I was reading one of my friend's blogs about McDonalds. I hate to admit this in public, but I grew up eating McDonalds, from about the age of 9 (1969-70) was when my village had it's first Mickey Dee's) on.

Before that, there was a local chain of hamburg resturants called "White Tower," (not to be confused with "White Castle")...and their hamburgers were gorgeous! They really were. They were cooked fresh on the grill while you waited, and grilled with freshly chopped onions, with the buns toasted on the grill as well...oh, they were nice and juicy and...just lovely.

Then, McDonald's came, and you didn't have to wait for your burger, and they had Big Macs, and were cheaper...soon all the other snack bars shut...Carrol's, White Tower and this little snack bar near the Borden's milk plant...all gone within a few short years. McDonalds may be popular, but their burgers will never match those made-to-order burgers from the old-time snack bars.

Carrols--who now runs some Burger King franchises-- tried to stave off McDonalds, by introducting their own version of a Big Mac: