I actually think this isn't true. There was an excellent article on how McDonald's plays the pig futures market with the McRib -- it's available when pig is cheap. That's why it comes and goes. The raw material to make them is so pricey they need to play the role of a commodities market broker to make the product profitable. There's a really fascinating analysis of it here: http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/a-conspiracy-of-hogs-the-mcrib-as-arbitrage8. McDonald's keeps the McRib scarce because the sandwich's entire brand relies on it.
Yup, I think I've eaten my last one for good.That point #3 in the article should be enough to turn any human being away from that horrible excuse for a sandwich.
That point #3 in the article should be enough to turn any human being away from that horrible excuse for a sandwich.
Nothing like those greasy fries when you're hung. I also dig the coffee, especially when they give it away, but no, I'm not a regular, not even a shareholder. And, I've never had a McRib, never will.It's been more than two years, and likely closer to three since I've darkened the doorway of a McDonalds.
I definitely have. I have had it in places where they didn't speak a lick of English too.you've obviously never had chinese Dim Sum.... yum. that point does not bother me one bit.
Fortunately I'm hung but never hung over (don't drink).Nothing like those greasy fries when you're hung. I also dig the coffee, especially when they give it away, but no, I'm not a regular, not even a shareholder. And, I've never had a McRib, never will.
Remember before remotes when you had to go down to the lumber store and buy two of those 10 foot dowels and tape them together so you could push the buttons on your TV from your couch?We didn't evolve to eat wholesome/healthy foods and all this health/fitness stuff is just another modern affectations like haute couture clothing or reality TV. McDonald's appeals to a vast majority of people because it fulfills primitive/instinctive/survival desires: fat,grease,salt and eating the whole animal = good.
This has served us well up to the last 50 years or so until the invention of the remote control meant that the couch potatoes didn't even have to get up to change the channel on the boob toob. But what I find more hilarious is paying a fitness club to be a silly hamster in a wheel. Those tread mills could at least be hooked up to generators to provide electricity.
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I actually think this isn't true. There was an excellent article on how McDonald's plays the pig futures market with the McRib -- it's available when pig is cheap. That's why it comes and goes. The raw material to make them is so pricey they need to play the role of a commodities market broker to make the product profitable. There's a really fascinating analysis of it here: http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/a-conspiracy-of-hogs-the-mcrib-as-arbitrage
Though the "official" line is it's popular, but not popular enough to keep it around all the time.
Jim DaddyO: tasty, hope there's not be any of that nasty propane stuff heating the air underneath those tasty looking ribs.![]()
Dude, have you had well-prepared pork belly? It's like BACON ON STEROIDS!Mmmmm....that mixture of heart, tripe and scalded stomach sure whets your appetite doesn't it? Especially with a little ground up yoga mat for spice...![]()
I also miss the Filet O fish with that white tartar sauce, i think.McRib McShrib - mashed pig nuts and tails - bring back the Filet o' Fish, the only reason for my occasional foray into McDonald's, now gone.