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snopes 17 January 2011 07:39 PM

It's true. The additive is called "cheese."

Johnny Slick 17 January 2011 08:38 PM

:rolleyes: Typical lib response, forgetting - or dare I say purposefully leaving out??? - bacon. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

GenYus234 17 January 2011 08:50 PM

Link
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The largest second dairy product manufacturer of Argentina is going to be managed by Adecoagro, a local company owned by financier George Soros.
Follow the money and you will find the reason for snope's pro-cheese agenda.

JoeBentley 23 January 2011 02:39 AM

Class action lawsuit filed over Taco Bell's definition of "beef."
 
An Alabama law firm is filing a class action lawsuit against Taco Bell, claiming that the fast food chain's taco filling does not meat the FDA requirements to be called "beef."

http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=13885025

kitap 23 January 2011 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoeBentley (Post 1394653)
An Alabama law firm is filing a class action lawsuit against Taco Bell, claiming that the fast food chain's taco filling does not meat the FDA requirements to be called "beef."

Quote:

The document lists water, "Isolated Oat Product," wheat oats, soy lecithin, maltodrextrin, anti-dusting agent, autolyzed yeast extract, modified corn starch and sodium phosphate as well as beef and seasonings.
When I first started working at Taco Bell we had to make meat the old-fashioned way: cook it with taco seasoning- the taco seasoning was powder mixed with water. What I quoted was pretty much the ingredients for the taco seasoning mix. Why in heck I remember this I have no idea, but I do. Now that the meat is boil in a bag it comes precooked and pre-seasoned, so the guy is objecting to the seasoning.

snopes 23 January 2011 07:40 PM

Comment: There is rumor that Mcdonalds purchased a meat company called
All-Beef. This allows them the ability to still use the term "all beef
patties" but use 20% meat and 80% soy product in their burgers.

snopes 23 January 2011 07:41 PM

Quote:

This allows them the ability to still use the term "all beef
patties" but use 20% meat and 80% soy product in their burgers.
Too bad Taco Bell didn't catch on to that scheme quickly enough ...

snopes 25 January 2011 03:58 AM

Comment: Rumor: McDonalds owns a company called "100% beef" or "100% Pure
Beef"; hence, they claim their meat is 100% beef because they are
referring to the company.
Sites that support this rumor also make claim the documentary "Super Size
Me" states and is a fact; this site and others imply the rumor isn't true
but don't come state it clearly.

snopes 06 February 2011 05:36 AM

Comment: I heard from a friend of mine that works for them that because of
customer complaints, In-n-Out Burger does not give out on customer
receipts the number "69" they go from 68 to 70. Also In-n-Out will round
up to $6.67 if a customer total equals $6.66! Is this true?

snopes 01 March 2011 07:48 PM

Comment: A friend told me a rumor about a couple of fast food restaurants
in the town of Piteå, Sweden, where we both live. She claimed that at
these places they had secret items that were not on the menu but that you
could order if you knew a secret key-word. At one place ordering a "skryx"
(a combination of a "skrovmål", a standard hamburger meal, and a "lyxmål",
a luxury hamburger meal) would get you a combo of them both, meaning quite
a lot of food. At the other place ordering a "skrovzone" would get you a
"skrovmål" baked into a calzone pizza. She didn't know if this was true
and neither of us have tried ordering these things but it seems like an
interesting phenomenon that probably exists in many other places.
Rejoicing in gluttony has after all for a long time been a part of human
society, and now in our western societies is unfortunately part of our
everyday vices.

Floater 02 March 2011 09:19 AM

Why would these be called "secret key-words"? They sound more like local specialties that aren't on the menu, but can be put together when asked for.

Troberg 02 March 2011 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snopes (Post 1417449)
Comment: A friend told me a rumor about a couple of fast food restaurants in the town of Piteå, Sweden, where we both live.

Sounds like it's the Max chain. Should be easy enough to test the next time I'm in one of their restaurants, we have one in my town (which is not Piteå, which I'm immensely happy for). I'll report back when I've tried it.

Floater 03 March 2011 08:44 AM

Could be Frasses as well, but not McDonalds.

Troberg 17 March 2011 07:09 AM

OK, I've tried it, and they just looked at me in a funny way.

I did order the separate meals and made my own Skryx, however. It was a truly epic hamburger, the kind of hamburger that poets in the future will write poems about. I didn't have my camera with me, though, and forgot that I can also take photos with my phone, so you can't see how epic it was.

Hmm, come to think of it, now there is a certain risk that the legend was false, but by trying it, I made it true as the staff is now aware of this truly epic pinnacle of culinary craftsmanship and artistry...

snopes 17 March 2011 03:47 PM

Comment: There was a story on the news a while back about a family
(Mother, Father, Son, and Daughter) who decided to eat at a KFC
restaurant. They ordered a bucket of chicken and proceeded to eat their
meal when the mother, upon biting into a drumstick, discovered that the
chicken was infested with internal maggots. I didn't see this story on
your site so I decided to submit it. If you end up using it be sure to fix
my spelling errors and stuff I'd appreciate it. Ha

snopes 24 March 2011 08:34 PM

Comment: A friend of mine was in a culinary school at a local University
and did a paper on the use of meal worms as a low cost supplement to
meats. His research led him to the fact that Wendy's and others use a
small percentage of meal worms in their ground beef. This is part of the
reason the patties are so light colored before cooking. My research
showed me it is fact that meal worms are very high protein and safe for
human consumption when properly raised and cared for. I can not seem to
verify that Wendy's uses meal worms and am requesting an answer from you
if possible.

snopes 11 February 2012 07:36 PM

Comment: I heard that when Col Sanders was alive, even after he had sold
KFC, that he would visit KFC restaurants at random and if he was
displeased with the gravy, he would order the restaurant closed. Is this
true?

snopes 10 July 2012 08:01 PM

Comment: So I saw on a twitter feed that if you go to a
Wendy's and say "I'm not from this area. I'm lost and don't have any
money.", they will give you free food per company policy. Do you know if
there's any truth to this "fact"?

snopes 14 July 2012 01:34 AM

Comment: Is it true that Pspsi lost the opportunity to land the McDonalds
Restaurant worldwide account because a Pepsi representative did not want
to speak with a McDonalds executive on the weekend?

snopes 18 July 2012 08:52 PM

Comment: I've heard that the milk McDonalds serves with it's Happy Meals
is labeled (on the batch packaging) "Grade F - unfit for human
consumption." This information came to me directly from someone who works
at McDonalds, whom I know to be truthful. Could he possibly just be
confused or is this true?


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