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9 Limited-Edition Foods with Cult Followings (McRib, etc...)
Womens Day via Yahoo ^ | 12/1/10 | Brynn Mannino

Posted on 12/05/2010 3:02:58 PM PST by DemforBush

Did you hear? For the first time in nearly 16 years, the McRib is available at every McDonald’s in the U.S.! Until recently, the BBQ pork sandwich was only available for limited periods at select locations, inspiring websites for fans to track the beloved menu item down. But the McRib is not alone in its cult status. Below are 10 limited-edition foods that elicit cravings in legions of fans...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food
KEYWORDS: applepie; food; fries; mcrib; whitecastle
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To: scrabblehack

I like the Sierra Mist Natural quite a bit as well. Again, cane sugar just tastes better to me than HF corn syrup.

I wish my beloved Vernor’s Ginger Ale would go back to using stevia plant for sweetening rather than HFCS. It just doesn’t taste nearly as good as it did when I was a kid.


41 posted on 12/05/2010 4:26:15 PM PST by DemforBush (If I ever get back my blue jeans...Lord, how happy could one man be?)
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To: DemforBush

Taco Bell needs to bring back the Chili Cheese Burrito. Only a few locations still have it.


42 posted on 12/05/2010 4:32:18 PM PST by chrispycsuf (Where have all the conservatives gone?)
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To: oprahstheantichrist

Yowza


43 posted on 12/05/2010 4:38:54 PM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Islander7

“The McRib is colored, shaped and flavored pork fat. Yuck!”

Nonsense! The McRib is colored, shaped and flavored pork connective tissue. Yum!


44 posted on 12/05/2010 4:40:24 PM PST by Born to Conserve
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To: chrispycsuf

Aw, I didn’t know they’d stopped carrying those! I don’t do fast food much, and Taco Bell even less, but those were a keeper!


45 posted on 12/05/2010 4:42:43 PM PST by DemforBush (If I ever get back my blue jeans...Lord, how happy could one man be?)
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To: Secret Agent Man

“PAssover coke costs a lot more though, be aware.”

I’ve heard that the bottling plant in Lehigh Valley, Pa. uses sugar.


46 posted on 12/05/2010 4:43:10 PM PST by Born to Conserve
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To: yarddog
My tastes can’t have changed that much. The quality has clearly gone down.

For a number of reasons, I didn't eat at McDonald's until I was in college and they happened to be convenient, but I came to like their quarter pounders. I graduated, got a job, married and more or less went McD-free for a few years; when I returned, I couldn't believe these were the same burgers. Somewhere in the '80's, either their standards slipped or mine fell. Since I am still a food lowbrow, I doubt it was the latter.

Mr. niteowl77

47 posted on 12/05/2010 4:48:55 PM PST by niteowl77 (I don't mind them stewing in their own juices, but I do mind them stewing me in their own juices.)
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To: chrispycsuf
Amen! The Chili Cheese Burrito was the best thing on the menu. The only Taco Bell I know that still has these is the one in Lexington, SC. Also, anyone else love the mushroom swiss burger that Wendy's has every once in a while? Wish they made that permanent.
48 posted on 12/05/2010 4:53:09 PM PST by An American in Turkiye
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To: DemforBush

Three not on the list:

Twice in the last 10 years, Hardees has brought back the “Big Shef” burger from Burger Chef, which Hardees bought out years ago.

http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/06/10/companies-that-vanished-burger-chef-could-have-been-the-big-one/

Cranberry Ginger Ale from Canada Dry, Love it!

http://www.eatlikenoone.com/canada-dry-cranberry-ginger-ale.htm

Lastly, The Cone, in West Chester, Ohio (near Boehner’s district office!) has Pumpkin Ice Cream every fall. A must have.

http://www.thecone.com/


49 posted on 12/05/2010 4:55:49 PM PST by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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To: DemforBush
I wrestled in high school and in 9th grade I would keep carefully watch my weight (i.e. 'starve myself') starting in late September into wrestling season.

I remember having my last match in December of that year prior to the semester break, and right afterwards my dad took me to McDonald's. That McRib was one of the best things I tasted in my life.

50 posted on 12/05/2010 5:02:37 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Born to Conserve

LOL! If you say so.


51 posted on 12/05/2010 5:12:47 PM PST by Islander7 (If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
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To: DemforBush

I go to Burger King and get two Buck Doubles and a side salad with italian. Water cup to boot. $3.23 for a lunch. Not bad a reckon.


52 posted on 12/05/2010 5:29:00 PM PST by goseminoles
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To: DemforBush
Speaking of seasonal foods, I love Easter eggs- the kind that are candy coated over marshmallow. Image and video hosting by TinyPic

I'm addicted. Buy up a bundle every year. Anybody else have this addiction? It's odd, I know.

53 posted on 12/05/2010 5:32:25 PM PST by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: Islander7

“The McRib is colored, shaped and flavored pork fat. Yuck!”

Right you are! I looked them up on McD’s nutrition web site and out of 280 calories total for the “meat” pattie, 210 calories are from fat! Nothing else on their menu even comes close to this percentage of fat. These things are really nasty!


54 posted on 12/05/2010 5:34:37 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Made from The Right Stuff!)
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To: DemforBush

I have not had a McRib in years, but I did cook them up at my first real job at McDonald’s back in 1982. They were much easier to assemble than a Big Mac and I recall them being quite tasty. Of course this was in Northern Indiana and I had no familiarity with real BBQ pork at the time.


55 posted on 12/05/2010 6:11:07 PM PST by OCC
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To: DemforBush

New England McDonalds have lobster. And it’s good. For $3.99: a New England-style hot dog bun (slit along the top), filled with lobster and topped with a lobster claw.


56 posted on 12/05/2010 6:24:28 PM PST by dangus
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To: DemforBush

The nastiest burger ever sold legally was the Wimpy Burger. They were all over London when I was there from ‘69 - ‘71. Just bloody awful.


57 posted on 12/05/2010 6:25:18 PM PST by CTOCS (I live in my own little world. But, it's okay. They know me there....)
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To: DemforBush

Mallomars are an odd inclusion: they’re not that different from Pinwheels, just more compact.


58 posted on 12/05/2010 6:25:43 PM PST by dangus
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To: catnipman

The only thing I will ever eat from Mc Ds is the breakfasts.

Everything else I tried is nasty.


59 posted on 12/05/2010 9:52:26 PM PST by Islander7 (If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
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To: cripplecreek
In my misspent youth I found that BBQ pork ribs served in jail were exactly the same thing as McRibs. I don’t mind them but you get tired of having them every wednesday.

ROFL!

60 posted on 12/06/2010 2:10:08 AM PST by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on its own.)
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