Sounds like the opponents are more interested in politics than food. In any case, there are thousands upon thousands of McDonald's and other fast-food joints here in the States, yet there are also more great little slow-food restaurants than ever in this country.
If you want Italian fast food, go to a pizzeria, that will probably support the farmers a lot more then the dubious contribution from McD's. Really if they want to promote the Italian Grande (or is it Grosso?) Mac, then they should make a deal with MacD to sell this in other countries of Europe or better yet in USA.
Or enjoy the other ultimate Italian fast food. Fresh made pasta or gnocci and sauce from a Pasta Fresca shop. Just add boiling water.
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Italian Grande (or is it Grosso?) Mac
I think they may have meant Grasso....
This is a marketing ploy that Micky D's uses throughout Europe. When I was living in Germany, it was the same thing -- commercials about harvesting Iceberg salad from German farmers, and all-German beef and tomatoes, etc.
Does not change the fact that it's fatty fast food, does it?
The idea that Italians shouldn't have the option of eating American hamburgers is as absurd as saying that Americans shouldn't eat pizza.
If Italian kids want to experience the dubious thrill of going out for fast-food burgers and fries, I say let them go wild. It's not as if they won't get plenty of pasta as well.
balto, I agree with you completely. It is years since MD has opened in Italy, in the 80es it was really popular among kids, but as the kids grew old and as the novelty passed, it also lost its grasp on people. MD has closed in many location. Now you don't see that many people in it, but the people that go, want to go. Why denying it? MD is ugly but it serves a pourpose, In fact the advertising you hear of MD targets two kind of people, children and poor. Some people eat there because they have very little choice, the kids almost only for the toy.
In Italy at least akll the ads are either about the toy in the happy meal or enphatizes the fact that it is cheap.
Italian kids have million chances to eat well, I don't think that one hamburger or two will do anything. And don't forget that some people DO like MD. So I don't inderstand what is all this about...
Here in the US McDonald's does seem to target the young.
There are other issues, of course, and more relevant in regard to what they serve...high fat, low nutrition stuff are both the cheapest and the most popular items on their menus. I don't know about the McItaly, but it would be interesting to see an evaluation of its nutritional values (calories, fat, etc.). I'd also like to know from where the Italian Mickie D's get their supplies...I know at one point in the US there was an outcry of sorts claiming their beef came from Argentina.
There is little doubt that, as indicated by the TV news I've seen here showing someone with a McItaly along with a large order of french Fries, that those who frequent (and I do mean frequent...) are not all that concerned about these questions or their diet. Until legal bans were established in some places (like New York City) even the fats and oils they used were pretty nasty from a health viewpoint.
I'm not opposed to the chain, but even in terms of "Fast Food" hamburgers there are healthier choices here in the US. However, for some folks they will not search these out either here or in Italy...and although seeing that storefront in or outside the train station in Firenze is both a disapointing and jarring comment on some of the downsides of globalization I guess "it is what it is."
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Posts: 605 | Location: Sierra Nevada foothils, California | Registered: 04 May 2009
Well, I sure didn't say that Italians shouldn't have the option of American fast food! I, after all, must quench my once-every-two-year craving for a Big Mac and Fries! I can't fly to America just for that, now can I? However, McD's is not around the corner for me. I have to drive 30 miles to get to one.
Sure, kids will always get enough pasta here, but even with all those carbs, their triglyceride levels and body mass indexes tend more toward normal than obese. Maybe having to go 30 miles to get a Big Mac helps with those stats!
Ale, I hate them too except for that one craving every two years, but I have to tell you, after I finish that bi-annual Big Mac, I feel like death. Seriously awful.
Folks, as tempting as it is to comment on people's eating habits and the reasons why, let's please remember this forum is a vehicle for information about travel. How about a thread on inexpensive options for eating for those times you can't enjoy the traditional long leisurely Italian meal when out and about?
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