McRib is BACK and goes national!

[RobPaulson]

[Jesda]

i threw up a bit in my mouth a bit... u know how they make mcnuggets right? . . .

That doesn't make it dramatically worse than a "real nugget" of chicken. Its done for product consistency. Every piece is the same inside and out because its been ground together and pressed. It also increases the efficiency of production and lowers costs.

I could show you some backwoods Thai dishes with "creatively" handled pork and fish parts that would make your stomach turn, but they're good noms to me.

[Amays U G37S]

^ show me

[Jesda]

^ show me

CLICK HERE: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_er3LkeOGFOU/T ... G_0862.JPG
My mom is a huge fan of this. Its basically fermented fish. It SMELLS LIKE DEATH, HOLY HELL DOES IT STINK. Its amazing to think that my parents ever had children, because I have no idea how my dad was able to go anywhere within 20 feet of my mom after she ate that stuff.

Imagine this: You're a serial killer (I've been watching Dexter) and you store a bunch of bodies of women you killed in sealed drums or barrels. After a few weeks you think, "Hey, what if I just cracked open one of those barrels and ate what was in there?" Same concept, but with fish.

Its really strong, so a little bit goes a long way. I'm not a fan.

I do love this:


Its basically fermented pork. I think it originated in Vietnam. You wrap ground pork and spices in banana leaves and leave it in the sun (or the modern equivalent of a warm, humid place). But yeah, its pork... left out to rot. Its terribly sour, brutally salty, and kind of awesome. It doesnt actually rot because of all the sodium that acts as a preservative, but it sure tastes rotten. Cracking it open is like opening the lid to expired milk.



I need to call mom. I'm hungry now.

[RobPaulson]

what really repulsed me about it isnt necessarily the look, its how it was treated.

To be honest I cannot find the original article i read... but it said something about using some sketchy a** chemicals throughout the process of production.

Since I cannot find the article though i guess my argument is SoL.... i'll still never eat another mcnugget, but it really doesnt bother me in the slightest

[Jesda]

what really repulsed me about it isnt necessarily the look, its how it was treated.

To be honest I cannot find the original article i read... but it said something about using some sketchy a** chemicals throughout the process of production.

Since I cannot find the article though i guess my argument is SoL.... i'll still never eat another mcnugget, but it really doesnt bother me in the slightest

I believe it.

They probably add preservatives that sound worse on paper than they are in practice. They wont kill you, but it sure isnt a substitute for fresh chicken prepared at home. My grandparents raise chickens in Thailand. They taste so awesome, and their eggs are heavenly.

[RobPaulson]

here it is...

http://www.rense.com/general76/chk.htm

ya, no thanks. i dont care how small .02% is. this s*** isnt going in my body.

But perhaps the most alarming ingredient in a Chicken McNugget is tertiary butylhydroquinone, or TBHQ, an antioxidant derived from petroleum that is either sprayed directly on the nugget or the inside of the box it comes in to "help preserve freshness." According to A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives, TBHQ is a form of butane (i.e. lighter fluid) the FDA allows processors to use sparingly in our food: It can comprise no more than 0.02 percent of the oil in a nugget. Which is probably just as well, considering that ingesting a single gram of TBHQ can cause "nausea, vomiting, ringing in the ears, delirium, a sense of suffocation, and collapse." Ingesting five grams of TBHQ can kill."

[Jesda]

I remember reading this a year or so ago, and while it was alarming the first time I saw it, it actually doesn't sound too bad. Fried chicken isn't great for you anyway, and the effects of eating fatty fried foods on your cardiovascular system will put you in the grave long before trace preservatives used in large-scale food processing. You could raise a chicken in your backyard and feed it all the goodness in the world, but in the end, pan-frying your own breaded chicken is as high in cholesterol and saturated fat as anything off of KFC's menu.

[Jesda]

ya, no thanks. i dont care how small .02% is. this s*** isnt going in my body.

You breathe in more toxins working on your own car.

[RobPaulson]

You breathe in more toxins working on your own car.

as said by you, i believe it =P however, why be an enabler? cause its tasty? naahh, i'd rather get my toxins from a bong

[AppleBonker]

Meh, all the food we eat has some garbage in it. Probably not worth getting worked up about:

http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/05/0 ... r_food.htm

[Jesda]

You breathe in more toxins working on your own car.

as said by you, i believe it =P however, why be an enabler? cause its tasty? naahh, i'd rather get my toxins from a bong

LOL

[Amays U G37S]

If you don't tell me what it is, i'll eat it

and guess what, i can't tell what a mcnugget is, except its white and appears to be delicious while dipped in bbq or honey mustard sauces.

I've never tried anything "extravagant" but theirs a first time for everything. I do love Thai food, mostly the spicy kind. But no Thai resturants really serve anything crazy other then some strangly named beef portions. Even those don't seen to faint of heart.

[Kompresshun]

I picked up one today for lunch, it was definitely worth making a rare trip to McDonalds. Now if they could only make better fries... No pics because i'm lazy and don't feel like getting BBQ sauce on my phone now.

[ADDirishboy]

Well, I finally cracked under the pressure and bought one. 4.58 for a large meal.

Gotta admit, this thing is a lot better than I thought it would be...

[MellowZ32]

I want one!

[tigersharkdude]

I did that once and the chick in front of me paid for my food...........................seriously

Information that would have been good for you to know before you finished ordering. "Yeah? She said that? Okay, I want 10 Angus combos, king size, 4 5-piece chicken tenders, 16 milkshakes, and...oh what the hell - a round of Fillet O' Fish for everybody!"

I didnt know that until I got to the window and give dude my money, he was like "she paid for it". I was like.....coolio

[Dattebayo]

Well if you want to get technical, I don't think they use pork in anything else.

*cough*bacon*cough**cough*

It was too obvious. heh Seriously tho, I wonder if that bacon is really pork...

[VersaMG08]

I'll have to try one since I can't remember the taste back in the day

[PEZi]

dude they're nasty....

[Razi]

dude they're nasty....

+1

[MellowZ32]

dude they're nasty....

you are nasty!

I had one today!:drool:
and now I have regrets and feel dirty!

[Papi Chulo]

my local burger joint sells something similar, but better.

[dre1507]

i guess you guys really like that stuff. i make tons of that stuff at work and it still isn't appealing to me. Maybe i just don't appreciate fake ribs.