Some high-quality fries with that?

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Rest assured, fast-food eaters—today McDonald’s has kicked off a two-day promotion touting the high quality of its food, including “top-quality UDSA eggs” and “high-quality chicken.” This begs the question: What other kind of chicken is out there? Those freeze-dried, hormonal birds trying to masquerade as Foster Farms chickens? Since being dropped from Foster Farms’ ad campaign, where did those dirty Foster imposters go? (Fun facts here—did you know the birds had no names and drove a 1967 Plymouth Belvedere?) In any case, McDonald’s is aware that the American public has a low opinion of its value as a nutritious food alternative, fueled recently by the popular anti-McDonald’s film from Morgan Spurlock, Super

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