Nothing Special Anymore About McDonald’s Fries

I grew up in a very small town and there were no McDonald’s, Taco Bells, nor Pizza Huts. You had to drive about 22 miles to the closest town large enough to have any of these. My first trip to McDonald’s was in 1970 and I was about 14 years old. I’m here to tell you it was a treat.

I had heard of McDonald’s of course but had never seen a real Big Mac nor tasted any french fries like they had. It was really cool! The best part was the french fries. They were so different. So hot and tasty. Not only that but each french fry was almost identical in looks to the one you just ate. I later learned that McDonald’s had spent some 1 million dollars developing that fry! Of course then all I knew was they were the best things I had ever ate and I could not get over how each one was almost the same as the last one.

Flash forward now to 2010 and McDonald’s Fries are nothing special. In fact there are many french fries at fast food places that beat them hands down. They no longer have that identical look. When you get an order of McDonald fries they could just as easily have been some great value brand frozen ones from your local grocer. They are no longer identical. One might be burnt while the other is ok.

In the world of fast food the McDonald Fries is now just another fry and it’s another icon from the past that appears to have succumbed to profit “vs” quality.

Overall Rating for today’s McDonald’s French Fries: 3

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