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Fast Food
In countries throughout the world,
and especially in the United States, hamburgers are a very popular food. It
seems impossible, but people have bought more than 99,000,000,000(99 billion)
hamburgers from just one fast-food company. This is enough to make a circle
around the earth 12 times!
Most American's favorite place
to buy a hamburger is at a fast food restaurant. In these restaurants, people
order their food, wait just a few minutes, and then carry it to their tables
themselves. They can eat it in the restaurant or take the food out and eat it
at home, at work, in a park, or even in their cars. At many fast-food
restaurants, people can drive up beside a window. They order their food, and a
worker hands it to them through the window.
Hamburgers are not only kind of
food that fast-food restaurants serve. They also serve French fries, milk
shakes, soft drinks, and coffee. Some serve fish or chicken. Others serve hot
dogs, tacos, pizza, or submarine sandwiches. In the morning, some fast-food
restaurants have a complete breakfast menu, with egg sandwiches, pancakes, and
juice.
Fast-food restaurants are very popular
because the service is fast and the food is inexpensive. (Inexpensive food does
not cost very much.) For many people, low prices are more important than the
quality of the food.
These restaurants are also
popular because the food is always the same. People know that if they eat at a
company's restaurant in the north of the city or in the south of the city, the
food will still be the same.
Are hamburgers, French fries,
tacos, and other kinds of fast food good for you? In general, fast food has a lot
of fat and salt. Today, people know that fatty and salty food is not healthy.
Because more people want food that is good for them, fast-food restaurants are
serving salads and other healthy food.
Restaurants are also cooking with
less salt and fat. For example, some restaurants are now using a healthier oil for their French fries.
One thing is sure. People will
continue to eat fast food. In fact, now there are fast food restaurants in countries
all over the world
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