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General Tso Chicken is not a chinese dish though........

FITZZ wrote:

Catyrpelius wrote:Just another instance of the Goverment Sticking their nose where it doesnt belong.

If they ever tell me I can't eat chinese food they will have a war on their hands!

Amen to that...try to take away my General Tso Chicken and shrimp fried rice with their Big Brother tactics and the streets will run red.

Viva La Fried Rice!


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Sanctjud wrote:General Tso Chicken is not a chinese dish though........

Quiet non-beliver!

American style Chines food is much better then regular Chinese food.

Sanctjud wrote:General Tso Chicken is not a chinese dish though........

I don't care if it was invented by polar bears...when I step into the "Happy Chopstix" buffet it's one of the first items I pile on my plate.

Quiet non-beliver!

American style Chines food is much better then regular Chinese food.

I know you guys kid, but I know many who would actually answer the same way seriously... it's quite sad.

I don't care if it was invented by polar bears...when I step into the "Happy Chopstix" buffet it's one of the first items I pile on my plate.

Sure and it was funny, but personally, I don't see the connection that has to having a war with china over regulating food that Chinese would rather not be associated with.........though the world's business is too hard to ignore .

See, I like the General, but i recognize that it's to Chinese food what Taco Bell is to real Mexican food. But sometimes Taco Bell is all you have in your neighborhood.

While my current area lacks the restaurant quality and variety that I'm used to, we have a pretty good Chinese restaurant that offers more authentic cuisine. Just had a Szechuan dish the other night that they made even hotter than usual. Darn that was good.

It's really wierd... menus in Chinese Restaurants are tailored to their local area, but what I generally notice is a compeltely seperate menu for 'those in the know'...essentially other Asians.

But back to McDonalds...
Survival of the Fittest...the Fittest being those that can curb their whims and urges to eat what I find disgusting.

McDonalds makes awesome coffee and half decent sausage biscuits.

Don't forget the McRib!

Its funny... the Cheese Burger Happy Meal with apples in actually one of the healthiest options.. when compared to the fish or chicken.

Sanctjud wrote:It's really wierd... menus in Chinese Restaurants are tailored to their local area, but what I generally notice is a compeltely seperate menu for 'those in the know'...essentially other Asians.

This is very true,for the most part every Chinese restaurant within a my general area carries the same menu..which is "Americanized Chinese".
I have to go to Atlanta ...away from the tract malls...to find "Authentic Chinese food"

Surprising that no-one yet has pointed out that Happy Meals are not marketing directed at adults, but marketing directed at kids.

FITZZ wrote: This is very true,for the most part every Chinese restaurant within a my general area carries the same menu..which is "Americanized Chinese".

I've always wondered - do other countries invent bits of food, then serve it with something that came from the US and call it American food? It was strange to me when I first learned that my typical Chinese lunch of General Tso's chicken, egg roll, and a fortune cookie was actually all invented in New York or San Francisco.

I was in Greece 4 years ago, and there were a bunch of restaurants that would have stuff on the menu like "American Pizza" or "American Cheeseburgers" ... these were mostly touristy places though.

My GF went to Mexico a while back and she said the food sucked, and mexican food is our favorite.. but we like Amerimexican food. Over there they looked at her funny when she asked why there was no cheese on the tacos.

no cheese on the tacos.

THE HORROR!

Fifty wrote:Surprising that no-one yet has pointed out that Happy Meals are not marketing directed at adults, but marketing directed at kids.

I don't think that matters.
The parents are responcible for the kids regardless.

Fifty wrote:Surprising that no-one yet has pointed out that Happy Meals are not marketing directed at adults, but marketing directed at kids.

I don't think that matters.
The parents are responcible for the kids regardless.

I blame my childhood obesity on my Commodore 64.

McDonalds and fast food places like that aren't the only culprit though, it's all restaurants and take out and the fact that it seems parents would rather do that then come home from work and cook like in the good ole days. I know I'm a hypocrate for saying that since I do take out almost every night, but I don't have any kids. If I did, they'd prolly be fatter than I ever was :(

I wanna be rich so I can have my very own Alice to cook and clean for me.

Welcome to California, where you can't get pot legalized but you can outlaw the Happy Meal.

Necros wrote:I blame my childhood obesity on my Commodore 64.

McDonalds and fast food places like that aren't the only culprit though, it's all restaurants and take out and the fact that it seems parents would rather do that then come home from work and cook like in the good ole days. I know I'm a hypocrate for saying that since I do take out almost every night, but I don't have any kids. If I did, they'd prolly be fatter than I ever was :(

I wanna be rich so I can have my very own Alice to cook and clean for me.

With the right immigration policy you don't need to be rich.

Kilkrazy wrote:With the right immigration policy you don't need to be rich.

So true, so true.

BearersOfSalvation wrote:

FITZZ wrote: This is very true,for the most part every Chinese restaurant within a my general area carries the same menu..which is "Americanized Chinese".

I've always wondered - do other countries invent bits of food, then serve it with something that came from the US and call it American food? It was strange to me when I first learned that my typical Chinese lunch of General Tso's chicken, egg roll, and a fortune cookie was actually all invented in New York or San Francisco.

There are a couple of Indian dishes that were invented in the UK, so it's not just the USA that does it. The Balti, Tikka Masala and Vindaloo were all invented in Britain, IIRC.

Tyyr wrote:Welcome to California, where you can't get pot legalized but you can outlaw the Happy Meal.

SB 1449 isn't exactly ground breaking, but it is an interesting change to say the least.

http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_1401-1450/sb_1449_bill_20100930_chaptered.pdf

"Concentrated cannabis" is still punishable by large fines and jail time, but your standard pothead (the kind that actually carry weed on them for some reason) doesn't have all that much to worry about starting next year. I have to say that this is a damn good start.

Anyway.

Frazz wrote:McDonalds makes awesome coffee and half decent sausage biscuits.

I used to think that until I got sick after eating that breakfast stuff when I really had no time to eat anything else. Fast food is a decent way to fit a quick meal into a busy schedule. Not to say it's actually a good meal, but it's edible and pretty cheap.

This law is really weird. Not nanny state weird, because you can still eat the stuff, but really weird nonetheless. I can't see how it is going to help anyone.

sebster wrote:

FITZZ wrote: Now..if we could only find a few million people who agreed with both of us...

*Corporations supplying unhealthy products will always claim the consumer's right to choose, but then won't actually give consumers the information necessary to let them make their own choice.

bs. For years each fast food restaurant has been required by law to provide nutritional information on their food in the US. They have booklets at the restaurants and you can go online and look it up. The information is there. Most people just don't take the time to look it up. You know, like a responsible parent.

Albatross wrote:There are a couple of Indian dishes that were invented in the UK, so it's not just the USA that does it. The Balti, Tikka Masala and Vindaloo were all invented in Britain, IIRC.

Nice, so it's not a purely American thing. Now I wonder if it's a UK/US thing or if other countries without that shared background do it too.

McDonald's in the UK was pretty much forced by public opinion to offer salads and fruit in their meals thanks to their victory in the McLibel suit.

It didn't need a law.

There are still fat people in the UK.

Blaming Happy Meals simply because they have some crappy toy related to what ever new thing is popular is in itself a joke.

"That Batman toy made me buy the happy meal for my kid and now he is fat..... Its all the toys fault. If it wasnt in there my kid wouldn't be fat now."

Does that seem even halfway logical?

Yes.

What do you think advertising and sales promotions are for?

So its not the Happy meal making kids fat.. Its the TOYS!

So we need to outlaw TOYS.

This does make me wonder what the data actually is on the toys as marketing tools. It doesn't strike me as crazy to suggest that advertising works, as many times kids do in fact want no more than the toys, and by getting the toys they also get the meals.

Now, every important factor here links itself to the parents buying the kids those toys and in turn providing them the meals.

Besides all of that the toys were not outlawed. I haven't seen the actual law, so I don't even know exactly what is going on here. Has anyone found it?

There have been cases where people were buying the Happy Meals and throwing the food straight in the bin. They only wanted the toy.

McDonalds got the same money but they didn't like their food being disrespected even so. I suppose the promotion isn't just for the Happy Meal, it is for the unHappy Meals too, so a massively overflowing rubbish bin right outside the front door is not good advertising.

Perhaps there should be a random model Primarch in every Happy Meal.

My daughter has a kind of horror of McDonalds. I don't think she has ever eaten there. There is a kind of shiver goes through her when she talks about the place.

Wrexasaur wrote:This does make me wonder what the data actually is on the toys as marketing tools. It doesn't strike me as crazy to suggest that advertising works, as many times kids do in fact want no more than the toys, and by getting the toys they also get the meals.

Now, every important factor here links itself to the parents buying the kids those toys and in turn providing them the meals.

Besides all of that the toys were not outlawed. I haven't seen the actual law, so I don't even know exactly what is going on here. Has anyone found it?

Not sure about all compiled data,but a little field work,meaning I asked my kids,does indicate that the big selling point of the Happy Meal is the toy.

Not really surprised with their answers.