I have been saying for several years now that burgers from fast food joints taste like cardboard, and have since stopped going very often like I used to. Now I know why they taste like they do.
I remember the line from the old Wendy’s commercial, “Parts is pieces parts”..........
I think our taste bud have changed over the years as well. That and we’ve been exposed to actual GOOD food, so the stuff we ate when we were younger does not hold up against that as well.
I’m struggling with this with my son, who is 5. He wants to go to McDonalds all the time. I greatly limit it, but there are simply times when it’s simply the most convenient, or I just give in. Luckily, he’s chicken eater and not a burger kid, so far.