On each and every trip we take out in the car with J, it is a round robin trip of asking for fast food from each of the various outlets which seem to litter every town and city.
McDonald's,KFC, Burger King, whichever is coming into view with their enormous lettering up to the sky, I will hear "cola,chips, chicken" emanating from the back seat. Not one request mind you. But a request repeated over and over again, gaining in volume and intensity as we near their premises, and then replaced by crying, banging and shouts of "cola, chips" as we go past their eatery.
Now, as we take similar routes daily and weekly, J can predict when each one will be appearing in his view line.
I have made observations before that J would be happy to travel round all day in the car, stopping off at each takeaway, and to him that would be a productive and enjoyable day.
But, yes, as we are all aware, fast food is not good food. It is not healthy or kind to the body and is just fat and salt made flavoursome and colourful thanks to the array of food colourants and additives.
One interesting fact which I learnt a while ago, and when I say 'fact' I am not quoting from Debretts guide to fine dining, rather a little info passed on in conversation with a friend ( which is not to say it is not true!) is the following :- McDonald's only put a gherkin into their burgers as it takes their food from being classed as a dessert to a meal. In lamans terms, there is so much sugar in their savoury foods, that under government guidelines they would have to advertise them as desserts, but by placing a slither of gherkin within the sauce, they tip the balance over from sweet to savoury.
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