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5. Interesting article at Serious Eats

Sat Jan 24, 2015, 09:27 PM

Jan 2015

J. Kenji Lopez-Alt tries to copy McDonald's French fries technique, decides the fries are blanched in hot water, then fried at a high temperature very quickly, then frozen. Fries blanched in plain hot water fell apart so he added vinegar. I guess this is where McDonald's adds the milk and beef and of course salt. I'm too lazy to link, it's "The Burger Lab: How to Make Perfect Thin and Crisp French Fries."

To me McDonald's fries only taste of salt. I swear processed food is getting saltier every decade. I think people's taste buds don't work well anymore.

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McDonald's U.S. Fries Have Three Times as Many Ingredients as Those in the UK [View all] n2doc Jan 2015 OP

Many American products have fewer ingredients KT2000 Jan 2015 #1

Related. proverbialwisdom Jan 2015 #2

They also use Dihydrogen Oxide which is commonly used as an industrial solvent Major Nikon Jan 2015 #3

Nooooo!!!!!!!1 bobclark86 Jan 2015 #8

Maybe so, Trillo Jan 2015 #10

I gave up on Mac's when I found out their Shamrock shake had over 500 calories in it..... a kennedy Jan 2015 #4

most milk shakes have that much or more calories in them, JI7 Jan 2015 #9

Interesting article at Serious Eats betsuni Jan 2015 #5

I'm getting the idea that McDonalds isn't the staff of life. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #6

but they probably taste better than in the UK JI7 Jan 2015 #7

There's very little french fries in this silly putty. Initech Jan 2015 #11