Well, in a way, it's just a simplified version of the low carb diet. French fries have to be the number one side order in America. I can't understand how someone can go into a McDonald's or a Perkin's and just order fries. Fries come with EVERY SINGLE MEAL YOU DON'T COOK AT HOME. And if you don't get them, they are certainly somewhere on the menu.
All fast food and all diners revolve around the side of fries. It is my personal estimate that people eat between 20 and 45 pounds of extra French fries every year, just because they came with their meal.
In some places, you don't even ask for them - it's just excepted. Order a turkey sandwich - bam - a side of fries to complete the platter. And other places, like McDonald's, basically insist you eat the fries by the way they price their menu. Okay, I want a McQuarter-quesadilla sandwich with bacon. Well, now I'm going to be thirsty. The free, but insulting 12 oz. cup of water isn't going to do it, and it's not like I carry a thermos in my back pocket, so I'll just buy a pop here.
See, now your screwed. The sandwich is like $2.70 and the pop is $1.25, making your total $3.95, when for 4 cents more you could get the super extra value plus combo meal and get FRIES. Economically, it's stupid to pass on the fries for the extra nickel or dime. So you are basically stuck with the fries.
Another thing about fries - when you get them, you can really never convince anyone to have any. When you approach being full, you ask desperately, to the people at your table, if they want any fries. No one ever says yes. If they do, they take the tiniest, crunchiest fry possible, containing more deep fried grease residue than potato. And that's all they take. You can't pass off unwanted fries - you can't even reheat them in the microwave for later use. They have no choice but to be eaten by you, or die a slow, cold death in the bottom of the garbage can (versus exiting via your ass two days later).
They aren't healthy in the least. Any substance of potato is immediately cancelled out by grease and sugar. People fool themselves into thinking it's a vegetable substitute. It's like banana in the ice cream split - any positive minerals in the banana will definitely be over ridden by the layer of gooey fudge and two large breast-like scoops of fatty ice cream.
While I ripped on Wendy's before, I definitely admire their bold idea to make a choice combo menu. I still haven't eaten there, since, oh, about seven months. I plan on eating there soon, though, to see if they got their shit together.
Your typical McDonald's dining room.
And people are worried about world over-population, when the french fries have been multiplying like rabbits that just got of prison. I think there are approxmately 1 gazillion fries for every 1 person on Earth.
So, I believe, since I'm not a doctor or a dietary advisor or even a bullfighter, I can't get any helpful advice, but I think if you're concerned about your weight, just stop eating French fries. Well, I'm not fat, so I don't have to worry. LOLZ!
