One of the guys I work with went to McDonald's over the weekend with his
pregnant wife because she was craving a Big Mac.

He is a very picky eater and he sort of took his apart, removing what he
doesn't like and reassembling the burger. And she asked him a question.

He asked me...I didn't know the answer, either. Maybe one of you does.

Know how, with a Big Mac, there are two hamburger patties separated by that
middle section of the roll?

Have you ever actually LOOKED at that middle piece of roll?

HOW do they make it so it's really a middle? I mean, the top of the roll has
that shiny top, the bottom has an obvious bottom. It's obvious the roll is
baked and then split. But the middle slice? Is it REALLY a middle? As in,
they made 2 cuts on that roll? That would have to be one really thick roll!
And that would mean that there would have to be 2 kinds of rolls...the ones
with the middle, the ones with just a top and bottom. That seems kind of
wasteful.

Is that middle slice made in a loaf and sliced, like a loaf of white bread?
Or is it truly the middle of a very thick roll?

this isn't something I'll lose sleep over, but it certainly is a curiosity!

I think it's more like an english muffin, a cylinder loaf of bread that
sliced?? Just off the top of me head.

Suzan
"Sheryl Rosen" > wrote in message
...
> One of the guys I work with went to McDonald's over the weekend with his
> pregnant wife because she was craving a Big Mac.
>
> He is a very picky eater and he sort of took his apart, removing what he
> doesn't like and reassembling the burger. And she asked him a question.
>
> He asked me...I didn't know the answer, either. Maybe one of you does.
>
> Know how, with a Big Mac, there are two hamburger patties separated by
that
> middle section of the roll?
>
> Have you ever actually LOOKED at that middle piece of roll?
>
> HOW do they make it so it's really a middle? I mean, the top of the roll
has
> that shiny top, the bottom has an obvious bottom. It's obvious the roll is
> baked and then split. But the middle slice? Is it REALLY a middle? As
in,
> they made 2 cuts on that roll? That would have to be one really thick
roll!
> And that would mean that there would have to be 2 kinds of rolls...the
ones
> with the middle, the ones with just a top and bottom. That seems kind of
> wasteful.
>
> Is that middle slice made in a loaf and sliced, like a loaf of white
bread?
> Or is it truly the middle of a very thick roll?
>
> this isn't something I'll lose sleep over, but it certainly is a
curiosity!
>

Sheryl Rosen wrote:


> Or is it truly the middle of a very thick roll?

I think so. It's a bun with 2 cuts, creating 3 sections.

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Sheryl Rosen typed:
> He asked me...I didn't know the answer, either. Maybe one of you does.
>
> Know how, with a Big Mac, there are two hamburger patties separated by that
> middle section of the roll?
>
> Have you ever actually LOOKED at that middle piece of roll?
>
IIRC, (it's been many years) it's a tall roll, sliced twice making 3
sections.

BOB

On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 23:18:33 -0500, BOB wrote:

> Sheryl Rosen typed:

>> Know how, with a Big Mac, there are two hamburger patties separated by
>> that middle section of the roll?
>>
>> Have you ever actually LOOKED at that middle piece of roll?
>>
> IIRC, (it's been many years) it's a tall roll, sliced twice making 3
> sections.

The slice made is similar to that of a pre-cut hot dog bun. The slice is
clean and there is some overhang/lip on the toasted part of the bun.

If someone screwed up their bun order, you might see a shop making do with
two bottoms. That's not ideal because the bottom is more dense than the
middle piece.

> BOB

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builds it." -- Unknown

Sheryl Rosen wrote:
>
> Know how, with a Big Mac, there are two hamburger patties separated by that
> middle section of the roll?
>
> Have you ever actually LOOKED at that middle piece of roll?
>
> HOW do they make it so it's really a middle? I mean, the top of the roll has
> that shiny top, the bottom has an obvious bottom. It's obvious the roll is
> baked and then split. But the middle slice? Is it REALLY a middle? As in,
> they made 2 cuts on that roll? That would have to be one really thick roll!
> And that would mean that there would have to be 2 kinds of rolls...the ones
> with the middle, the ones with just a top and bottom. That seems kind of
> wasteful.
>
> Is that middle slice made in a loaf and sliced, like a loaf of white bread?
> Or is it truly the middle of a very thick roll?
>
> this isn't something I'll lose sleep over, but it certainly is a curiosity!

Sheryl,

McDonald's get basically three types of buns from their bakeries:
regular bun, quarter bun, and Big Mac bun. The Big Mac bun is a single
bun, sliced twice, to create the three parts. They are taller than the
other buns.

And then, of course, there are special buns for any special sandwich
that requires one, like the McRib.

Boli

> Sqwertz barfed:
>
>You can order a Big Mac w/no sesame seeds (popular with people
>w/dentures or inflamed hemmorhoids) in which case you get a
>bun with two bottoms.

Folks with inflamed hemorrhoids wish they had two bottoms.

>-sw (who hasn't had a BM in at least 8 years)

That's quite obvious.


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I'm not certain about the three cut theory.
The thing is the middle bun seems more "finished" than it would if it was a
middle cut out of a tall bun. It doesn't have an irregular (or crumby) edge or
anything. In fact it's edges all around seem to bevel in suggesting it's a
separately baked piece all together. ...maybe a McD employee will pipe in.