That's easy"¦
Brian leaned back, as if he were about to deliver a statement of great importance.
"¦ you start with Taco Bell's Fries Supreme. Then you take some McNuggets from McDonald's,and wrap those in the skin from Popeye's Chicken. Top that off with a fried panzarotti from Pizza Hut, and you're good to go.
I nodded.
Another person chimed in;
The baked potato from Wendy-s, a loaded burger from Harvey-s, a McFlurry from McDonalds"¦
And we went on like that.
The rest of the people around the table jumped in with their own fast food 'dream meals'. Everyone had an opinion. The burgers from Harvey's"¦ the original, mid-90s 'soggy' fries from KFC"¦ someone even mentioned those inedible ARBY's roast beef sandwiches as a favourite! ("¦ which of course earned the person a quizzical look from everyone else in the room.) I remember watching a late night Arby's commercial a few years ago, advertising a five roast beef sandwiches for five dollars sale.
Five for five dollars"¦?
My buddy Chris observed.
Meat should not be that cheap.
Anyhow, the next several minutes were spent discussing what our fast food "˜dream meals- would be"¦ ah, a more innocent time, when fast food brought feelings of yearning, instead of indigestition.
Movies and books like Fast Food Nation and Supersize Me have demonized the fast food industry over the past few years, and with good reason. American obesity rates over the past few decades have gone through the roof. Childhood obesity in China, virtually unknown before fast food, have created a generation of 'chubby little Buddha's.'
Some have alluded that the proliferation of single-parent families, which don't have the time to make nutritious, home-cooked meals are to blame for the phenomenon. Some point to marketing campaigns that target children. Others blame poor nutrition education.
But lost in all this hoopla is the singlemost important thing.
This stuff is delicous.
My personal fast-food dream meal?
1. Double Whopper, heavy tomato
2. KFC Chicken with sweet & sour sauce
3. McDonalds Fries, with Taco Bell-s Fries Supreme toppings on top of that, with KFC poutine on top of that.
I think I felt my heart skip a beat. Either that or I need a by-pass.
Anyway, what are you fast-food dream meals?
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