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SaltyNuts

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Than the cheaper McDonald's burgers, like a McDouble, Double Cheeseburger, or just a plain burger/cheeseburger? Doesn't make any sense. And I eat them plain, so its not the condiments that is stuck on them. I don't think the sesame seeds on the buns can make the difference. Someone told me they use a bunch of horse meat in the patties they stick on those cheaper burgers - is that true?

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Believe it or not the burgers on the Big Mac are the same as the double cheeseburger. It's all in your head.
 
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Hmmm. It's almost like they know how to make a "quality" (using the term loosely) burger yet refuse to.
I think their strategy is to make you hate low-end fare so you'll buy more expensive items. They're probably spiteful because you resolutely refuse to spend as much as $5 for their burgers. They must have forgotten they have to earn the money. It's all about payback now unfortunately. Them's the breaks.
 
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FeuerFrei said:
Hmmm. It's almost like they know how to make a "quality" (using the term loosely) burger yet refuse to.
I think their strategy is to make you hate low-end fare so you'll buy more expensive items. They're probably spiteful because you resolutely refuse to spend as much as $5 for their burgers. They must have forgotten they have to earn the money. It's all about payback now unfortunately. Them's the breaks.
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They used to know how to make a bit better burger. The burger was fresh fried. The buns were toasted on the grill, and cheese was melted on the grill (and then placed on the burger)

Now the patty's are mass-fried, then placed in bins so the sandwich can be "assembled to order" onto warm (but never toasted) buns and cheese only melts based on how much heat it can take from the patty.
 
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NoTine42 said:
They used to know how to make a bit better burger. The burger was fresh fried. The buns were toasted on the grill, and cheese was melted on the grill (and then placed on the burger)

Now the patty's are mass-fried, then placed in bins so the sandwich can be "assembled to order" onto warm (but never toasted) buns and cheese only melts based on how much heat it can take from the patty.
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Fried? When I worked at McDonald's (Summer 1993), the frozen discs of meat were dropped on an electric griddle,12 at a time. Then, once browned, transferred to a little tray and stored in a heated box. I never dropped cheese on a cooking patty. Buns - toasted in batches and then stored on tray in a heated cabinet.
The eggs and breakfast biscuits were cooked from scratch every day. The biscuit gravy came in a plastic wrapped tube which you cut open and plopped into heater appliance which kept it hot and ready to spoon.
 
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SaltyNuts said:
Than the cheaper McDonald's burgers, like a McDouble, Double Cheeseburger, or just a plain burger/cheeseburger? Doesn't make any sense. And I eat them plain, so its not the condiments that is stuck on them. I don't think the sesame seeds on the buns can make the difference. Someone told me they use a bunch of horse meat in the patties they stick on those cheaper burgers - is that true?

Thanks.
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The best burger at McDonald's is a custom built one from the ones on the value menu: two McDoubles and a plain Junior Chicken. Take the bottom bun off one McDouble and the top off the other. Take the Junior Chicken fillet and stick it between the four patties. Kind of ends up looking like a double Big Mac with a chicken fillet replacing the middle bun. It's pretty good value too at $5.40 after tax.
 
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rga said:
The best burger at McDonald's is a custom built one from the ones on the value menu: two McDoubles and a plain Junior Chicken. Take the bottom bun off one McDouble and the top off the other. Take the Junior Chicken fillet and stick it between the four patties. Kind of ends up looking like a double Big Mac with a chicken fillet replacing the middle bun. It's pretty good value too at $5.40 after tax.
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I believe the youth call this a McGangBang. It's pretty damn tasty.
 
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XabanakFanatik said:
I believe the youth call this a McGangBang. It's pretty damn tasty.
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It's different actually, McGangbang only requires 1 double cheeseburger and uses the bread from the McChicken. IOW, McGangbang has 4 buns, 2 beef patties, 1 chicken patty, 2 slices of cheese. This creation has 2 buns, 4 beef patties, 1 chicken patty, and 2 slices of cheese.

re: McGangbang, I'll just leave this here:

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/i-have-a-new-found-addiction-to-mcdonalds.2261400/page-3
 
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Ns1 said:
It's different actually, McGangbang only requires 1 double cheeseburger and uses the bread from the McChicken. IOW, McGangbang has 4 buns, 2 beef patties, 1 chicken patty, 2 slices of cheese. This creation has 2 buns, 4 beef patties, 1 chicken patty, and 2 slices of cheese.
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So it's a McTrainGangBang.
 
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Now I want a couple Royales with Cheese, I think it has been a couple months.

One of life's little guilty pleasures for me.
 
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rga said:
The best burger at McDonald's is a custom built one from the ones on the value menu: two McDoubles and a plain Junior Chicken. Take the bottom bun off one McDouble and the top off the other. Take the Junior Chicken fillet and stick it between the four patties. Kind of ends up looking like a double Big Mac with a chicken fillet replacing the middle bun. It's pretty good value too at $5.40 after tax.
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They don't escort you off the premises if they catch you doing that? LOL I may try this tomorrow after working out down town...

Is that an accurate description? Does the Junior Chicken Fillet come in a bun? What do you do with its bun? Discard it along with the removed McDouble buns?
 
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Muse said:
They don't escort you off the premises if they catch you doing that? LOL I may try this tomorrow after working out down town...

Is that an accurate description? Does the Junior Chicken Fillet come in a bun? What do you do with its bun? Discard it along with the removed McDouble buns?
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The description is accurate, and I've never been kicked out of a McDonald's for doing it. All the buns that aren't used are discarded. I ended up building one shortly after posting earlier; it seems the price of the McDouble and Junior Chicken have gone up $0.10. I paid $5.73 including tax.
 
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rga said:
The description is accurate, and I've never been kicked out of a McDonald's for doing it. All the buns that aren't used are discarded. I ended up building one shortly after posting earlier; it seems the price of the McDouble and Junior Chicken have gone up $0.10. I paid $5.73 including tax.
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Kicking someone out of a McD's for eating their food the way they have paid the way they choose to would be pretty extreme I think.

It's not like they are throwing it across the room at people.
 
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