Posted on 07/28/2013 1:14:21 PM PDT by lowbridge
What is “the cheapest, most nutritious and bountiful food that has ever existed in human history” Hint: It has 390 calories. It contains 23g, or half a daily serving, of protein, plus 7% of daily fiber, 20% of daily calcium and so on.
Also, you can get it in 14,000 locations in the US and it usually costs $1. Presenting one of the unsung wonders of modern life, the McDonald’s McDouble cheeseburger.
The argument above was made by a commenter on the Freakonomics blog run by economics writer Stephen Dubner and professor Steven Leavitt, who co-wrote the million-selling books on the hidden side of everything.
Dubner mischievously built an episode of his highly amusing weekly podcast around the debate. Many huffy back-to-the-earth types wrote in to suggest the alternative meal of boiled lentils. Great idea. Now go open a restaurant called McBoiled Lentils and see how many customers line up.
But we all know fast food makes us fat, right? Not necessarily. People who eat out tend to eat less at home that day in partial compensation; the net gain, according to a 2008 study out of Berkeley and Northwestern, is only about 24 calories a day.
The outraged replies to the notion of McDouble supremacy — if it’s not the cheapest, most nutritious and most bountiful food in human history, it has to be pretty close — comes from the usual coalition of class snobs, locavore foodies and militant anti-corporate types. I say usual because these people are forever proclaiming their support for the poor and for higher minimum wages that would supposedly benefit McDonald’s workers. But they’re completely heartless when it comes to the other side of the equation: cost.
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My brothers and I used to call it “D*ck in the Box”, but not where either parent could hear.
Used to be a White Castle where I lived in Massachusetts. There’s nothing like the burgers that they served. Thick, juicy char-boiled burger, fresh tomato slice and crisp onion. First bite, grab the napkin...
But, these places are a rarity today. And they probably don’t belong within the genre of “Fast Food”...
Then how come as I drive across America the place is filled with corn???
Good subsistence food for peasants who care nothing about mad cow disease and high fructose corn syrup. And they probably take EBT cards (food-stamp debit cards).
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Mark
I know a guy who lived on eggs, rare beef, coffee, cigarettes and whiskey for 106 years.
He once had a wife that badgered him about those things, but he outlived her by 40 years. Rancher in North Dakota.
Everyone knows that Little Caeser’s is the best food value in all of history. :)
I remember when Der Weinerschnitzel came to town in 1968.
They had $.05 chili-cheese dogs.
I used to order 15 of them and eat them on my 15 minute lunch break in High School.
Next Lent, I hope that Hardee's/Carl Jr has their GRILLED fish sandwich again. Best fish sandwich ever! A bit small, and a bit expensive, but it was really good, and NOT deep fried.
Mark
Three bucks and some change for 2 McDoubles and a large ice tea. Great for long road trips. Last all day.
I hope it still works if you skip the smokes.
“How about the foods that kept us from dying off as a species?”
Pretty much just meat and fish.
Nope. You might have to make a few sacrifices in that area.
But, these places are a rarity today. And they probably don’t belong within the genre of “Fast Food”...
It must have been a different White Castle than I have ever seen. WHite Castle cheeseburgers are steamed over a bed of onions and served with mustard and steamed onions. I don't think I've ever seen a tomato at a White Castle,and I know I've never seen crisp onions at once - they steam them all. We used to buy the 'suitcases' - 24 in a box.
It is a McMuffin / Quarter Pounder With Cheese hybrid that is only available about that time of the day because they are transitioning from breakfast to lunch.
They all know what it is and I highly recommend it.
You've never actually owned a dog, have you?
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