# McDonald's Menu **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 19, 2000, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267 "2000-12-19T00:43:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267/61 "2000-12-20T09:29:43Z")
We have the Cajun McChicken in the Dallas area too. I can almost tolerate it, if I order ‘no sauce’. I think we have the breakfast burritos too. I saw one McDonalds in Dallas that had grits on the breakfast menu, but only at that one - it was in a mostly black neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267/62 "2000-12-20T12:55:26Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by elmwood_: Here in Korea McD’s sells “Bulggogi-burgers”… I haven’t > : tried one, because they look and sound disgusting! Co > : incidentally, Pizza Hut here also has “Bulggogi Pizzas” > : which I also haven’t tried. > > Please don’t tell me that it also goes by “McLabrador Retriever.” No, so far no dog meat in McD’s… but I never rule _anything_ out here in Asia (truly a strange and wonderful place!)! Korea has a reputation for eating dog meat which is somewhat undeserved… other Asian countries do it to, unless I am badly mistaken, but they get no shit for it (and the Chinese!! The stuff that they eat doesn’t bear mentioning in an open forum!!)! Unfair!! I protest (but not too strongly, as I don’t really care that much…)! FYI, dog meat is usually eaten in a soup (called “boshingtang”) and is largely eaten by the older generation. It is viewed as what the Koreans call a “stamina food” (IE: it makes your _little Astro_ hard for a LONG time!). I, personally, don’t need any help in this department! I teach mostly freshmen in college (about 50% of them **HOT** young Korean babes, which is why my _little Astro_ needs no assistance!):D, and often I am the ONLY person in the room who has even tried dog!! (BTW: My Ccha-jee, or _little Astro_ noticed no difference post-boshintang…) Long story, but IMHO dog is too fatty… not very good… ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267/63 "2000-12-20T13:31:44Z")
> [@](#): > > How much grill cleaner was on it? Isn’t that stuff toxic? That is disgusting! That stuff is so nasty! It wasn’t too much; not a whole packet or anything. I’m not sure if it’s toxic or not, but I doubt my manager would have given it a second thought even if it was. He was 19, a little immature, and prided himself on his cast iron stomach. I agree, it’s pretty gross. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267/64 "2000-12-20T14:54:29Z")
I’m bitter. In the Philly area, the last Micky Dee’s invention was breakfast. We get the regular stuff, and every year they sell Mcribs for a while, then they stop. Geeze, I actually like the McRib. I think New York has a similar menu - pretty basic. Thank god they never marketed a McCheesesteak in the Philly area… ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267/65 "2000-12-20T15:29:13Z")
Can’t contribute much to the varied menu debate. I have noticed some differences from place to place but nothing more note worthy than what people have already mentioned. One thing I have observed is this: Burgers in general, and Big Macs in particular, seem to taste much much better in Canada than the US. Also, chicken nuggets in Canada seem to alway be made of white meat. They contain little fat, no gristle, and are not as brown looking as they are in the US. They also don’t taste like old cooking oil. Actually they are very good - but not as good as Wendy’s chicken strips. That is all I had to contribute. ---
**Author:** ![wooba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@wooba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wooba)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267/66 "2000-12-20T20:50:35Z")
\*\* > [@](#): > > The only McDonald’s that I _know_ has delivery is in Brandon, Manitoba (Canada.) I think Cochrane, Alberta might have it too, but I can’t be sure. > > \*\* I know that there is McD’s delivery in London, Ontario, Canada also… it’s a big time university city… ---
**Author:** ![wooba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@wooba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wooba)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267/67 "2000-12-20T20:52:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lego \* > \*\* > > The McRib is currently also in Atlantic Canada. I don’t live there, I just have satellite tv. I don’t recall it ever being in Ontario. \*\* They definitely had it at least twice in the 90s while I was working there… The first time was about the time the first Flintstone film came out. ---
**Author:** ![wooba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@wooba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wooba)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267/68 "2000-12-20T21:02:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Benno \* > \*\*therer was a miniMac, which was just alike a big Mac, cept it was mini. \*\* Before Canadian McD’s got the “Happy Meal” (which was only around 94-95 believe it or not) they had ordinary kids meals for a while. One of them was for the mini mac. It was just your standard cheeseburger but dressed like a big mac. It was taken off the menu (I believe when then happy meal came out - also, hardly any kids ordered it, mostly adults)… But as I recall from the last of my time working there, you could still get one if you asked for it… you were just charged for a cheeseburger. The companies policy changed so much in the 90’s… when I started, you WERE NOT allowed to put mac sauce on anything but a big mac. During the recession the policy was do anything a customer wants within reason. If they want mac sauce on the side for their fries, then you do it, etc… ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267/69 "2000-12-20T21:06:25Z")
What ever happened to the **McFeast**? And the nationally-advertised **McDLT**? And the **Arch Deluxe** , whose brilliant advertising slogan was that kids hate it? Hell, I haven’t even seen an ad for a good old-fashioned **Quarter Pounder** in years. ---
**Author:** ![wooba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@wooba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wooba)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267/70 "2000-12-20T22:21:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > \*\*What ever happened to the **McFeast**? And the nationally-advertised **McDLT**? And the **Arch Deluxe** , whose brilliant advertising slogan was that kids hate it? > > Hell, I haven’t even seen an ad for a good old-fashioned **Quarter Pounder** in years. \*\* McFeast I don’t remember… but I know the McDLT was dumped because it sold really badly… I think the Arch Deluxe suffered the same fate… I’m surprised that the Chicken Club (the breaded chicken piece with bacon, lettuce, some sauce and a slice of tomato) wasn’t made a regular part of the menu. I remember the area supervisor telling me that they expect it to sell badly when they introduced it as a taste of month, but it sold amazingly well… ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267/71 "2000-12-20T23:49:50Z")
The McFeast only appeared at a few back-waters McDonaldses (McDonaldsen?). My dad tried one one time on a road trip, and hated it – but then again, he seems to hate anything other than the Filet O’ Fish. Incidentally, what’s the character name for that orange juice tree they have in the McDonaldland cookies? ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267/72 "2000-12-21T00:41:07Z")
How about the MBX? Did that finally get around the rest of the country? We’ve had it here in Connecticut for a year or two, but last time I was in New Jersey, they hadn’t even heard of it. For the record, an MBX is burger, lettuce, tomato, and mayo? (there may be more to it). Quite tasty. Almost like real food. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267/73 "2000-12-21T00:52:39Z")
Remember the McLean Deluxe? I think McD’s quickly found out that nobody comes to their stores for health food. I worked there for 9 months, and got maybe a dozen orders for them in all that time. ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267/74 "2000-12-21T01:17:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by smackfu \* > \*\*How about the MBX? Did that finally get around the rest of the country? We’ve had it here in Connecticut for a year or two, but last time I was in New Jersey, they hadn’t even heard of it. > > For the record, an MBX is burger, lettuce, tomato, and mayo? (there may be more to it). Quite tasty. Almost like real food. \*\* I beleive it was The Big Extra. We didn’t get them in my part of Jersey but Penn. did ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267/75 "2000-12-21T02:11:53Z")
That MBX/Big Extra sounds an awful lot like the McDLT. ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267/76 "2000-12-21T04:25:42Z")
The Big Xtra was just a McWhopper, basically, in response to Burger King’s Big King, a rippoff of the Big Mac ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267/77 "2000-12-21T04:54:42Z")
I can’t believe I forgot about this. Part of the “local” cuisine here in Hawaii is the “plate lunch”. Typically, it’s two scoops of white “sticky” rice, some macaroni and/or potato salad, and a main dish, like beef stew or spareribs or something. Well, by golly, wouldn’t you know it, McDonalds is getting into the plate lunch business. They have three different ones. I don’t remember what their official McNames are, but there’s a chicken katsu-esque one that uses the McChicken sandwich patties, a fried fish plate that uses the Filet-o-Fish patties, and a hamburger steak plate that uses regular hamburger patties, only bathed in gravy and onions. Let me tell you, it is beyond weird to see the TV commercials for these things. Blegh. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267/78 "2000-12-21T05:01:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > \*\*That MBX/Big Extra sounds an awful lot like the McDLT. \*\* So far as the toppings go, yes–but that’s about it. Don’t you remember that the McDLT came packaged separately so that your lettuce and tomato would stay cool and fresh??? I mean, it was genius! How could you even compare the two??? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267/79 "2000-12-21T05:03:39Z")
What the hell was a McFeast? I have also never heard of an MBX, though I do recall the McDLT. I think the biggest problem with that one was they put the cheese on the cold side. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267/80 "2000-12-21T05:15:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wooba \* > > * * * > > > [@](#): > > > > The only McDonald’s that I _know_ has delivery is in Brandon, Manitoba (Canada.) I think Cochrane, Alberta might have it too, but I can’t be sure. > > > > \*\* > > I know that there is McD’s delivery in London, Ontario, Canada also… > it’s a big time university city… \*\* There was McDonald’s delivery in Norfolk, Virginia, which is a HUGE military town. Robin [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267.md?page=5)