to really hate maccy D and such like

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And why do they have to have big bright posters with toys on...GRRRRRR. I don't want to have whinging DCs because I won't take them in there, especially when SIL does against my very clear wishes.
Am I just being really mean about the whole junk food thing?

Have you ever looked at the ingredients list of a Big Mac for example, it's 100% ground minced beef OK a fair bit of salt added as well.

Now if you look at the ingredients of say good quality bacon it probably contains more salt than a Big Mac. Same with cheese which is seen as a healthy food it's very salty.

I'm not saying McDs is great but in context it's not that bad.

It's up to you if you hate the place but i am not bothered in the slightest if someone takes my DC there, we take them every now and then. I also don't mind if they have fruit shoots etc, don't really get why i would as long as it is in moderation.

At least with McDs you know exactly what you are going to get. I hate when you go somewhere new for lunch and end up paying over the odds for microwaved mush with a sorry excuse for a side salad beside it. I hate restaurants that don't actually have a chef making food just someone reheating stuff.

Ahhh jellybeans the voice of reason I couldn't agree more.
I heard of someone who banned mcds, sweets etc in her house. Everything organic, free range etc. YKWIM. Her now teenage ds has a partime job and spends large part of wages on junk food at least 4 times a week!!!!
Much more important imo to teach kids to have a healthy relasinship with food and everything in moderation. Can't go far wrong.

I'd laike to thank McDonalds for getting my DS1 to eat carrot

Since seeing their advert, he pesters me for crunchy carrot sticks.

sweetkitty, totally agree with you here on the proper food cooked by a proper chef vs reheated-by-a-kitchen-worker. How can you tell though when going into a pub/restaurant, what you are going to get? being vegetarian, I have had many an obviously frozen microwaved lasagne/broccoli bake thing, served up as 'real food'in a pub...one was even still frozen in the middle when I began eating it ewwwww.