what can i have from maccas?

[TeniBear]

Ohhhh, so it's not just lettuce from Maccas, it's all lettuce? Okay, I gotcha now

Gawd, three and a half years of complaining, one year post-quitting, and I'm still defending bloody Maccas Suppose it's because Scott works there and I have to defend his honour

[PumpkinZulu]

Ahhh, good to know about the raw veges feeb I'll just ask for no lettuce...bugger, now i feel like a big mac haha!

[feeb]

Maccas does not need defending its yummy LOL

[feeb]

Hehe I ask for no lettuce always anyway as I don't like it!

Apart from cheeseburgers or quarter pounders! I also love Mcchicken no lettuce add cheese and bacon!!! yummmo I want maccas.

[PumpkinZulu]

omg feeb yum! I ger mc chicken with cheese, will have to try bacon! For any super mc fatties out there like myself, df and I do what we call big mc chickens...a bigmac but with chicken patties...amazing!

[feeb]

Oh DH has said he wants to do that 1 day but too embarrassed to order LOL. SIL who is a manager said just do it lol.

[PumpkinZulu]

Yeah the people serving couldn't care less...sometimes they're new and don't know how to put it through lol. Also, (we sound like we eat maccas all the time but we don't) we do a 'real' big mac...made with quater pounder bits, and a bottom qp bun for the middle. Soooo good!

[feeb]

Haha maybe we should have BB maccas addicts club LOL

[Ahurani]

Oh god I so want maccas *cries*

[Muffy]

TBH, i never stopped eating anything while i was preg.
i had a mc chicken almost everyday WITH LETTUCE.

Id say go for it

[WeeMansMummy]

The pg and diet thing is totally a personal choice. I think ppl worry more about it with their first too.
The advice given is to not eat any salads, pre made or restaurant etc. I eat salad only if i make it myself and know its washed well. The food i miss the most is Caesar salad! Oh and twiggy sticks!

I love maccas too

[Jen10]

This whole thread is making me hungry . . . mmmm

[hubba_bubba07]

No soft serve or thick shakes as its the ice cream sitting in those barrels and they arent cleaned daily..mega listeria right there...Any pre packed salads, like the chicken salad is a NO NO , as is anything with Lettuce on it as it sits in a container accumulating germies too....

[PumpkinZulu]

I'm sure it's totally fine to eat the lettuce, soft serve, soft cheese etc etc that you're not supposed to in preg, sooo many people do anyway...I guess it's just after 20 months TTC and 4 m/c's, I don't want to risk it, knowing me I'd be that one unlucky person Mmmmm I'm fighting the urge for a big mac though, as I had one last night. Next week maybe

[ShootingStar]

I think with filet o fish you just have to watch what other high mercury fish you eat that week aswell as it is made from Hake. Otherwise only other thing i steer clear of is soft serve.. in saying that i was a little naughty when pregnant with DS and had 2 soft serve cones.

[Babyluv]

I think the reason with the lettuce is because it is pre packaged, same as for subway. Salads are fine if made at home because you know its fresh but pre packaged listeria can grown in it.
I was wondering about the sauces, like the tartare, mayos at maccas? I've been staying away from them because you can't have raw egg during pregnancy and wasn't sure if they were egg free, does anyone know?

I eat Cheeseburgers and I eat a McChicken but I ask for no salad no mayo and put on my own mayo (the praise light one has no egg)

[PumpkinZulu]

I'd say the maccas mayo would be no egg, just because there are sooo many allergies, you know? Could be wrong though...Tenieeeeeeeelle?

[Taurean]

Go for it! I've never been a Macca's fan but I lived on their chicken burgers while I was pregnant with DD!!! I had my fair share of cheeseburgers too

I wouldn't be paranoid about the lettuce, really, this whole listeria thing is taken a bit far these days. Of course, the choice is yours, but I really wonder what would be left to eat if we stopped eating everything that's apparently dodgy. Last I heard, the listeria rules had 'lifted' a little. I have a few friends who are pregnant again and they have all said their doctors and OB's told them things are more relaxed, bbq chickens are back on the menu. Woohoo!

The sauces will be fine as they aren't homemade (it's the raw eggs in home made salad dressings and sauces that are risky) and like others have said, stay clear of the sundaes and thick shakes though.