1995 Clip: Julia Child on McDonald's French Fries

KTEH Classic Clips offers these timely and memorable video clips from our vault. In this clip from 1995, Julia Child discusses her fondness of McDonald's French Fries.

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[InnuendoXP]

It's a misconception that eating fat goes straight to fat in your bodies. Sugar and processed carbs are far worse offenders where that's concerned. Plus it isn't so much about how much you eat, it's WHAT you fill your body with every day. It's like a car... if you fill it up with el-cheapo fuel, you're gonna run a brand new engine into the ground sooner and get worse mileage... but you only get one body in this life.

[bagelboi66]

@RightWingCon81 It's true, their fries were much tastier back when the fryer oil was partially beef fat. CSPI and other nutritional do-gooders try to ruin everything. If everyone enjoyed good food in moderation and took a little exercise we could put the food police out of business. I am by no means calling all of McDonald's food good... but you get the idea. Paul and Julia's generation understood this. I think we've lost some of the common sense that our parents and grandparents had.

[210482fmj]

The nutritionalists want to make everybody eat puny portions at high cost to make the superamrkets more profit. I have no problem with small healthy sized portions but what i do have a problem with is supermarkets selling puny portions at ripp off prices so people are forced to buy more

[dannyboy12357]

wendy's have decent fries

[amyyyamy]

I HATE McDonalds, to me everything tastes like crap.

[novaguy1968]

@Galactic123 You're funny.

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[loladelrio]

You cannot tell people what to eat, because everyone has a different constitution, genetic, and ethnic background. In Julia Child's day, the food was not full of GMO, pesticides, and additives, because she did not eat processed food, she made everything from scratch. That is key. Portion size DOES matter. The French diet is high in fat, But they are very skinny by our standards.Their portions are tiny, and they drink lots of wine, walk lots,and have plenty of sex.

[Galactic123]

@novaguy1968 and THIS is what is called a strawman. You're arguing against a point I never made. I didn't say smoking doesn't cause cancer. I said smoking DIDN'T cause cancer to my grandmother. 1 specific case, an exception to the rule. No one said anything about debunking the carcinogenic properties of smoking.

[novaguy1968]

@Galactic123 This is what is called a logical fallacy. Just because "someone I know" is/is not affected does not mean the entire body of research surrounding its carcinogenic qualities is defenestrated. Anyone who believes that smoking does not cause cancer (even though it does not to everyone) is truly ignorant.

[Rick93705]

She's absolutely right. We loved their french fries before the change over. We never eat them now , they suck. I'm going to sound like an old fart, but damn it, these kids these days have no idea what they are missing! The fries you get today are horrible compared to what they used to taste like.

[DinnerCodNUKEDYA]

in-and-out is better