>Are you sure about vegetarian?  When I worked for Chez Mickey,
>(albeit 9 years ago!) they taught us that the fries were different
>because they are fried in animal fat, instead of the pure veggie oil

They got rid of the animal fat quite a few years ago to make them
"healthier".  I don't know exactly what type of oil they use (I believe
it's actually more of a shortening type product that is solid at room
temp), but there's no animal fat anymore.

Kathy (whose mom still works for McD's and used to have to sit through
traning films)