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Message started by drharveys on 10/22/11 at 14:54:40

Title: Seasonal??
Post by drharveys on 10/22/11 at 14:54:40

Out on the bike I saw the billboard proudly announcing that the McRib sandwich is back.

Does anyone know why a processed pork sandwich is seasonal??

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Post by verslagen1 on 10/22/11 at 15:08:02

yes, and well seasoned. 8-)

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Post by Serowbot on 10/22/11 at 15:18:50

'Cause that's when the McRibs are ripe... :-?...

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Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/22/11 at 15:28:52

People are smart enough to not eat cardboard all year long?

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Post by built2last66 on 10/22/11 at 16:22:38

Finally! I've been waiting for them to come back in season, I love those things!

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Post by MrBrownTX on 10/22/11 at 18:08:43

I have never tried one. I try not to eat "meat" that has to be formed to a shape it should naturally have.

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Post by Oldfeller on 10/23/11 at 00:27:17

Late fall was traditionally when the pigs were slaughtered because they had grown all that they were going to that year on easy local grown feed (you really weren't gonna pay to buy feed to keep anything but one boar and the best young sows over the unproductive winter months).

The weather was cold enough now to preserve the meat during processing until it could get salted down for long term storage and the summer harvest was over now and the all the farm people were available for slaughter duty.

Pork prices still follow the seasonal dip as relatively more mature pigs hit the marketplace and when pork hits "dead bottom cheap" (beats the price of beef) the McRib comes back.

(yup, it's made up of all them little bitty pig noses and wee little pig toeses and them plucky little bitty pig peckers that the slaughter houses have to figure out how to do something with -- can't make but so much Neese's "sausage" bricks outta all them little bits and modern hot dogs are mostly beef now days so the McRib has jest gotta come back fer a little while to use up all them little pieces)

If you are the courageous type, pluck apart a chicken McNugget or a McRib to see what it is really made of ....

:D

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Post by built2last66 on 10/23/11 at 08:50:57

You just ruined McRibs for me.. darn IT.

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Post by LostArtist on 10/23/11 at 09:22:43

584757475A425B414D350 wrote:

I have never tried one. I try not to eat "meat" that has to be formed to a shape it should naturally have.

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Post by RidgeRunner13 on 10/23/11 at 11:47:11

Well let me ruin buffets for you too. Go to the restroom & watch how many leave without washing & head straight for the buffet. Or just the people who come in & go to the buffet with God knows what on their hands. I gave up buffet style food after seeing a guy come in with nasty hands & load up a plate. >:( That did it for me! 8-)

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Post by Serowbot on 10/23/11 at 11:51:11

584F53564E08565B494E0C0C3A0 wrote:

You just ruined McRibs for me.. darn IT.

They tried calling them, McSnoutn'peckers...
...but, truth in advertising is not always a good idea... :-?...

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Post by skatnbnc on 10/23/11 at 20:48:25

My friend who owns a McDonalds says it the same theory as Disney uses when they release old movies only at certain limited times.

The scarcity of the item makes it more desirable and therefore better overall sales.

Several other fast food places and restaurants do this too, but you usually dont notice it. Dunkin Donuts - pumpkin donuts in the fall; Starbucks - pumpkin spice latte available now but not in summer; Arbys - several types of Market Fresh sandwiches rotate in and out of their menu during the year; Applebees, IHOP and related all change their menus seasonally.

Having tried a McRib and knowing what is in it, I can attest to not having the desirablity issue and could care less when it reappears on the menu. ::)

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Post by babyhog on 10/24/11 at 07:08:57

Not a big rib eater, too messy. Kinda like chicken wings... ribs and wings get under my fingernails and I can't stand it, so I just don't eat them.

But I love pork chops, bacon and ham... Yum!

Oh, we got a surprise a couple of weeks ago on our trail camera.... 4 feral hogs! Had never in all our years there ever seen any evidence of any, nor gotten any pictures of any. I sure would love to shoot one of them for the meat! Unfortunately, that one group of pics is all we have gotten. Haven't seen them again.

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Post by mick on 10/25/11 at 12:50:09

I ate at a McDonalds back in 1967 I had just come over from England,
I got real sick,I have never eaten there since,same thing happend to my sister,even the smell just driving by makes me wretch,the most disgusting place on earth to eat.

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Post by WD on 10/26/11 at 18:40:59

If you have AM/PM (Arco) gas stations near you with a hot "foods" case, you can get them year round. Usually on sale for about $1.69. Some kind of nasty.

Mick, Lisa and I call it "McSlimes" for a reason...

Oh, and if you like the Fillet o' Fish, don't buy it anymore. Trash fish, processed in China (mainland China), imported via a to remain nameless Seattle fish company. I've hauled trailer loads of breading mix from the factory, if you could smell it before the soybean oil gets blended in...

Wish we had the "barfy smilies" from the truck forum here...

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Post by WD on 10/26/11 at 18:41:23

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Post by built2last66 on 10/26/11 at 19:16:26

They have "McRibs" in gas station cases around here in season all year round...

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Post by arteacher on 10/27/11 at 04:06:26

I do like their Big Mac's though. AND I DON"T CARE WHAT THEY ARE MADE OF!! ;D

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Post by MrBrownTX on 10/27/11 at 18:01:19

212A2A232F20213B3A4E0 wrote:

I do like their Big Mac's though. AND I DON"T CARE WHAT THEY ARE MADE OF!! ;D

A Big Mac is delicious but $3 I can never bring my self to buy it when a McDouble is only $1 and just as much burger. I do splurge on one sometimes though and it is worth it.

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Post by ksthumper on 10/27/11 at 19:17:30

Just order a McDouble with "Mac sauce". Same thing, minus the four or five strings of lettuce.