Edible Trash is dedicated to the discussion of fast food, mostly of the kind that can be purchased in fast service restaurants and convenience stores.
I decided to start Edible Trash mostly because, as bad is it is for me, I love junk food. I have fuzzily happy memories of driving with my Dad to the next town to go to McDonalds (my town was snooty and had strict zoning laws regarding the building of fast food chains) and eat a Hamburger Happy Meal with "orange drink" and a hot apple pie (they were still deep fried then). Sometimes I would get a soft serve cone instead. I remember the surprise and joy when I ate my first Whopper, or my first curly fries (Burger King's "Twister Fries"). I remember when Taco Bell rolled into the next town (again, my town wouldn't be caught dead with a Taco Bell). I once, on a dare, drank a container of Kentucky Fried Chicken gravy. And then finished my chicken.
Along with rhapsodizing new fast food products and restaurants, I will link to news about fast food products and the industry, sobering nutritional facts and more. This is a place for people to both sing the praises and condemn fast food -- just as I often find myself doing, sometimes in the same conversation. Fast food is a product of our fast paced and industrialized society -- with all the time we spend at school, work, on hobbies and with our family, sit down meals cooked in the kitchen have become a luxury, an afterthought, or a distant memory. As fast as fast food is, it isn't going anywhere fast, so the interesting question is what we do with it. And what are the tasty new products coming out.
DISCLAIMER: Although it seems like this would be a fairly obvious point, I don't condone the overuse/overeating of fast food. Like all things in life, fast food is best enjoyed in moderation (if at all). Please balance your fast food consumption with healthy food consumption and regular exercise.
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