Call me a McVegetarian
I had McDonald’s for lunch today, as I am wont to do whenever I haven’t brought anything from home, and in the aftermath of seeing the film Super Size Me, I don’t eat the fries any more, so I’m always coming up with new ways of filling myself up without having to resort to ordering French Fries.
McDonald’s Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese.
Today’s solution was a Double-Quarter Pounder (shouldn’t this be called a Half-Pounder?) which is basically a Quarter Pounder with two patties instead of one. I didn’t even know this existed until I saw it on the menu board whilst waiting in the drive-thru. They didn’t have any already made up, so I had to wait a couple of minutes, but at least I knew it was gonna be fresh.
My verdict? Well, first of all, this thing weighed a TON! I mean, it was a LOT heavier than any other burger I’ve had at McDonald’s before, and if I ever express the desire to ingest another of these culinary train wrecks, please advise me to the contrary. It tasted exactly, and solely like meat. It had tomato sauce, and onion, and cheese, but all of these condiments cowered in the gigantic shadow cast by the great and powerful MEAT flavour. Now, as you know, I’m a fan of meat in general, but I’m also a believer in too much of a good thing, and I’m really not into settling down to a great big fistful of dead cow (or approximation).
I almost didn’t finish it, that’s how disgusted I was. And I only got the burger, and a medium Coke — but I’m also no quitter. As I was choking down the last of it, I actually thought to myself “Y’know, this burger wouldn’t be so bad, if it only had one meat patty” — Hello? Genius, they have that! It’s called a regular Quarter Pounder, which is probably what you should’ve ordered, you fucktard!
Anyways, you know how McDonald’s sometimes makes you feel like you drank motor oil? Well, today I’m the fucking Exxon Valdez!
For those interested, the Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese is the first McDonald’s meal that Morgan Spurlock ate in Super Size Me (remember when he threw up out the car door?) It contains 760 calories, and 20 grams of saturated fat — more than a persons recommended daily intake, in one serve.