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Rattlesnake Guy · 04-30-2011, 05:36 PM

Why McDonald's Fries
Taste So Good

By Eric Schlosser

Excerpt From Eric Schlosser's new book

'Fast Food Nation' (Houghton-Mifflin, 2001)

From The Atlantic Monthly

The taste of a french fry is largely determined by the cooking oil. For decades McDonald's cooked its french fries in a mixture of about seven percent cottonseed oil and 93 percent beef tallow. The mixture gave the fries their unique flavor -- and more saturated beef fat per ounce than a McDonald's hamburger.

In 1990, amid a barrage of criticism over the amount of cholesterol in its fries, McDonald's switched to pure vegetable oil. (end of quote)

The article goes on to describe how the flavor is now achieved with the addition of flavorings.

04-30-2011, 05:36 PM	#56
Rattlesnake Guy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,254 Thanks: 423 Thanked 366 Times in 175 Posts	All relative Why McDonald's Fries Taste So Good By Eric Schlosser Excerpt From Eric Schlosser's new book 'Fast Food Nation' (Houghton-Mifflin, 2001) From The Atlantic Monthly The taste of a french fry is largely determined by the cooking oil. For decades McDonald's cooked its french fries in a mixture of about seven percent cottonseed oil and 93 percent beef tallow. The mixture gave the fries their unique flavor -- and more saturated beef fat per ounce than a McDonald's hamburger. In 1990, amid a barrage of criticism over the amount of cholesterol in its fries, McDonald's switched to pure vegetable oil. (end of quote) The article goes on to describe how the flavor is now achieved with the addition of flavorings.