McRib... people actually eat these things?

[JulesMaximus]

http://now.msn.com/frozen-mcrib-photo-goes-viral?ocid=ansnow11

This just looks nasty to me. Maybe it is better with rehydrated onions and dark brown high fructose corn syrup on it?

 

[bas1c]

http://now.msn.com/frozen-mcrib-photo-goes-viral?ocid=ansnow11

This just looks nasty to me. Maybe it is better with rehydrated onions and dark brown high fructose corn syrup on it?

I eat it once every few years only because it reminds me of the BBQ pork sandwich they used to serve in elementary school. I didn't like it back then or now, but it's nostalgic.

 

[PliotronX]

Its scrumptious and better than burger kings ripoff.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

It's frozen meat. That's what ALL frozen meat looks like. I'm not saying it's a quality product, but it's no different from a hamburger from a fast food joint.

But, yeah, McRibs really are disgusting.

 

[WilliamM2]

What did you expect frozen ground meat to look like? Only a douche like Brian Williams would find this newsworthy.

 

[bas1c]

It's frozen meat. That's what ALL frozen meat looks like. I'm not saying it's a quality product, but it's no different from a hamburger from a fast food joint.

But, yeah, McRibs really are disgusting.

At least they are symmetrical. I dig the natural rhombus shape.

 

[videogames101]

looks like frozen meat, 404 story not found

 

[JulesMaximus]

It's frozen meat. That's what ALL frozen meat looks like. I'm not saying it's a quality product, but it's no different from a hamburger from a fast food joint.

But, yeah, McRibs really are disgusting.

Sorry, pork ribs do not look like that. Not even frozen ribs.

 

[Eureka]

Again? Don't we have a McRib thread every year?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Are those ridges supposed to be bones? Or do these double as planks you can put under your wheels for traction if you get stuck in an icy parking lot?

 

[videogames101]

Sorry, pork ribs do not look like that. Not even frozen ribs.

it's ground obviously,

 

[JulesMaximus]

:whiste:

Again? Don't we have a McRib thread every year?

Yeah... so? What's your point?

It is time.

 

[JulesMaximus]

it's ground obviously,

So, you would eat that then?

 

[akahoovy]

Doesn't the McRib just come around when pork prices fall to a certain level?

 

[notposting]

Some bacon on it makes it nom nom nom.

 

[iRONic]

Again? Don't we have a McRib thread every year?

Every time they're rolled out somebody starts a thread.

 

[Ns1]

I just had another one yesterday. tasted like gloriousness.

 

[Kadarin]

it's ground obviously,

I strongly suspect McRib meat is NOT "ground pork", but rather more of a "pink-slime" concoction that was derived by chemists in a lab; inedible save for some ammonia treatment.

I have never eaten that crap and I never will.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Maybe these are the soles for astronaut boots made for walking on the moon and not really meat.

 

[videogames101]

So, you would eat that then?

Lets put it this way.

I really appreciate that McDonalds puts calorie values on the menu for all of their items. However, I'm not trying to diet.

I order from the dollar menu and pick the highest calorie option. :\

 

[dighn]

I strongly suspect McRib meat is NOT "ground pork", but rather more of a "pink-slime" concoction that was derived by chemists in a lab; inedible save for some ammonia treatment.

I have never eaten that crap and I never will.

not ground meat for sure, more like what you said, like hot dogs. though i do like hot dogs.

anyway the mcrib is pretty nasty. don't like the smell and it's greasy as hell.

 

[dank69]

Its scrumptious and better than burger kings ripoff.

The only thing that made the mcrib was the sauce if you can't duplicate the sauce why bother? BK just put regular bbq sauce on it talk about lazy fucks. Seriously the guy(s) that work for BK that came up with that bright idea probably made hundreds of thousands each and probably continue to make that for more failure decisions.

 

[destrekor]

I strongly suspect McRib meat is NOT "ground pork", but rather more of a "pink-slime" concoction that was derived by chemists in a lab; inedible save for some ammonia treatment.

I have never eaten that crap and I never will.

Jesus christ not this again.

I have no intention of "defending McDonald's" nor do I really particularly care for the McRib. I got it a few years in a row but I've shied away from it as of a few years ago, as the last time I had it I determined I'd either rather have fast food burger or whole cuts of pork - the McRib just wasn't doing it for me anymore.


But, unless McDonald's is challenging the FDA and has the biggest set of balls a corporation could ever have, there is absolutely no pink-slime product in the McRib.
Why? Because they clearly do not list mechanically separated pork on the ingredient list.

There is a BIG difference between taking stuff like offal, shoulder cut scraps, and probably scraps of other cuts and blending it together... compared to the true mechanically separated product, which includes all the connective tissues and whatnot.
It's absolutely illegal to use mechanically separated pork (or any meat) in a product and not CLEARLY list it as mechanically separated.

It's just about guaranteed the McRib and similar rib patties have stuff like tripe and various scraps, but it is definitely of a higher class of meat than mechanically separated. It should also contain no ammonia or anything to wash the meat. It could, that's not required to be listed - but that's typically only a step utilized in the production of MSM products.


You're more likely to pick something up at the grocery store containing MSM products (especially anything from Tyson foods, iirc), than you are to get anything from fast food joints with it. There are a host of OTHER concerns, very valid concerns, like how many and what preservatives and anti-foaming and bleaching agents are used - but the fast food industry got grilled for their use of MSM products, and they've also largely, if not 100% completely, moved away from using them. McDonald's is chief among the brands, at least within the US (they have a different menu in many countries, local products/tastes), to have gone 100% MSM-free. As I said, there are many reasons to dislike McD's, but MSM is not a valid reason at this time.

 

[MagickMan]

Oh yeah, the McGristle, so damned nasty.

 

[Fritzo]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/11-amazing-facts-about-the-mcdonald-s-mcrib-170212930.html

3. The McRib is a product of "restructured meat technology."

Rene Arend came up with the idea and design of the McRib, but it's a professor from the University of Nebraska named Richard Mandigo who developed the "restructured meat product" that the McRib is actually made of.

According to an article from Chicago magazine, which cites a 1995 article by Mandigo, "restructured meat product" contains a mixture of tripe, heart, and scalded stomach, which is then mixed with salt and water to extract proteins from the muscle. The proteins bind all the pork trimmings together so that it can be re-molded into any specific shape — in this case, a fake slab of ribs.