Wall Street Journal: Only One in Five Millennials Has Ever Eaten a Big Mac

Breitbart ^ | October 11, 2016 | Katherine Rodriguez

[Windflier]

Thanks for having a sense of humor. Eat what you like!

[MUDDOG]

Big Mac was ripped off from Howard Johnson’s 3D burger.

[Covenantor]

Interesting... that evolution of the fast food industry.

I can recall that long family trips in the early fifties involved packing lunches in the Scotch cooler

because the diners had such horrible food. Gristle laden burgers, stale bread on the sandwiches, and so on.

The Ho Jo's were attractive because they were all clean, especially the rest rooms, had cheerful staff, decent meals at decent prices, kids menus, and consistent from one restaurant to the next. They also had those kids placemats with drawings, bits of history and simple puzzles to keep kids busy and quiet.

[bankwalker]

Big Mac was ripped off from Howard Johnson’s 3D burger.

or maybe the Gino Giant ... mmmm . mmmmm . good ...

[RegulatorCountry]

On a rare stop at McDonald’s a while back, I ordered a Big Mac on a whim, instead of a Quarter Pounder.

It was disappointing. The two patties were thin and small, it was practically all bun and the bun was limp, as was the lettuce. The only real flavor came from the “special sauce” which was fairly obviously Thousand Island salad dressing.

They’re not missing much. Not at all like I recalled them tasting.

[rtwingxtremist]

My taste bud memory from years past tells me Big Macs are great, but the last few times I had one it tasted like chemical crap.

The other day I watched a McD worker tossing boxes into the dumpster. One box was labeled “Folded Eggs, Ready to Heat”. Gross! Can’t they even cook a frickin egg? So I’m done with their breakfasts now, too, because who knows what else is in that folded Frankenegg.

[MUDDOG]

I never had a Gino’s Giant, but it sounds great!

[Dr. Sivana]

I don’t think Dave Thomas would like what has became of Wendy’s either !!!

CHEESEBURGERS !!!! NOT ONE HAMBURGER !!!

If you order a CHEESEBURGER w/o cheese, it’s the same price !! Rip off the consumer every way you can !!!

When Wendy's came to Connecticut in the late '70s, I remember the extremely simple menu, and your burger HAD to be special ordered.

Single
Double
Triple
Chili
Fries (regular, Large)
Soft Drink
Chocolate Frosty

Cheese 20 cents (McDonald's was 10 cents for cheese)
Tomato 30 cents

Look at the bibs that they still have with the high chairs.
The original menu selections are still on it .

No Super Bar, no Biggie anything, no Big Classic, no chicken anything. No temporary specialty burgers. Even the baked potato (Wendy's temporary menu breakthrough that was large copied) was in the future. No junior anything. No salads. One register. Typical order: "Single, ketchup, pickle , onion, mustard" (in that order, as the condiment options were listed. Wendy's had lots of mayo, though, wheras McD's had NONE and BK only had it with the Whopper.

And the burgers were "Hot 'n' Juicy" and they were less salty. And they were good.

[Dr. Sivana]

So what are they eating?

Speaking for my family, we generally avoid McDonald's due to Mrs. Krocs bequests (the fellow who owns the Columbus, GA ones is a conservative, so that offsets a bit), and because they've gone downhill. They aren't even inexpensive once you get off the dollar menu.

Speaking for my family, it depends on whether it's me or Mrs. Sivana and where we are.

Chik-Fil-A and Wendy's are preferred. (Despite Wendy's having gone downhill foodwise)
Captain D's (seafood, no sushi)
Whataburger (late addition, in Alabama), is good if not too crowded
Steak and Shake (personal overall favorite)
Culver's (when available, kids' favorite)
KFC
Subway
Rosa's Deli (when in Wallingford, CT)
Modern Apizza, or Sally's Apizza [if open](when in New Haven, CT)
Forbidden:
Burger King (ever since the "Pride Whopper")
Arby's (Mrs. Sivana and eldest Sivana daughter is personally offended by their "cheese" sauce)

None of us have had sushi, but I have been known to go to the Winn-Dixie and by a half pound of fresh salmon and just eat it like straight without cooking for lunch during lent.

[Crusher138]

What is really scary...the Big Mac has not changed at all. You have!

The patties are now and have always been 1/10 a pound each. Back when I worked there in the 70’s the meat was 30% fat. I believe it is that or less (fat) today.

The special sauce recipe has not changed.

The lettuce came in large bags, already shredded, 40 years ago.

The cheese came in boxes marked “includes dairy and non-dairy products” 40 years ago.

The buns haven’t changed at all.

Sometimes the haze of nostalgia gets blown away by reality.

[RegulatorCountry]

I recall the bun being toasted, the lettuce crisp and being able to taste the beef. This wasn’t like that at all.

[bgill]

change the name to “New, artisan Big Mac” and there will be a stampede of millennials to McD’s doors!

You're right about that. Millennials think they're so above it all yet fall for every "artisan" joke out there.

I like Big Macs and Chicken Nuggets but there's not a McD's out here. Whenever I have a Mac attack, I settle for a homemade Big Mac salad. Really tastes like a Big Mac without the sesame seed bun. It doesn't sound like much but it's good. Used to brown bag it to work.

Big Mac Salad recipe: A broken up browned hamburger patty nuked, lay a torn piece of American cheese on top, a spoonful of rehydrated dehydrated onion bits (a must), add lettuce, chopped pickle (or sweet relish) and thousand island dressing. I make homemade dressing thousand island since it's hard to find in our only store.

[Mears]

“We could not get her to eat McDonalds.....or much of ANYTHING after she had seen it.”

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I hope she’s doing okay now.

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[miss marmelstein]

You must have gone to culinary school! That exactly what The Professor talked about it.

[bgill]

for that money I’ll just go ahead and stay home and make my own.

In huge agreement. I haven't been to the movies since the last Harry Potter though if hubby has free tickets, he'll go with his buddies. Shopping is a rarity but online is the best for out here. Have too much stuff already.

I just posted a Big Mac Salad recipe we enjoy because there's no McD's here. We don't have a Scholtsky's either so I've posted a Schlotsky's recipe with a homemade sourdough bun on FR many times. I can make about 5 homemade sandwiches for the cost of one of theirs at the drive thru.

In fact, most everything is made from scratch here though the convenience of canned spaghetti sauce, ketchup, dried pasta and boxed cake mix is nice.

[Covenantor]

Alimentary, my dear Watson.

;>)

Though just a child, I do remember being entranced by the AAA Trip-ticks (sp?) maps and directions and with theirrecommendations. Wonder how much a role that played in the evolution?

[miss marmelstein]

That makes sense. My early years spent vacationing in Maine (8 hours on the road) have left me with fond ideas of diners - the ones with the mini-jukeboxes at the tables. Perhaps my parents hated the food, I don’t remember, I would just eat bacon or grill cheese and tomato soup - my go-to lunch.

[bgill]

If you order a CHEESEBURGER w/o cheese, it’s the same price !! Rip off the consumer every way you can !!!

Sonic does that. Heck, you can order a regular burger and they'll automatically make it a double and charge you for it. E-v-e-r-y time. Sonic and Dairy Queen are the only drive thrus here. DQ doesn't season anything and has somehow figured out how to take every molecule of taste out of every ingredient. The local DQ concentrated more on drug dealing than dilly bars. I'm done with both of them.

[Covenantor]

Flipping the “pages” of those table top juke boxes back and forth I’d bet, just like the rest of us kids. Darn good thing the folks didn’t let us drop any coins in them though.

[miss marmelstein]

No, they didn’t. But I bugged them like hell, poor people.