[2819] in Vegetarian_Support_Group
Re: [Fwd: Message from McDonald's Corp.]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anne Pollock)
Mon Mar 8 08:44:25 2004
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 08:41:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Anne Pollock <apollock@MIT.EDU>
To: Laura Dilley <dilley@MIT.EDU>
cc: veg@MIT.EDU
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hi laura--
you may not be aware that mcdonalds fries (in the u.s.) are not vegetarian
either. although prepared in vegetable oil, they are first seasoned with
beef. this has been documented in the book *fast food nation* and
admitted by mcdonalds, who has been sued by hindus who argued that
restaurants should make clear when there is beef in something no one would
assume contained it. the amounts are small and you may not care, but
the beef is there.
in mcdonalds in india, there are no beef products in the entire restaurant
and the fries taste very different. there is also a full vegetarian menu
at the mcdonalds there, cooked in a separate kitchen area. i wouldn't
trust anything at any mcdonalds in the u.s. to be vegetarian.
--anne
On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Laura Dilley wrote:
> Hey everybody,
>
> It is always good to express your opinions about menu options!
>
> I wrote McDonald's, and they sent this response.
>
> Just think if everyone who was veg did something like this!
>
> Laura
>
>
> --
> Laura Dilley
> Ph.D. Candidate
> Speech and Hearing Bioscience
> and Technology
> Harvard-MIT Division of Health
> Sciences and Technology
>
>
