Breaking my McRib virginity
Name something that was introduced in the early 80's, only to be removed in the mid-80's due to lack of popularity and then only seen in very very rare occasions. If you said Sharon Angle experiencing an orgasm, you would be right. If you had said the McRib sandwich from McDonald's you would also be correct. McDonald's is bringing back the McRib sandwich for a limited time starting this week. In New York, it costs around $3 bucks and the calorie listing says it's 500 calories. I'm not sure how I feel about this McRib business. It's not a big mac, and we all know that. This odd shaped sandwich actually is supposed to be made from pork. I think it's a nice sandwich for fast food and priced ok. I just don't happen to have much of an emotional connection to it. It's not like it's nuggets or anything like that.
See, Robert at the Fork in the Road blog said that it's basically a pork hamburger. He's definitely right to describe it as such. I think though, it's more of a barbecue sauce burger. The meat, let's face it, is mild in flavor. Tasteless is another adjective that's appropriate. The redeeming factor comes with the sauce that's slathered all over the McRib. They throw on some raw onions and pickles for good measure, but all of it are just distractions from the main event. A meat patty shaped like ribs served to deliver sauce into my belly. A belly that's growing too fast for it's own good too...
Also, I started doing the whole Twitpic/Plixi thing that some people like to do these days. All the cool kids are doing it. My phone kind of sucks at taking photos, but I'm gonna do it anyway. As always, if you want commercial free viewing of my pictures, they're all at Flickr. But if you are on the site and want to look through my mobile uploads, you can find it in the menu at the top at, Mobile Uploads.
(I invite you to follow me on Twitter so you can get more of my non-sense in another medium.)
Yaakkk, as we say in french "degueulasse", meaning discusting! I tried one today while my daughter was having a Happy meal with nuggets and fries. The barbecue sauce on that rib patty is really overpowering and gross...I could not eat it after just one bite. The little one on the other hand was making fun me saying "ahhh degueulasse maman", enjoying her nuggets and Megamind toy...only 7 and SO SMART!
Maya
ps: I really enjoy your blog and as a French I was really embarassed by the rudeness and stupidity of the french person who left a comment (in french) on your entry about "Le Fooding"...I discovered numerous restaurants thanks to your blog, specially in Chinatown and Flushing! A bientot
maya
November 2, 2010 3:42 pm