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I'm eating foreign candy/snacks/food/beverages
Plugabugz:
UncleBob's mystery gift has been sent. The person at the post office almost correctly guessed what it was just by holding the packet.
BlackNMild2k1:
--- Quote from: Ian Sane on January 24, 2014, 12:09:40 PM ---You know soda in Canada uses real sugar. I remember hearing that it was illegal to use corn syrup as a substitute but then it might be as simple as the US subsidizing corn and Canada not, making sugar the cheaper option. I like our McDonald's fries better, too. They have not noticeably changed during my entire life but the American fries noticeably got worse at some point. It could be possible that they've always been different and I just didn't notice. As a kid I was rarely in the States and rarely got to eat fast food so I probably only ate at American McDonalds a handful of times.
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McDonald's changed their oil after that Super size Me documentary pointed the big fat unhealthy spot lite on them. Their fries have never been the same since.
NWR_insanolord:
I thought it was because they used to fry them in lard and when vegetarians found out they threw a fit so they changed to a vegetable oil.
Stratos:
Except Super Size Me is a sham. I highly advise watching the movie Fat Head which refutes a lot of the ideas that are shown in Super Size Me. Changed my diet and my health drastically. Don't want to derail this candy thread with that, though. So anyone curious can start a new thread or PM me about that stuff.
As for candy, I would like to try foreign peanut butter candy like Reeses. I ate some here recently and it tastes very different from what I remember. I used to love them and now I find them to be nasty.
Ian Sane:
--- Quote from: NWR_insanolord on January 24, 2014, 02:40:36 PM ---I thought it was because they used to fry them in lard and when vegetarians found out they threw a fit so they changed to a vegetable oil.
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Why can't they just go to a different restaurant? There are all sorts of restaurants that serve food I don't like and I've never thought about making any sort of fuss about it. I understand that for a vegetarian there might be moral issues involved in accidently consuming meat product but I think my response would be "**** you, Mcdonald's! I'll never eat here again!" not "Change your food to accommodate me, someone who already has no interest in 90% of your menu, and compromise the experience for the majority of your customers." Same with health nuts. You have no inalienable right to eat at McDonald's. They serve a certain type of food and you can choose to eat it or go somewhere else. I don't go into health food stores and demand they provide me Mars bars and Doritos.