/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.16474266]

What was their secret? What was it about these burgers that allowed them to dominate.

[Anonymous No.16474269]

>>16474266
The buns. When I crave McD I am thinking of the buns. Plus the little onions.

[Anonymous No.16474273]

>>16474266
It just works so well. It's a burger you actually want to eat. The bread is soft. It's wider than it is tall. The vegetables don't need to be chewed a lot. It's just good.

[Anonymous No.16474354]

something about the onions mixed with the ketchup

[Anonymous No.16474395]

Burgers never mattered, Kroc said as much
It was all about having the right fry recipe. Which is different now but at that point they were already cemented

[Anonymous No.16474427]

>>16474266
probably the pink slime worm meat that my mom warned me about

i am addicted to that

[Anonymous No.16474463]

One of the (many) things Kroc got right from a business perspective was targeting families and older people with more money as opposed to the typical customers for hamburger resteraunts at the time which he described as "teenagers and men in leather jackets", who would often hang around all day smoking and presumably scaring off other customers, he banned cigarette vending machines and pinball machines from all mcdonalds, and generally set up the resteraunts to encourage diners to eat and leave in a short amount of time. I thought that was interesting and isn't mentioned often with the other things like speed and consistency when people talk about what makes mcdonalds successful

[Anonymous No.16474676]

>>16474266
sodium and msg

[Anonymous No.16474680]

>>16474266
>What was it about these burgers that allowed them to dominate.
They were cheap back then. Not so much now.

[Anonymous No.16474697]

The burgers barely matter, it was mostly about the experience and marketing as >>16474463 describes.

[Anonymous No.16474721]

>>16474463
They pulled some really janky shit to that end, too. Not just the hard uncomfortable moulded plastic chairs and stand-up tables, but they also originally had cone-shaped drink cups that you couldn't put down on the table and had to hold the entire time until you were finished.

[Anonymous No.16474725]

>>16474266
fast food innovations, branding, and advertisting. Food quality doesn't matter at all

[Anonymous No.16474829]

>>16474266
It's just the name bro

[Anonymous No.16474859]

>>16474266
It's not about the food it's about the production. Mcdonalds out produced and out marketed everybody else.

[Anonymous No.16474864]

>>16474266
McDonalds is more into the real estate business than it is fast food business. They bought up all of thenprime real estate and lease it out to franchisees to sell shitty burgers

[Anonymous No.16474872]

>>16474269
Is their secret just sugar then?

I guess back in the 40s there wouldn't have been sugar in everything yet, so those little bastards would have been like crack

[Anonymous No.16474895]

>>16474872
>I guess back in the 40s there wouldn't have been sugar in everything yet
You guessed wrong. Cheapo white bread primed full of additives and sugar has been a working class stereotype since back in pre-war Britain. It was actually one of the first instances of people complaining about rampant adulteration of food with unhealthy ingredients. It was cheap, vaguely nutritious, more palatable than a potato, and readily available.

[Anonymous No.16474921]

Believe it or not but there was a point in time where mcdonalds was a respectable place to get lunch

[Anonymous No.16474926]

>>16474921
In some places, it still is. Not so much in the "11 o'clock reservation at Dorsia" kind of respect, but in the passing "oh, that guy must be too busy with work to sit down for a proper meal" sort of respect.

[Anonymous No.16474929]

some kind of drug hidden in the "flavours" ingredient

[Anonymous No.16474958]

the cheese onions and meat texture in that order

[Anonymous No.16474967]

>>16474273
>wider than it is tall
Yeah. Biting into 3 inches of burger patty is not good. There’s no excuse for it.

[Anonymous No.16475570]

>>16474266
Heroin in the meat and cocaine in the soda. Look it up. It's all true

[Anonymous No.16475696]

>>16475570
i can believe this unironically

[Anonymous No.16475705]

>>16474266
>McFeast
Now discontinued in my country
>Hamburger
for kids
>double cheeseburger
Give me a quarter pounder over it any day.

[Anonymous No.16475773]

>>16475705
>missing the big mac

[Anonymous No.16475781]

>>16475773
That was on purpose. I have nothing to say about it. It deserves its status as a dominant burger.

[Anonymous No.16476004]

>>16474266
another thinly veiled mcshit thread

[Anonymous No.16476546]

>>16474266
it wasn't their burgers. the beef tallow fries were what made them popular. now it is just the cheapness of the food that keeps people coming back.

[Anonymous No.16476658]

>>16476546
but its not even that cheap anymore

[Anonymous No.16476683]

Their meat is made with toilet paper.

The burgers are specifically designed to be eaten without dentures, and prevent choking

[Anonymous No.16476721]

>>16474273
>>16474266
>>16474269
>>16474354
You all read like an ad. If any one of posters aren't being directly paid to post these, then you've been absolutely cucked by McMarketing teams.

[Anonymous No.16476726]

>>16476721
What did you expect me to write?

Ayooo shit nigga, the burger easy to eat cracka. The onion all minsed up yo. Cracka cracka nice nice burga homaboaya.

[Anonymous No.16476740]

>>16476721
Take your meds. This is a literallywho board with maybe 50 regular posts plus a couple hundred transients. Nobody is fucking paying people to advertise here, especially not to you.

[Anonymous No.16476814]

>>16474266
The answer is explained in this video

https://youtu.be/_bSvWZvLnUA

[Anonymous No.16476945]

For less than the cost of a Big Mac, fries and a Coke, you can buy a loaf of fresh bread and some good cheese or roast beef, which you will enjoy much more.

[Anonymous No.16476955]

Success breeds success and explains most things in our economy.

[Anonymous No.16476960]

>>16476945
I'm still waiting for this promo meal.

[Anonymous No.16476999]

>>16476740
then there's more people than I'd have expected that are absolutely cucked to the point that their speech is indistinguishable from mcdonnalds marketing.

[Anonymous No.16477012]

>>16476726
I'd expect people to write like a normal person speaks. Those posts sound like transcripts from a tv ad. I guess its a result of peoples thought being a product of their environment, and their environment being saturated with on brand advertising. Then resulting in their thought and speech being nothing more than regurgitated ads.

[Anonymous No.16477181]

>>16476999
>>16477012
you're turboautistic if you think "something about the onions mixed with the ketchup" is some globohomo .01% conspiracy manchurian candidate phrase

[Anonymous No.16477202]

>>16474721
>cone-shaped drink cups that you couldn't put down on the table
Uhh no? What kind of bullshit is this?

[Anonymous No.16477205]

>>16477181
that one not so much in isolation but read next to the others it sounds very on brand. And if you read this one and didn't notice the blatant corporate speak you're in total denial.

>>16474273
>It just works so well. It's a burger you actually want to eat. The bread is soft.

come on, that kids been totally brainwashed, who the fuck talks like that outside of an actor in an ad? It reminds me of that scene in Truman show where his wife suddenly cuts to a product placement mid argument.

[Anonymous No.16477227]

>>16477205
do you have an iq of like 75-80?

jesus fuck have you never written ANYTHING in your life? essay? short story? jesus fuck anon. you're a literal and legitimate loser. being able to add intonation into writing isn't a massive feat.

[Anonymous No.16477254]

>>16477205
>nnoooooooooo he’s not speaking in meme speak like this greentext that’s quoting me right now nooooooooooo soi soi soi tranny tranny tranny nooooooooo not the heckin chungus soi boogaloo doge wholesome keanu amogus nooooooooo

[Anonymous No.16477267]

>>16477227
I've got an IQ around 120 and I've written a bunch of things, however I don't think that's relevant. I think you're just lashing out with stereotypical "you're dumb" insults after being confronted with the realisation that people speaking in this manner is a result of marketing saturation. It's uncomfortable to admit the extent to which marketing has effected people subconsciously. You'd rather call me a retard than notice this unnerving yet blatant truth. It's safer to think these people are not effected at all buy their environment, and they maintain full autonomy of thought. Because their environment is similar to your environment. You're not brainwashed, right? Right. I'm probably just low IQ and never write. Also I wonder what their secret is, their all beef patty on a soft bun works so well, it's a burger you actually want to eat.

[Anonymous No.16477294]

>>16477202
>"Further marketing techniques were implemented to change McDonald's from a sit down restaurant to a fast food chain. They used such things as turning off the heating to prevent people wanting to stay so long, fixed and angled seating so the customer would sit over their food promoting them to eat faster, spreading the seats further apart so being less of a sociable place to dine in, and giving their customers branded cone shaped cups forcing them to hold their drink while eating which would speed up the eating process."
>Hess, Alan (March 1986). Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

[Anonymous No.16477297]

I consider them baby food. Everything is so damn soft.

[Anonymous No.16477311]

>>16474829
Based and founderpilled

[Anonymous No.16477362]

>>16477267
Cool. Post your citations. How is this the result of brainwashing? Surely you have empirical evidence, right? This isn’t just a “dude, trust me” moment, right?

[Anonymous No.16477370]

>>16477267
touch grass.

[Anonymous No.16477412]

>>16477254
Is soy seriously filtered on /ck/ of all things you have to say that

[Anonymous No.16477428]

>>16477412
No. It's a good board tourist identifier, too. You can say soy, soy sauce, soya, soya beans, etc.

[Anonymous No.16478844]

>>16477202
>he doesn't know about cone cups

[Anonymous No.16478955]

>>16474697
this

[Anonymous No.16479798]

>>16474864
nowadays yes but it's not what make them sucessful

[Anonymous No.16479994]

>>16474266
Their burgers aren't even that good. The fries are decent though

[Anonymous No.16480046]

>>16474273
>it's a burger you actually want to eat.
Was it autism?

[Anonymous No.16480059]

>>16477227
>jesus fuck

[Anonymous No.16480870]

>>16474266
70 years of brainwashing and indoctrination to eating garbage

[Anonymous No.16480887]

>>16474273
Thank you for the response, fellow McHuman! I couldnt agree more, McDonald's (tm) meat based products are easy to eat, and very enjoyable for humans like us.

0.01 Burgercoins ($Poop) have been deposited into your wallet.

[Anonymous No.16480964]

>>16474273

[Anonymous No.16480969]

>>16480964
awkward white space got added out of nowhere..

[Anonymous No.16480980]

>>16474273

[Anonymous No.16481068]

Fuck mcdonalds.
They're always managed by lazy niggers and the fries are never salty and last time I went the food was stale.

[Anonymous No.16481112]

>>16474967
You're wrong

[Anonymous No.16481145]

>>16474266
>sugar in the ketchup and in the buns
>tanginess in the mustard and in the pickles
>MSG and salt in the meat and cheese
>crispness of the lettuce/onions/pickles
>nuggets absolutely drenched in sodium, MSG, and white/black pepper, fried to perfect crispness, and served with HFCS-laden sauces
>perfect crisp fries with just a touch of salt and beef flavor added
>served with delicious sweet beverages designed to stimulate the appetite
>all delivered in a timely and affordable manner
Literally the perfect business model for a restaurant. Designed to be addicting, yet affordable.

[Anonymous No.16481169]

>>16476960
>loaf of fresh bread
Couple bucks
>good cheese
Lolno, you're getting a pack of Kraft singles. Couple bucks
>roast beef
Great Value brand prepackaged shit from a factory. Three bucks or more
I'm sure you'll enjoy it a lot more

[Anonymous No.16481190]

They just werk