On Jan 1, 11:39 am, "l, not -l" > wrote:
> On 31-Dec-2007, Sheldon > wrote:
>
> > > I think they were thinner than folks are today, too. �Amazing!
> > > Forty-five years ago, the "regular" order at McDonald's was a hamburger,
> > > small fries, and a Coke. �Today, that's the kids' meal portion..
>
> > Yeah, kids under five... today ten yer olds order the double cheese
> > burger, supersize fries, and a large shake... and that's just a snack
> > between breakfast and lunch.
>
> I was thinking about this a day or so ago, prompted by a Hardee's commercial
> for their new Philly CheeseSteak Thickburger. When Hardee's (then known as
> Burger Chef) first opened in our community (St. Louis suburb), around 1963,
> a typical meal was a 1/6th lb. burger, cheese optional, what we now know as
> a kids-sized order of fries and a drink, again what we now think of as the
> small size.
>
> Today, Hardees is pushing the Philly or 1/2 lb. Thickburger, medium to large
> fries and large drink as the meal to order - at a minimum three times the
> calories of the 1960's order. Even if very hungry and ordered an extra
> burger in the '60s, you are still talking less than half the calories of
> today's typical Hardee's order. To Hardee's credit, I will say, on the rare
> occasion I order a meal there, the staff never asks if I want to up-size it;
> they, ring up and deliver what I ask for without sales pitch.

Their burgers are pretty lean as they cook them to death, and two
Thickburgers, made low carb, with water to drink is almost all
protein.
>
> Similar story with Steak 'n Shake; as a teen, a typical order was a
> Steakburger, fries and drink (both the equivalent of today's small and
> medium respectively). Today, you have to look hard at the menu to find the
> single-Steakburger - the Double Steakburger is the norm.

The singles are just not enough meat. With a coupon, you can get a
double, a small chili and a side salad (water to drink) for
$4.19+tax. If you tell them to keep their shitty saltines, and
especially if you also don't eat some/all of the bun, not too bad
price wise, or nutrition wise.
>
Those are both pretty decent places for fast food. Another good one
is Lion's Choice, which is a bit pricey, and they don't send out the
cool coupons, but a sandwich with double extra beef is nice, and the
au jus is pretty decent for fast food.

Back to the Mizzou game.

--Bryan