What is your favorite fast food and why?
Article Toolsby Laura Holm
When I go to fast food restaurants, I get a hankering for my favorite food as soon as I get in the car. I love french fries. I understand that they hold little to no nutritional value and are pretty bad for one's health. But if I'm going to do fast food, I want to do it right. The warmth, the crispness, the salt mingling with the sweetness of the ketchup... It's a great combination.
Doing it right is one thing. Overdoing it is where the danger lies. I find that ordering small or child's size fries satisfies my craving without upping my caloric intake to that of a 200-pound football player. If I'm hungry, I might order a side salad as well, and a grilled chicken sandwich. It makes me feel more balanced, anyway.
Fast food is notoriously unhealthy. But my love for fries cannot be swayed. I enjoy them too much to cut them out completely, and nothing else will do to satiate my craving when it strikes.
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