I'll take a Royale with Cheese.
Posted on 11/30/2016 11:25:47 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
THE inventor of the Big Mac has died at the age of 98.
Michael “Jim” Delligatti came up with the iconic McDonald’s burger nearly 50 years ago.
McDonald’s initially did not approve of deviating from its strict formula of simple hamburgers, cheeseburgers and milkshakes.
But the creation of a two-patty burger with lettuce, cheese, gherkins, onions and “special sauce” proved an instant hit, and was rolled out to his other 47 outlets across the US.
McDonald’s spokeswoman Kerry Ford confirmed that Delligatti died at his home in Fox Chapel, Pittsburgh, surrounded by his family on Monday night.
He opened his first McDonald’s restaurant in 1957 and went on to spread the brand across Pennsylvania and beyond.
His son revealed that Delligatti ate at least one 540 calorie Big Mac every week, according to CBS.
In 1970, he invented the Egg McMuffin which paved the way for the breakfast menu which started two years later.
Delligatti is said to have created the Hotcakes and Sausage breakfast meal to feed the state’s steelworkers at the end of their night shift.
“We will remember Jim as an insightful franchisee, a knowledgeable businessman, and an honorable gentleman who left a legacy of four generations of family members running great restaurants in Pennsylvania and North Carolina.”
The Big Mac became one of the defining symbols of McDonalds and the fast food business.
In 2007, Delligatti opened the Big Mac Museum in Pennsylvania, with financial help from McDonalds Corp, which included a bust of the burger’s inventor.
After studying at Michigan State University, the innovative businessman became one of McDonald’s original franchisees in the 1950s.
The fast food icon has left behind his two sons, his loving wife Ellie – as well as five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
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Big Mac and Egg McMuffin...Those are the only things I get from McDonalds....
Great burger; in Germany you can get a beer with your Big Mac :-)
“Two All-Beef Patties, Special Sauce, Lettuce, Cheese, Pickles, Onions on a Sesame Seed Bun!”
Sing it with me!
Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.
Big Mac attack.
He also had one noted misfire, the Hula Burger.
It was a grilled pineapple ring on a hamburger bun.
Something to serve the area’s many Catholics during Lent.
Filet O’ Fish quickly drove it off the menu.
And if ever he had thrown his hat in the ring to run for President ... we might have elected him.
I'll take a Royale with Cheese.
He and Wendy’s Dave Thomas would have been your Dream Ticket.
(my Pittsburgh/Columbus bias is showing)
His son revealed that Delligatti ate at least one 540 calorie Big Mac every week, according to CBS.
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And he still lived to 98. Perhaps his were custom made the way they used to be. His other invention, the Egg McMuffin is actually edible.
This man created the Big Mac, the Egg McMuffin and a Hotcakes and Sausage breakfast meal.
That means he accomplished 300% more good for America than Obama ever did and he did it without even breaking a sweat.
We really WERE great and President Trump not only remembers, but benefited by it and will bring it back.
On his death bed he revealed the “secret sauce” was Thousand Island dressing
“McDonald’s recently teamed up teamed up with Canadian airline WestJet to offer air passengers their goods at 50,000ft.”
50,000 ft?
What does WestJet fly?
Sounds like he had a full life and, at 98, a long one at that. Tho I prefer Burger King, the Big Mac is indeed an American icon.
Ninety-eight years is a pretty good run. I better increase my weekly intake of Big Macs.
Anyone who’s eaten at Big Boy knows that the Big Mac was stolen, not invented, by Mickey D.
Here’s the description right off the Bigboy.com website:
Classic Big Boy®
The original 1936 Classic Double Deck Cheeseburger made with two fresh-seasoned beef patties with American cheese, shredded lettuce and our famous Big Boy® special sauce on a sesame seed bun. Paired perfectly with French fries.
Ah, a quaint eulogy, but Bob’s Big Boy created the Big Mac, this guy simply “appropriated” it for use by McDonald’s.
[Sing it with me!]
I still have the record MCDONALDS gave away to help us learn the jingle.
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