[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni]
I thought Egg McMuffins had sausage on them, not Canadian bacon. Since I really don’t care for English muffins, I don’t eat them.
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The Egg McMuffin has Canadian bacon but there is also a Sausage McMuffin which has a ground sausage pattie instead of the bacon.
[QUOTE=Terrifel]
I wonder where that original egg ring is now,
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I have it. It’s now a cock ring. Comes in handy!
[QUOTE=Terrifel]
I have to admit: I never would have imagined that any part of the history of the McDonalds restaurant chain would involve consulting “a local blacksmith.” I can see him now in my mind’s eye, stooped over the blazing hearth, wreathed in the glow of the coals; striking sparks with hammer and tongs as he forges McMuffins from raw ingots.
I wonder where that original egg ring is now, and if it has the power to rule all other McMuffins and in the darkness bind them.
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One ring to rule them all. Of course! That’s it! Herb had much more influence than we thought. :eek:
You can buy a toaster that makes Egg McMuffins at home: http://www.amazon.com/Back-Basics-TEM500-Muffin-2-Slice/dp/B000B18P96/
[QUOTE=Intelligently Designed]
Some info about the great Egg McMuffin story.
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Of course, my take on this story is from a historical “who did what, when?” perspective. (Sorry, can’t help myself)
The link in the OP says “…came up with idea for the signature McDonald’s breakfast item in 1972.” I can’t dispute that.
But Intelligently Designed added a link which flat-out said the sandwich was introduced in 1975. Bullshit.
It was introduced by 1973. From a July 1973 ad in the Kingsport, TN. paper, the Egg McMuffin cost 60 cents.
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal]
I have it. It’s now a cock ring. Comes in handy!
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Honey! You promised you wouldn’t brag about that to just anyone!
Seriously, he sounded like a wonderful man, with many McD inventions to his credit. And the Popeye’s founder? He was way too young. How sad!
[QUOTE=RealityChuck]
I’ve never had one. They look disgusting in the ads, and that’s with professional photographers who are experts in making food look good. It’s also covered with that weird orange chemical slime they call “cheese,” which is probably not the English term, but probably some Swahili word meaning “something no sane person would put in his mouth.”
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They call it “cheese,” but it’s properly spelled “cheez.”
Anyhow, why cheez? He was going for an eggs Benedict concept, and McD’s already had Big Mac Special Sauce, so why not put that on? Why go right to cheez?
[QUOTE=Terrifel]
I wonder where that original egg ring is now, and if it has the power to rule all other McMuffins and in the darkness bind them.
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They cocked it up. Instead the Egg M\cMuffins bind YOU!
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal]
I have it. It’s now a cock ring. Comes in handy!
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If it comes in handy, it’s probably too tight.
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug]
They call it “cheese,” but it’s properly spelled “cheez.”
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[QUOTE=Beware of Doug]
They call it “cheese,” but it’s properly spelled “cheez.”
Anyhow, why cheez? He was going for an eggs Benedict concept, and McD’s already had Big Mac Special Sauce, so why not put that on? Why go right to cheez?
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Thousand Island dressing on ham and eggs?
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni]
I occasionally see ads for egg rings, either individual rings or sets of four.
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We got a set of four with a large griddle. Tried them once and found that the eggs just leak out between the griddle & ring, rendering them useless; haven’t used them since.
[QUOTE=pravnik]
If it comes in handy, it’s probably too tight.
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Well, I promised **faithfool **I wouldn’t brag.
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic]
Thousand Island dressing on ham and eggs?
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AKA eggs à la russe. An old (I mean OLD, as in 1920s) favorite.
[QUOTE=Intelligently Designed]
Looks to me like Peterson came up with the idea of replacing eggs Benedict’s hollandaise sauce with that orange stuff they call cheese, and poached egg with a fried one, for which he used Teflon rings.
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Actually, the egg on an Egg McMuffin is poached, not fried. The egg ring that Mr. Petersen came up with was perhaps the prototype, but it eventually evolved into a novel flattop grill poacher. The poacher that I remember using at Mc Donald’s was a set of egg rings that overlaid the flattop but it also had a cover, with a small premeasured cup built into it that was reminiscent of a conical jigger. One would fill the cup with water and it would automatically drip in the water, solving the problem of poaching an egg on a single purpose frying surface.
I suppose it would more accurately be called, steam poaching.
What Mc Donald’s really needs to come up with is a side packet or tiny carton of decent Hollandaise sauce to go with the Egg McMuffin. That would improve it and bring it more into line with Mr. Petersen’s original vision.
I think it’s quite a tribute to Herb that this thread seems to have more life than the one for Richard Widmark, who died about the same time.
Widmark is hard to josh about because he was just so goddam good at what he did. There was no salesmanship about him, just an honest craftsman.
McDonald’s empire of mass-produced nom-noms are part of pop culture on a much more basic, common level, which makes them fun to discuss in a nerdish way.
Still, I’d like to think he’d be pleased.