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> But at the end of the day, it all comes down to the food. Indeed, and this is why I never go there except in one instance: I'm late for work and I need to ea
by a3n 12y ago
> But at the end of the day, it all comes down to the food.
Indeed, and this is why I never go there except in one instance: I'm late for work and I need to eat a sausage and egg sandwich while driving, or be distracted by hunger until lunch.
I never go there in anticipation, and I never go there on the way home when I'm too lazy to cook, because there are so many better choices. I just never go there, except in the one scenario above.
When I was younger I used to go there a lot, and it actually tasted good. The patty looked like a hamburger patty I might grill at home, and the taste was juicy and, well, tasty.
Now all the taste and enjoyment has been synergized and efficientized out, and we're left with a grey, tasteless slab. Bleah. Who would want that, if they knew there was something better at comparable price elsewhere?
Instead of "innovating," they might look at just making their foundation menu tasty. Healthy ingredients that people want would be good too, but just start with tasty. And not "tasty in the test kitchen in Chicago," but tasty that survives by default in every McDonalds in existence.
- a3n 12y agoHere's the taste test for any burger. If it's tasty without putting anything on it, then it's worth eating. If you hate it unless you put a bunch of vegetables and condiments on it, then it's defective. You may actually prefer your burger with all that stuff on it, and that's fine. I'm just describing the minimal acceptable experience. If you have to (as opposed to want to) hide the burger to make it edible, then it's defective. McDonalds burgers are defective.
- joezydeco 12y agoFunny thing is, they weren't that way a long time ago. I worked the grill back in the late 1980s when they had the old system of hand-grilling the burgers and assembling the sandwiches right there as the patties were pulled off. A freshly-made plain double cheeseburger, right off the grill, was an incredible thing. It was damned good. I'll be the first to say that the whole Modular Holding Cabinet system they changed to wrecked their products completely. But it also stopped waste, which was a massive downside to that old system. I'm sure over the decade the quality of the products has changed too, but knowing what went into a McDonald's burger back then they never tried to cut corners with substandard materials.
- a3n 12y ago> Funny thing is, they weren't that way a long time ago. > A freshly-made plain double cheeseburger, right off the grill, was an incredible thing. It was damned good. You're right, they were great. Now they're a disappointment at best. > I worked the grill back in the late 1980s ... And I ate what you cooked in the late 80s. And the late 70s. And the late 60s. Really great. Harumph.