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    Default Micky D's 1/4 pounder With Cheeze, Fires and Breakfast Meals. . .

    Even food snobs who shun McDonald's have to admit that they serve the mother of all French fries. Ray Kroc, one of the chain's founders wrote in his autobiography that the fry was "almost sacrosanct for me. Its preparation a ritual to be followed religiously." The end result is a crispy golden-brown baton showered with just the right amount of salt. The exterior's initial crunch yields to a tender and steaming white center. More, please?
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    "They are consistent," says David Myers, chef/owner of Comme Ca in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. "I can't imagine how many millions of dollars in research and development they have spent in order to achieve a perfect fry around the world." Myers is no stranger to fried potatoes. His restaurants, which serve classic French brasserie fare, cook hundreds of orders of "pommes frites" (French-fried potatoes) a week.
    McDonald's French fries are shipped to outlets frozen. "We do all of ours fresh everyday," says Myers who uses the same recipe at his restaurants and at home. Myers also uses the best Idaho russet potatoes, French sea salt, and super fresh cooking oil.
    He says the key to making a perfect, consistent, McDonald's-style fry is in the advance preparation. The cut potatoes need to be soaked for at least two hours before cooking which pulls out excess starch and ensures the crispiest product. Also, Myers recommends that, "you have plenty of paper towels, a lined sheet pan, and have your oil ready to go."
    Related: Seven Best Fast Food Meals Under 350 Calories
    The beauty of Myers' two-step cooking method is that you can cook your fries ahead of a dinner party and keep them in the fridge until you are ready to finish in hot oil just before serving. This way you get the most delicious, sizzling, salty, golden-brown fries every time.
    Perfect French Fries
    (adapted from David Myers's recipe for "pommes frites")
    Ingredients:
    6 Idaho russet potatoes
    Peanut oil
    Sea salt (Myers prefers Sel Gris, a fine light grey French salt)
    Method:
    Peel and square off potato ends. Cut into 3/8" batons. Soak for two hours changing water after an hour. Dry thoroughly with paper towels. Heat about an inch of oil (or enough to cover potatoes) in a large, heavy bottomed pot to 290 degrees. Blanch potatoes gently for about two minutes until cooked through but still completely pale. Place on a paper-towel lined sheet pan and cool in the refrigerator to stop cooking process.
    Re-heat oil to 370 degrees. Cook fries until golden and crispy, about 3 to 4 minutes. If necessary, agitate gently with a spatula to prevent sticking. Remove from pan and toss with salt to taste (Myers doesn't blot but you can if you want less fat). Serve immediately. Recipe serves 4 to 6.
     
    The Worst and Best McDonald's Breakfast Menu Choices
    Choose Wisely and Tastefully!
     
    Morning, sunshine! You're ready to face the day. On your way to work, you stop at the loca Mc Donalds drive-thru to pick up a breakfast that will fuel you through your busy morning. You drive up to the ordering speaker, and stare down the brightly lit menu. Before you order, chew on this: a list of your worst- and best- choices.
    Worst

    1. Bacon, Egg and Cheese Biscuit

    It's delicious, but it is also packed with 520 calories and 30 grams of fat. That's half of your recommended daily intake for fat grams, if you're counting.
    2. Sausage, Egg and Cheese McGriddle

    Who thought of this beauty? Pancake, syrup, sausage, cheese and eggs all rolled into a portable sandwich. How handy! What if we told you it contains 560 calories and 32 grams of fat? Not so handy now, is it?
    3. Deluxe Breakfast

    Like mom used to make! Hotcakes, sausage, hash browns, eggs and a biscuit. It's like Sunday morning! Hate to burst your nostalgic bubble, but it's got 1090 calories and 56 grams of fat, too. Oh, and that doesn't even include the syrup and butter- which contain an additional 220 calories, if you use both.
    4. McSkillet Burrito

    A warm flour tortilla, sausage, peppers, eggs, potatoes, cheese, 610 calories and 36 grams of fat- that's what it contains, folks! Yum!
    Best
    1. Egg McMuffin

    An English muffin, egg, cheese and a slice of Canadian bacon. For just 300 calories and 12 grams of fat, this choice is always a winner!
    2. Sausage McMuffin

    English muffin? Check. American cheese slice? Check. Breakfast sausage patty? Check. No eggs on this one, but it's still yummy. And it's got 370 calories and 22 grams of fat. Still a higher-fat choice, but the calories are reasonable for breakfast.
    3. Sausage Burrito

    A warm flour tortilla envelopes sausage, eggs, peppers and cheese, for only 300 calories and 16 grams of fat. Yummy!
    4. Southern Style Chicken Biscuit

    Not exactly the signature of health, but at 410 calories and 20 grams of fat, it still makes a better menu choice than many other options.
    Bon Appetit!




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    Damn the calories and fat, full speed ahead
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    Fast Food means a Faster track to health problems
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