I wrote this in my personal blog, and now I am posting this on this blog. I am that pissed…well…kind of. Enjoy, and let me know what you all think (I apologize for the small font. I copied and pasted this from my personal blog.
THE BIG MAC MEAL-AN OUTRAGE
I don’t know if this is a sign of the times…food prices continuing to climb as a result of fuel costs going up and up….OR….if it is just time moving on, and items naturally inflating over a period of time. I am officially one of those people who can say, “I remember when ________________ (Add your item) was $____.___ (Add your cost) back in the day.” Today, I really was reminded by this when going to McDonalds.
Yeah…I know…I know. “Marc…you’re a foodie. You don’t eat stuff like that.” “Marc…you’re a hypocrite. Always telling us to eat well, and we find out that you are still going to McDonalds.” Well…you all certainly have a right to your opinion about my food choices. I think people who eat “foie gras” or “caviar” are strange. Ain’t nothing sexy about eating an intentionally fattened (I know that is not a word) goose liver or salty ass fish eggs of a sturgeon. I don’t care if you are a homeless guy, a middle-class working stiff, or a blue blood rolling along in the rarified air of wealth…WE ALL HAVE EATEN AND CONTINUE TO EAT AT MCDONALDS. It’s part of our collective culinary DNA…it’s almost hereditary. Filet O’Fish, Quarter Pounder With Cheese, Fried Apple Pie, Chicken McNuggets…these items are not just McDonalds items, they are mainstays in the American Culinary Lexicon, like it or not.
But the grandaddy of all McDonalds items is the Big Mac. We all know the Big Mac song…”Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun.” We have all attempted to try to make it at home…it never seems to work out. The lettuce is flimsy. We all know the special sauce is nothing but relish, mayo, and ketchup mixed together, and they always put too much of it on the sandwich. The two buns, and that weird “half bun” in the middle. The processed yellowish-orange cheese. The finely chopped, unfortunately not fresh onions. And last, but not least…the two grayish-brown patties. I don’t eat at McDonalds much anymore, but when I do…I have to have a Big Mac. It’s not all that great, but it’s comforting, familiar, filling…it’s Americana boxed in a recycable container. Pair it with a nice icy-cold Coke (McDonalds does something to their coke to make it taste better. I think they put crack in it) and some of the greatest fries on the planet…and you have The Big Mac Meal…AKA “Combo Meal 1″.
Well…to my surprise and outrage, I went to McDonalds this evening. It was late, I didn’t feel like cooking, and I had only $5.00 on me. I pull up to the drive-thru, and I saw “Combo Meal 1″…the Big Mac Meal…$4.99!!! Yes…it is not a typo. $4-F*CKIN’ 99!!! What kind of mess is that? It’s un-American. Forget Congress bailing out Lehman Brothers and AIG…they need to pass supplemental appropriations to subsidize McDonalds to bring down the cost of a Big Mac Meal. Next thing you know, they will assess a $1.00 “drive-thru charge”, just to use the drive-thru. If you get the sandwich, by itself…it’s $3.19!!! At this point, if McCain said he could lower the costs of a 1 Meal, I may vote for him (Actually not…hyperbole is a wonderful literary device…LOL). Like I said, I don’t go to Mickey D’s often, but with prices like that, McDonalds may move into the category of Michelin Star-prices. Big Macs will be like cocaine…sold on the streets in secret…contraband to be prized.
These are hard times. You have to take out a loan to get gas. Your mortgage ain’t worth a damn. You may have to trade in your child for a pint of milk. Lastly, you have to prostitute yourself for a 1. I’m blame O.J. Simpson for all of this (((Laughing…anything bad in the world, I blame O.J. for it))). I hope we see happy times soon. We all deserve to eat a Big Mac.
The Big Mac Meal-AN OUTRAGE
I wrote this in my personal blog, and now I am posting this on this blog. I am that pissed…well…kind of. Enjoy, and let me know what you all think (I apologize for the small font. I copied and pasted this from my personal blog.
THE BIG MAC MEAL-AN OUTRAGE
I don’t know if this is a sign of the times…food prices continuing to climb as a result of fuel costs going up and up….OR….if it is just time moving on, and items naturally inflating over a period of time. I am officially one of those people who can say, “I remember when ________________ (Add your item) was $____.___ (Add your cost) back in the day.” Today, I really was reminded by this when going to McDonalds.
Yeah…I know…I know. “Marc…you’re a foodie. You don’t eat stuff like that.” “Marc…you’re a hypocrite. Always telling us to eat well, and we find out that you are still going to McDonalds.” Well…you all certainly have a right to your opinion about my food choices. I think people who eat “foie gras” or “caviar” are strange. Ain’t nothing sexy about eating an intentionally fattened (I know that is not a word) goose liver or salty ass fish eggs of a sturgeon. I don’t care if you are a homeless guy, a middle-class working stiff, or a blue blood rolling along in the rarified air of wealth…WE ALL HAVE EATEN AND CONTINUE TO EAT AT MCDONALDS. It’s part of our collective culinary DNA…it’s almost hereditary. Filet O’Fish, Quarter Pounder With Cheese, Fried Apple Pie, Chicken McNuggets…these items are not just McDonalds items, they are mainstays in the American Culinary Lexicon, like it or not.
But the grandaddy of all McDonalds items is the Big Mac. We all know the Big Mac song…”Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun.” We have all attempted to try to make it at home…it never seems to work out. The lettuce is flimsy. We all know the special sauce is nothing but relish, mayo, and ketchup mixed together, and they always put too much of it on the sandwich. The two buns, and that weird “half bun” in the middle. The processed yellowish-orange cheese. The finely chopped, unfortunately not fresh onions. And last, but not least…the two grayish-brown patties. I don’t eat at McDonalds much anymore, but when I do…I have to have a Big Mac. It’s not all that great, but it’s comforting, familiar, filling…it’s Americana boxed in a recycable container. Pair it with a nice icy-cold Coke (McDonalds does something to their coke to make it taste better. I think they put crack in it) and some of the greatest fries on the planet…and you have The Big Mac Meal…AKA “Combo Meal 1″.
Well…to my surprise and outrage, I went to McDonalds this evening. It was late, I didn’t feel like cooking, and I had only $5.00 on me. I pull up to the drive-thru, and I saw “Combo Meal 1″…the Big Mac Meal…$4.99!!! Yes…it is not a typo. $4-F*CKIN’ 99!!! What kind of mess is that? It’s un-American. Forget Congress bailing out Lehman Brothers and AIG…they need to pass supplemental appropriations to subsidize McDonalds to bring down the cost of a Big Mac Meal. Next thing you know, they will assess a $1.00 “drive-thru charge”, just to use the drive-thru. If you get the sandwich, by itself…it’s $3.19!!! At this point, if McCain said he could lower the costs of a 1 Meal, I may vote for him (Actually not…hyperbole is a wonderful literary device…LOL). Like I said, I don’t go to Mickey D’s often, but with prices like that, McDonalds may move into the category of Michelin Star-prices. Big Macs will be like cocaine…sold on the streets in secret…contraband to be prized.
These are hard times. You have to take out a loan to get gas. Your mortgage ain’t worth a damn. You may have to trade in your child for a pint of milk. Lastly, you have to prostitute yourself for a 1. I’m blame O.J. Simpson for all of this (((Laughing…anything bad in the world, I blame O.J. for it))). I hope we see happy times soon. We all deserve to eat a Big Mac.
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