X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106274,f6958570810f09a7,start X-Google-Attributes: gid106274,public X-Google-Thread: fbf1a,f6958570810f09a7,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfbf1a,public X-Google-Thread: f46dc,f6958570810f09a7,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf46dc,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,f6958570810f09a7,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-03-27 23:06:55 PST Xref: gmd.de alt.flame:80421 alt.food.mcdonalds:1488 alt.ascii-art:7497 alt.mcdonalds:4177 Path: gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!news.ecn.bgu.edu!psuvax1!news.cc.swarthmore.edu!netnews.upenn.edu!eniac.seas.upenn.edu!perrip From: perrip@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (The Researcher) Newsgroups: alt.flame,alt.food.mcdonalds,alt.ascii-art,alt.mcdonalds Subject: Re: No, you're not alone... (Re: McD's) Date: 28 Mar 1994 07:06:55 GMT Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 32 Message-ID: <2n5vmf$l2s@netnews.upenn.edu> References: <2n01k9$ln3@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> <1994Mar27.070510.11852@debug.cuc.ab.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: eniac.seas.upenn.edu How did this ever get on alt.ascii-art??? In article <1994Mar27.070510.11852@debug.cuc.ab.ca> Shadow@debug.cuc.ab.ca writes: >kmhebert@seas.gwu.edu (Kevin M. Hebert) writes: >> In article , >> Pinhead wrote: >> >>I always wonder why Apple Pie has to be fried... >> > >> >Probably for ease of preparation. I, many moons ago, worked at Burger King >> >:) and we got our pies frozen, as I'm sure you do. Baking them would be a >> >pracess far too long thaan would be befitting the fast-food industry, so >> >the company responsible for their manufacture throws a few thou at the boys >> >in R&D, they find out how much pastry and at what density it should be >> >used to cook a pie in a target time of (x) or less, and shoot the info >> >back upstairs. In the end, everyone gets a new Porche. :) [just kidding] >> >> Actually, where I come from, McDonald's DOES offer a baked apple pie. The >> problem is, it tastes AWFUL! The crust isn't crisp and crackly like >> the fried pie, and you and up smooshing that hot, scalding filling right >> onto your lips. I like the fried one a lot better; screw the fat content, >> I WANT MY FRIED PIE!!!! >> >Move to Canada :-) Calgary is littered with McD's places. I'm unsure how >they arrive, but they keep these things heated all the time. You then get >an apple pie thats has a good cripsy shell. (unfortunatly, the inside is >hot enough to melt plastic, and it needs to sit for about 3 mins before >you can eat with without any serious aftermath). Do you people down there >get the milk-and-ice ice cream or the yogurt stuff? > >