Fast food is food cooked in bulk, in advance and is kept warm or reheated to order. Fast food has been designed to be eaten "on the go" and often does not require traditional cutlery and is eaten as a finger food.
The modern history of fast-food in America began on July 7, 1912 with the opening of a fast food restaurant called the Automat in New York. The Automat was a cafeteria with its prepared foods behind small glass windows and coin-operated slots. They remained extremely popular throughout the 1920's and 1930's. The company also popularized the notion of “take-out” food, with their slogan “Less work for Mother”.
The second American company "White Castle" is generally credited with opening the second fast-food outlet in Wichita, Kansas in 1921, selling hamburgers for five cents apiece. White Castle was successful from its inception and spawned numerous competitors. In recent decades, Mexican-style food like tacos and burritos, as well as pizza, have also become staples of fast food culture.
McDonald's is the largest fast-food chain in the world and the brand most associated with the term "fast food". It was founded as a barbecue drive-in in 1940 by Dick and Mac McDonald. After discovering that most of their profits came from hamburgers, the brothers closed their restaurant for three months and reopened it in 1948 as a walk-up stand offering a simple menu of hamburgers, french fries, shakes, coffee, and Coca-Cola, served in disposable paper wrapping. As a result, they were able to produce hamburgers and fries constantly, without waiting for customer orders, and could serve them immediately
2007-05-21 01:05:14
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answered by Country Hick 5
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Having to wait too long for food you really don't want and the orders most likely wrong, then you're on the toilet for the rest of the day and swear you'll never eat there again. A week later you find yourself standing in line, doing it all over again.
2007-05-21 00:48:47
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answered by nosycap9 3
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Fast Food involves food that is killed and put in a restaurant as fast as possible.
2015-02-06 16:57:25
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answered by ? 1
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Food served at a restaurant without any wait people could maybe be a definition.
Also, I searched the web for definitions and found these:
"Operations that specialize in one or two main entrees such as hamburgers, pizza, or chicken. These operations may also provide salad and/or ice cream service. Preparation of food products is generally simple and involves one or two steps"
http://www.allfoodbusiness.com/restaurant_concepts.php
"inexpensive food (hamburgers or chicken or milkshakes) prepared and served quickly"
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fast%20food
"food cooked in bulk and in advance and kept warm, or reheated to order"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_food
(I would disagree with that for a complete definition, but there's also more information there. And it looks like Country Hick posted part of that article without any citation already.)
"1 : of, relating to, or specializing in food that can be prepared and served quickly
2 : designed for ready availability, use, or consumption and with little consideration given to quality or significance "
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?sourceid=Mozilla-search&va=fast+food
2007-05-21 01:06:25
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answered by cool girl 5
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A food which make in several minutes its called fast food. For info of it in this link - http://www.survey4satisfaction.com/2014/02/fastfood-hamburger-www-whitecastle-com-guest-online-coupons.html
2014-09-18 23:44:22
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answered by ? 2
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2007-05-21 04:52:44
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answered by Anonymous
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2017-01-10 12:05:25
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answered by ? 4
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2007-05-21 05:03:50
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answered by chester Y 1
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hello
JUNK FOOD
unfit for body consumption...
wrong oils, chemicaly prepared meats,chemically
made salads,shakes that are close to mylanta.
best
2007-05-21 01:58:26
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answered by Anonymous
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Scone!
2007-05-21 00:44:39
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answered by fletchfredarnie 4
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