Prince Charles calls for 'ban' on McDonald's - Page 10

carrie721 · #**136** 03-01-2007, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

Really? Black beans taste so bitter to me. And lentil soup with veggies is...well...it's like an awesome stew...
You're so weird and wrong, Carrie! Wrong!!!

they're too mealy for me, or something. black beans have a great texture.

no, YOU'RE wrong, amber! what the hell do you know about beans?!?!

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Originally Posted by dontknowjackaboutbeans

I know, when I have extra grocery money, I'm like...

I buy, like...extra tea, and weird crap I don't usually get to try.
You know what tried the other day that was soooo good? Ginger lime drink. They make it hot at whole foods coffee counter. Strong and delish.

cleveland is finally getting a whole foods. i'll only have to drive an hour to get there.

JazmenFlowers · #**137** 03-01-2007, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by sparky

I am totally jonesing for white cheddar rice cakes now. But we've never met.

me too.

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At this point I am just focused on not being fat.

gawd I love reading your posts

carrie721 · #**138** 03-01-2007, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

gawd I love reading your posts

me too. sparky, i ****ing love ya.

right now i'm eating sparky's black bean/salsa salad thing! it's so good! i put some habanero salsa & some corn salsa in there and it is ****ing delicious. i think tomorrow i'll dice up a tomato and throw it in there, and maybe just some corn instead of the corn salsa since this corn salsa is kind of weird.

amber · #**139** 03-01-2007, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

they're too mealy for me, or something. black beans have a great texture.

no, YOU'RE wrong, amber! what the hell do you know about beans?!?!

cleveland is finally getting a whole foods. i'll only have to drive an hour to get there.

Lame. It's just...ginger and lime juice, but hot. Maybe I'll see if I can ferret out their secret recipe...oooo...

hmmm. To me black beans are mealy.

Johnny Stew · #**140** 03-01-2007, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

That's the thing. There are hamburgers and there are McDonalds hamburgers. They're different. McDonalds burgers taste different from anything else.

I'm glad someone gets it.

God help me, but a lean burger doesn't taste like a Big Mac.

DavidMn · #**141** 03-01-2007, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

I'm glad someone gets it.

God help me, but a lean burger doesn't taste like a Big Mac.

Bitch! you KNOW u want a soyburger right now!

skcin · #**142** 03-02-2007, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

You know what tried the other day that was soooo good? Ginger lime drink. They make it hot at whole foods coffee counter. Strong and delish.

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Originally Posted by carrie721

cleveland is finally getting a whole foods. i'll only have to drive an hour to get there.

Stop flaunting your Whole Foods in front of me. You know I don't have that OR a Trader Joe's.

Bitches.

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I'm glad someone gets it.

God help me, but a lean burger doesn't taste like a Big Mac.

Oh, I get it too. I love McD's too, on occasion, and ita w/ Dee that there's nothing like it. I was just trying to answer your question, which is where do you get a LEAN burger if you're in a hurry.

Johnny Stew · #**143** 03-02-2007, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

Oh, I get it too. I love McD's too, on occasion, and ita w/ Dee that there's nothing like it. I was just trying to answer your question, which is where do you get a LEAN burger if you're in a hurry.

And you did, Paula. Thanks.

I wonder if Home Ec classes should start teaching children where to find healthy, quick and inexpensive alternatives to fast food.
There are some things (right from wrong, for example) that parents should be teaching their kids, but when it comes to eating healthy, some parents are completely in the dark.

DrummerDeanna · #**144** 03-02-2007, 03:47 PM

^^

Or is some of it just a youth thing? I remember in high school ALL my friends ate horribly. I was never taught nutrition, some were and still ate crap.

And now I live across from a high school, everday when I leave for work they're coming and going from lunch - and pretty much everyone has either Burger King...a BIG bag of chips or some sort and a huge soda...candy as well. I mean all of them. I'm sure not all their parents are idiots - and I'm sure some of them know it's bad - but it's a youth thing maybe?

I don't really know what point I'm trying to make (if any) it's just something I've been noticing.

skcin · #**145** 03-02-2007, 03:59 PM

^ I think so Dee, but I also think it's the way they're being raised. Look at you & I - we ate at McD's regularly, my fam used to order pizza once a week on top of that, plus snacks, junk food, etc. It wasn't all bad, it's not like we never ate vegetables, but I'm sure we ate crap a lot more than was healthy. And now we're paying for it, I know I've had to literally change the way I eat -and it was NOT easy. Then look at Amber, whose parents did not go the fast food route & focussed more on healthy eating according to her. Things that were common sense to her were not to me as a kid, not until I got older & did research & learned more.

So, yeah I think kids are going to eat more crappily in general. But a kid brought up in a house that has McD's once a week, pizza once a week, Chinese once a week, KFC once a week, doesn't make their own lunch, drinks pop by the gallon, etc. is already automatically at a disadvantage - because they don't know any better. This is how they think it is supposed to be.

BTW - in junior year of high school, I went to BK every.single.day. at lunch & ate a bacon double cheeseburger, large fry & a DIET Coke. I look back on that & pray my heart will forgive me.

DrummerDeanna · #**146** 03-02-2007, 04:11 PM

^^

Excellent points...makes sense, as the friends I do have that were raised in better food homes definitely have it easier now.

You mentioned pizza once a week - that's also a carry-over from my upbringing. EVERY Friday I get a wicked craving for pizza because that was always pizza day growing up. So I have to actually stop myself from gettin a pizza every week...I still do once in a while...because, well, I love pizza.

Anyway, I've also had to learn about all this stuff as an adult - it definitely put me at a disadvantage. Can't argue that!

In high school I would eat Reese's Peanut Butter Cups every day, along with a (real)coke or two and lunch would be either a Sonic Burger or Pizza..unless we went off campus, then it was McD's. If I ate like that now I'd be a blimp.

skcin · #**147** 03-02-2007, 04:22 PM

^I sympathise on the pizza., my fam was the same way. Of course I'm not going to stop ordering pizza entirely, but I'm not going to have it every week either, esp. if I've already gone out to dinner that week, or had Wendy's for lunch, or KFC. Man, I haven't had KFC in about a year. Mmmmmmmmm......

DrummerDeanna · #**148** 03-02-2007, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

^I sympathise on the pizza., my fam was the same way. Of course I'm not going to stop ordering pizza entirely, but I'm not going to have it every week either, esp. if I've already gone out to dinner that week, or had Wendy's for lunch, or KFC. Man, I haven't had KFC in about a year. Mmmmmmmmm......

Exactly. I usually do one "treat" meal during the week, which means something bad - pizza or burger or something. The rest of the week I make my foods fresh...it's funny I've been craving KFC lately too - but I refuse to eat there

My sister keeps telling me just to get some fried chicken at the grocery store or something, but it's not the same...oh well.

HomerMcvie · #**149** 03-02-2007, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Exactly. I usually do one "treat" meal during the week, which means something bad - pizza or burger or something. The rest of the week I make my foods fresh...it's funny I've been craving KFC lately too - but I refuse to eat there

My sister keeps telling me just to get some fried chicken at the grocery store or something, but it's not the same...oh well.

And it's NOT the same. KFC is the best. And it MUST be Original Recipe.

I think I know your taste buds pretty well, Dee......I'll bet you're an Extra Crispy girl.

I'm eating a fukcing salad now, cuz I'm playing music tonight(and my diet too, of course).

Johnny Stew · #**150** 03-02-2007, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

You mentioned pizza once a week - that's also a carry-over from my upbringing. EVERY Friday I get a wicked craving for pizza because that was always pizza day growing up.

Same here. Although Saturday was usually Pizza Day, because my grandmother made it homemade. Best damn pizza EVER.
After she passed away, Friday became our Pizza Day.

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

So I have to actually stop myself from gettin a pizza every week...

This little piggy doesn't stop himself. I want pizza -- I order pizza.
You know, everytime an Italian doesn't eat pizza, it makes the baby Jesus cry.