Today Is National Fast Food Day

2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29

November 16 is celebrated National fast food day. Today, lovers of unhealthy food celebrate with a bucket of fried chicken, and for fans of healthy and rational eating today is an anti-holiday.

Despite the desire of many to eat well, avoiding fried foods, greasy donuts and sliced pizza, there is no denying that each of us has eaten at some point something fast on his feet. And the reasons for this are clear - fast food is tasty, saves us time from cooking and in most cases costs less money.

And rightly so, fast food restaurants are thriving, praying that the number of hurried hungry people whose minds are occupied with various problems will increase every day.

An interesting fact is that the origin of this type of eating places can be traced back to antiquity. There is evidence that the ancient Romans took the first step across the threshold of fast food restaurants.

Back then, street stalls and stalls full of salted meats, bread and wine could be seen in many Roman cities.

Many millennia after the Roman Empire, fast food restaurants as we know them today appeared. In 1867, the first American fast food restaurant opened in New York, which was a hot dog stand on Coney Island!

Statistics show that 100 years later, in 1970, as much as $ 6 billion was spent in fast food restaurants in the United States by starving parents and children. At present, obese Americans cost their economy $ 8.65 billion a year.

Nevertheless, the largest international food ordering platform, Foodpanda, has made efforts and conducted a survey of people's preferences for which are the most favorite fast food temptations.

Unsurprisingly, the burger won first place. Every day, millions of teenagers between the ages of 14 and 16 rush to the nearest fast foodto eat sweet chicken- or cheeseburger. 60% of teenagers order a burger every week.

The comforting second position is occupied by hot dog, which is a favorite of people between 18 and 30 years of age. Only 15% are conservative fans of the sausage sandwich - they eat it without any added sauces and greens. Understandably, a higher percentage fall on people who put generous amounts of ketchup, mayonnaise and mustard on their hot dogs.

Piece of pizza ranks third, being a favorite mainly of students. The most preferred types of pizza are the one with 4 cheeses and the pizza with ham and mushrooms.