Monday, October 11, 2010

MORE OR LESS REPULSIVE THAN THE DOUBLEDOWN? The WSJ investigates a dark subculture on the Internet--those who love the McRib.

13 comments:

  1. patricia1:57 PM

    I love that the last guy quoted in the article has this sniffy elitism about McDonald's.  His attitude seems to be that McDonald's products (other than the McRib) are unfit for human consumption and eating there possibly says something unsavory about those who do.  You're being quoted for your loyalty to the McRib, buddy.  Any claim you had to food snobbiness is gone. 

    (Yes, I read the whole thing and no I am NOT BITTER AT ALL at being at work when everyone else in my industry has the day off today.)

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  2. Joseph J. Finn3:06 PM

    Wait, there's a McRib Locator?!? God bless the Internet!

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  3. Eric J.3:08 PM

    I was partial to the short-lived Beefsteak Sandwich. Came with an awesome steak sauce.  (Awseome to my 10-year-old self. No doubt was actually a High-Fructose-Corn-Syrupy nightmare.)

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  4. Renee4:03 PM

    I used to looooooove McRibs and I always get excited when they come back.  Then I actually get one and am sorely disappointed by the reality.  Yet it never stops me and I always claim to love them and get one everytime they are reintroduced.  It is a vicious cycle.

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  5. spacewoman4:27 PM

    Face it: no matter how gross they are, they're delicious.  I say that as someone who swore off McDonalds forever after seeing the blog about the year-old Happy Meal and meant it; no one in the family has had so much as a McD french fry ever since.  But I still admit that if I were to eat a McRib, which I will not, it would be finger-licking awesome.

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  6. Odds that this was posted by Isaac: 2%.

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  7. Joseph J. Finn5:32 PM

    See, I had this problem as well, but then I learned to order it without the pickle.

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  8. Check out the pictures of a deconstructed McRib on this blog and then think about whether you'd still eat it.  I'm not ashamed to admit that I love McD's, but this is just too gross:

    http://www.foodfacts.info/mcrib/

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  9. spacewoman7:11 PM

    Correct: That was me.  Isaac doesn't even eat the best ribs ever, which are the Sticky Balsamic Ribs from Gourmet 2009: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Sticky-Balsamic-Ribs-354213  Actually, now that I've had these, the McRib does seem kind of gross.

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  10. J. Bowman8:59 PM

    This isn't about who got rich off of whom, or who ate tainted what.

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  11. Joseph J. Finn10:10 PM

    I'll take 5.<span> </span>

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  12. Okay, that looks good.  Generally, I'm doing five-spice ribs with hoisin glaze.

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  13. Renee3:51 PM

    Ew, but that's why I eat them constructed :)

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