# So, I stopped at McDonald's. it had been a while **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027 "2016-05-29T19:38:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027/1 "2016-05-29T19:38:11Z")
Maybe I am just a food snob, but I was moving from one job site to another and I thought I would just get something quick. I got a Big Mac meal with fries and a soft drink. The burger had almost no flavor at all. It was incredibly bland. The two limp pickle slices were about all that I could taste. The rest was just texture. When did this happen? They have never been top of the list, but the food was at least edible. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027/2 "2016-05-29T20:03:35Z")
You can never go home again: If McDonald’s used to be acceptable (or even tasty) to you, and then over time your palate became more refined. If you try to go back to McDonald’s after a long stretch, the experience is not going to be as pleasant as the last time you were there. For example, I used to love me some Apple Jacks when I was a kid. One day, I was feeling nostalgic and bought myself a box as an adult… Bleh!! Shit was nasty! Same with a LOT of food items I’ve tried that with over the years. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027/3 "2016-05-29T20:04:45Z")
I find it as good as always. Had McD’s for breakfast today. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027/4 "2016-05-29T20:16:24Z")
Also, the Big Mac has probably the highest ratio of “bun to meat” of any of their products. It is mostly bland white bread and chopped iceberg lettuce. On those occasions I stop at McDonald’s, I have written the Big Mac off my list of options. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027/5 "2016-05-29T20:53:42Z")
Next time, if there is a next time, try the Deluxe Quarter Pounder. It’s like a Whopper without the awful chemically “charbroiled” flavor additive. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027/6 "2016-05-29T21:08:40Z")
I’m told the Bacon Clubhouse Burger is actually quite good. (As McDonald’s products go). I haven’t tried it yet, though, 'cuz it’s rather expensive. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027/7 "2016-05-29T21:12:03Z")
I gave up McDonalds after a friend cooked me a burger using decent meat. It was gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027/8 "2016-05-29T22:58:52Z")
The Bacon Clubhouse Burger is a pretty good option, though not as good as what you can get at a real burger place (Two Guys, Red Robin, etc.). ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027/9 "2016-05-29T23:13:47Z")
> [@glee](#): > > I gave up McDonalds after a friend cooked me a burger using decent meat. It was gorgeous. Gorgeous? Did you eat it? Or just look at it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027/10 "2016-05-29T23:15:37Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Had McD’s for breakfast today. This is really the only reason to go to McD now. Luckily they serve breakfast all day. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027/11 "2016-05-29T23:17:19Z")
You don’t get a Big Mac when you want a burger. You only get a Big Mac when you specifically want a Big Mac. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027/12 "2016-05-29T23:24:37Z")
> [@glee](#): > > I gave up McDonalds after a friend cooked me a burger using decent meat. It was gorgeous. Was that really the first home cooed burger you have had? I get really good burger meat and grill them every week or so, but I’ll still eat a Big Mac in a pinch with no complaints. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027/13 "2016-05-29T23:27:19Z")
McDonald’s burger-food, and McDonald’s breakfast-food are different things. That Mc sausage patty is fast food wonderfulness. It’s good in and of itself, it’s good on an english muffin, it’s good on a buttermilk biscuit, it’s good on a styrofoam plate with some flapjacks, it’s good on a styrofoam plate with scrambled eggs and fast food potatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027/14 "2016-05-29T23:31:01Z")
Wow what a weird coincidence - not even two hours I ago I had some McDonalds for the first time in at least a year - and then I get home and see this thread. (Too many coincidences lately:dubious: - don’t know why I find that unsettling.) And it’ll be at least another year before I go back there again - that McChicken just didn’t quite have the same appeal (if you can call it that) that it used to. The poor clerk had maybe the worst skin condition I’ve seen in a long, long time, which wasn’t exactly conducive to generating something called an appetite. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027/15 "2016-05-29T23:45:29Z")
On the opposite end, I had it yesterday for the first time in years. I don’t know if it was because they were very fresh but the chicken nuggets were delicious. They had a chicken flavor and texture instead of the old pre-chewed processed mostly coating flavor they had years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Jake\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Jake\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake_Jones)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027/16 "2016-05-30T00:19:26Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The Bacon Clubhouse Burger is a pretty good option, though not as good as what you can get at a real burger place ( **Two Guys** , Red Robin, etc.). Alright mister, what did you do to the other three guys? Also, Red Robin is horribad. I’d rather eat a Royale with Cheese than sit through another meal at Red Robin. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027/17 "2016-05-30T00:23:55Z")
No you’re not a food snob , McDonald’s food has always been crap ! I only ate there once and that was one time too many ! ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027/18 "2016-05-30T01:04:48Z")
So are they toasting buns or not toasting buns these days? They seem to flip-flop. Untoasted buns made pretty much everything taste like crap, but toasted buns added a nice texture and flavor, you know, relatively speaking. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027/19 "2016-05-30T01:41:28Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > So are they toasting buns or not toasting buns these days? They seem to flip-flop. Untoasted buns made pretty much everything taste like crap, but toasted buns added a nice texture and flavor, you know, relatively speaking. I don’t think McD’s ever went with out toasting their buns. They have changed the amount of time they toasted their buns though. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027/20 "2016-05-30T02:05:50Z")
> [@Jake\_Jones](#): > > Alright mister, what did you do to the other three guys? [I meant this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Guys), of course. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-stopped-at-mcdonalds-it-had-been-a-while/756027.md?page=2)