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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Us West Coast FReepers can’t get White Castle burgers, although they’re available as frozen food in some supermarkets.
McDs breakfast is hard to beat. I miss the steak bagel contraption though. Their coffee is surprisingly good!
They also have the technology which enables them to decide which items are both profitable and desired by their customers.
amen to that. also coffee good/bad, coconut oil, wine, fish oil, and on and on...oh, and a big one, SALT.
Well there is one thing Jack in the Box has excelled at over McDonald’s... killing people! Everyone can thank Jack for their inept food handling practices for overcooked tasteless meat.
I don't dislike McDonalds, because when a fuss was made, they did come up with healthy, inexpensive options on their menu. That being said, they are the masters of marketing. They have actually convinced people that a yucky, cheap, bland skinless white potato covered in a corn-syrup concoction they call Catsup tastes good.
No burger beats an In-N-Out Double Double with cheese.
WILD animals. Not ones used to eating processed foods.
When I was in high school (a while ago) at one sitting I ate five of these cheeseburgers. When I got to the last one my friend bet me I couldn’t fit the entire burger in my mouth. I won of course!
It’s been a **long** time since I’ve eaten at a White Castle ( more than 35 years), but I liked them when I did.
“Doogie Howser” has a fine role in it.
I’m guessing White Castle may be serving different food now.
See #73...
That looks really good. Now I’m hungry for a burger.
Yes, always top off a good fish dinner with a Lucky.
I get mine “Protein Style”.
Gotta tell ya, their lettuce is always so fresh and crispy you’d bet they grew it out back.......
“It’s toasted.”
**Copycat White Castle Burgers**
Ingredients
1 1/2 pounds hamburger
1 package Lipton onion soup mix
1 tablespoon peanut butter (yes, peanut butter.. trust me)
1/2 cup milk
1 onion, finely chopped
Sara Lee Classic Dinner Rolls (or the really soft small-sized dinner rolls from the bakery), sliced in half
Cheese slices(you can use Kraft Singles or sliced Velveeta cheese.. we used Velveeta)
Instructions
In a large bowl mix the hamburger, Lipton onion soup mix, peanut butter, and milk. Spread the meat mixture on a cookie sheet. Use a rolling pin to roll over the meat to smooth it out.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. The meat will shrink. Take it out of the oven and put the diced onions all around the edges, this will give the meat a great flavor.
Bake for 15 more minutes, remove from oven, then spoon the onions from the edges all over the top of the meat and layer with cheese slices.
Bake another 7-10 minutes (until cheese is melted). Then add the tops of your rolls (the bottom part of the rolls will just sit on the counter) and place back in the oven for about 5 more minutes.
Take it out of the oven. Slice the meat with a pizza cutter and pick up the slider/top bun with a spatula and set it on the bottom bun.
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