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Old 04-06-2007, 11:01 PM posted to rec.food.cooking
Andy[_2_]
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I saw a McD TV commercial for a chicken BLT sandwich, some connection with
the new Shrek flick.

I wonder how they got away with not offering tomato for so long?!

They could even dress up a hamburger the same way and have a "regular
burger" kinda/sorta how Wendy's or Burger king has been doing it for ages.

It couldn't be a quality control issue, could it? They've been cooking up
crap for decades.

Andy
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Old 04-06-2007, 11:10 PM posted to rec.food.cooking
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Andy wrote:
I saw a McD TV commercial for a chicken BLT sandwich, some connection with
the new Shrek flick.

I wonder how they got away with not offering tomato for so long?!

They could even dress up a hamburger the same way and have a "regular
burger" kinda/sorta how Wendy's or Burger king has been doing it for ages.

It couldn't be a quality control issue, could it? They've been cooking up
crap for decades.

Andy


What are you talking about? McDonalds has a burger with a tomato. In
fact, I know I had the "Hamburger Royale" back in the 90's (In Europe,
admittedly) with tomato slices. I forget what the current name is but
I've had it on occasion.
And McDonalds fries still rock when they're hot and crispy. Unlike the
horrid flavorless things Burger King passes off as fries. My ideal fast
food meal would be a Junior Whopper with cheese from BK and a small bag
of McDonalds fries.
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Old 04-06-2007, 11:24 PM posted to rec.food.cooking
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On Jun 4, 2:10 pm, Goomba38 wrote:
Andy wrote:
I saw a McD TV commercial for a chicken BLT sandwich, some connection with
the new Shrek flick.


I wonder how they got away with not offering tomato for so long?!


They could even dress up a hamburger the same way and have a "regular
burger" kinda/sorta how Wendy's or Burger king has been doing it for ages.


It couldn't be a quality control issue, could it? They've been cooking up
crap for decades.


Andy


What are you talking about? McDonalds has a burger with a tomato. In
fact, I know I had the "Hamburger Royale" back in the 90's (In Europe,
admittedly) with tomato slices. I forget what the current name is but
I've had it on occasion.
And McDonalds fries still rock when they're hot and crispy. Unlike the
horrid flavorless things Burger King passes off as fries. My ideal fast
food meal would be a Junior Whopper with cheese from BK and a small bag
of McDonalds fries.


It wasn't a Royale with Cheese?? BTW, does anyone know if there a
Big Kahuna burger place or was that just fiction(pulp)?

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Old 04-06-2007, 11:31 PM posted to rec.food.cooking
Andy[_2_]
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Goomba38 said...

Andy wrote:
I saw a McD TV commercial for a chicken BLT sandwich, some connection
with the new Shrek flick.

I wonder how they got away with not offering tomato for so long?!

They could even dress up a hamburger the same way and have a "regular
burger" kinda/sorta how Wendy's or Burger king has been doing it for
ages.

It couldn't be a quality control issue, could it? They've been cooking
up crap for decades.

Andy


What are you talking about? McDonalds has a burger with a tomato. In
fact, I know I had the "Hamburger Royale" back in the 90's (In Europe,
admittedly) with tomato slices. I forget what the current name is but
I've had it on occasion.
And McDonalds fries still rock when they're hot and crispy. Unlike the
horrid flavorless things Burger King passes off as fries. My ideal fast
food meal would be a Junior Whopper with cheese from BK and a small bag
of McDonalds fries.



McD sells the quarter pounder with onion and pickle or the big mac with
lettuce, onion and pickle.

Maybe an average tomato slice is larger than the meat patty!?

All I remember about their fries was when they cooled off they were
inedible. But that's probably been covered to death in another thread.

Andy
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Old 04-06-2007, 11:34 PM posted to rec.food.cooking
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"Goomba38" wrote in message
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What are you talking about? McDonalds has a burger with a tomato. In fact,
I know I had the "Hamburger Royale" back in the 90's (In Europe,
admittedly) with tomato slices. I forget what the current name is but I've
had it on occasion.


IIRC, it was a "big-N-Healthy" burger or some similar name.

Van


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Old 04-06-2007, 11:44 PM posted to rec.food.cooking
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On 2007-06-04, Van wrote:

IIRC, it was a "big-N-Healthy" burger or some similar name.


Yeah, they did a burger with a tomato back in the early 90s that
featured a slice of tomato, lettuc, and mayo. Unfortunately, unlike the
spartan dab of kethup and mustard they barely apply (mcd invented
cheap), they drowned the damn thing in mayo, to the point where it
was squeezing out of the bun and all over your hands and overwhelmed
the flavor. McD hasn't made anthing good to eat in 40 yrs.

nb
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Old 05-06-2007, 12:51 AM posted to rec.food.cooking
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"Van" wrote in message
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"Goomba38" wrote in message
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What are you talking about? McDonalds has a burger with a tomato. In
fact, I know I had the "Hamburger Royale" back in the 90's (In Europe,
admittedly) with tomato slices. I forget what the current name is but
I've had it on occasion.


IIRC, it was a "big-N-Healthy" burger or some similar name.

Van

Okay, I'm not really sure how much of this will be valid, but here goes.
Currently, McDonald's has a Fresh-n-Tasty burger. Basically, a wannabe
Whopper.

Back in the day... there was a McDLT, where 'the hot stays hot and the cool
stays cool.' Basically the meat and bottom bun on one side of the package,
while the top bun, lettuce, and tomato (don't remember what condiments were
used) were on the other side of the package. I want to say that this was in
the late 80's though, and not the 90's.

The reason I mention that this may not be valid, is that there's a huge
local rumor that has persisted for a long time in this area (upper East
Tennessee) is a test market for McDs. There were items introduced here that
didn't make it anywhere else. I don't know how much faith I put into this
story. So, if it sounds like I'm farting instead of talking, I'm really not
trying to talk out my ass.

-Glasswalker-

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Old 05-06-2007, 12:57 AM posted to rec.food.cooking,alt.food.fast-food,alt.mcdonalds
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On Jun 4, 4:51 pm, "Glasswalker" wrote:
"Van" wrote in message

...

"Goomba38" wrote in message
...


What are you talking about? McDonalds has a burger with a tomato. In
fact, I know I had the "Hamburger Royale" back in the 90's (In Europe,
admittedly) with tomato slices. I forget what the current name is but
I've had it on occasion.


IIRC, it was a "big-N-Healthy" burger or some similar name.


Van


Okay, I'm not really sure how much of this will be valid, but here goes.
Currently, McDonald's has a Fresh-n-Tasty burger. Basically, a wannabe
Whopper.


Here (St. Louis, MO), it is called the Big & Tasty, and it's on their
dollar menu almost everywhere in town.

Back in the day... there was a McDLT, where 'the hot stays hot and the cool
stays cool.' Basically the meat and bottom bun on one side of the package,
while the top bun, lettuce, and tomato (don't remember what condiments were
used) were on the other side of the package. I want to say that this was in
the late 80's though, and not the 90's.


I remember the jingle: "keep the hot, hot, and the cool, cool. It was
the 80s.

The reason I mention that this may not be valid, is that there's a huge
local rumor that has persisted for a long time in this area (upper East
Tennessee) is a test market for McDs. There were items introduced here that
didn't make it anywhere else. I don't know how much faith I put into this
story. So, if it sounds like I'm farting instead of talking, I'm really not
trying to talk out my ass.

-Glasswalker-


--Bryan

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Old 05-06-2007, 01:05 AM posted to rec.food.cooking,alt.food.fast-food,alt.mcdonalds
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On 2007-06-04, Food Snob wrote:

I remember the jingle: "keep the hot, hot, and the cool, cool. It was
the 80s.


Crap is crap. It was McDonalds.

It's called redirection. Keep the customer's mind focused on some bogus
made-up issue while continuing to serve him a lousy hambuger.

nb
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Old 05-06-2007, 01:11 AM posted to rec.food.cooking,alt.food.fast-food,alt.mcdonalds
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"Food Snob" wrote in message
Here (St. Louis, MO), it is called the Big & Tasty, and it's on their
dollar menu almost everywhere in town.


My bad, you're right, it's called the Big & Tasty here as well. Lets you
know how often I go to McDonalds.

-Glasswalker-

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Old 05-06-2007, 01:16 AM posted to rec.food.cooking,alt.food.fast-food,alt.mcdonalds
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On Jun 4, 4:11 pm, "Glasswalker" wrote:
"Food Snob" wrote in message
Here (St. Louis, MO), it is called the Big & Tasty, and it's on their
dollar menu almost everywhere in town.


My bad, you're right, it's called the Big & Tasty here as well. Lets you
know how often I go to McDonalds.

-Glasswalker-


Here in (Cerritos,CA) Its also a Big'n'Tasty but its like $2:49, You
have it lucky =)

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Old 05-06-2007, 01:33 AM posted to rec.food.cooking,alt.food.fast-food,alt.mcdonalds
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On Jun 4, 7:11 pm, "Glasswalker" wrote:
"Food Snob" wrote in message
Here (St. Louis, MO), it is called the Big & Tasty, and it's on their
dollar menu almost everywhere in town.


My bad, you're right, it's called the Big & Tasty here as well. Lets you
know how often I go to McDonalds.

-Glasswalker-




I remember both the McDLT and the Big & Tasty. (2 different burgers).
They were sold in selected MickeyD's in the northeast, but no longer
available where I live. They also had a double cheesburger L.T. for
$1.29 a few years ago.

For a chain burger joint, they were pretty good, and I'd go to McD's
more often if they were still on their dollar menu.

I think the quality of the product depends on having a good manager in
the store.

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Old 05-06-2007, 01:36 AM posted to rec.food.cooking,alt.food.fast-food,alt.mcdonalds
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On Jun 4, 5:11 pm, "Glasswalker" wrote:
"Food Snob" wrote in message
Here (St. Louis, MO), it is called the Big & Tasty, and it's on their
dollar menu almost everywhere in town.


My bad, you're right, it's called the Big & Tasty here as well. Lets you
know how often I go to McDonalds.


I have a 5 year old, and not a lot of money. A B&T w/ cheese and med
fry (with a free water) is less than $2.50 including tax.

If I eat there, I get 2 B&Ts, no mayo, no ketchup, extra pickle. I
take off the lettuce and tomato and eat those first. Then I take two
napkins, and use them to smash each patty against the bottom buns,
which saturate with grease, and the bottom buns and napkins go it the
trash. Then I take the two top buns, put mustard on them, put the
patties, pickles and onions back on, and I have a double burger for 2
bucks.
What I SHOULD DO, is throw away ALL the buns.
So, my son and I can both eat for $5.

-Glasswalker-


--Bryan

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Old 05-06-2007, 02:22 AM posted to rec.food.cooking,alt.food.fast-food,alt.mcdonalds
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Glasswalker wrote:
"Food Snob" wrote in message
Here (St. Louis, MO), it is called the Big & Tasty, and it's on their
dollar menu almost everywhere in town.


My bad, you're right, it's called the Big & Tasty here as well. Lets
you know how often I go to McDonalds.

-Glasswalker-


Cheers for you that you don't!

Jill


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Old 05-06-2007, 02:34 AM posted to rec.food.cooking
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One time on Usenet, Andy q said:

I saw a McD TV commercial for a chicken BLT sandwich, some connection with
the new Shrek flick.

I wonder how they got away with not offering tomato for so long?!

They could even dress up a hamburger the same way and have a "regular
burger" kinda/sorta how Wendy's or Burger king has been doing it for ages.

It couldn't be a quality control issue, could it? They've been cooking up
crap for decades.


They have been serving tomato, on the Big N' Tasty. And I like McD's
on occasion...

--
Jani in WA
 




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