are the sauces...
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Topic: are the sauces...
Posted By: noodle
Subject: are the sauces...
Date Posted: 27 August 2010 at 3:55pm
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in mcdonalds burgers safe to eat?
Probably a dumb and really lame question lol but I feel like a big mac (bad I know  ) and I think I have read somewhere that the sauces are ok...I didn't eat them whilst pregnant with DS as I didn't think they were ok  but would like to know one way or the other  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 27 August 2010 at 3:59pm
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I eat them.... I figure they are totally processed and full of preservatives so nothing much is going to grow on them.
That isn't exactly a definitive answer though is it  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: CJsays
Date Posted: 27 August 2010 at 4:02pm
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I avoided the Big Macs in the 1st tri due to the lettuce (as well as Subway etc), but I ate a Big Mac a week ago (uncontrollable craving!!!) and was fine. I think some of the sauces at takeaway outlets have egg yolk in them which is the problem, but from what I understand the big places like McDs they are made in such quantities the egg yolk does get hot enough so are OK to eat. Will be interesting to see what others say, if that is right or not! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 27 August 2010 at 4:11pm
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This is only my observation, but I'd be really surprised if there was anything resembling real egg in McDs mayo.
Everything is so processed its not likely to harm you. I'd have gone crazy without McDs as there isn't a lot else I can eat from your average shopping centre food court. With Subway I make sure I buy a hot one and get it toasted. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 27 August 2010 at 4:14pm
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The mayo/special sauce at McD's is heat treated so no problems there... not really sure about the lettuce but you could just get without.... I am assuming its not really the lettuce you want anyway LOL
I am off McD's now, but I think I ate my weight in cheeseburgers.. I will say this though, dont get them from the one on glenfield road... they just dont taste right LOL Infact they didnt at glenfield mall either for that matter, the one on wairau however, well they are just perfect LOL -------------   
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 27 August 2010 at 4:14pm
Oh thats just the big macs btw, the cheeseburgers were fine -------------
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 27 August 2010 at 4:15pm
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I never heard they were bad?
Re lettuce, I just ask for no lettuce, I never get lettuce and at subway I won't get the veges/salads if they don't look fresh. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Jaune
Date Posted: 27 August 2010 at 5:08pm
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Most processed sauces, including mayonnaise you buy at the supermarket are ok as the eggs have to be pasturised so kills any potential nasties...
I would've thought that a place like McDs would have such a high turnover of product that the lettuce would generally be ok, but if you are concerned, like the others have said, just get it without. I found when I was feeling sick I could only eat a filet of fish with no sauce...dry fish and buns...tasty ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: noodle
Date Posted: 27 August 2010 at 6:49pm
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thanks ladies, I didn't get a chance to come on here before I headed out so I just went with the safe cheeseburger option lol but now I know for next time
and lol Mel it was the mall so lucky I just had the cheeseburger as no doubt I would of been dissapointed ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: palomino
Date Posted: 27 August 2010 at 7:15pm
| omg omg omg huge congrats noodle!!!!! |
Posted By: noodle
Date Posted: 27 August 2010 at 7:56pm
hehe thanks chick!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 27 August 2010 at 8:34pm
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I really was.. stoopid me went back twice before I realised LOL Stingy on the lettuce too! -------------
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 3:04pm
I ate lots of macca while pregnant lol, I always asked for extra mayo and sauce 
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Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 8:03pm
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*shakes head in despair at the Maccas fans* lol -------------   http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 8:58pm
haha , me too Shez! ------------- 
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Sheza wrote:Posted By: noodle
Date Posted: 31 August 2010 at 7:24am
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Lol ladies!
dont feel like maccas this week after all that hahaha ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 31 August 2010 at 8:29am
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*shrugs* meh lol, I ate what I wanted with Bella, except like deli meats etc.
I dont eat much Mc Donalds these days though, every now and then ------------- |
Posted By: Marengo
Date Posted: 31 August 2010 at 10:13am
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aw i wish i could eat mcd's but its one of my aversions now.. cant stomach it at all along with most other takeaways.. nooo!!!
i certainly do miss eating the deli meats also.. used to get chicken meat as a treat and eat it on the way home from the shops.. not anymore.. sigh!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lil_lease
Date Posted: 31 August 2010 at 9:37pm
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I still love cheeseburgers and I always have to ask for extra pickles!! They're extremely stingy on the pickles if you dont. ------------- Antony, gone but never forgotten 2-4-2010 
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Posted By: flakesitchyfeet
Date Posted: 01 September 2010 at 6:17am
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I pigged out on McDonalds, figured with all of the preservatives etc it was the safest of the lot. Don't get it very often now though, but then we are hardly ever in ChCh -------------  http://lilypie.com"> |
Posted By: Bubie
Date Posted: 02 September 2010 at 8:52am
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I ate everything when i was pregnant with DS, apart from sea food and he came out fine, i think it is abit over the top with what we can and cant eat, as i said DS came out fine and i ate alot of stuff that people "apparently" cant eat while pregnant. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 02 September 2010 at 9:33am
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It's not that you can't it's more that you shouldn't just in case.
But I too ate things that you should avoid, I just made sure things were fresh and if they looked dodgy or old I left it. I did feel guilty the first few times, like when I ate ham from the deli...  But I also made sure I didn't do it until I was about half way, not sure why though... Hmm! Anyway that was just me, and I'm not telling people they should go ahead and eat it but more do what they are comfortable with. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 02 September 2010 at 9:36am
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It is a little over the top and the chances a minimal but it is all about if you want to take that chance. It isn't that you CAN'T eat it, it is that you shouldn't because the chance of listeria is high in that particular product. I personally wouldn't forgive myself if I ate something that I knew that I shouldn't and I got sick and bubs died. To me it isn't worth the risk. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 02 September 2010 at 11:36am
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Yes and no, I was a McD's girl way back and if they are used within their time frame they are fine, but they can sit out ofr a while waiting to be used. Best bet is to go during a busy time and know that the turn over of stock is going to be happening. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: DeannaSaxon
Date Posted: 06 September 2010 at 9:36am
| i was the same with my first ate everything. i crave pauas in cream wen pregnant last time and this time the foods they tell u nt to eat are normally ok if they are cooked thoroughly arent they?i am craving hummus. anyone know why this is supposively off limits? |
Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 06 September 2010 at 10:03am
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There have been a couple of cases in the US of listeria from tahini. ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 06 September 2010 at 2:57pm
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If you made homemade hummus without the tahini you'd be alright. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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