CROSS-POSTED TO LBN: "McDonald's McRib May Be Harder To Find This Year"...the BASTARDS!

[Miles Archer]

McDonald's McRib May Be Harder To Find This Year



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/16/mcdonalds-micrib-rollout-nationwide_n_5998312.html

McDonald's McRib fans may have to hunt harder than usual for the popular sandwich this year.

It will only be available at participating restaurants, rather than nationwide, the company said.

"We're letting the restaurants determine if this menu item is one their customers will enjoy," wrote McDonald's spokeswoman Lisa McComb in an email.

While McComb declined to say when the boneless barbecue pork sandwich would be available, one North Dakota franchise told CNBC it would begin selling the sandwich Monday.

The entire McRib sandwich contains about 70 ingredients — including a flour-bleaching agent used in yoga mats.

As it appears out of the box, the McRib sandwich consists of just five basic components: a pork patty, barbecue sauce, pickle slices, onions, and a sesame bun.

But, as recently reported by Time magazine, a closer inspection of McDonald's own ingredient list reveals that the pork sandwich contains a total of 70 ingredients. This includes azodicarbonamide, a flour-bleaching agent often used in the production of foamed plastics.

The entire sandwich packs a whopping 500 calories, 26 grams of fat, 44 grams of carbs, and 980 milligrams of sodium.

http://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-mcrib-2011-11?op=1

[betsuni]

1. Behold, the Japanese version.

I'd never heard of the McRib until I saw it advertised in Japan one autumn. I did some research, discovered it had quite a following in the U.S. and decided to try it. People really loved it! Americans cannot resist barbecue sauce. Or Ranch dressing. If one were to set a trap to catch Americans, the bait would be barbecued chicken wings with Ranch dip. Well, an old shoe slathered in barbecue sauce would've been more palatable. This Japanese McRib had about a teaspoon of sauce. The star, as always in Japan, was mayonnaise. An old shoe made of pig's assholes and lips tasting worse than the cheapest breakfast sausage with mayo and sad lettuce that looked as if it had been dropped on the floor and thrown forcefully in the bag just for spite. And expensive, too. I felt like a pig's asshole for being gullible. But years of fun complaining about it!

[AwakeAtLast]

2. I think I've had one of those in my lifetime

and that was at least twenty years ago. Not my favorite sandwich, but then again, pork anything is not my favorite.

Now if you're talking Big Macs..... I limit myself to one of those a year

[Raine1967]

3. I have to admit... I do too.

I don't know why, as bad as they are, I love the Big Mac.

[easychoice]

4. Yoga Mat. Yumm

I can't wait to get me some Yoga Mat...

[Initech]

6. There's very little meat in these gym mats!

[Initech]

5. But where are we going to go for our experimental "meat" products?

[rurallib]

7. May be better off eating the box it comes in

[whistler162]

8. At last some good news!

[TuxedoKat]

9. Good

I bought one once. Most disgusting thing I have ever tried to eat. Took one bite, spat it out and threw it away.

[pinboy3niner]

10. McK & McR!

I've never had a McRib, but I couldn't resist posting that.

[Miles Archer]

13. The infamous Banquet "Boneless Pork Rib" meal

Basically the same patty as the McRib, so if you have a bun, pickles and sliced onions, you can experience the McRib experience and...er, on second thought, maybe not.

[malthaussen]

16. On-Cor sells those patties...

... six in a box for $2.99. They take no time at all to cook. Sauce is sweet, but no doubt could be jazzed up. Toss it on a bun and add whatever condiments one prefers.

-- Mal

[hunter]

11. Someday McRibs will be grown in vats of nutrients, just like spare body parts.

That will still be preferable to reconstituted factory farmed pork fat and protein products.

But I do understand the popularity of Spam in tropical nations where refrigeration is expensive or unavailable, and pork is the traditional food of feasts.

[Initech]

15. Soylent McRibs are people?

[Jenoch]

12. I remember eating

pork 'riblet' sandwiches at the local county fair. I think the McRib is way overhyped.

[kwassa]

14. I believe I worked on the original commercial for the McRib.

I think it was, anyways. Early '80s.

McDonalds had a fake store in an industrial park in the City of Industry, CA, that was used strictly for commercials. It has two fronts, a lighting grid in the ceiling, and plants on wheels. Everything was on wheels, as I recall, so it could easily be moved for the right angle.

Our part of the job was strictly to light and shoot close-ups of the sandwich itself, a process that took hours and hours over two days, and endless tweaking of various light sources. The budget was large, and the process excruciating, but they got what they wanted. It was fascinating from the standpoint of film craft, but the sandwich was completely unappealing.

[Throd]

17. Why the hate? I always eat a few when they reappear.