Fast Food Nation Reading Part One ( Arghhh Way To Much Information )

Fast Food Nation a book written by Eric Schlosser tells the true story about fast food, from where it originated to what's in the food. The book tells about how fast food originated. Fast food came from street stands that were selling hot dogs, hamburgers and soda. The trend started in Los Angeles. Those stands started expanding and started to buys lands for restaurants. However it did not stop there. Restaurants back then had to be sat down using fork and knives. So the restaurants made a even quicker service having carhop where the people would just order and eat in their cars. They also invited the Drive- Thru speeding it even more. However McDonald found the most efficient way to serve burgers and that was to change the system that would not require Waitress, Dishes, Bus Boys, and Car Hops. They also wiped out the fork and the knife making everything into burgers. To add onto the speed they changed their equipment so that it only requires one person to do one task making the food much faster like a factory. Fast food restaurants were not the only ones who used this system through building things such as a burger. Many other company followed this method for the efficiency. Soon after that more and more branches went to other states and countries making it into a large corporations.

Not long after that Walt Disney made their first appearance. Disney made many movies and films that attracted kids and they were going to make a Disneyland. McDonald and Disney combined together to make Disneyland a place for kids. Kids could enjoy bring on the happiest place on Earth with the "happy meal" from McDonald too. This also made Disney company bloom quickly. To make more people eat at a fast food chain the food cost was decreased and during the time after the World War II it left a depression so cheap food was liked. Most fast food has practically made kids their only targets for their food because they get attracted the most. After many companies started noticing this other companies tried to copy it such as cigarette companies. They have gone so far to practically bribe kids to get good grades to get fast food. McDonald also made a playground just for kids.

There are also something Fast Food Chains aren't telling their customers like how they make their food. Everything is pre-made and gets shipped to the restaurant and from there they just heat it up. Everything is frozen and all the drinks come in a syrup. Taco Bell is even worse all they do is just add hot water to everything and put it all together. Teenagers are also working at these places for around 7 hours being over worked. Everything is made from the lowest amount of price making the food not as healthy. Fast food mangers that manage the money are not cooks so they do not know the price of food and in their eyes is the money instead of the final product itself. Teenagers are also getting hurt more than adult employees.

Not to mention the fact that fast food is becoming unhealthier and unhealthier. The creators of new burgers are making them solely through its price range instead of how it taste. For an example KFC released a new product the other day called the Double Down. It consist of a chicken patty, cheese, bacon, cheese again, and then another chicken patty. No buns at all. It sounds really good but when I tried it, it tasted horrible. No mention how bad it is for you. This is why makers of fast food products are business men and NOT COOKS.