Tiger
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A large Big Mac meal, or the same weight in fish and chips?
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Kyle T
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Does the fish and chips weigh as much as the McD's meal including the drink?
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Depends how fish was cooked
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STEvieXE
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Fish is the healthiest type of takeaway I'm lead to believe
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taylorboosh
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A fish and chips that weighed the same as a big mac would be tiny?
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Ben G
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Depends on the oil the chips are cooked in I guess.
A bic mac meal is about 1500 calories iirc. I imagine battered fish and greasy chips would be more.
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sc0ott
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Always had an unhealthy feeling after eating fish and chips from the chippie, luckily i cant eat fish anymore without getting stomach cramps/pains afterwards.
Mcdonalds doesnt quite fill you up in the same way.
I would say fish and chips over a big mac and chips excluding drinks any day.
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by STEvieXE
Fish is the healthiest type of takeaway I'm lead to believe
Fish is fish, which in itself isn't particularly unhealthy.
Drown the thing in a deep fat fryer for 5 minutes and its a different ball game.
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Mad Moe
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I was told an average portion on Fish and Chips is about 900 calories not sure what a Big Mac Meals is
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Cavey
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I doubt there will be much difference tbh.
Neither can be classed as healthy, I would guess the chippy would be less calories though, although plus a point for having lettuce in it 
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Kyle T
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quote:
Originally posted by taylorboosh
A fish and chips that weighed the same as a big mac would be tiny?
That's why I asked about the drink, he specified a "large" meal which is two extra chips and an extra gallon of coke - so it's an important part of the question.
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Dom
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If you're comparing just the Big Mac + large fries to an average portion of Fish 'n' Chips, then there probably isn't much in it - both probably around the 900/1000 calorie mark.
I wouldn't class neither options as healthy though 
Edit - Big Mac + large fries is apparently 920 calories according to their site - http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/meal_builder.html. Adding a large coke takes it to 1130; and if you want some ketchup then add another 20 calories.
[Edited on 21-10-2013 by Dom]
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Tiger
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Drink included in the Big Mac meal. And I refer to chip shop bought and fried fish and chips.
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Dom
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Originally posted by Tiger
Drink included in the Big Mac meal.
And what will you downing with your Fish 'n' Chips?
If you're sticking with water, then Fish 'n' Chips will marginally be the healthier option but only by a hundred or two calories.
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You can't have fish and chips without mushy peas, tatare sauce and a can of dandelion & burdock/bass shandy so don't miss those out of your calorie count.
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Originally posted by LiVe LeE
You can't have fish and chips without mushy peas, tatare sauce and a can of dandelion & burdock/bass shandy so don't miss those out of your calorie count.
I'd change that to curry sauce, but yeah spot on.
What does it matter if you only have it as treat?
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Jason x
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Fit them into your macros, then neither of them are unhealthy. 
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Hammer
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Big Mac Meal - calories are immaterial unless you're on a calorie controlled diet.
9.5 times out of 10 the fish and chips will be the more natural option whereas the Big Mac will be full of chemicals and preservatives.
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taylorboosh
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I had forgot about those natural bigmac meals that come every 20 or so burgers tbh
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Ben G
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Yeah, much rather have fish thats probably ate one of my turds that I shat out after eating a big mac meal.
[Edited on 22-10-2013 by Ben G]
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Hammer
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Your shit is more natural than the 'cheese' and other man made rubbish they put on a Big Mac.
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Ben G
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But my shit after a big mac meal would surely contain the big mac meals contents?
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Hammer
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Did you seriously just ask that question on a public forum?
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Ben G
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Yes, yes I did
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I should imagine the Chish and Fips would be far healthier, but i'd be having the Mc Shit as I don't go in the sea and I don't eat anything that comes out of it.
That said, if I could have the Fee & Chee, minus the Fee. With a battered squausage or a nice half pound burgler in it's place, i'd be going for that, as the yank filth would not fill me up.
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