Is it a figment of my imagination or are burgers getting smaller? Since my first "plain" Fillet -O- Fish in 1980 at McDonalds in Shenton Way, I've noticed that:
1) the burger bun is smaller
2) the pattys are smaller
3) the slice of cheese is smaller and tartare sauce is getting less (I started eating the normal fillet-o-fish slightly later in life after my taste buds changed.)
People have told me that it's just a perception based on the fact that I was only 7 at that time and the burger would have be "relatively" big in my young hands... which in theory could be true. However, this perception is not just based on my childhood era alone, I've noticed that the KFC Zinger burger has also shrunk.
As the only NSF MT Spec for 20 SA for about a year, I was constantly on Stand-By, not allowed to "book out" for 2-3 week stretches. Geoffrey, my bunk mate would buy me a Zinger when he booked in and I can say this for a fact, the Zinger in those days were the best! The chicken fillet used to be thick, juicy and crunchy, but theses days the Zinger is a very pale shadow of what I considered the best chicken burger ever.
I believe there is a conspiracy by these fast food corporations, who probably change the specifications of the buns, meat pattys every year. Each year trimming the size by a millimeter, a gram or so, (changes small enough to be not very perceptable) until we have the situation today, where the prices keep going up and the sizes keep shrinking. I think the only thing at McDonalds that has stayed the same would be the quarter pounder, where it is based on weight of the patty. (McDs must be cursing themselves for that).
It was at Paris CDG that I encountered the most pathetic Fillet-O-Fish ever! The slice of cheese covered less than half the bun, and they are also rationing the tartar sauce. Check out the picture above. 2 mouthful later, it was gone!
Having said that, it seems that McDs has entrenched themselves very deeply in France. So much so that everywhere I looked, there was a McDs in the corner. Same cannot be said for KFC though, the nearest KFC to toulouse is in Andorra.
Bon apetit!
TO
5 comments:
You are absolutely right about the burgers getting smaller, but you forgot to add that they are getting more expensive as well.
Ya the whole thing is; packaging is what makes you think it's bigger. I guess it's not so bad, is Mickey D's so good for us anyhow? Ya know a bartender once told me, "guess how much I spend for your $7 drink?" The answer 19 cents. How much of that theory is true for the burgers.
no that one seems to be getting more squarey!! haha!
how bout you just stop buying fast food crap, shut up, n make the world a better place
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