How many of you....

[DoUCLA]

have eaten at or heard of In-N-Out Burger?

[Autzen Powers]

There was one in CA when I used to live there. Ate there once. Why?

[rootiephi]

of course! They are awesome. We have some in AZ. My first IN and Out was at Lake Havasu about 3 1/2 years ago.

[rootiephi]

what about White Castle? I just ate there last night... yeah it was like 4am drunk food! It's fine. I love them sliders...

[DoUCLA]

In-N-Out is the only place where one should eat a burger and fries. It is real food unlike that of McDonalds or Burger King or those "corporate" establishments. Read Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006...books&v=glance

and watch Super Size Me http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390521/

and you will all see "the dark side of the All-American meal."

[Autzen Powers]

Super Size me made me stop eating at McDonalds for quite some time. Not because I didn't know it wasn't good for you, but for the intro scene where he eats till he yurks. That pretty well did it for me.

Bruinforever, give me your case for In and Out. Why is it the best? (not a challenge, just interested in your strong feelings about the matter).

[rootiephi]

I like McDonalds! mmm mmmm gimme a double cheeseburger and fries! I've never seen supersize me, but i'm sure i'd still eat Mickey D's. I really don't have a weak stomach when it comes to food!

[DoUCLA]

From Fast Food Nation:

".....Harry and Esther Snyder opened their first In-N-Out Burger restaurant on the road between Los Angeles and Palm Springs. It was the nation's first drive-through hamburger stand. Today there are about 150 In-N-Outs in California and Nevada, generating more than $150 million in annual revenues. Harry Snyder died in 1976---but at the age of eighty, Esther still serves as president of the family-owned company. The Snyders have declined countless offers to sell the chain, refuse to franchise it, and have succeeded by rejecting just about everything the rest of the fast food has done.
In-N-Out has followed its own path: there are verses from the Bible on the bottom of its soda cups. More importantly, the chain pays the highest wages in the fast food industry. The starting wage of a part-time worker at In-N-Out is $8 an hour. Full-time workers get a benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. The typical salary of an In-N-Out restaurant manager is more than $80,000 a year. The managers have, on average, been with the chain for more than thirteen years. The high wages at In-N-Out have not led to higher prices or lower quality food. The most expensive item on the menu costs $2.45. There are no microwaves, heat lamps, or freezers in the kitchens at In-N-Out restaurants. The ground beef is fresh, potatoes are peeled every day to make the fries, and the milk shakes are made from ice cream, not syrup.
In March of 2000, the annual Restaurants and Institutions Choice in Chains survey found that among the nation's fast food hamburger chains, In-N-Out ranked first in food quality, value, service, atmosphere, and cleanliness. In-N-Out has ranked highest in food quality every year that the chain has been included in the survey. According to the consumers polled by Restaurants and Institutions in 2000, the lowest-quality food of any major hamburger chain was served at McDonald's."

[Autzen Powers]

you got me sold. I'm not sure if there is another enterprise in the US that matches the quality of food or employee treatment.

but now, tell me how GOOOOOD it tastes! That's the real seller. Does it taste better than chains? It must. (I don't remember it the one time I had it)

[rootiephi]

It tastes awesome. They have like 3 things to choose from on the menu so they keep it simple stupid The burgers are piled high with stuff and they toast the buns... mmm mmm mmmmmm! The fries are okay. I prefer McDonalds fries actually.

[DoUCLA]

In-N-Out tastes heavenly. The taste of REAL food is gratifying.

[DoUCLA]

For those of you who eat McDonald's, have you ever noticed how crappy the food looks??? The food there is kept under HEAT LAMPS. That is crap. We want it fresh. Here are some facts from Super Size Me:

Each day, 1 in 4 Americans visits a fast food restaurant

In 1972, we spent 3 billion a year on fast food - today we spend more than 110 billion

McDonald's feeds more than 46 million people a day - more than the entire population of Spain

French fries are the most eaten vegetable in America

You would have to walk for seven hours straight to burn off a Super Sized Coke, fry and Big Mac

In the U.S., we eat more than 1,000,000 animals an hour

60 % of all Americans are either overweight or obese

One in every three children born in the year 2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime

Left unabated, obesity will surpass smoking as the leading cause of preventable death in America

Obesity has been linked to: Hypertension, Coronary Heart Disease, Adult Onset Diabetes, Stroke, Gall Bladder Disease, Osteoarthritis, Sleep Apnea, Respiratory Problems, Endometrial, Breast, Prostate and Colon Cancers, Dyslipidemia, steatohepatitis, insulin resistance, breathlessness, Asthma, Hyperuricaemia, reproductive hormone abnormalities, polycystic ovarian syndrome, impaired fertility and lower back pain

The average child sees 10,000 TV advertisements per year

Only seven items on McDonald's entire menu contain no sugar

Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald - he was fired for being too fat

McDonald's distributes more toys per year than Toys-R-Us

Diabetes will cut 17-27 years off your life

McDonald's: "Any processing our foods undergo make them more dangerous than unprocessed foods"

The World Health Organization has declared obesity a global epidemic

Eating fast food may be dangerous to your health

McDonald's calls people who eat a lot of their food "Heavy Users"

McDonald's operates more than 30,000 restaurants in more then 100 countries on 6 continents

Before most children can speak they can recognize McDonald's

Surgeon General David Satcher: "Fast food is a major contributor to the obesity epidemic"

Most nutritionists recommend not eating fast food more than once a month

40% of American meals are eaten outside the home

McDonald's represents 43% of total U.S. fast food market

http://www.supersizeme.com/

[Go-Pac]

In-Out-Burger. The best damn burgers (at least from a chain) in the country. Didn't read all the posts, but I figure someone mentioned Fast Food Nation. A mandatory read. Whenever I'm in Cali, I hit at least one In-Out-Burger. The closest one to me is Redding, CA. Hmmmmm, double double with cheese.

[Autzen Powers]

wow. I try not to eat fast food on a regular basis, just so I don't get fat, but i admit, that I indulge in it a few times a month.

I think we'll see pretty soon that diabetes will be the #1 killer among Americans. I quit drinking regular coke (soda) years ago, for that very reason.

thanks for the eye-opener, Bruinforever. Are you alone in your views among your friends? Or is this becoming a big awareness issue among younger people?

[DoUCLA]

This issue is getting bigger at my school at least. We are all taught Fast Food Nation and watch Super Size Me.

[Autzen Powers]

that's great that your school is taking this issue seriously. What's your cafeteria like? Have they followed suite and started to make healthy lunches?

[Go-Pac]

Highly, highly recommend Fast Food Nation and Super Size Me. I don't want to be a hyocrite though, admittedly I eat at a fast food joint 3-4 times a month. I try to go to Jack in the Box or Burgerville (an In-Out like local chain), but usually it is Taco Bell.

[DoUCLA]

Our school offers no lunch, just vending machines. AND WE'RE A PRIVATE SCHOOL!!!!! Despicable.

[Go-Pac]

Wow, that is despicable.

[rootiephi]

so I take it that's a no with anyone every hearing of White Castle??