The McNasty...but why does it taste good???

Not much time to blog tonight, but I thought I'd just leave this head scratcher for y'all. I'm not a veggie guy...never have been, never will be. In fact about the only thing that I really qualify as a vegetable in my diet is a good baked potato smothered in butter and sour cream. I'll eat a salad if it's swimming in dressing and only has the soft green parts of the lettuce...not those huge white knuckles that resemble big chunks of onion.

Anyway, I get the occasional craving for a McDonald's Big Mac. Yeah, yeah, I know it's about the crappiest thing that we can put into our bodies (watch the movie Super Size Me!), but sometimes they just sound good, and at two for 3 bucks these days, I can pound a couple down if I'm really starved! Gotta make it a balancing act though or it will catch up quickly!



Anyway, this is the only burger on the face of the planet that I'll wolf down with lettuce. Why? Because it's too much of a pain in the arse to scrape off, and it makes a big mess. So the other day, I get this wild hair at the drive-thru to ask Ronald McDonald to make it "my way." I tell the dude to hold the "shred" on the Big Macs (yeah this was a day where I ordered 2). I quickly unbox the first non-lettuced magic burger and looked at it in amazement...THIS is going to be something the non-veggie world will die for! I took a huge bite, but much to my surprise, I was vexed. There was too much of that special sauce goo, and the fake onion bits didn't taste the same...something wasn't quite right. I finished the burger, but it didn't exactly blow my hair back. What the crap? Did I actually prefer the original WITH the lettuce shred? I think I did! This new found concoction was really gross. Then I realized I had another burger of the same recipe waiting for me in the bag. Should I throw it away? Of course I had to eat it...but after I did, I realized I would go back to the original, and that I did on my next stop to the golden arches. My taste buds were satisfied once again, but what is it about the lettuce shred that made it taste good? I hate lettuce and NEVER order it on any other burger or at a BBQ! McDonald's has some funky chemicals in their food that lure the world back into their greasy lair over and over again. Kids today are soooo overweight...in the US anyway...sad. Pretty sick that you can find a McDonald's in some hospitals! People have to learn balance and control...bottom line. I could stand to lose a few pounds, but watching documentaries like the flick above help me balance it out.