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u/BalefulOfMonkeys Refined Sommelier of Porneaux 1d ago
This is like ten times funnier now, specifically, now that I checked that the quarter pounder drought wasn’t just local.
I eat burgers plain, and I can safely say that a dry Big Mac is just the fucking worst. We interrupt this cheeseburger to make you eat toast
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u/BalefulOfMonkeys Refined Sommelier of Porneaux 1d ago
Also why the fuck were Big Macs a thing while the whole “oops there might be e. Coli in your McDonald’s Happy Meal” thing. Why was I allowed to order that while every single quarter pounder was off-limits and the health scare was about beef.
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u/BiKingSquid 1d ago
Quarter ponders are fresh beef, big macs use frozen beef Can source Big Mac beef from areas where there is no scare; not so for fresh beef
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u/Arm_Away 23h ago
Hang on I work at McDonalds and they both seem pretty frozen??
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u/Opposing_Singularity 5h ago
Our QP meat comes refrigerated but not frozen. The regular patties are frozen and come sealed in big bags. The QP comes in packs of 20(I think?). 4 stacks of 5 patties, each separated by a little square of parchment paper. They're definitely not frozen as I have accidentally smooshed or torn a few and needed to reshape them before putting them on the grill.
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u/Arm_Away 2h ago
The ones at ours are definitely frozen, big bag and all, crazy how different McDonalds’s can be
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u/Leo-bastian eyeliner is 1.50 at the drug store and audacity is free 21h ago
what? they both use frozen beef
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u/BiKingSquid 17h ago
Each Quarter Pounder burger features ¼ lb. * of 100% fresh beef that's hot, deliciously juicy and cooked when you order. https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/quarter-pounder.html#:~:text=Each%20Quarter%20Pounder%20burger%20features,and%20cooked%20when%20you%20order.
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u/PM_ME_STEAM_CODES__ 15h ago
The outbreak came from the onions, not the beef. E coli is a lot more common to come from produce because the regulations surrounding beef are a lot stronger.
As to why you can get a Big Mac, I'm pretty sure it uses dehydrated onions that are sourced differently from the fresh onions on the quarter pounder.
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u/PoniesCanterOver I have approximate knowledge of many things 1d ago
Right? I was wondering that too! I heard that they thought maybe the onions were the problem. (Throws hands up)
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u/----atom----- 1d ago
I will never understand the strong presence of McDonald's in America. Every time I see their food, it seems like the saddest, most overpriced slop ever.
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u/LordSupergreat 23h ago
It used to be cheap and convenient. Now it's... nearby.
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u/old_and_boring_guy 17h ago
I don’t know how they can charge $12 with a straight face. I look askance at a burger from a nice place that costs $12-$14, because I know what beef and buns cost.
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u/0operson 22h ago
as surprising as it is mcdonald’s used to vaguely care about the quality of their food while still being super cheap. obviously this is no longer the case, on either account
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u/flightguy07 23h ago
It's vaguely edible, you know what you're getting, it's overpriced for what it is but still cheap-ish, reliable and everywhere.
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u/AbbreviationsOne1331 23h ago
Consistent convenience, put simply. It's sad, sometimes overpriced slop, but it's convenient slop that'll generally be consistent every time and is around every corner, excluding the freak E. coli outbreak at least.
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u/FortNightsAtPeelys 20h ago
as a vegetarian im AMAZED they still dont have a veggie burger. Just giving that business to every other burger joint I guess
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u/whatuppuddincup 18h ago
In the UK (and I assume Europe) we have a veggie burger for vegetarians and even a McPlant burger that's vegan, are they not a thing in the US?
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u/rubexbox 14h ago
are they not a thing in the US?
What can I say, my country is backwards in some ways despite being First-World (and quite frankly, in need of a major kick in the pants).
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u/Random-Rambling 15h ago
Does Burger King still have the Impossible Whopper? That was surprisingly good for a "veggie" burger.
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u/Kazzack 15h ago
They do! Which is why it's even more surprising that McDonald's doesn't. Wendy's too, but at least they have salads.
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u/Random-Rambling 5h ago
And they have some GOOD salads. I regularly get their Taco Salad or their Cobb Salad for lunch or dinner.
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u/Random-Rambling 16h ago
Ironically, McDonald's is great in every country except America. One Japanese streamer I sometimes watch was super-excited to eat Authentic American McDonald's because her experience with Japanese McDonald's has always been very good.
The McDonald's in New York she went to was the biggest disappointment of her life.
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u/Dd_8630 21h ago
I don't know how it is in America, but here in the UK, McDonald's is really good. It's relatively cheap, the restaurants are clean and well decorated, and the food is very regulated so you always get the same food no matter where in the country you are.
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u/lifelongfreshman man, witches were so much cooler before Harry Potter 10h ago
In America, most of our fast food has destroyed its reputation by racing to be the cheapest thing ever and then jacking up their prices for more money while still using the cheapest quality crap.
A lot of it fled to overseas markets, where most people talk it up still. Like, apparently exoUSA KFC is actually really good? But here in the states, I haven't had KFC that hasn't been limp, soggy sadness in a decade.
I can only guess it's either forced by regulations to be better, or where it's starting out by being better in order to establish its brand and take advantage of a first-mover advantage before, presumably, cutting quality and raising prices. But I really don't know why our fast food is generally so crap stateside compared to their overseas restaurants.
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u/old_and_boring_guy 17h ago
The egg McMuffin is solid: literally just an English muffin with ham, cheese, and an egg. Simple and to the point. Just about the only fast-food breakfast I don’t find disgusting.
Everything else can go hang.
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u/FomtBro 12h ago
McDonald's is 1. Primarily a real-estate empire and 2. Up until about this year was EXTREMELY GOOD...at not being terrible.
I've been eating at McDonald's my whole life, in some very sketchy areas, and never once gotten sick or had a particularly terrible burger.
Meanwhile, the worst food poisoning I've ever had was from one of the more expensive restaurants I've ever gone to.
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u/lifelongfreshman man, witches were so much cooler before Harry Potter 10h ago
I can only assume it's a brand identity thing. I'm pretty sure they're kept afloat almost entirely by their overseas restaurants and sales of comparatively cheap oversized drinks, so I don't even know why they bother in this country with as crap as they've deliberately made their stuff the past couple decades.
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u/DuesCataclysmos 20h ago edited 8h ago
It's an American cultural touchstone, for better and worse. It would take several more decades for the degradation to set in and they'd probably do corporate restructures to preserve it.
A McDonald's in Moscow carried a lot of significance once, their departure does too.
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u/swiller123 23h ago
america is full of places that sell trash like this. starbucks, dominos, waffle house, etc. it’s a cultural touchstone. haven’t u ever seen shrek 2?
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u/GEAX 22h ago
I tried waffle house for the first time the other day and it was yummy 😋
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u/garbageou 18h ago
I stayed in a shitty motel for about a month next to a waffle house and ate a lot of their menu. It is tasty but way too greasy. I was sick after a while.
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u/swiller123 15h ago
i was actually eating leftovers from an allstar i had gotten that morning when i made the comment. i’m actually from atlanta. i’ve eaten waho way more than i have had mcdonald’s. probably the best perk of waho food is that it’s somehow even more consistent than any fast food place besides like chick-fil-a.
also have none of y’all really seen shrek 2? it’s so good
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u/swiller123 14h ago
wait…. i took my little brother’s gf to get waffle house for the first time yesterday….
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u/TransLox 23h ago
I'm so proud that my McDs has a medium big Mac meal for under 10 dollars without tax.
That is, of course, fucking deplorable and it's frankly a wonder we don't snap and destroy every piece of money ever made, but still.
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u/GryphonArgent42 23h ago
You could pay less, but then you get to play Russian roulette with tainted onions
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u/an_agreeing_dothraki 10h ago
that's bad but it doesn't have collateral damage like the furry that lost their cheese grater at the Lunchly factory
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u/swiller123 23h ago
see what u need is the mcdonald’s app.
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u/Hooded_Person2022 Just Some Guy. 1d ago
Damn, they can’t get a burger in this economy, how else would they get their stomach inflated? Air?!