Those over 40, does McDonald's taste different to you than it did as a kid?

[Nomadicus]

Originally Posted by Matt Kim

They've been bullied by government into using "healthier" ingredients which don't taste as good.

Can you support just which ingredients in the burgers that they have been bullied in to using? I'd like some proof please.

[kanhawk]

Originally Posted by ClevelandMike

Big Mac Special Sauce
1/4 cup KRAFT Miracle Whip
1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons, heaping, WISHBONE deluxe French salad dressing
1/2 tablespoon HEINZ sweet relish
2 teaspoons, heaping, VLASIC dill pickle relish (Heinz dill relish also works)
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon dried, minced onion
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon ketchup
1/8 teaspoon salt
Refridgerate for a couple of hours.

Bam!

Awesome cleveland mike. I'll try it. I still like the big mac sauce.

[Grannysroost]

Taste buds change for sure, not sure about the rest...I prefer the fish which is smaller now and gooed with tartar...once in a while I crave a cheeseburger.... once a year maybe....

[renault]

I don't think any fast food restaurant tastes the same now as it did when it first opened. Kentucky Fried Chicken doesn't taste anything like it used to in the 60s-70s. Do they even use real chicken anymore?

I also know the Hostess food cakes have changed in taste too and not for the better. When I ate them as a kid they used real marshmallow cream filling but now it's mystery artificial-sugar spooge. And the cake doesn't taste like real cake anymore it tastes like it was made in a chemist lab. Very gross.

[PJSaturn]

I didn't like McDonald's food when I was young, and I don't like it now that I am 57. Their burgers have always tasted yucky to me.

[missik999]

Originally Posted by renault

I don't think any fast food restaurant tastes the same now as it did when it first opened. Kentucky Fried Chicken doesn't taste anything like it used to in the 60s-70s. Do they even use real chicken anymore?

I also know the Hostess food cakes have changed in taste too and not for the better. When I ate them as a kid they used real marshmallow cream filling but now it's mystery artificial-sugar spooge. And the cake doesn't taste like real cake anymore it tastes like it was made in a chemist lab. Very gross.

I had a Hostess Twinkie that tasted like a chemical sponge. Not like the Twinkie of my childhood.

[bradyischamp]

39 here, everything tastes worse because its all probably filled with extra crap i dont even want to know about. and i dont think its my tastebuds.

one example, carls junior western bacon cheeseburger was AWESOME in the 80s. it is total crap now

the only fast food i will eat now is in n out

[Beretta]

Thanks for the posts. This thread has wandered off topic and is now closed.