Peer Response: Brianna's Blog

"Real" food vs. "fake" food post:
I love the way McDonald's food taste and I love their prices, so the whole scrambled egg issue does not really matter all that much to me. Nonetheless, I do still strongly agree with Brianna that the taste and color of McDonald's scrambled eggs compared to "real" eggs from the farm is very different. You will never be able to get the fresh and satisfying taste out of the scrambled eggs at McDonald's, so if you're a picky eater, I would prefer you to cook your own eggs at home with real farm raised eggs. Brianna also stated in her post that although the taste and color is different, the smell is identical to "real" eggs. Though, from my personal experience with McDonald's scrambled eggs, it definitely does not have as strong of a smell when it's fully cooked as "real" eggs. Farm raised eggs have a smell that fills up a room, which allows people to know that someone is cooking eggs whereas at McDonald's, you wouldn't be able to notice that eggs are being cooked in the same room you are in.

McDonald's uses an egg substitute for their meals. It comes as a liquid form and gets poured onto the grill, where it eventually turns into cooked eggs with almost the same texture as "real" eggs (just without the same smell, taste and color - in my opinion). Even though McDonald's uses artificial eggs, it obviously is not keeping their customers away because there are still many consumers like me, who does not have a problem with it because it's still able to provide some similar essential vitamins/nutrients as farm eggs would. Also, even if they do have an issue, they can always purchase another meal from the menu that does not consist of "fake" eggs. McDonald's is such a well known and popular fast food restaurant that something this small will not affect their business.

The link that Brianna provided with her post definitely supported her argument of "fake" food. I do agree with a lot of the information on the link as well because by consuming natural food, it will be a lot healthier for you since you're getting all the nutrients you need. "Fake" food just takes away some, if not all, of the good stuff you need to being healthy.

Food Games: Teach Kids "fake" vs. "real"
By Nanci Hellmich

This article does a great job explaining the bad things about "fake" food and why it leads to so many unhealthy and obese children and why people should consume more natural food.