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The McRib is Back!!!

Are you planning to get a McRib?

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Although I'm not much of a McRib fan, I do love me some of that "boneless picnic" they talked about. It's also sometimes called a 'picnic shoulder'. It's the front leg of a pig just a cut above the 'boston butt'. Either of these cuts, the 'butt' or the 'picnic' is typically what's used to make real 'pulled pork' BBQ. So, when considering the cuts they're using along with the slathering it in BBQ sauce ain't really too far from a good BBQ pulled pork sandwich.

It's just that it ain't real good, and it ain't real BBQ, but it is a real sandwich. LOL!
 
Wow! You and me both on the fries Caro. When they thought they had to go on the 'healthy' food trend and stopped cooking the fries in lard (animal fat), the great taste of McDonald's fries went to crap. That great taste never to be known and enjoyed by anyone younger than 40-50 yrs old. I don't remember exactly when they changed, but it was very obvious the very first time you ate just one bite after the change. Any who don't believe that, just ask your grandparents about the old, original McDonald's fries.

I never understood why/how MickyD's felt the need to cater to the 'health food' crowd/craze back then. Who in their right mind would go to a fast food joint and expect health foods anyway? And besides that, McD's offered a damn salad for those who needed to feel/think healthy.

As an aside, the same thing happened to KFC, Church's, and Maryland fried chicken. The 'health' food trend hit and all hell broke loose on all the good tasting fast foods. You just can't fry anything in vegetable oil, or any other oil (heaven forbid sunflower oil:(:confused::cry::rolleyes:o_O:sick::sick::sick:) for that matter and get the same good taste as when frying in lard.

Back in the mid 60's I cooked chicken for the Colonel ($0.75/hr) at the very first KFC that came to my hometown. We would get the lard in 25lb boxes, as I recall they were about a cubic foot in size, maybe a little bigger, all neatly wrapped in a waxed paper. We would open the boxes and literally cut the block of lard into pieces small enough to drop into a 4qt pressure cooker. BTW, we actually even cut the chickens up that we received refrigerated too and packed 9 chickens to a wooden crate. I still own one of the very old 'butcher knives' we used at KFC to cut those chickens up. That's when fried chicken, even fast cooked fried chicken was really fried chicken, just like my granny used to make.

And NO, Crisco ain't the same thing as real lard, for any of you who might be wondering !!!!!!
 
jumpinjoe said:
Wow! You and me both on the fries Caro. When they thought they had to go on the 'healthy' food trend and stopped cooking the fries in lard (animal fat), the great taste of McDonald's fries went to crap. That great taste never to be known and enjoyed by anyone younger than 40-50 yrs old. I don't remember exactly when they changed, but it was very obvious the very first time you ate just one bite after the change. Any who don't believe that, just ask your grandparents about the old, original McDonald's fries.

I never understood why/how MickyD's felt the need to cater to the 'health food' crowd/craze back then. Who in their right mind would go to a fast food joint and expect health foods anyway? And besides that, McD's offered a damn salad for those who needed to feel/think healthy.

As an aside, the same thing happened to KFC, Church's, and Maryland fried chicken. The 'health' food trend hit and all hell broke loose on all the good tasting fast foods. You just can't fry anything in vegetable oil, or any other oil (heaven forbid sunflower oil:(:confused::cry::rolleyes:o_O:sick::sick::sick:) for that matter and get the same good taste as when frying in lard.

Back in the mid 60's I cooked chicken for the Colonel ($0.75/hr) at the very first KFC that came to my hometown. We would get the lard in 25lb boxes, as I recall they were about a cubic foot in size, maybe a little bigger, all neatly wrapped in a waxed paper. We would open the boxes and literally cut the block of lard into pieces small enough to drop into a 4qt pressure cooker. BTW, we actually even cut the chickens up that we received refrigerated too and packed 9 chickens to a wooden crate. I still own one of the very old 'butcher knives' we used at KFC to cut those chickens up. That's when fried chicken, even fast cooked fried chicken was really fried chicken, just like my granny used to make.

And NO, Crisco ain't the same thing as real lard, for any of you who might be wondering !!!!!!
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"...Who in their right mind would go to a fast food joint and expect health foods anyway?"

True, and that makes me think of all the people I've heard say tgat they would never use thd drive-thru at a fast food joint. I guess they're just not eating any fast food these days, lol.
 
jumpinjoe said:
Wow! You and me both on the fries Caro. When they thought they had to go on the 'healthy' food trend and stopped cooking the fries in lard (animal fat), the great taste of McDonald's fries went to crap. That great taste never to be known and enjoyed by anyone younger than 40-50 yrs old. I don't remember exactly when they changed, but it was very obvious the very first time you ate just one bite after the change. Any who don't believe that, just ask your grandparents about the old, original McDonald's fries.

I never understood why/how MickyD's felt the need to cater to the 'health food' crowd/craze back then. Who in their right mind would go to a fast food joint and expect health foods anyway? And besides that, McD's offered a damn salad for those who needed to feel/think healthy.

As an aside, the same thing happened to KFC, Church's, and Maryland fried chicken. The 'health' food trend hit and all hell broke loose on all the good tasting fast foods. You just can't fry anything in vegetable oil, or any other oil (heaven forbid sunflower oil:(:confused::cry::rolleyes:o_O:sick::sick::sick:) for that matter and get the same good taste as when frying in lard.

Back in the mid 60's I cooked chicken for the Colonel ($0.75/hr) at the very first KFC that came to my hometown. We would get the lard in 25lb boxes, as I recall they were about a cubic foot in size, maybe a little bigger, all neatly wrapped in a waxed paper. We would open the boxes and literally cut the block of lard into pieces small enough to drop into a 4qt pressure cooker. BTW, we actually even cut the chickens up that we received refrigerated too and packed 9 chickens to a wooden crate. I still own one of the very old 'butcher knives' we used at KFC to cut those chickens up. That's when fried chicken, even fast cooked fried chicken was really fried chicken, just like my granny used to make.

And NO, Crisco ain't the same thing as real lard, for any of you who might be wondering !!!!!!
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I feel your pain.

Good news is that I think you can still get good ole lard fried French fries in Europe... but yes, it’s a long way to travel.

As for Churches Chicken, I can’t say that I’ve ever tried the fries there. I used to order buckets of fried okra though.
 
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Caro said:
I feel your pain.

Good news is that I think you can still get good ole lard fried French fries in Europe... but yes, it’s a long way to travel.

As for Churches Chicken, I can’t say that I’ve ever tried the fries there. I used to order buckets of fried okra though.
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There’s restaurants that still use lard for frying around here...

In fact, it’s what my favorite bakery uses for frying their donuts.
 
Caro said:
I feel your pain.

Good news is that I think you can still get good ole lard fried French fries in Europe... but yes, it’s a long way to travel.

As for Churches Chicken, I can’t say that I’ve ever tried the fries there. I used to order buckets of fried okra though.
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My kids still talk about the fries sold in the snack stands in Germany. I believe the name was Rajah Imbiss, and they also made gyros from meat on a stick.
 
Caro said:
I feel your pain.

Good news is that I think you can still get good ole lard fried French fries in Europe... but yes, it’s a long way to travel.

As for Churches Chicken, I can’t say that I’ve ever tried the fries there. I used to order buckets of fried okra though.
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Yeh, not like I'm gonna be making a trip over there anytime soon unfortunately ...... maybe to Hans's stompin' grounds though. He mentioned even the donuts are fried in lard. ....... ummmm good! And you're so right about the fried okra at Church's. And when I mentioned those other places I was referring to frying in general and not just the fries. Anything/everything fried should be fried in lard !!!!!!!! Don't ya' agree? And to claim there's even a technique such as 'AIR FRYING' is absurd.

Funny fact here: I've mentioned to young people before to ask their grandparents about how good the McD's fries used to be way back when, and most don't even think their grandparents know what McDonald's is, much less that their grandparents enjoyed their food on their date nights !!!!!
 
jumpinjoe said:
Yeh, not like I'm gonna be making a trip over there anytime soon unfortunately ...... maybe to Hans's stompin' grounds though. He mentioned even the donuts are fried in lard. ....... ummmm good! And you're so right about the fried okra at Church's. And when I mentioned those other places I was referring to frying in general and not just the fries. Anything/everything fried should be fried in lard !!!!!!!! Don't ya' agree? And to claim there's even a technique such as 'AIR FRYING' is absurd.

Funny fact here: I've mentioned to young people before to ask their grandparents about how good the McD's fries used to be way back when, and most don't even think their grandparents know what McDonald's is, much less that their grandparents enjoyed their food on their date nights !!!!!
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Sounds like a real classy date night going to Mcdonald's....🤪
 
Germany failed to impress me. It was ok, but not quite what I was expecting I suppose. I was under the impression the French were rude. The only rude people I ran into was in Germany. They like to pretend they don’t speak English. I put gas in the rental car and when I went to pay the attendant pulled the old “ I don’t speak English routine”. I looked at him and said “ Cool, guess my gas was free then” and started to walk away. He magically learned to speak English really well. The French and especially the Belgians were fantastic and helpful.

McDonalds in The Netherlands sucks, although the little cones of fries (frites) with mayonnaise from the street vendors were delicious. I still put Mayo on my fries.

Maybe I’m not as old as you guys but the McDonalds fries here taste the same as they always have. They did switch to fresh ground beef a few years ago which changed the taste of the burgers for the worst. People must have complained because they taste like the regular old McDs burgers now.
 
Bassbob said:
Germany failed to impress me. It was ok, but not quite what I was expecting I suppose. I was under the impression the French were rude. The only rude people I ran into was in Germany. They like to pretend they don’t speak English. I put gas in the rental car and when I went to pay the attendant pulled the old “ I don’t speak English routine”. I looked at him and said “ Cool, guess my gas was free then” and started to walk away. He magically learned to speak English really well. The French and especially the Belgians were fantastic and helpful.

McDonalds in The Netherlands sucks, although the little cones of fries (frites) with mayonnaise from the street vendors were delicious. I still put Mayo on my fries.

Maybe I’m not as old as you guys but the McDonalds fries here taste the same as they always have. They did switch to fresh ground beef a few years ago which changed the taste of the burgers for the worst. People must have complained because they taste like the regular old McDs burgers now.
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I picked up mayo with my fries too.
 
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