the McRib is back!

[Lee]

Quarterp Pounders use real onions like that, although they come pre-cut. Everything else uses the dehydrated onions.

[Harkonis]

Haven't read the whole thread, but McRib's have always disgusted me.  So fake and processed

[stimpy]

http://tinyurl.com/MotherF-er!!!!!

SFW

[Blackjack]

Haven't read the whole thread, but McRib's have always disgusted me.  So fake and processed

Most people who say they hate something in fact really want one. So we understand. 

Personally, imho it tastes fine, but I just don't need that much freakin' sauce. 

More importantly, being a McRib fan can make you a millionaire!
http://www.mediaite.com/online/is-there-anything-it-cant-do-mcrib-makes-man-a-millionaire/

Well, the McDonalds McRib has finally done something worthy of its bizarre, cultish adoration; it made a man a millionaire. Yep, thanks to a craving for the beloved sandwich that’s, for some reason, treated like McDonalds’ version of the Disney Vault, an unemployed man walked away with all the prize money for this year’s Monopoly contest.

Wisconsin’s Jonathan Kehoe, who demeanor and dress in the video below makes me imagine if Doug Benson played Ed Norton on The Honeymooners (I’m allowed to joke him a little, he’s rich now), was taking care of his godson when he decided to get the mythical meal. The rest, as they say, is history.

[Blackjack]

It's the sandwich and the thread that never dies! (Returning in November 2011):  

The McRib makes a McComeback
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/story/2011-10-24/mcdonalds-mcrib-sandwich/50888872/1

It's usually up to the local franchise to decide if or when to sell the McRib. (Except in Germany, the only place where it's available year-round, McDonald's says.) But last November, for the first time in 16 years, McDonald's made the McRib available at all U.S. restaurants for about three weeks.

It was a smash, and while McDonald's declined to provide specific sales numbers, it was enough to convince the world's largest burger chain to give it another run.

If the McRib is really so popular, why not just offer it all the time? McDonald's has found that distance [absence?-bj] makes the heart grow fonder, and the barbecue taste that much sweeter.

"Bringing it back every so often adds to the excitement," said Marta Fearon, McDonald's U.S. marketing director.

Keeping true to form, Fearon said it is not known if McRib will be back next year.

"It's too early to speculate," she said.

My suspicion is there's something more expensive about making it, so maybe that would be why it makes more sense to only offer it occasionally.

[Scraper]

It's been back in my area since last week. Already had two. So fake and precessed, yet SOOOO good.

[PeteRock]

This thread got me to try one the last time they were in circulation.  While I'll never eat another, I can at least go to the grave content that I at least experienced one. 

[hepcat]

McShit!   I'm having a McCoronary!

[Teggy]

The only place you can get a McRib year round is Germany? How odd.

[Blackjack]

The only place you can get a McRib year round is Germany? How odd.

Interesting, huh? If someone here is living in Germany, maybe they can do a road trip and give us a report. Maybe they make it "better." 

Yeah, I actually like talking about the McRib more than eating it.  Actually, I don't think it's that bad. But around here (Va.) they seem determined to douse it with as much of that sauce as possible. Usually when I've had tasty pork BBQ somewhere (or good baby back ribs), it's something that's smoked for hours and either falls off the bone or is pretty moist on the sandwich, no sauce required.

I'll grant that a McRib is probably not smoked for hours or marinated, but if they'd just put the sauce on the side, I might still actually like it. 

[heloder]

But more likely, after tasting the pork by itself, you'd douse it with as much sauce as possible.

[Blackjack]

But more likely, after tasting the pork by itself, you'd douse it with as much sauce as possible.

That's what she said! ... oh wait, that doesn't make any sense. Never mind.  

No really, the last time I tried one, I kind of wiped the sauce off the McRib (I think I used a handful of fries as a "spatula"), and it tasted better to me. I'll admit the bare McRib meat looks vaguely like a face hugger in Aliens, but it did taste better to me sans sauce.  

[Teggy]

Don't you know the reason that it is only sold for a short time each year is the cost of installing all of those smokers and letting the pork cook for several hours?

[Tokek]

*Sigh* no McRib in my neck of the woods. They don't even use real bacon (pork) in Carl's Jr's Western Bacon burgers.

[Harkonis]

Don't you know the reason that it is only sold for a short time each year is the cost of installing all of those smokers and letting the pork cook for several hours?

I thought it was because it had to rot all year to taste like that when they sell it.  So much gristle too

[Teggy]

A friend of mine posted a picture on Facebook of McDonalds meal after some long stretch of time and it had not grown any mold. My thought was, "isn't that a good thing?"

[Blackjack]

Don't you know the reason that it is only sold for a short time each year is the cost of installing all of those smokers and letting the pork cook for several hours?

I have this iPhone/Touch app that lists nutritional values for pretty much all fast food and casual restaurants. I'm more concerned about sodium these days. I think I'm considered borderline hypertension and my mom has had blood pressure issues.

The Big Mac and Filet-O-Fish aren't nutritious by any stretch of the imagine but they're actually among the "least damaging" of McD's offerings. I stopped eating the Angus burger because the sodium is ridiculous (1700mg). By comparison the fish is about 640mg and Big Mac and most of the chicken sandwiches have well over 1,000mg. Of course, the fries are soaked in salt so maybe I shouldn't worry about it. 

Anyway, I try not to eat fried fast food more than once-twice a week now. I figure that reduces the damage and allows me to at least still feel like fast food is a treat rather than my daily sustenance. At times in my newspaper reporter/editor career it did start to get like that.

I will check on McRib availability near my office later this week. 

[Isgrimnur]

I will check on McRib availability near my office later this week. 

Croudsourcing FTRib.

[Blackjack]

Just for you guys, I had a McRib for lunch today! (Virginia)

*iPod Touch still photos are lame, sorry.  

I was surprised -- it tasted better than I remember it last year. Plus the McRib seemed, well, less gross than it looked last year. I think maybe they are "molding" them differently and perhaps they improved the sauce. The bun seems, well, sturdier, and stood up to the sauce better (didn't fall apart like the one I tried last year). I don't plan to eat one every day, but I was surprised how much I liked it.  

For some reason though, the place mat image doesn't look as appealing (or mortifying?) as the one from last year imho.

[Isgrimnur]

Did you "Turn it and learn it!" for the Nutritional Information?

[CeeKay]

VICTORY!

[PeteRock]

I can't see anything in that photo besides two delicious bottles of Yuengling. 

[CeeKay]

I can't see anything in that photo besides two delicious bottles of Yuengling. 

yep, it's slowly making it's way westward.  Ohio just got it at the beginning of the month.

[PeteRock]

I can't see anything in that photo besides two delicious bottles of Yuengling. 

yep, it's slowly making it's way westward.  Ohio just got it at the beginning of the month.

The last time I was in Ohio a bartender told me they "don't carry those Japoneez imports."   

[Scraper]

I can't see anything in that photo besides two delicious bottles of Yuengling. 

yep, it's slowly making it's way westward.  Ohio just got it at the beginning of the month.

Not to hijack the thread, but I am soooo happy about this. I think I have already bought 5 cases of the Lager and a case of the light Lager. It's best to go with the cans over bottles, it seems to have more flavor that way.

[CeeKay]

I can't see anything in that photo besides two delicious bottles of Yuengling. 

yep, it's slowly making it's way westward.  Ohio just got it at the beginning of the month.

Not to hijack the thread, but I am soooo happy about this. I think I have already bought 5 cases of the Lager and a case of the light Lager. It's best to go with the cans over bottles, it seems to have more flavor that way.

I didn't think it would be that big of a deal, but when Y-Day hit on October 3rd every bar around here had big signs out advertising bottles for a buck.  most carryouts have signs saying 'It's finally here' in their windows still.

[leo8877]

Not sure if this has been posted, but the McRib is not good for you:

http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2011/11/01/mcrib-sandwiches-contain-same-ingredient-as-yoga-mats-shoe-soles/?tsp=1

These components are in small enough quantities to be innocuous. But it’s still a little disconcerting to know that, for example, azodicarbonamide, a flour-bleaching agent that is most commonly used in the manufacture of foamed plastics like in gym mats and the soles of shoes, is found in the McRib bun. The compound is banned in Europe and Australia as a food additive. (England’s Health and Safety Executive classified it as a “respiratory sensitizer” that potentially contributes to asthma through occupational exposure.) The U.S. limits azodicarbonamide to 45 parts per million in commercial flour products, based on analysis of lab testing.

[heloder]

I had one last year for the first time and wasn't impressed. And yet, I feel compelled to try another...

[Blackjack]

Did you "Turn it and learn it!" for the Nutritional Information?

Man, I would've but it was some sort of weird, generic, elongated box - kind of reminded me of a coffin  . I don't think it even had nutrition label or fun captioning on it.   '

According to my handy iPod Touch Food app, the McRib provides:

Calories: 500 (not too bad)
Fat: 90g (138% of your daily RDA! )
Calories from fat: 24G
Saturated Fat: 20G (100% RDA)
Trans Fat: 0 (this is why restaurants will tout some 2,000 calorie burrito as "NO TRANS FATS!"  
Cholesterol: 70mg (23% RDA)
Sodium: 980 mg (41% RDA - bad, not spectacularly so compared to most McD's larger sandwiches)
Carbohydrates: 44g (15% RDA)
Dietary Fiber: 3G (12%, I can see it now, "McRib! 0 transfat and high in fiber!" )
Sugars: 11g
Protein: 22G (44% RDA)
Vitamin A: 2mg
Vitamin C: 2mg
Calcium: 15mg
Iron: 20mg

Anyway, it's pretty ghastly on the fat. But like anything, it's fine as a once a week treat. I eat at McD's maybe twice a week for lunch now, and that's about it. In my newspaper reporter/editor days, I practically lived there. And I think my gut is paying the price for all those years now.  

And I may have shared my sad fast food memories of Army bases in Korea 1979-1983 with nothing on base like the fast food back home. It seemed like every summer when we visited Virginia, I'd just eat fast food morning, day and night and I loved it. I almost cried more at the thought of leaving fast food than leaving my college age brother and my old friends each summer. 

And I think my often unpleasant 2nd year of college, my one consistent joy was biking from our campus apartment to the McDonald's and bringing a Big Mac and fries back to eat with a can of Coke, usually on Friday. Hey we had no Internet back then.  My brief weekly respite from contract dining and my own inept attempts at cooking.  I think that's why i try to enjoy a Big Mac once a week, just to remember that feeling. 

[Teggy]

Not sure if this has been posted, but the McRib is not good for you:

STOP THE PRESSES!

You know I saw the picture when went through the drive thru for breakfast this morning and I have to say the thing that is drawing me to try a McRib (don't think I've had one) is the onions and pickles. They just look so tasty for some reason.

[PeteRock]

Not sure if this has been posted, but the McRib is not good for you:

STOP THE PRESSES!

You know I saw the picture when went through the drive thru for breakfast this morning and I have to say the thing that is drawing me to try a McRib (don't think I've had one) is the onions and pickles. They just look so tasty for some reason.

I had one for the first time last year and was fairly disgusted.  Yet the goddamn forum effect may overcome me again.  Damn you all. 

[Covenant]

In response to this thread, I went to a local rib joint and had a nice half rack of babybacks, and some BBQ shrimp.  Enjoy your McRibs.

[Teggy]

I AM ABOUT TO EAT A MCRIB IF YOU DONT HEAR FROM ME IN 30 MINUTES CALL AMBER LAMPS

[wonderpug]

Be sure to order it medium rare!

[CeeKay]

In response to this thread, I went to a local rib joint and had a nice half rack of babybacks, and some BBQ shrimp.  Enjoy your McRibs.

You know, I seem to remember seeing Taco Bell advertising shrimp awhile back....

[Teggy]

I survived. I have to say I was hoping to be wowed a little more. I think I would have preferred McNuggets. The pickles were quite good, however.

[leo8877]

Ewwww you ate one.

[wonderpug]

In response to this thread, I went to a local rib joint and had a nice half rack of babybacks, and some BBQ shrimp.  Enjoy your McRibs.

You know, I seem to remember seeing Taco Bell advertising shrimp awhile back....

Why would you go all the way across the street to a Taco Bell when you can just get a shrimp burger at McDonald's?

[Teggy]

That's funny, because now it's eating me!

[pr0ner]

According to my handy iPod Touch Food app, the McRib provides:

Calories: 500 (not too bad)
Fat: 90g (138% of your daily RDA! )
Calories from fat: 24G
Saturated Fat: 20G (100% RDA)
Trans Fat: 0 (this is why restaurants will tout some 2,000 calorie burrito as "NO TRANS FATS!"  
Cholesterol: 70mg (23% RDA)
Sodium: 980 mg (41% RDA - bad, not spectacularly so compared to most McD's larger sandwiches)
Carbohydrates: 44g (15% RDA)
Dietary Fiber: 3G (12%, I can see it now, "McRib! 0 transfat and high in fiber!" )
Sugars: 11g
Protein: 22G (44% RDA)
Vitamin A: 2mg
Vitamin C: 2mg
Calcium: 15mg
Iron: 20mg

Anyway, it's pretty ghastly on the fat.

Your iPod touch food app is wrong.  If a McRib had 90g of fat, 44g of carbs, and 22g of protein, the sandwich would have 1074 calories in it.  Did you even think to stop and do the math (or hell, check McDonald's own website) before posting such blatantly wrong information?  Plus, 24G calories from fat?

Anyway, a McRib has 26 grams of fat, not 90.  This leads to 234 calories coming from fat (rounded up to 240 by McDonald's).  It also has 10 grams of saturated fat, not 24.  At least the carbs and protein counts were accurate.