Modern Horror: Why McDonald’s French Fries Taste So Good
August 4, 2006 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Food and Drink, Media, Misc., Your Body
The french fry was “almost sacrosanct for me,” Ray Kroc, one of the founders of McDonald’s, wrote in his autobiography…
And so begins a sordid tale of 97% beef tallow, better living through chemistry in industrialized mini-cities off the New Jersey turnpike, and a true gold arch standard in making a mountain out of a small pile of Idaho russet potatoes. McDonald’s Fries could almost be a controlled substance in this country.
Find out why in this excerpt from Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser after the jump.
Why McDonald’s French Fries Taste So Good (pops)
[tags] french, fries, McDonald’s, fast, food, flavor [/tags]
