/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>16234129
The patties are nothing special, I think it comes down to McDonald's ketchup (which is unique tasting and iconic) and the cheese they use.

>>16234134
Forgot, the bun as well. A bit sweeter than other places.

>>16234134
Don't forget the salt and sugar added in to their patties...and their ketchup is literally Heinz cut it out.

>>16234134
they put some weird seasoning on those patties mate

>>16234129
Sugar, MSG, and starch. i'm not saying that as an insult, those are the 3 compounds that give you good brain chemicals in a mcdouble

>>16234141
>their ketchup is literally Heinz
absolutely not, it's much sweeter and has a distinct flavour. they manufacture it themselves.

>>16234129
I order no pickles/onions so I can enjoy the umami of the patty.

>>16234156
> implying you can taste it over all the salt and sugar they add to their patties

Ketchup is a terrible condiment anyhow, and McFuckups is a terrible burger chain. Their nuggets are shit, their mac sauce is literally thousand island with a dash of ketchup, their chicken sandwiches are 'alright' on a good day, their coffee drinks suck and are loaded with sugar, and their 'ice cream' comes from a powder mix. Everything about McWTF's is shit tier food.

>>16234169
The pickles/onions contribute to the iconic flavour of the McDouble, but enjoy it as you like.

>>16234179
You looked it up and realized you were wrong huh

>>16234179

ketchup is quite literally the perfect condiment, the condiment ne plus ultra, the alpha and omega.

>>16234188
Well I wasnt 100% wrong. McDonald's used to have Heinz as their provider until a BK ceo took over in 2013. I've been away for a while, don't judge me.

>>16234190
OK it hits every flavor profile, but personally it's disgusting. You know the condiment was originally developed to hide the taste of spoiled meat, right?

>>16234215
>You know the condiment was originally developed to hide the taste of spoiled meat
How are you so consistently wrong? The whole "spices and garlic was used to cover up spoiled meat" is a myth as well.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2012/05/ketchups-chinese-origins-how-it-evolved-from-fish-sauce-to-todays-tomato-condiment.html

I haven't eaten McDonald's in years but I remember the mcdouble being dry and bland.

I think nearly all sit down restaurants in the world would give you a "better" burger

>>16234309
It's neither dry nor bland also
>comparing a burger that is literally $1.59 to sit-down restaurant burgers
no shit homie

they use cows that are quite lean at a specific age, they squish the patties very thinly and then flash freeze the patties, then they are clamshell grilled 25~ seconds each side, then seasoned with salt and pepper
its the flash freeze (not regular freezing) that gives the characteristic taste

>>16234280
I'm not debating that. When H.J. Heinz developed his ketchup recipe in the late 1800's he 1.) used clear glass bottles to show his customers that his product was safe and shelf stable and 2.) perfected it's flavor where it hit all the flavor profiles.
This made it perfect for concealing the taste of rancid meats that were prevalently sold in the US at the time, so it took off like a rocket in the culinary world because it's flavor profile is so overwhelming that it'll cover up damn near anything.

>>16234364
>1.) used clear glass bottles to show his customers that his product was safe and shelf stable and 2.) perfected it's flavor where it hit all the flavor profiles.
has nothing to do with spoiled meat. Source on the rest?

>>16234364
>be me living in 1895 New York City.
>go to butcher shop and ask for a roast.
>get handed a beef chunk that smells like death and is teeming with maggots.
>think, 'this is fine i'll just cover it in some of that new Heinz tomato ketchup in the clear glass bottle.
>don't walk literally 20 steps down the block to the next butcher shop.
>don't watch that butcher cut a fresh clean roast off of a carcass hanging in a cooler chilled with pure clean pre industrial Adirondack slabs of ice.
>non of my friends or family go to that other butcher either.
>we all just eat rotting meat with Heinz ketchup.

I love how everyone shits on McDonalds but they are literally superior to every other fast food chain in every way

>>16234596
>teleports behind u

Habit burger is better

>>16234596
yup
>>16234606
>teleports to a flyover state

>>16234647
coasties MAD

>>16234129
From what I've learned, it's really almost a jerky type of meat. It can last up to weeks, it's small enough to not attract too much bacteria until after a certain amount of time, and it's so damn seasoned that it can withstand various temp changes.

https://youtu.be/yE5PGe6B95o

I'm a fat kid and I've had mcdoubles and mcchickens in my room for over 3 day weekends while I be lazy, hide food, and nothing bad ever happens to the food. The buns get stale, that's the only thing I'll say that happens.

>>16234606
Chad
Literally had that shit yesterday, never gets old

white onion, boiled onion flakes into the burger, salt, pepper, simple fry. Mustard, Ketchup, etc. It's all about the onion. You dipshits can probably figure it out.

>>16234328
>no shit homie
The OP
Says you literally can't make a burger tastier than the mcdouble.
I said most sit down restaurants will make you a tastier burger

Why would you disagree with me you dumb asshole?

>>16234718
hahahhahaha seethe retard

>>16234728
Seethe at what?

>>16234179
So fucking true. McDerpys would be decent as a business IF they were able to keep their Dollar cheeseburgers. But now, they are cost competitive with literally every other fast food joint in the area, and in some menu items, fast casual and low end restaurant chains. It's brand clout at this point. How do people eat that shit? Every part of the US that isn't some hodunk shitheap has a local burger place that blows McDerps out of the Water. I mean fuck, I can go to Arkansas and get Braums for the same price, and it's near-superior to In-N-Out for the same price as McDonalds.

Their business model is fucking stupid, and until they lower prices and bring back dollar sausage burritos and snack wraps, they can fucking fail as a business for all I care.

>>16234606
culvers is too far from my house and they don't have an app I can order from. I don't order at drive thrus or inside anymore, app order only.

>>16234736
you tell me you dumb asshole

>>16234757
>you tell me you dumb asshole

Ok. you're telling me to seethe at the fact that you didn't understand what the thread was about.

>>16234774
hahahhahaha seethe retard

>>16234776
Wow. How embarrassing.

>>16234754
I like Culvers, kopps is better though if you happen to be close enough to the two locations.

>>16234783
>still seething
hahahhahaha retard

>>16234129
Yes you can. You can order the Daily Double (secret menu item), which is essentially a miniature version of the McDLT/Big N' Tasty, i.e. Whopper knockoff. Tomato and mayonnaise is a magic combination that too few people are able to appreciate, it seems.

>>16234842
>McDLT/Big N' Tasty
what the fuck are those

>>16234606
There is a culvers opening near me. But all the ones I've had in Illinois have not been as good as they are in Wisconsin. I know Wisconsinites hate us (and we hate them) but that is below the belt, man.

>>16234831
>>still seething
At what?

Inb4 you don't tell me

>>16234849
Ancient history items. The closest thing to those that exists on the McDonald's menu today is the Quarter Pounder Deluxe. They tried and tried again to copy the whopper to no avail, and wound up with the Quarter Pounder Deluxe.

>>16234854
>is seething
>what am I seething at?
know yourself bro, let go of the hurt lmfaoooo

A McDonald's near me is fully automated. I'm going to try it out next week. Will report back.

>>16234129

sweet bun, mcD cheese, mcD seasoning, correct ratio of bun to meat. good ratio of ketchup to mustard. and available to you in 1-4 minutes. maybe the bun could look better tho

>>16234866
hi phoenix nigger. I would unironically love that, no nasty ass niggas coughing and sneezing and touching my good.

>>16234866
>fully automated
it was always going to be mcdonalds that did it first
all those poor wagies are going to have to be supported by the government with my tax dollars now

>>16234872
Yes. It will be even faster, and the service will be better. Who wouldn't want this?

>>16234754
>culvers is too far from my house
then move

>>16234860
>Ancient history items

Is that not a thing anymore? I used to work at mcdicks during highschool and remember the big n tasty. It was just a quarter pounder with slightly different toppings

I did 3rd shift with a kindof hot scene girl who was trying to fuck me but I didn't want to cheat on my Christian gf who wouldn't fuck me at the time

anyway, thanks for reading my blog.

>>16234862
Jesus, fuck off already
Inb4 you respond to this with "seething"

>>16234895
Wow. How embarrassing.

>>16234889
I just think big n tasty is a stupid name and that's why it tanked. Not even because it was a bad sandwich (it wasn't) but because people were repulsed by that stupid ass marketing intern derived name? What the fuck were they thinking with that? That's right, they weren't thinking.

>>16234904
It sounds like something mcdonalds india or mcdonalds sweden would serve

>>16234899
Calling on Jesus, an imaginary friend type of figure, to save you in a time of need is indeed embarrassing. Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps. Don't call an imaginary friend to come save you.

>>1623489
Man, you're not even clever enough to come up with your own insults, you have to copy paste mine?

Ok, let's see if I can get ahead of this...
Inb4 you respond with "sething" or "cope" or a quote of anything I said. Or any variation of the aforementioned. Oh, no soyjacks either.

>>16234129
Any McDonald's OG knows the older McDoubles were better. I was just talking about this to a friend. 10 years ago we'd get McDoubles after class everyday, and we got some the other for the first time in years. Completely different taste.

inb4 "pink slime"

>>16234914
>still sneeding
How embarrassing, you dumb asshole

>>16234930
Lol, got you.

>>16234718
I never disagreed with you though. Also the dude you're arguing with isn't me. He's clearly trolling, why do you respond?

i unironically tried to eat macdonaledes everey singele daye for a week, morgan spurlock-style, and i had to quit on day three, because i felt like i was going to throw up all over myself if i ate it for even one more day

>>16234934
hahahhahaha retard

>>16234918
I'm a McDonald'sji, and I say McDoubles taste identically to the ones I had as a wee lad.

>>16234904
>I just think big n tasty is a stupid name and that's why it tanked
Yeah it was absurd. Corporate tried to figure out how to combine ingredients that were already on site into something technically new and market it. The name sucked

It's kind of sad that only the saddest sandwiches at McDonald's are identical to the ones they served in the 1950's, when people were not fat.

>>16234952
This is why you don't hire marketing majors to do your marketing.

>>16234938
>Also the dude you're arguing with isn't me. He's clearly trolling, why do you respond?

I'm posting on 4 chan anyway.
We're all fucking around here anyway, and I got the guy to demonstrate that the best he was capable of was copy pasting "seethe". And so that was fun for a while as I posted about other stuff.

>>16235001
>still seething
hahahhahaha retard

For me it's the McChicken unironically

>>16234129
i tried one and it wasnt that great, i can make better. however the bun is really nice, its soft and sweet and lightly toasted. definitely helps.

>>16234129
I'd rather eat 3 mcdoubles for the same price as one five guys burger

>>16234215

it was originally fucking medicine, numbnuts.

still is. it's exquisite. ketchup is the perfect condiment. i love it.

>>16234364

you're a fucking retarded liar

>>16234129
But it's not at all tasty. It tastes like generic meat, if you can even taste it past the onions and pickles, and feels like rubber. Virtually any burger restaurant in my country serves a tastier hamburger than this that actually has a width.

>>16234129
i duplicated a mcdonalds burger by just making an extremely thin patty and seasoning with a bunch of salt and msg

msg is actually the secret ingredient

OP i present to you, Grand Double Cheeseburger Bacon, the best of McDonalds burgers, btw do you even have the Grand variants in muttland ?

>rock and roll mcdonalds
>rock and roll mcdonalds

It’s sugar in the buns, sugar in the ketchup, sugar in the meat, sugar in the cheese, it’s just fucking sugar. It’s not rocket science.

>>16234364

>>16234141
>and their ketchup is literally Heinz cut it out.
wrong
they dropped heinz (this almost bankrupted them)
and switched to their own recipe

>>16238647
he's retarded, take it easy on him

>>16234129
-actual crispy bacon
-mac sauce
-pickled jalapenos instead of pickles

>>16234129

>You literally can’t make a burger tastier than the McDouble

Yes, you can.

>>16234596
wendys > mcd

>>16234606
I miss it so much bros. I like living on the coast too, but losing Butterburgers was a tangible reminder of everything I left behind.