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McDonald's menu dropping a salad, chicken fingers
AP ^ | March 1, 2013 | CANDICE CHOI

Posted on 03/01/2013 4:45:52 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald's is getting rid of its Chicken Selects and Fruit & Walnut Salad and considering cutting Angus burgers as it tries to freshen up its menu with more limited-time items.

The world's biggest hamburger chain recently introduced Fish McBites and is planning a new McWrap chicken sandwich that will be larger than its Snack Wraps.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food
KEYWORDS: fastfood; food; mcdonalds
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To: ConservativeStatement

Wataburger or go home.


41 posted on 03/01/2013 6:59:22 PM PST by Dysart
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To: ConservativeStatement

For those who remember it, Burger Chef used to be #2 behind McDonalds, with their beloved Big Shef hamburger. But they were bought out by General Foods, who didn’t know how to run restaurants, and eventually sold to Hardees, that only wanted the buildings, not the burgers.

In any event,

Burger Chef Big Shef and Sauce

Ingredients:
Dill relish (not sweet relish)
Dehydrated onions
Salad dressing (Miracle Whip will do)
Louisiana Hot Sauce (no substitutes)

Add the dehydrated onions to the dill relish. Let it
sit for a couple of hours for the onions to soak up the
juice from the relish. Then add that mix to the salad
dressing. Add a little hot sauce to bring out the flavor,
but not too much!

Insides of bun sections should be lightly sprayed with
coconut oil and toasted. Meat patties should be grilled.

Big Shef assembly (in order) - Bun heel, small slice of
American cheese, salted & peppered small meat patty,
bun center, second meat patty. Big Shef sauce, shredded
lettuce, Bun top.


42 posted on 03/01/2013 7:00:22 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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To: Arrowhead1952

i never liked mcdonalds angus burgers,overpriced and under flavored,they should stivck with what works for them,big macs,cheesburgersand french fries.


43 posted on 03/01/2013 7:01:59 PM PST by Craftmore
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To: ConservativeStatement

The fish bites are good. They use real fish. And the price is right.

The only other thing we get there are the frappes.


44 posted on 03/01/2013 7:07:43 PM PST by lurk
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To: ConservativeStatement

I loved the Chicken Selects. It was one of my favorite things at McDonalds. Their chicken nuggets are ok but not near as good as the Chicken Selects. I used to eat the fruit and walnut salad and enjoyed it, but yogurt really upsets my stomach, so I have to stay away from that. I thought that was very good, though, and am surprised they are doing away with it.


45 posted on 03/01/2013 7:10:08 PM PST by Pinkbell
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To: nascarnation
Are we supposed to assume that is unique vs one I cook at home?

I assume the one you cook at home is real meat. Real meat and real food is good. I define 'real' as not having a list of ingredients. McDs buns contain plaster of Paris, for example.

46 posted on 03/01/2013 7:13:37 PM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: GeronL

Tell her to get ready for high city taxes if she wants to live in the city limits. A better bet would be to live in the Cedar Park / Leander areas which are in Williamson county. Yeah, you may be called for jury duty more often, but also get to put crooks in jail as a bonus.


47 posted on 03/01/2013 7:18:51 PM PST by Arrowhead1952 (Dims are stupid, period. End of conversation.)
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To: BwanaNdege

Ah yes, Vegetarians. I smile at them with my canines and incisors exposed. Proof that humans evolved to eat MANY things, meat among them.

If they can’t deal with reality, why are they your friends ??


48 posted on 03/01/2013 7:19:18 PM PST by Salgak (Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border. I **DARE** you to cross it. . . .)
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To: ConservativeStatement
My favorite burger chain is "Ptomaine" Tommy's in Southern California. There's a Tommy's in my town, but the best one, in my opinion, is the original eatery at Rampart and Beverly in LA. Their specialty is a cheeseburger smothered in chile, with onions and pickles, and they also serve chile tamales. There are a lot of burger joints in the area with names like Tom's, Tonny's, Tammy's, etc. that try to capitalize on the name "Tommy's."

Another chain that I like is Fatburger, which is more upscale. I just love their jukebox, with their eclectic disc collections. The one in Monterey Park included My Daddy Rocks Me by Trixie Smith, which some argue is the first rock and roll song.

49 posted on 03/01/2013 7:28:44 PM PST by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

I don’t think I ever ate at a Burger Chef, but they advertised heavily on local rock stations in the mid-1960’s.


50 posted on 03/01/2013 7:34:25 PM PST by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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To: nascarnation
This is from the McD website: http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/getnutrition/ingredientslist.pdf

Regular Bun:
Enriched Flour (Bleached Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup and/or Sugar, Yeast, Soybean Oil and/or Canola Oil, Contains 2% or Less: Salt, Wheat Gluten, Calcium Sulfate, Calcium Carbonate, Ammonium Sulfate, Ammonium Chloride, Dough Conditioners (May Contain One or More of: Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, DATEM, Ascorbic Acid, Azodicarbonamide, Mono and Diglycerides, Ethoxylated Monoglycerides, Monocalcium Phosphate, Enzymes, Guar Gum, Calcium Peroxide), Sorbic Acid, Calcium Propionate and/or Sodium Propionate (Preservatives), Soy Lecithin.

This is from Wickipedia. This is in a McD bun

The principal use of azodicarbonamide is in the production of foamed plastics as an additive. The thermal decomposition of azodicarbonamide results in the evolution of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and ammonia gases, which are trapped in the polymer as bubbles to form a foamed article. Use of azodicarbonamide as a blowing agent in plastics is banned in Europe

Eat real food. Real food does not come with a list of ingredients.

51 posted on 03/01/2013 7:36:24 PM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

It’s been 22 years for me since i’ve eaten a McDonalds hamburger of any kind. However i get the “crave” for sliders daily! Love me some gut grenades...


52 posted on 03/01/2013 7:56:19 PM PST by wheresmyusa (FTUN)
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To: FatherofFive
Somewhat debunking the "McDonald's doesn't decompose" bit.
53 posted on 03/01/2013 8:10:41 PM PST by kalt
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To: ConservativeStatement
OH NOS....not the salad with balsamic vinegar ....great with a tin of sardines...and I just brought a case of sardines.

and the Angus steak wrap with mushrooms.

54 posted on 03/01/2013 8:11:11 PM PST by spokeshave (The only people better off today than 4 years ago are the Prisoners at Guantanamo.)
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To: Salgak

“If they can’t deal with reality, why are they your friends ??”

I’m related to two of them.

Other than the meat thing (”It helps my complexion”), they are very nice, sane people. Not militant vegetarians at all.

I have other friends who sometimes omit reality in their calculations.

I even have one or two who voted for Obama. Reality seems to be giving them a problem, now.


55 posted on 03/01/2013 8:18:02 PM PST by BwanaNdege ("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
They have more Burger product than other beef cattle hence the need to market the brand..
56 posted on 03/01/2013 11:35:17 PM PST by Domangart
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To: Arrowhead1952

how far away is that?


57 posted on 03/02/2013 12:25:12 AM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: mylife

I got so sick on the fish at McDonalds! Tossed up my cookies all night long. Don’t eat them! I was ready to give up food for lent after that night!


58 posted on 03/02/2013 3:26:14 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: GeronL

Cedar Park is about 20 miles from downtown Austin. Leander is another five or seven miles. The traffic on 183 during rush hour is awful, but there is a toll road that makes it a bit easier until you get to 620.

The population of both those towns was about 5,000 combined in 1991. Now, there are probably over 35,000 or more between the two. I lived 35 miles from work when we moved here in 1991 and 183 still had traffic lights at most intersections. Now, it’s a freeway. Took me about 45 minutes each way.

When I retired in 2011, it was over an hour each way with the PM commute often being 1 hour and 15 or 20 minutes. If there was an accident, add an additional 20 - 30 minutes.


59 posted on 03/02/2013 4:59:27 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (Dims are stupid, period. End of conversation.)
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To: kalt
Somewhat debunking the "McDonald's doesn't decompose" bit.

Read the list of ingredients. Real food doesn't come with a list of ingredients like that. I don't eat a lot of bread, but I bake my own and keep it in the freezer. It gets mold after 5 days or so if left out. And I do use salt.

My point is that we eat far too many things that are not healthy, primarily sugar, refined flours, and chemicals that should not be considered food.

60 posted on 03/02/2013 5:05:47 AM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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