Topic: The Mcrib has returned !!!!!!

[AV]

I just ate two 


http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/promotions/mcrib.html

[BlackNMild2k1]

The McRib is such a disappointment as is everything at McDonalds. I don't know why people make a big deal over this sandwich.

[ThePerm]

its like a transcendental experience, if you don't know now...you'll never understand.

That being said as the founder of the test kitchen i can see where your coming from. The deal is I live in the Southwest, so there is an abundance of good Mexican food. Even so, I still enjoy Taco Bell every now and then.

[Plugabugz]

The McRib is such a disappointment as is everything at McDonalds. I don't know why people make a big deal over this sandwich.

Eat Mcdonalds UK food, then go back to the US. Disappointing food will disappoint you even more when you try it here.

Except the Big Tasty.

[BlackNMild2k1]

I used to be a fan of McDonalds and they've let me down too many times even when I give them multiple second chances.

Their fries used to be THE best of any fast food chain. not anymore. at best they are hit and miss.... but mostly miss.
Their Big Mac used to be good. not so much anymore. I think I cut my tongue on a burger patty.... razor thin.
I got my hopes up for the Angus burgers (against my better judgement).... I'm sure you guys have tasted those (my better judgement was right.)
Ans then there was the Sweet Tea... OMG was there the sweet tea. It was almost perfect.... then just 3 months after tit's introduction.... it starts tasting like it was stirred it with the spoon from the McCoffee McMochachino or some ****.

I almost came back on the regular for the Sweet Tea and some hit and miss fries... but no, they turned me away again.

Let's just say that Monopoly has become a yearly tradition for me and that would basically be the only time of the year I would even eat McDonalds anymore... not this year though. Monopoly came and went and I didn't have a single thing from McDonalds. Then the other day, I finally break down and try to see what all the fuss was over these McRib's that everyone has once a year or every other(few?) years.
Now that I've tried that and the "always been on the menu but never see anyone order" McFish (my McRib actually tasted like a McFish Fillet had been rubbed up against it) I officially have no reason to ever go back to McDonalds. Nothing there is good anymore (even the McNuggets don't taste that good anymore).

[BranDonk Kong]

Honestly no one on this planet should be eating *anything* from McDonalds. That **** is *not* food. Look for the person with the blog that has the 180-day old McDonald's cheeseburger and fries, it's been sitting on her counter for half a year, and has not even begun to grow mold or rot.

[BlackNMild2k1]

That's nothing though, you should look up the 12 year old McD's Burger (at the time of the pic). the pic was taken back in 2008 and the burger was bought back in 1996.

[Ian Sane]

The McRib is such a disappointment as is everything at McDonalds. I don't know why people make a big deal over this sandwich.

If everything at McDonalds is a disappointment to you then the McRib is very much the Wii Music of food, it just isn't for you.  Seriously unless you love McDonalds but think that THIS particular menu item is terrible then what value is your opinion?
 
I like the McRib but it is ideal for limited time promotion because I can't imagine eating it on a regular basis.  It wears out its welcome.  It relies a lot on the flavour being a novelty that your tastebuds are not accustomed to.
 
I am all disappointed because I saw an ad for this on TV and was all excited... but then realized I was watching an American channel.  This is a common problem in Canada.  You end up watching both American and Canadian channels and have to remember which one you're watching.  You sometimes get tripped up, particularly by ads that feature prices, as prices are lower in the US.  I had that temporary moment of "OH YEAH" and then realized I was watching NBC.  No McRib in Canada.  They don't seem to do those promotions at the same time.
 
While on the topic of McDonalds I will note that the Canadian McDonalds chain offers noticeably different food than the American one.  If you don't care for the fries anymore, well I don't either.  I go to McDonalds in the States and am shocked by how horrible the fries are.  The Canadian fries are fucking awesome.  I'm not familiar enough with the American ones to know what they used to taste like the Canadian ones are amazing.  We also have a different McChicken.  The American McChicken is a shitty value menu item.  We have the same thing but call it the Junior Chicken.  The McChicken is a different sandwich, in the same price range as the Big Mac and Quarter Pounder.  It's the best.  I get it all the time.  It's not uncommon to encounter people that hate McDonalds and bitch about it whenever it gets brought up but love the fries and the McChicken.
 
So if you think McDonalds is the suck and are visiting Canada sometime I suggest buying a McChicken meal with a Coke (our Coke is different, too; uses sugar instead of corn syrup).
 

Honestly no one on this planet should be eating *anything* from McDonalds. That **** is *not* food.

No one should probably smoke or drink either.  A lot of people get on my ass about eating fast food when they order a wine or beer with every meal.  I would rather live a shorter life that I truly enjoy then a long life eating healthy food that tastes like ****.

[Mop it up]

The McRib scares me since it looks like a rib but doesn't have bones, so it's a whatchamacarcass sandwich.

I avoid McDonald's but not because it's unhealthy, because I think their burgers taste like the black gunk that forms underneath the refrigerator. I still sometimes have other fast food even though it almost always makes me feel sick and sometimes puke.

[BlackNMild2k1]

The McRib is such a disappointment as is everything at McDonalds. I don't know why people make a big deal over this sandwich.

If everything at McDonalds is a disappointment to you then the McRib is very much the Wii Music of food, it just isn't for you.  Seriously unless you love McDonalds but think that THIS particular menu item is terrible then what value is your opinion?

Almost sounds like you didn't read my next post....

I like the McRib but it is ideal for limited time promotion because I can't imagine eating it on a regular basis.  It wears out its welcome.  It relies a lot on the flavour being a novelty that your tastebuds are not accustomed to.
 
I am all disappointed because I saw an ad for this on TV and was all excited... but then realized I was watching an American channel.  This is a common problem in Canada.  You end up watching both American and Canadian channels and have to remember which one you're watching.  You sometimes get tripped up, particularly by ads that feature prices, as prices are lower in the US.  I had that temporary moment of "OH YEAH" and then realized I was watching NBC.  No McRib in Canada.  They don't seem to do those promotions at the same time.
 
While on the topic of McDonalds I will note that the Canadian McDonalds chain offers noticeably different food than the American one.  If you don't care for the fries anymore, well I don't either.  I go to McDonalds in the States and am shocked by how horrible the fries are.  The Canadian fries are fucking awesome.  I'm not familiar enough with the American ones to know what they used to taste like the Canadian ones are amazing.  We also have a different McChicken.  The American McChicken is a shitty value menu item.  We have the same thing but call it the Junior Chicken.  The McChicken is a different sandwich, in the same price range as the Big Mac and Quarter Pounder.  It's the best.  I get it all the time.  It's not uncommon to encounter people that hate McDonalds and bitch about it whenever it gets brought up but love the fries and the McChicken.
 
So if you think McDonalds is the suck and are visiting Canada sometime I suggest buying a McChicken meal with a Coke (our Coke is different, too; uses sugar instead of corn syrup).

But that is my problem with McDonalds now, the fact that they have changed EVERYTHING and now nothing is as good as it used to be.

My McRib tasted like it was rubbed up against a McFish Fillet!! I'm pretty sure that's not what it's supposed to taste like, but it did. It did not make me want another one... I almost didn't finish the one I had.

[Adrock]

Their fries used to be THE best of any fast food chain.

Being the best at something that sucks still means they suck. I'm glad McDonald's sheer crappiness has turned you off to eating it. You'll live longer.

[Ian Sane]

I remember as a teenager I really liked pro wrestling.  It was however not something that many people respect and it seemed like any time someone found out I liked it, unless they themselves were also a fan, they had to make a point about how it was complete garbage.  I felt almost like I was in the closet, afraid to let people who otherwise repected me find out about my "shameful" interest.

Fast food is the new wrestling.  I don't watch wrestling anymore which I'm sure my family and friends and co-workers and pretty much everyone who has ever known me is probably pretty thrilled about.  But fast food has become the new thing that anyone who doesn't like feels the need to just dump on if it gets brought up.  I like fast food a lot.  It tastes good and it's cheap.  And I'm not fat or in poor health either.  But I routinely meet people that look at me like when I'm a heroin addict when they find out I like it.  It's become the "forbidden food".  So often you hear people making up excuses when they're eating it: "well I was in a hurry so I had to settle for this."

Here's the funny thing.  So many people I meet who crap on fast food go to Starbucks EVERY SINGLE DAY.  It's the SAME DAMN THING.  The only difference is that Starbucks overcharges for everything so that elitists can feel special.  They found out how to market fast food to people that scoff at fast food and they found a way to charge higher prices for it too.  HA!

[ThePerm]

hmm, BnM sounds like your problem is your going to a bad McDonalds. Shitty Employees don't prepare the food right. I know it is supposed to be food so simple any idiot can make it, but that is not the case. I used to work at Wendy's and I when I took my lunch break it was best to get in line immediately because if I waited any longer I would get a burger made by Paul and not me and it would be too damn salty. I used to eat out a lot when I was in college and I would notice the changes in quality from McDonalds to McDonalds. 2 were decent in the city, but like the other 15 were ****.

[NWR_insanolord]

I go to fast food places so rarely these days (probably a handful of times a year), but when I do, it's usually Wendy's. They're way better than McDonald's.

[Khushrenada]

Who cares? Wendy's has brought back the Bacon Mushroom Melt. Heaven in a bun form. I was so worried Wendy's wasn't bringing it back anymore. I swear, they didn't offer it last year but no can recall if they did or not. Regardless, it's back and I am scarfing down as many as I can. Yum yum yum.

As for McDonald's, I have to agree completely with almost everything Ian says. The only thing is I'm not a fan of McDonald's fries. I just find them too salty often. For some people, it's not a bad thing but the amount of salt on them can gross me out after half a box.

There was a time where I used to go to McDonald's like 4-5 times a week. Then I discovered Quiznos and that was the end of that. But back to the point at hand. During that time, I went up, down, backwards, and forwards over their menu. I'd had it all. That was about 5 years ago. I've only been back to McDonald's about 12 times since then. I just have no interest in their food except for two things. One is their Bacon N Egg Bagel. The other is the McChicken. The McChicken is the most divine sandwich creation. The problem is that since I never want anything else there I often don't bother to order it and I'll get a McChicken equivalent from other fast food restaurants I do like. But the times I'm with a group of people and we do end up at McDonalds, it's the McChicken all the way. Sometimes I'll just order 2 buy themselves to satisfy the craving I have for them. The day McDonalds loses the McChicken is the day they are dead to me.

Hmmmm. This discussion is giving me an idea for another topic.

[Dasmos]

In Australia "Wendy's" sells icecream not hamburgurers.

[BranDonk Kong]

Starbucks and fast food are nothing alike, assuming you're talking about the coffee and not the pastries. Starbucks actually usually some high quality beans, McDonald's uses beef from old dairy cows that can no longer produce milk. Horrible analogy. The beer and wine analogy is horrible too. Beer and wine are both perfectly healthy in moderation (1 drink a day or so), red wine is actually good for you. McDonald's food, even in moderation, is horrible for you. Ian, you might think you're in good health because you're not fat, but when you get diabetes at age 35 and have a heart attack at 40, you'll be telling a different story.

This thread is disgusting. There's no such thing as a "good" McDonalds. Even if the employees prepare the **** to look like it does in the commercials and serve it on golden plates, it's still complete horse ****. I'm not trying to get everyone to go buy some Kashi crap or anything like that, just don't eat this crap, or you will die.

One time someone asked Anthony Bourdain what the most disgusting thing he's ever eaten was. His answer - a Chicken McNugget.

[King of Twitch]

Do they sell them 6 months late for 2x the price

[ThePerm]

any food is perfectly good in moderation. The fact of the matter is you only need to eat every 2 days. The thing that kills people is sedentary lifestyle. I make the analogy that food tastes terrible when there are bad employees, not that its healthier for you when you have better employees. a plain regular mcdonalds hamburger, not extra patties on a bun, with pickles and ketchup and no cheese is 250 calories, 9 g of fat. People  not forced to eat a ridiculous super burger with 3 quarter pound patties with mily cheese. I like a nice plain burger, and it seems that such simplicity is overlooked for machismo sake. The mcrib has 500 calories which is double a regular hamburger, but you could eat 4 a day and not go over a 2000 calorie limit. Thats not accounting for vitamins and minerals, but every damn thing has a nutrition label. Read it. Some people would go on a pulpit and criticize people eating hamburgers and then go eat an entire bag of Reese's peanut butter cups not realizing each one is a hamburgers worth of food.

[Caliban]

I'm surprised anyone has to taste McDonald food to see if it's good. I can't even stand the smell of any of their products, not even the fries.

[BlackNMild2k1]

The thing is that I've been to many different McD's and that's why I say the fries are hit and miss. And the fries are best when salty and fresh out the oil. But it still has to be done a certain way to be done right.
I may have only had the McRib once, but everything else across the many many McD's I've been to have been disappointing ever since they changed stuff to conform to the pressures from that movie Super Size Me - that movie has ruined McDonalds in multiple ways for me.

@Ian - since you seem to think that I'm dissing on McD's just because it apparently the popular thing to do nowadays, I'll just say this; I used to eat at McD's all the time, we practically hung out there when we were younger (4:20 + friends that works there = heaven). Up until about 5-6 years ago, it was always one of the top choices of places to go (McD's, JntB, KFC or TB <- the 4 closest fast food to my house - all next to each other). Now they changed almost everything on their menu for health or PR concerns. NONE of it taste like it used to. They even fucked up the Sweet Tea after only offering it for a few months, and that is at every McD's I've been to over the last year or so(Sweet Tea is more hit & miss than the damn fries).

[BranDonk Kong]

It has nothing to do with calories or anything like that. I myself just took a big chunk out of my daughter's bag of Halloween candy. The point is - what is inside McDonald's food, is absolute garbage. I eat tons of hamburgers, I typically eat 4 or 5 slices of pizza when we order out, I am by no means the beacon of health - I'm just saying that McDonald's food - fat content, calorie count, and carbs aside, is ****. Sure, there is a nutrition label on it, but it doesn't say anywhere on it that the beef comes from dying cows that have been fed corn their whole life, or that beef in general means "cow meat" and doesn't specify any part of said dying cow's body that the beef came from. I wasn't talking about healthy vs unhealthy with the quality of employees either, I was talking pure presentation. The point is, you can polish a turd all you want, but it's still a turd.

[bustin98]

I thought I was with Brandogg...

Perm, any food is fine in moderation, just depends on what you call 'food'. Just don't eat anything processed or with added sugar, preservatives, or artificial coloring. And say no to corn syrup.

Watch the documentary 'Supersize Me!', and you may have a hard time going back to fast food.

That said, I loved getting the McRib with no onion or pickle and with cheese. I miss it so...

[TJ Spyke]

Honestly no one on this planet should be eating *anything* from McDonalds. That **** is *not* food. Look for the person with the blog that has the 180-day old McDonald's cheeseburger and fries, it's been sitting on her counter for half a year, and has not even begun to grow mold or rot.

She is not doing something right. Take a look at the movie Super Size Me for a better look (the only thing from McDonalds that wasn't moldy or rotten were the fries, after several months they still looked the same as the day he got them).

I am not a fan of McDonalds. In the last 5 years I think the only thing I have eaten from them was the Quarterpounder (and even then it was only because somebody else bought it for me). I prefer Burger King or Wendy's for fast food burgers, although Wendy's tend to be the most expensive of the three.

[that Baby guy]

I hate Super Size Me.  It's a terrible movie, a terrible documentary, and makes an example of what's fundamentally the wrong way to tell a true story.

To begin with, Morgan Spurlock sensationalizes his decision to eat McDonald's food as an experiment.  It isn't.  Any valid experiment follows the scientific process.  Any valid experiment can be duplicated.  His, I guarantee, can not, because he leaves out much of the truth throughout the movie.  Morgan Spurlock is a journalist, not a scientist or a nutritionist of any sort, and the movie shows it.

He starts out on what's nearly a vegan diet, because he eats with his girlfriend, who is a vegan, often.  Whether that diet is balanced or not, honestly, we don't know.  It wasn't well documented, though it would need to be for us to actually perceive anything Spurlock does as meaningful.  I'm not going to claim I'm a nutritionist, either, but I will say that with a little research, you'll find drastic, sudden changes to one's diet can have a severely debilitating effect.

Anyway, moving beyond the basic scientific issues with the film, I have to mention that Spurlock decided to leave out a few nice facts.  Most specifically? A major portion of his calories came from milk shakes.  Milk shakes are single-handedly the worst menu item at a variety of places. Milk, itself, is unhealthy, contains high volumes of fat and calories.  Add in the sugar, and it's a bit worse.  Had Spurlock wanted to take an honest approach, he would have at least divulged that he favored milkshakes enough that his nutritionist would site them as being the most debilitating part of his diet.  In fact, at least according to wikipedia, his nutritionist said 1/3 of his calories were from soft drinks and shakes.

That's not normal, and clearly that's not healthy.  That's also not an aspect of normal McDonald's food, either.  Oh, also, he's refused to publish food logs of what he ate during his "experiment."  Why, if this thing actual was an experiment, would documentation like that not be released?

Spurlock's goal was to create a piece of sensational media.  What you see in the movie isn't based on scientific fact.  It's there to elicit a sudden, knee-jerk response.  Without the documentation of a food log, it's impossible to duplicate the actions Spurlock took.  He's withheld information to elicit a false moral high ground, and people jumped to react to it.  Take a look at the movie Super Size Me to see a lot of lies and misleading of the truth.

I'm not saying that a McDonald's diet or a fast-food diet is good for you, I'm not saying it's bad.  I'm saying that using Super Size Me as a source for anything is just a poor decision, and I encourage you to invest some time into looking into the facts and realities of the movie, as well as the facts and realities of nutrition in general.