is there any Fast Food resturant you would eat at in sheffield?:hihi::hihi:
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no nay never

Not according to this thread.

no nay never

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is there any Fast Food resturant you would eat at in sheffield?:hihi::hihi:
:loopy:

I wouldn't eat in a fast food restaurant anywhere, never mind Sheffield.

Subway is probably the best and healthiest of the bunch.

Subway is probably the best and healthiest of the bunch.

Yes but is that fast food?

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Yes but is that fast food?


Yes, because it is fast to make, so by definition is fast food.

I'll eat food from any fast service restaurants if I like it. It is quick and convenient, and fills the gap nicely. I will tend to have breakfasts from McDs if I am on an early start at work (lovely breakfasts), and on a weekend night shift we tend to opt for a KFC between us at work once the mad walk-in is over (although Nandos is now taking over on the preferences since it opened - once the Subway opens on site they will be my first stop)

Yes but is that fast food?


Yes, it's classified as so in the States so must be that over here too. Face it, you go in, you get the meal really quickly and off you go. It's fast food.

Just because it's not a greasy burger doesnt mean it's not fast food.

I really cannot stand McDonalds breakfasts. I had one once and found it to be like chewing rubber. Never again. I didn't even finish it. Revolting.

A few years ago I was chatting to a old university friend at a party. He was now working for a very large waste recycling company and told me about a very lucrative deal that he had made.

He had signed a contract with a national name in the poultry business to dispose of their feathers.

Shortly afterwards he signed a large conract to supply feathers to a burger manufacturer.

I will say no more other than to look for "L-cysteine" on the labels... if you get to see a label.

A few years ago I was chatting to a old university friend at a party. He was now working for a very large waste recycling company and told me about a very lucrative deal that he had made.

He had signed a contract with a national name in the poultry business to dispose of their feathers.

Shortly afterwards he signed a large conract to supply feathers to a burger manufacturer.

I will say no more other than to look for "L-cysteine" on the labels... if you get to see a label.

Lol - isn't that just a variation on the "Feathers used in milk-shakes" myth that has been around for years? I think if burgers were being stuffed full of L-Cysteine then we would notice as half the population suffer cystene renal stones through overdosing (unless they all drink copious ammounts of water to comepnsate, or have lots of Vit C)

Now 910 L-Cystene can be used in baking processes as a flour treatment agent, and this is indeed extracted from feathers (or human hair).

I'd check the labels on the frozen foods in cheap supermarkets rather than at 'fast-food' restaurants, as that is where the scary additives can be found (cheap economy packs especially)

I really cannot stand McDonalds breakfasts. I had one once and found it to be like chewing rubber. Never again. I didn't even finish it. Revolting.

I have not been in a Macdonalds for about 15 years. Even my two youngest kids wont eat it. They prefer going for a pub meal. The boys always say their friends are going for a carpetburger, when their mates go there.

Got to say that Subway isn't any better. If you look at the small print on the menus you see that a lot of the meat is "mechanically recovered". Scraped off the carcass, or pressure hosed off it, then scraped up off the floor, mixed with colourings, preservatives, fats and starches and shaped before being cooked. Delicious...

There's a cracking fast food chain in Hong Kong which sells kebabs and other Turkish food. Their kebabs are leans and well flavoured and the salads are excellent. They also do felafel and good home-made humous. It's hardly rocket-science but nobody in the UK seems to get it right.

I'd check the labels on the frozen foods in cheap supermarkets rather than at 'fast-food' restaurants, as that is where the scary additives can be found (cheap economy packs especially)

I watched a programme last night that said the reverse. There was a butcher/reputable sausage maker who said in supermarkets, even cheap ones, labelling requirements have changed recently, and they know they can't get away with some practices anymore but in restaurants, take-aways, you never get to see the label, so they can put almost anything in. Makes sense to me.

is there any Fast Food resturant you would eat at in sheffield?:hihi::hihi:
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Hmmmm considering there are lets see rough guess......3 maybe 4 hundred fast food places across the city, the answer clearly is some people do.

Rather pointless thread.

I watched a programme last night that said the reverse. There was a butcher/reputable sausage maker who said in supermarkets, even cheap ones, labelling requirements have changed recently, and they know they can't get away with some practices anymore but in restaurants, take-aways, you never get to see the label, so they can put almost anything in. Makes sense to me.

All restaurants (and fast food places) have copies of the ingredients and nutrition information in store so all you need do is ask to see them to check what is in them. Now dodgy takeaways on the other hand, you'd be lucky if you can identify what animal half of the meat came from (and yet a dirty wicker special still has some bizarre appeal from time to time - it's like road-kill in a box).

I wasn't saying that the supermarkets disguise it, I was simply pointing out that if you look at what is actually in your cheap 40 for 99p burgers from Netto you will find that you have paid for 99p of water, offal, and additives with perhaps 10% meat (if lucky).
For an example of what McDs have in their food, check out the product info sheet (pdf version here http://mcdonalds.co.uk/resources/img/sections/eatsmart/Nutrition.pdf)
BK have their sheet here http://burgerking.co.uk/pdfs/ingredients_info.pdf
As for KFC - a simpler web-interface here http://kfc.co.uk/nutrition/nutrition.aspx (I suppose there are only so many ways you can say "contains chicken" so they more look to say what else it has)

no...............next question

No, not anymore...the food (?) is of a poor quality and it's far too expensive.

Yep. McDonalds is still probobly the best value, and regardless of what anyone says actually quite tasty.

Subway is a bit below par, as is KFC. I love a big chunky kebab on occasion, although as it takes em a while to do one from fresh its not really 'fast food'.

Food from fast food places is actually improving in quality, and continues. They DO listen to customers, at least the big boys did, eventually.

And a big boy is what i'd be if i went to them all the time like i used to, so 'here and there, but not regularly' should be my answer.

Does the chippy count, I suppose it does, it is fast food after all. Yeah I go to the chippy prob 2x per month, and mcd's or bk or kfc when I'm out and stuck short of some grub, although it is a rare occurence and I don't really enjoy it.

is there any Fast Food resturant you would eat at in sheffield?:hihi::hihi:
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I am rathe baffled about what fast food is. Last night we went to a fairly stylish restaurant.

I ordered the steak and ale pie. This had probably taken 3 hours to produce but was served up in minutes. Does that count.

If not what about the summer fruits gateau I had afterwards.

I presume the factory where they produce those huge slabs of kebab meat probably take an age producing them. Again it is served to the customer very quickly... unless there is a queue.

So can someone give us a list of what is considered "fast food"

Admittedly not as much as I used to, but I still do occassionally.