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Subject: Re: diet soda
From:    Nightfox(21:1/137)
Date:    Fri Sep 04, 2026 17:17

  Re: Re: diet soda
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Thu Sep 03 2026 07:41 pm

 PF> I drove back from my office last night, a 2+ hour drive. Was feeling a
 PF> little run down, and against better judgement stopped at a McDonalds.
 PF> Double cheeseburger, diet coke, small fries -- it's weird to think I used
 PF> to crave that?

 PF> The diet coke definitely tasted different to me than I remembered. sweet,
 PF> but not sugary sweet like I used to think it tasted.

McDonald's burgers aren't really my favorite, but I do think their fries are good.  Even though their burgers aren't my favorite, they aren't bad, and sometimes I feel like a McDonald's meal hits the spot.  I don't go to McDonald's much these days (except perhaps for their breakfast items), but sometimes I used to stop by McDonald's for their value menu - I remember being able to get a McDouble and a small fries for around $3, and it seemed like a fairly good deal for some quick food to tide me over until later.  Prices have gone up quite a bit in recent years though.

I think restaurants (particularly fast food restaurants) do try to make their food such that people will like the taste and crave them so that customers will come back.

Also, I've noticed that Coke at McDonald's tends to taste somewhat different than Coke elsewhere. I've heard that Coke makes a special version of their soda for McDonald's, though I don't remember what exactly is done differently.

Nightfox
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