McRib is Back
Hey everybody…been a while since I put anything up here. Well, after literally twelve requests from the loyal readership, I’ve decided to let it rip once again. Its an important time, the end of an era is upon us. So it’s with a beer by my side and a heavy heart that I come to bid fond adieu to The McRib.
My attention was first brought to the end of McRib’s run by a billboard somewhere along I-35 last Friday around lunch time. “McRib is Back” it proclaimed valiantly as if it was a heavyweight fighter coming out of retirement, or a Jani Lane comeback tour fresh off that VH1 weight-loss show. Only below it was a tagline that struck odd for something so triumphant; “The Farewell Tour”.
I’m not sure why McRib is going away. If McDonald’s can ship a few units every so often, why not keep it around for nostalgia’s sake? I guess there’s a nation of die-hard McRib supporters out there who would loyally shell out their $3.99 every few months to enjoy McRib’s magnificence. What got me thinking though, was why make such a big deal about the last go-round? Obviously they knew that this last-chance campaign would get some new takers and rekindle some old flames; but if McRib inspired this type of reaction why had I never even had one?
Since I didn’t have any lunch plans, I figured I owed it to myself and to the McRib to give it a shot for old times sake. I was understandably a little nervous before sitting down to eat. The McRib is basically a meat pie. It seems to be made up of ground up pieces of some kind of meat. At first I kind of thought it would just be an oddly shaped hamburger slathered in cheap barbeque sauce., but McRib’s taste and texture is decidedly more pork-ish. Slathered in cheap, sugary barbeque sauce. I should also mention that the meat pie has been molded as if to appear that it has rib-bones in the middle of it. I don’t like bones in my sandwiches so it was a good thing it only appeared this way. I ordered my McRib without onions.
I suppose I should go on and give some flowery description of my McRib experience. How its pork-y goodness and fascinating form satisfied to the last sweet bite. How the sauce was straight from the kitchen of America’s best small town barbeque joints. How the pickles were also delicious. That would probably come off as sarcastic and self-indulgent. So I’ll just say it was okay. Not great, but all right.
It tasted like I’d expect. Cheap pork byproducts, ground up and molded to look like some short ribs, dunked in cheap barbeque sauce and put on a bun and served up in a cardboard box at McDonald’s. I had French fries too. I really didn’t expect anything more out of it than that. A fake barbeque sandwich from McDonald’s; why would it be anything else. Would I eat it again? Probably not. My life probably won’t change much without it; but there are probably some people who will miss it.
I guess if you ate at McDonald’s every day, or at least with a frequency that the menu begins to get repetitive and boring, I suppose McRib could provide a tasty diversion from the norm. The Simpson’s had an episode a few years ago that dealt with a sandwich from Krusty Burger that had a cult-like following. Loyal fans did something I can’t remember right now in order to get their hands on it one last time before it went away. As I remember it was a really big deal for these people and I guess there’s people really like this; all horny for the McRib. That’s cool.
I just did a Google search for McRib. I didn’t go to any of the sites that came up but I did at least read the first two or three titles. It seems like there really are people who are going to be sad to see McRib go. I feel bad for those people. The Eatzi’s by my house recently stopped offering honey mustard on their sandwiches and I haven’t been back since; so I understand.
In conclusion, I’m glad I tried a McRib before it was too late. I doubt it’s really the type of thing I’ll tell my grandkids about someday though. They’d probably rather hear about seeing the Grateful Dead’s last tour, or Pearl Jam in their prime or being at the Super Bowl for Janet Jackson’s nipple. But if they ask about McRib I’ll be honest with them about my experiences. I have nothing to hide. I’m living the good life.
My attention was first brought to the end of McRib’s run by a billboard somewhere along I-35 last Friday around lunch time. “McRib is Back” it proclaimed valiantly as if it was a heavyweight fighter coming out of retirement, or a Jani Lane comeback tour fresh off that VH1 weight-loss show. Only below it was a tagline that struck odd for something so triumphant; “The Farewell Tour”.
I’m not sure why McRib is going away. If McDonald’s can ship a few units every so often, why not keep it around for nostalgia’s sake? I guess there’s a nation of die-hard McRib supporters out there who would loyally shell out their $3.99 every few months to enjoy McRib’s magnificence. What got me thinking though, was why make such a big deal about the last go-round? Obviously they knew that this last-chance campaign would get some new takers and rekindle some old flames; but if McRib inspired this type of reaction why had I never even had one?
Since I didn’t have any lunch plans, I figured I owed it to myself and to the McRib to give it a shot for old times sake. I was understandably a little nervous before sitting down to eat. The McRib is basically a meat pie. It seems to be made up of ground up pieces of some kind of meat. At first I kind of thought it would just be an oddly shaped hamburger slathered in cheap barbeque sauce., but McRib’s taste and texture is decidedly more pork-ish. Slathered in cheap, sugary barbeque sauce. I should also mention that the meat pie has been molded as if to appear that it has rib-bones in the middle of it. I don’t like bones in my sandwiches so it was a good thing it only appeared this way. I ordered my McRib without onions.
I suppose I should go on and give some flowery description of my McRib experience. How its pork-y goodness and fascinating form satisfied to the last sweet bite. How the sauce was straight from the kitchen of America’s best small town barbeque joints. How the pickles were also delicious. That would probably come off as sarcastic and self-indulgent. So I’ll just say it was okay. Not great, but all right.
It tasted like I’d expect. Cheap pork byproducts, ground up and molded to look like some short ribs, dunked in cheap barbeque sauce and put on a bun and served up in a cardboard box at McDonald’s. I had French fries too. I really didn’t expect anything more out of it than that. A fake barbeque sandwich from McDonald’s; why would it be anything else. Would I eat it again? Probably not. My life probably won’t change much without it; but there are probably some people who will miss it.
I guess if you ate at McDonald’s every day, or at least with a frequency that the menu begins to get repetitive and boring, I suppose McRib could provide a tasty diversion from the norm. The Simpson’s had an episode a few years ago that dealt with a sandwich from Krusty Burger that had a cult-like following. Loyal fans did something I can’t remember right now in order to get their hands on it one last time before it went away. As I remember it was a really big deal for these people and I guess there’s people really like this; all horny for the McRib. That’s cool.
I just did a Google search for McRib. I didn’t go to any of the sites that came up but I did at least read the first two or three titles. It seems like there really are people who are going to be sad to see McRib go. I feel bad for those people. The Eatzi’s by my house recently stopped offering honey mustard on their sandwiches and I haven’t been back since; so I understand.
In conclusion, I’m glad I tried a McRib before it was too late. I doubt it’s really the type of thing I’ll tell my grandkids about someday though. They’d probably rather hear about seeing the Grateful Dead’s last tour, or Pearl Jam in their prime or being at the Super Bowl for Janet Jackson’s nipple. But if they ask about McRib I’ll be honest with them about my experiences. I have nothing to hide. I’m living the good life.
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