Fun with McDonald's lard

[snopes]

Comment: Have you heard of the McDonalds one where the crew kept on
finding holes in the cooking lard? It turned out to be one of the
employees having "relations" with the lard at night.

[lynnejanet]

Does McDonalds still use oil that is solid at room temperature? I thought they had switched over to non-hydrogenated oils that liquid at room temp.

[TatorKate]

Originally Posted by lynnejanet

Does McDonalds still use oil that is solid at room temperature? I thought they had switched over to non-hydrogenated oils that liquid at room temp.

I don't know. When I worked at (dating myself here) Roy Rogers, they used shortening in the fryers. We'd have to periodically empty the liquid oil from the fryers and then spoon them full of solid shortening. TASTY-nom nom.
Confession- the dirty oil/shortening tasted better.

[DemonWolf]

I would have thought that they would throw out the lard because if I found holes in it, my first thought would be that a mouse ate through it and assumed it was contaminated.

[Beachlife!]

When I worked at McDonalds, in the early 80s, they used shortning in the fryers not lard. I can't imagine anyone would get enough friction off of it to make it worth the effort.

[Not_Done_Living]

and on top of all those issues, as an ex overnight worker**, there are generally a few staff members on shift, and the risk of getting caught would be huge..

** in my particular case there were 5 of us, and generally we would start at midnight, and have everything scrubbed/cleaned by 2 am. We would drop a load of chicken nuggets, and watch movies in the crew room until about 5 and then get back to work prepping the kitchen for breakfast and getting the veggies ready for the day.

[lynnejanet]

A press release on this page,, dated 05/22/08, says that McDonalds Canada now uses only canola oil blends at its restaurants, to avoid trans fats.

[BamaRainbow]

Originally Posted by Beachlife!

When I worked at McDonalds, in the early 80s, they used shortning in the fryers not lard. I can't imagine anyone would get enough friction off of it to make it worth the effort.

I don't know about that. I do know that people have used watermelons for "fun" and I can't imagine that the interior of a watermelon would offer that much friction either. IMS, I seem to recall reading stories about using cans of Crisco shortening for the same purpose.
I guess that lard (or even Crisco) probably would provide enough friction, depending on how solid the shortening is at the start, and how quickly the guy finishes.

[Cervus]

Maybe he wasn't looking for friction at all, just trying to see what disgusting pranks he could get away with.

[Eddylizard]

Originally Posted by lynnejanet

Does McDonalds still use oil that is solid at room temperature? I thought they had switched over to non-hydrogenated oils that liquid at room temp.

I just had a McDonalds about 7 hours ago, and they had information on the fries on the paper sheet on the tray, which I read (yeah that's two points of respect I lose - going to McD's and reading the tray insert.) Anyhow, it said the fries are fried in a mixture of sunflower oil and rape oil.

Of course, there is nothing to date the story in the OP.

[musicgeek]

Originally Posted by Eddylizard

I just had a McDonalds about 7 hours ago, and they had information on the fries on the paper sheet on the tray, which I read (yeah that's two points of respect I lose - going to McD's and reading the tray insert.) Anyhow, it said the fries are fried in a mixture of sunflower oil and rape oil.

"I was just trying to follow the directions on the tray insert! What?"

-music "and that's why they call it Canola over here" geek