McDonalds vs Burger King

In the beginning, making a selection between McD's or BK for breakfast was pretty simple. Are you in the mood for the McMuffin or the Croissan'wich? Easy! I want a Croissan'wich. It's flaky, soft goodness is too hard to resist. Oh wait, I really want a real egg cooked perfectly round with Canadian Bacon and American Cheese on English Muffin. What to do? And nowadays, they have gone and made the choices even more complex.

Before I can decide, I have to consider things like: Do I want a McGriddle or BK French Toast Sticks? Do I want one big hash brown or little bite size ones? Coffee used to be just coffee, but now I have to decide between McCafe and Turbo Joe.

I know, I know. What am I complaining about; choice is good, right? Fine, choice is good. You win. But dang it, I still don't know which to choose this morning and I'm hungry. Help me!!

Do you remember the McDonald's Big Mac Commercial? "Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun." Still sounds good . . . thank you Charles Rosenberg.

Then, there is the always steady and tasty flame broiled masterpiece of the BK Whopper. If I don't say so myself, BK runs a burger through the garden on the way to your to go bag like no place else. There is a veritable salad on there. Ample lettuce, tomato, pickle and onion abound on every Whopper. It is oh so good if you like that kind of stuff. If not: "Have it your way!"

But, the burger time madness of these two omnipresent fast food giants doesn't just stop with their most famous burgers. Oh no, it couldn't be that easy. Today, you'll see TV commercials in which Burger King asserts its dominance over who has the best Double Cheeseburger on their value menus. McD's now has a Mac Wrap. "You crazy Mac, crazy delicious." Without a doubt, this is an innovative spin on a McDonald's classic, but does it make McD's better than BK?

Marketing and innovations aside, the lunch and dinner time choice between McD's and BK burgers has got to come down to taste. Who wins? I'll let you decide.

This is a hot button topic that can throw any well mannered dinner conversation into the frying pan. They're just fried potatoes, right? Oh no, mon frere. French fries from McD's and BK are distinctly different . . . just ask any enthusiast of one or the other. I'm sure that they will gladly tell you.

Although both menus from McD's and BK list the ingredients of french fries to be, well, french fries, there seems to be something unique about these two side item choices that can make some patrons choose one restaurant over the other.