# Definitely inferior foods Americans love... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 5, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definitely-inferior-foods-americans-love/845990 "2020-01-05T21:10:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definitely-inferior-foods-americans-love/845990/141 "2020-01-16T01:21:25Z")
[“Bisquick Impossibly Easy Cheesburger Pie”](https://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/impossibly-easy-cheeseburger-pie/8c78aa78-c368-40fa-8a88-1654640c7525) I don’t know if this counts, but it was a favorite when I was a kid. McDonalds breakfast sandwichs. The bacon egg and cheese biscuit, the steak and egg bagel. Fortunatly, I don’t stop at McDonalds all that often, otherwise my cholesterol would be through the roof. LOL Fun Dip. So bad for your teeth. Oh, and ramen. How could I forget ramen. I try to at least use more water than it calls for, so the broth isn’t as strong, and then I add some onion and garlic powder. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definitely-inferior-foods-americans-love/845990/142 "2020-01-16T01:31:15Z")
Wait, what’s inferior about McDonalds breakfast sandwiches? I think the Egg McMuffin is one of the great inventions of mankind. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definitely-inferior-foods-americans-love/845990/143 "2020-01-16T01:48:03Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Wait, what’s inferior about McDonalds breakfast sandwiches? I think the Egg McMuffin is one of the great inventions of mankind. Last time we entered a McD’s, the stench drove us out. I expect McD customers to suffer severe nasal congestion, possibly due to smog levels. Do you feel clogged? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definitely-inferior-foods-americans-love/845990/144 "2020-01-16T02:24:51Z")
I was working for a TV news service when the first Russian McDonald’s opened in Moscow in 1990. You could tell immediately when crews brought sacks of food back to the office, due to the distinctive smell of the grease. There’s nothing else like it, and it filled the air. ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definitely-inferior-foods-americans-love/845990/145 "2020-01-16T09:10:56Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Sort of like [Mike the Headless Chicken](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken) who despite his name, was only missing most of it. \*\<3stooges\>\*Ooooh, a working stiff! Nyuck, nyuck… Owww!!! _\_ ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definitely-inferior-foods-americans-love/845990/146 "2020-01-16T17:33:08Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I was working for a TV news service when the first Russian McDonald’s opened in Moscow in 1990. You could tell immediately when crews brought sacks of food back to the office, due to the distinctive smell of the grease. There’s nothing else like it, and it filled the air. People often bring a bag of McDonald’s food onto an airplane. I’d rather they smoke. (it’s not that I wouldn’t enjoy a MCD burger now and then, I just don’t want the smell of someone else’s) ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definitely-inferior-foods-americans-love/845990/147 "2020-01-16T19:53:28Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Wait, what’s inferior about McDonalds breakfast sandwiches? I think the Egg McMuffin is one of the great inventions of mankind. I agree completely! ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definitely-inferior-foods-americans-love/845990/148 "2020-01-16T23:19:47Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > People often bring a bag of McDonald’s food onto an airplane. I’d rather they smoke. > > (it’s not that I wouldn’t enjoy a MCD burger now and then, I just don’t want the smell of someone else’s) We first flew to Guatemala and back stateside for family stuff. Everyone on the return flight, except a few naive Gringos, carried a fragrant box of _Pollo Campero_ take-out. It’'s like when KFC advertised their meals as “companion chickens” at the Newark NJ airport. Live chickens in the airplane would likely smell better than their fried bits. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definitely-inferior-foods-americans-love/845990/149 "2020-01-16T23:30:32Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > People often bring a bag of McDonald’s food onto an airplane. I’d rather they smoke. > > (it’s not that I wouldn’t enjoy a MCD burger now and then, I just don’t want the smell of someone else’s) Yes, McD’s absolutely has a distinct smell. Subway is similar – I could smell a Subway in a mall a hundred yards away. No other sub place has that weird-ass smell Subway has. I happen to be fine with the McD’s smell, but, man, that Subway smell is what kept me away for it from years. I’ll go every once in awhile now but, ugh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definitely-inferior-foods-americans-love/845990.md?page=7)