“$1 with any value meal” seems to me like an odd way to sell them. The way I see it, a fast food meal is a sandwich of some sort, fries, and a drink. If I’m getting a Big Mac value meal or whatever, then I already have a sandwich. What’s the McRib for there? I’d expect instead for the McRib to have its own value meal, consisting of a McRib, fries, and a drink.
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Love 'em!, but the love dies fast. So I’ll have 2 for lunch and then another 2 for dinner today. I may get the urge for another before this McRib season is over. That’ll keep me satisfied until next year.
Don’t go away! 
It wasn’t the OP who brought up the somewhat threadshittiness of those bashing the McRib, it was me. Just one McRibbers opinion, so moving on now.
The OP seemed to just be alerting everyone that McDonalds had snuck this back onto the menu. And I hope he is enjoying a delicious compressed simulated rib shaped patty of stuff mopped up from the floor after the hot dogs are made right now. With fries and a Diet Coke.
And of course, you can order a McRib Value meal. But who says you can’t have a McRib as a dessert? This is 'Murica, and we can do that here!!!
I think it’s an add on item because it doesn’t require chewing to consume. You can just break it up with your tongue like ice cream or pudding.
ETA: My cousin claims they give him “black farts”. After he eats them his farts leave black (not brown) puff marks in his underwear.
I showed up to be disgusted by the McRib, but then got the bonus description of Cubsfan’s cousins skidmarks.
Thanks, SDMB, I won’t have an appetite for a week!
You’re not the one I was complaining about. I was complaining about the predictable tendency of some Dopers to come into a thread and say, “Oh, I make my own at home. Look at my mad cooking skillz.”
Completely irrelevant to the thread. Who cares what you make in your kitchen? But it’s so predictable. Such people come across trying to make themselves look superior to those who see cooking as a bother and don’t mind going to a drive-thru. It’s like “Why do hew-mons prefer food which is rapidly prepared by someone else when you can make your own at home in ten times the amount of time?”
I don’t mind people giving their own opinions of McRibs, even if you don’t like them. I’m not looking for validation. I’m just tired of reading irrelevant cliches such as you’re too pedestrian to appreciate food if you don’t make it yourself. Any other opinions are appreciated. Again, sorry for the rant. I apologize if I caused anyone offense. I don’t mean to hijack the thread.
Skids come from not wiping your butt. These are puff marks. Like you’d expect if smoking a cigar through a pair of whitey tighties. But black.
For the 4th time, nobody did that. Go back and read it again. The guy was defending you, FFS.
I am with you. Though I prefer properly made pulled pork if given my druthers.
I have had a couple McRibs over the past few years, they are nothing special IMHO, other than the whole limited availability thing. Again, give me a flat of ribs, or a batch of pulled pork.
Well, technically, I did post a “homemade McRib” to the thread. But I was being silly with that. It was just a fun experiment that I thought McRib lovers would enjoy seeing what would happen if some idiot like me try to make a McRib out of actual ribs.
So are you saying this thread is spam? Mmm, Spam.
I agree with the OP. Not exactly cheap at $1. Should be a nickel.
It’s also worth noting that McD’s seems to be able to sell them only by using Disney’s old artificial scarcity tactic - instead of being on the menu year-round, they’re a Special! Treat! only available at random times, creating, well, the sort of hype and squee represented by this thread.
“Act now before the McRibs are locked back up in the vault!”
I know, but he’s all torqued about another poster above; one who was trying to come to the defense of the McRib.
Uh, hon, I think you misunderstood. terentii is saying “I don’t know what the big deal is” is about people who hate the sandwich, not people who like it. He’s saying, “why all the hate? It’s not so different from something I make at home.” He’s arguing against people who think it’s some gross-out franken-food forced upon by fast food places by comparing it to similar stuff he makes at home.
What’s hilarious to me is that there are several restaurants in Chicago that sell this style of bbq pork patty sandwich (Robinson’s is the most famous) and they’ve been offering these things forever. McD’s may have even gotten the idea from these places. Anyway, the point is that McD’s isn’t just creating some weird abomination.
Please advise your cousin that the best way to control anal leakage is (a) taking a good dump first thing in the morning, followed by (b) a thorough flushing out of his colon (you’d be amazed at how much stuff is left behind in that last little bend) and (c) a nice paper-towel tuck (Bounty is a good brand for this).
You left out the part where you finally tried one. You polled all your friends- what did *you *think?