A couple of facts about the McRib sandwich

[TreasonousBastard]

5. I tried one a while back and it had no "rib" flavor...

just a nasty, cheap BBQ sauce flavor.

I can't advocate real ribs as a sustainable, healthy food, but they've been around as long as roasted pigs have and they're not going away any time soon. More's the pity, then, that so many kids will grow up not knowing what a good rack of ribs really tastes like.

FWIW, on another matter-- I grew up with my mother's mac&cheese which involved mass quantities of grated cheddar, some milk and mild spices, and a broiler to lightly char slabs of cheddar on top. When one of my nephews had his first taste of this, after many Kraft boxes of stuff, he had no idea what it was.

Pity the Brazilian restaurant owner who, after carefully tending the meat in his pit all day, hears some kid exclaim "What the fuck is that? I ordered ribs!"