9 Facts About Fast Food ! It May Change Your Opinion !!

9 Facts About Fast Food ! It May Change Your Opinion !!

Fast food has its perks. It’s normally pretty cheap. And as the name implies, the meals arrive swiftly: perfect for those times when we just have to eat. Plus, burgers, fries, shakes and chicken nuggets taste great. But many of our favorite quick-service selections come with a catch – in terms of calories and fat. For this and other reasons, then, you might want to pass on the following 20 fast-food favorites…

9. The Hula Burger

Back when McDonald’s was only just becoming a household name, owner Ray Kroc found himself with a dilemma in heavily religious areas in the U.S., where many Catholics were not eating meat on Fridays. Kroc’s solution? The Hula Burger – a bun filled with grilled pineapple and cheese. Unsurprisingly, the similarly meat-free Filet-o-Fish performed much better, and the reportedly unappetizing Hula Burger was canned.

8. McLobster

Unless you frequent McDonald’s restaurants along Canada’s east coast, you may not have been aware that the McLobster was actually a regular on the summer menu. Until 2017, that is, when the roll was discontinued thanks to the rising price of lobster. Yes, while nearby restaurants simply raised their own prices to cover the cost, McDonald’s chose to do away with the commercial crustacean altogether.

7. Onion nuggets

If you can believe it, chicken wasn’t actually McDonald’s’ first choice for a nugget filling. You see, in the 1970s the chain rolled out onion nuggets to four different locations. The response? Well, clearly not good enough to warrant making the delectable treats a standard menu item. We’ll keep our onions in ring form, thanks.

6. McPizza

McDonald’s first added McPizza to its line-up in the 1980s, but thanks to the 11-minute preparation time, it didn’t stick around for long. Think about it: have you ever waited that long for anything in Maccy D’s? Eleven minutes is not “fast.” That said, two individual McDonald’s restaurants, in Ohio and West Virginia, continued to offer McPizza to anyone willing to travel for it. Today, though, there’s only one branch of the Golden Arches still serving this culinary creation, so if you want a slice of the action you’ll have to head to Orlando, Florida.

5. McLean Deluxe

Despite its grand title, the McLean Deluxe contained around 11 percent less fat in its meat than a regular burger. Hailed in the early ’90s as a healthy alternative care of McDonald’s, the menu item was quickly rolled out across virtually every restaurant in America. But once the initial hype had died down, the burger flopped just as swiftly, potentially thanks to long wait times, a weird flavor, high prices or a combination of the above.

4. McSalad Shakers

Long before hipster restaurants had latched on to the idea of eating meals from slabs of stone rather than plates, McDonald’s was serving salads in plastic cups. The idea was that you could shake the salad to allow the dressing to disperse evenly. But in 2003, three years after it had been introduced, McDonald’s canned the gimmicky health food in favor of its Premium Salads.

3. McStuffins

There’s a reason why some McDonald’s staple menu items have stood the test of time. Most, like the Big Mac, are just quintessential fast-food choices. But you know what isn’t a quintessential fast-food choice? French bread stuffed with various fillings. That was the genius behind “McStuffins,” which were tested at three restaurants in 1993 – and seemingly never heard from again…

2. Shanghai McNuggets

Ever tried eating chicken nuggets with chopsticks? Well, that’s exactly what McDonald’s tried to peddle in the ’80s with their Shanghai McNuggets. Essentially, they were just regular nuggets – but with mustard, sweet-and-sour and teriyaki sauces and, of course, chopsticks. And whether due to poor sales or just cultural insensitivity potentially approaching the level of the McAfrika, they didn’t stick around for long.

1. Chicken Fajitas

Adding to the growing number of attempts that McDonald’s has made at exotic food, at one point you could order Mexican food from the Golden Arches. And we’re not just talking about jalapenos on a burger – but instead, actual, straight-up chicken fajitas. Yes, the ’90s were a strange time. Nowadays, you’ll only find much simpler wraps at Maccy D’s.