The Evolving World of Fast Food in the US!

August 14, 2014 Frugaa Blog

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Fast foods such as donuts, burgers stuffed with extra cheese and oily meat, crisps and extra cheesy pizza are some of the most adored food items in the United States of America. Be it school kids, teenagers or adults, majority of people just love eating these junk food. French fries and nuggets from McDonald’s have been ruling the States; the popularity of the burgers made using ham, chicken, pounder and cheese, puffs available with chicken, vegetable and even fish filling, fries, muffins and happy meals at McDonald’s also led to the opening of numerous drive-through windows not only across the US but all over the world.

The way of eating fast food underwent a drastic evolution, which made the lives of people much more relaxing and easier, they can place their orders at their door step instantly over the phone or with the help of the Internet. Junk food is preferred more over healthy foods because of its cheap rates and filling nature, plus people find them more tasteful in comparison to healthy foods like broccoli or sprouts.

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Another reason fast food is favored more than the healthy food is it takes lesser time to be prepared and is readily available in the restaurants. All the well known brands catering to fast food have come up with a wide variety of new mouth-watering bites that did not exist before. This gave the world of a new recognition and also raised the level of competition among all the brands.

Donuts too, in no time became the favorite breakfast for many in the States despite. People having sweet-tooth just couldn’t resist the wide range of donuts available in many flavors ranging from the old-fashioned ones to various irresistible flavors like Pink Vanilla, Blueberry, Strawberry, Dark Chocolate, White Chocolate and a lot more. Dunkin’ Donuts introduced a new snack called Pretzel Twist, which is a soft snack with salt sprinkled on it and is served warm. Another delightful dessert Dunkin’ Donut came up with was “Monkey-See Monkey Donut”, which was a banana foster cream flavored donut; this donut was topped with chocolate icing coupled with flakes of peanut butter.

Talking of breakfast, KFC too have introduced various meals, which include a platter of oven-baked scones along with crispy waffles, toast twisters along with a cup of refreshing coffee. Blueberry Pancakes along with Hashbrown is another brilliant American style breakfast KFC offers. Brekkie Burger, Scones are two more items you could enjoy over breakfast in KFC; Roasta Twistr, comprising of Tender fillet of roasted chicken along with perfectly scrambled eggs, cheddar cheese, and diced tomatoes, served with mayonnaise is another must have brilliant item they serve. If you are looking for energy boosting breakfast, you must have Roasta Platter, which consists of a juicy chicken fillet along with scrambled eggs, hash brown and cranberry scone is another meal you could have.

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Apart from this, those top notch brands have come up with many more lip smacking items like rolls and wraps. Other known brands such as KFC offered delicious bun-less bacon earlier this summer for a limited time period. Burger King too introduced Fire-Grilled Ribs this summer, which was served hot along with smoky barbecue-dipping sauce, these Pork ribs became very popular in no time because of its amazing flavor.

Not just filling snacks and bites, these brands have introduced a number of refreshing drinks and beverages like coffees, frappes, smoothies and so on. Desserts like Ice-creams are also extremely heart-throbbing in all these known restaurants these days. You can find the best quality ice-creams available in so many flavors that have been created using Oreo biscuits, Choco chips and not just the same old Vanilla, Strawberry and Butterscotch ice creams. The desserts also include truffles and brownies topped with nuts which are again irresistible.

Fast food has become a part of daily menu for so many Americans. The restaurants catering to these meals are trying to provide much better services and offers to their customers. They have also started providing salads and healthier meals apart from just providing them with burgers and fries. Subway is another popular restaurant, which provides you with the best sandwiches and subs claiming to provide you with the freshly baked breads available in some varieties.