I know it's chain fast food, and they're greasy and have been heating under a lamp, and who can say what that 'meat' is inside; but at 2 for .99 cents, i can't help but like the B.K. value menu crispy tacos.
Woe is me :)
WB
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OK, since we're admitting stuff, on the way home from NY I had a BK Backyard Griller with extra pickles and onions. And darn it, I LIKED IT. No mayo, just mustard and ketchup, grilled burgers, lettuce, pickles and onions and the roll was surprisingly good. Kind of chewy. Also even with 2 patties it as the elast calore and fat-laden of the choices, because no mayo, no cheese, no bacon etc.
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I like the BK Backporch Griller too. I had the cheddar griller or whatever it is called and it was pretty tasty for fast food.
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The Golden Arches used to periodically offer some kind of boneless bbq rib sammich; weirdly shaped "meat" on a sesame seed roll. It even had "grill" marks on it.
Nasty stuff, but Lord did I like the taste of the "bbq" sauce - salty, savory.
ANCyM
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I too tried the "McRib" sandwich years ago and liked it, it was about $2.50 as I recall.
This is a refreshing thread, reminiscent of the "Guilty Pleasure" posts of a few months back. thanks WillyBoy!
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You're welcome Jamie.
I certainly didn't intend to stir up all this misery regarding the USDA, filth in fast food, etc. I just wanted to say I really liked a cheap fast food item, and didn't perticularly care about how bad it might be for me.
I'm glad you took it on its face value - 2 for 99 cents :)
WB
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There were news reports at that time about the incredible surge in sales of pork, and it was directly attributed to the McRib. I am surprised that it never occupied a permanent place on the menu.
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I think that you can still find them offered in certain markets. Last time that I saw one was at a McD off the interstate in Wisconsin, I think that they're pretty much a permanent offering in that state.
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Godawful stuff. Weird, unnatural texture with an artificial mouth-feel. Should have been named McShit. Who buys these horrible things????
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I've never had one but my kids, who have been to Maine quite a bit, tell me McDonalds up there has some kind of McLobster sandwich. They said itwas good... anyone ever heard tell of such a thing, or sampled one?
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Hmmmmmm . . . sounds like one of the signs of the apocalypse . . . still, I'll check it out w/ a friend who lives up there and get back to you, ah-yuh . . .
ANCyM
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McD adopts itself to the region they serve. In India they sell Maharaja Burger which is 100% vegetarian. I wish they served them here but probably the market is not large enough.
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Some McDonald's in Hawaii serve spam and in Japan a McDonald's I visited featured (this my very favorite Japanese food horror story) pizza with squid and corn! I did have very good Mexican food in Osaka though...
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McDeath has boldly put its low-rent version of the local favorite in many markets - McCrabcakes on Kent Island and McBrats in Milwaukee are 2 examples I know of. not surprised at all about the news from Maine.
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It's not called a McLobster, just simply a lobster roll, and in many a Maine McD's, on the coast and inland, you can find this item, especially in the summer. Of course, the same fool who orders it at the McDonalds, has probably bypassed the small shack on the pier just down the road that has the best seafood in town.
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When I was in Spain a few years ago i remember that the McD's served gazpacho in one of those styrofoam cups with the peel away lid (ala cup o'noodle). Almost regret not having tried it to see just how awful it was. More on topic, the BK tacos remind my older sister of the super greasy kind that they used to serve at the Jack in the Box while we were growing up in Chicago. She and her husband go out of their way sometimes to have a couple, primarily for the nostalgia factor.
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this reminds me of the burger king versus mcdonald's breakfast debate i have with a friend of mine who swears by the bk croissandwich, while i think the mcmuffin is superior. has anyone tried the mcdonald's steak, egg and cheese bagel? had one today and it was delicious. even though i don't want to know what's really in the "steak"!
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I've always been a fan of the McD's "sausage biscuit"; no cheese, just mustard. Tastes great but then just sits there, and sits there, and sits there . . .
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Don't mean to pop everyone's bubble, but per the excellent book "Fast Food Nation," EVERYTHING cooked at McD's & other fast-food chains is trucked to the stores FROZEN in bulk. Burgers, chicken, fries, sausage, bacon. Or they're in powdered form - mix it with water. And the shakes are glop, with no real milk in them.
And you don't want to know the condition of the old, diseased cows that serve the basis of fast-food meats. All I can say is that it's an absolute miracle we've not had more outbreaks of e-coli & other fatal food poisonings.
Love,
Mom
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Please be careful repeating things that 'people say' without having the proof to back it up. I would not consider "Fast Food Nation" alone to be a credible source for claims like those about the source of the beef. Do you have any idea how strictly restaurants, including fast-food ones, are inspected? With the (sometimes overreaching) power of the press and the trial-happy lawyers in the US, I do not believe that McD's and BK would survive if those things were true.
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I'm really surprised you said that. Don't you remember the food poisoning of Jack in the Box hamburgers some time ago?
The Post recently had an article called "Mystery Meat" and here's the link/URL:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-...
"Fast Food Nation" is NOT the one and only source for info on tainted meat, restaurant cleanliness, slaughterhouse conditions, etc. The internet and media is full of such information, and has been for years.
Plus the above book had to use many already-published references anyway.
I even seem to recall one of those "hidden camera" shows on TV where fast-food employees drop food on the floor, pick it up & put it into a bun. Or they sneeze & cough into it...
Ewwwww
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Have to agree - remember, the USDA is run by cattlemen, with the dual and conflicting purposes of both regulating and promoting their product...they're not going to put too much of a crimp on their own style. I don't even buy ground beef from the store anymore.
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im glad no other restaurants have employees that sneeze, or cough near the food. be serious.
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Just kidding, guilty pleasures. I like the onion rings, and put them on my Whoppers...
The horror, the horror....
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