raise the price of this double cheeseburger by ~.20 cents or so to make up for the cost of the extra piece of cheese... yeah, 1 piec of cheese is the problem here. Apparently if they remove the double cheeseburger from the dollar menu they are going to introduce the "McDouble" which is basically just a double cheeseburger with 1 piece of cheese instead of 2, and that will keep the price at .99 cents.
I'm sure McDonalds has their business reasons for wanting to do so, obviously they wouldn't make the change if they weren't losing money somewhere (or not making as much as they used to be). I just find it hard to believe that McDonalds is paying over .20 cents for a piece of cheese. Maybe I just don't know the cheese market at the moment, but with the amount of cheese McDonalds uses you'd think they'd get it (or produce their own) for pretty cheap. I mean, aren't Kraft Singles sold in like packages of 25-30? for like $3-4 bucks? That comes out to .10-.20 cents or so a slice and that's just for a single person buying individually wrapped pieces of cheese in a small amount.
Like I said, maybe I don't understand what cheese is doing with our economy the way it is, but it just seems like a stupid issue to be considering. It's obviously not going to stop me from getting a dollar menu double-whatever when I'm drunk and coming home from the bar. One extra piece of cheese doesn't help me, it probably hurts me, considering I have issues with dairy. And do they really think anyone is going to pay an extra .20 cents for an extra piece of cheese on their double burger?
On 10.06.08, In Food, By AC Slater
I've never been the one to eat healthy or go out of my way to eat something that is organic or not processed food, so I'm obviously not one to rant on this topic, but this article was way to interesting not to read/post about. So whether or not you know, you can buy different types of some of the same foods, organic and non-organic. Stores like Whole Foods and Wild Oats are "organic" grocery stores where as stuff like Jewel, Dominicks, or whatever chain grocery store you have in your area, are "normal" grocery stores. The food in normal grocery stores tastes better, probably has more sugars and whatever, but is all still approved by the FDA. Food you find in the organic grocery stores is usually bland, and the food is grown or produced without any of the normal pesticides or whatever, it must be produced using 95% organic compounds in order to be approved and display the USDA Organic label.
What they don't tell you is that some of those "organic" compounds, like the natural pesticides, are actually really bad for the environment.
For example, organic farmers are allowed to treat fungal diseases with copper solutions and remain within guidelines. Copper, which is toxic, is the 18th most used pesticide in the U.S. and stays in the soil forever, unlike modern biodegradable pesticides.
They also tested organic milk as compared to normal milk and could not find one single difference. Strange huh? The same exact compounds end up in the finished product yet organic milk costs a good buck or 2 more than normal milk. Seems like a giant scam to me, but again, I've never been the one to eat healthy by any means, so if it gives you peace of mind then by all means keep eating it. I will continue to eat my food from the normal grocery store, although I'm willing to bet if you put normal food and organic food on a plate (same foods) and asked me which was which, I wouldn't be able to tell you. But I'd rather save that extra buck or two to spend on something like processed food, which I know is terrible for me and I don't think there is a study out there that would tell you otherwise.
You can read the entire article at FOXnews.com
Update 7/29/09: Another article released backing up the fact that organic food has no more nutritional value than non-organic food. Click Here to Read
On 09.20.08, In Random, By AC Slater
As the title says Quiznos has brought back the meatball sub, which is good because it's the only thing I ate at Quiznos and I actually prefered Quiznos' meatballs to Subway's, although I like Subway's cheese better than Quiznos'. So if you feel like a meatball sub head on over to Quiznos, oh and don't be surprised when the 2.99 price isn't for the regular sub, that's only the special price for the small, which barely feeds an infant.
