# MacDonald's takes wing(s)! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 26, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonalds-takes-wing-s/667249 "2013-08-26T21:48:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonalds-takes-wing-s/667249/41 "2013-08-27T17:12:14Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > McDonald’s is big enough that they can weather some mighty big mistakes without going broke. Doesn’t mean they aren’t mistakes, though. The Big N Tasty and the McDLT were virtually the same prodect, created to compete with the Whopper, I believe. One lasted 5 or 6 years, the other about a decade. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonalds-takes-wing-s/667249/42 "2013-08-27T17:37:42Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > The same people who like McNuggets and chicken sandwiches, I suspect. I wonder if these wings will boost their chicken-related revenue much at all. See, I would go to McDonald’s for nuggets or a chicken sandwich, but I can’t imagine going specifically for wings or any bony chicken parts. I’m not exactly sure why. I just don’t associate it with whole parts of animals, and especially not bone-in food. Like **Chronos** says, if I want fried chicken, I expect to go to a place that does fried chicken, not McD’s. Now, I may be wrong. Like I said, their wings actually were pretty darned good, in my opinion, for that style of fried breaded chicken wing. But we’ll see what the rest of America thinks. I really don’t see it staying as permanent menu item. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonalds-takes-wing-s/667249/43 "2013-08-27T18:24:14Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The US has plenty of fast-food fried chicken, just mostly not from the same places as fast-food burgers. If an American wants fried chicken, we go to KFC or other places that specialize in it. “We”? Two Mickey D’s close by, no KFC (or Church’s or Popeye’s) for 50 miles in any direction. “We” don’t have much choice, do we? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonalds-takes-wing-s/667249/44 "2013-08-27T18:34:46Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The US has plenty of fast-food fried chicken, just mostly not from the same places as fast-food burgers. If an American wants fried chicken, we go to KFC or other places that specialize in it. What if one of your kids wants a burger and the other wants chicken? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonalds-takes-wing-s/667249/45 "2013-08-27T18:35:51Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Like I said, their wings actually were pretty darned good, in my opinion, for that style of fried **breaded** chicken wing. They lost me with the bolded part. I want wings that _aren’t_ breaded, thank you very much. So if I chicken it at McD’s, it will be the nuggets or the sandwich. I’m sure they’ll survive. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonalds-takes-wing-s/667249/46 "2013-08-27T18:54:22Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > What if one of your kids wants a burger and the other wants chicken? I think that’s the key to this whole thing. McDonalds is trying to win the “arguing family” segment. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonalds-takes-wing-s/667249/47 "2013-08-27T19:18:11Z")
> [@](#): > > What if one of your kids wants a burger and the other wants chicken? Then you get whatever the parents want, and tell the kids that they can eat it or go hungry. One also occasionally sees an establishment that has two or more fast-food chains combined, though McDonald’s wouldn’t be one of them. The most common would be some combination of KFC/Taco Bell/Pizza Hut/A&W, all of which are owned by the same parent company. I’ve also seen White Castle/Church’s. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonalds-takes-wing-s/667249/48 "2013-08-27T19:24:02Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > The Big N Tasty and the McDLT were virtually the same prodect, created to compete with the Whopper, I believe. One lasted 5 or 6 years, the other about a decade. You can still buy a Big ‘N’ Tasty in Chinese McDonald’s. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonalds-takes-wing-s/667249/49 "2013-08-27T19:28:31Z")
> [@JustinC](#): > > You can still buy a Big ‘N’ Tasty in Chinese McDonald’s. According to Wiki, some places outside of the US just call it a Big Tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonalds-takes-wing-s/667249/50 "2013-08-27T19:31:11Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > According to Wiki, some places outside of the US just call it a Big Tasty. Heretics! ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonalds-takes-wing-s/667249/51 "2013-08-27T19:46:36Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > The Big N Tasty and the McDLT were virtually the same prodect, created to compete with the Whopper, I believe. One lasted 5 or 6 years, the other about a decade. I loved the McDLT! I believe that it was the polystyrene PR disaster that did it in and not anything intrinsic to the sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonalds-takes-wing-s/667249/52 "2013-08-27T19:53:07Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > What if one of your kids wants a burger and the other wants chicken? Where I live we have a joint KFC/A&W. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonalds-takes-wing-s/667249/53 "2013-08-27T21:17:19Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > According to Wiki, some places outside of the US just call it a Big Tasty. Indeed. At the St. Petersburg (Russia) MickeyD’s, the firs time I went, they were really insistent about that being what I wanted. No, I do not want a Биг Тэйсти, спасибо very much. I want a Биг Мак! When you’re in Russia, a Биг Мак tastes like home. I’m not sure what a Биг Тэйсти would taste like, because I never had one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonalds-takes-wing-s/667249/54 "2013-08-27T21:35:08Z")
> [@want2befree](#): > > Where I live we have a joint KFC/A&W. We used to have one not far away. It was cool to get some KFC and a root beer float. ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonalds-takes-wing-s/667249/55 "2013-08-27T23:10:24Z")
I ate the bones! Wait, wrong “chicken”… ---
**Author:** ![Uther\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Uther\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uther_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonalds-takes-wing-s/667249/56 "2013-08-27T23:57:14Z")
Well, would you go to McDonald’s for a **Morocco Veggie McWrap**? In Germany you can: [Behold the wonder of a spinach-dough bread with lettuce, arugula, couscous, cucumber and vegetable-potato cakes plus a herb dressing](http://www.mcdonalds.de/produkte/produkt-profil?productName=mcwrap_marokko). ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonalds-takes-wing-s/667249/57 "2013-08-29T20:18:22Z")
Amateur Barbarian: > [@](#): > > They now go for more per pound than drumsticks or bone-in breasts, and sometimes even boneless chicken breasts. Really? That hasn’t been my experience at all. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonalds-takes-wing-s/667249/58 "2013-08-29T20:49:31Z")
[Here](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324156204578278373193092156.html) is an article about chicken prices. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonalds-takes-wing-s/667249.md?page=2)