I’ve gone off a lot of fast food recently. Mainly because, having cut out a lot of additives in our diet, the food now taste flavourless and over salty to me, but also because the takeaway restaurants near us aren’t particularly good quality and the meat is often cheap and fatty – it annoys me that these expensive meals are so poor and unenjoyable.
Of course, it doesn’t actually stop me craving a really good chicken korma or a large portion of fish and chips though, I just find that the thought of a takeaway is so much nicer than the actual reality. So stumbling across these Fast Food recipes on BBC Food might just be the answer – at least I’ll know the exact quality of the ingredients going into them.
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1 Elle // 22nd Oct 2006 at 8:21 pm
We rarely eat fast food from anywhere. I’m very concious of the food we eat and very rarely buy a ready meal never mind one from an establishment where the cook is going to be little over 17!
I do cook fast meals; fresh pasta and pesto is a favourite as is my mushroom risotto. I’m going to bookmark this site though. I always look for ideas on other things to cook, and I especially like the crispy duck recipe which my lot love.
2 paula // 22nd Oct 2006 at 9:03 pm
It is annoying though, when out and about, the lack of decent food available. With all the McDs, KFC etc couldn’t there just be one stand out chain that does decent food? Actually I have found that really good yummy food can be found in the cafes of most Museums (certainly the Royal Museum, Edinburgh and the Museum Of Country Life, East Kilbride.) Homemade and yummy too.
I only ever get takeaways as a last resort. By the time we have gone and bought the food I could easily make a big comfy bowl of spag bol. It is all about the carb hit isn’t it?
3 Gert // 23rd Oct 2006 at 10:17 am
Oh tell me about it. We keep having this conversation. We get too many takeaways, and never do we say “Ooh that was nice”. Full of salt, full of the scrag end of poor quality ingredients.
Yet we know that we are both good cooks and that for example, Jimmy’s brother owns an organic greengrocers, as featured in the London Evening Standard’s Best Small Shops, but we are too lazy/busy/tired to sit down and plan and a meal and get its constituent ingredients.
I’ve got quite a few books of Sainsburys Quick cooking – pasta, curries, veggie, veggie-for-students (ie cheap), meals for one and two. Superb.
4 Pewari // 23rd Oct 2006 at 3:05 pm
I agree, our “fast food” tends to be just quickly made food (in our case generally things we made double portions of and froze the extra – lasagne, rissoles, etc that can be nuked when we’re short on time).
I do just sometimes crave a takeaway though even knowing it’s going to be a disappointment. Paula: you’re probably right, it’s the carb thing.
Gert: you’ve reminded me, I’ve got some of those books somewhere. Must dig them out again for some ideas.
5 Lucy // 2nd Nov 2006 at 2:33 am
Hello everyone, for my speech class, I have to write a persausive speech. I choose ” hsould fast food be considered a healthy meal” I am saying no it’s not, but I am having trouble finding some good sources, If anyone knows of any good ones or has some useful information..please comment..thanks!!
6 Pewari // 12th Nov 2006 at 3:22 pm
Hi Lucy, sorry for my delay in replying!
I can’t think of any sources to support your argument off the top of my head, although Jamie’s School Dinners site might be a good place to start.
For the opposition, maybe look at McDonald’s new site: Make Up Your Own Mind which has a lot of facts and figures of what is contained in their meals and how it’s prepared.
Good luck in writing your speech! Let us know how it goes.
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