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I remember buying a couple of theor special edition burgers a few years back and they weren't anything special. As the OP says, just a cheeseburger with crappy lettuce and a vaguely different sauce.
Don't bother with them anymore. |
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This winds me up each year. They promote 5 new burgers in 5 weeks, yet from what I can see, 4 of the 5 are just cheese and bacon burgers with the only slight differences being the bun and the sauces and maybe a slightly different cheese.
I'd kind of hope for a bit more variety myself. Quote:
...I just don't see any association between the burgers and the cities they claim to represent.
For example, as I said above 4 of the 5 burgers have cheese and bacon. which is commonplace and don't really relate to any region in particular. The first week is the Miami Melt, which has a chilli and chive bun. How does that relate to Miami specifically - it doesn't in my opinion. The one burger that doesn't have bacon is the Texas Grande - here is the description. How is Pepperoni Tex Mex? To me pepperoni is usually associated with Pizza - Texas is usually associated with Tex Mex, BBQ or Steak where if anything Chicago is known for Deep Dish Pizza and New York is also known for it's thin crust Pizzas. Yet the Chicago burger is again the generic Cheese and Bacon with a cheese topped bun and salsa - what does that have to do with Chicago? I can just about buy the New Orleans as it has a Cajun sauce, but the others don't seem to have anything specific to the region. It's not meant to be fine dining, deep nor meaningful.I'll probably pop in tomorrow for one of these - it's the only time I bother going to McD.
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It is a way of marketing. Simple.
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Perhaps they should do a Man versus Food burger.
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Maybe they should concentrate on making their burgers taste like meat.
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Maybe the OP needs to manange their expectations before ordering tasteless swill. Or eat elsewhere.
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Maybe the OP needs to manange their expectations before ordering tasteless swill. Or eat elsewhere.
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What would you all do for the regional burgers? For texmex I'd go for a chilli beef burger, with pepper cheese, jalapenos, letteuce and a sour cream type sauce.
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I haven't eaten one and rarely use McDonalds. I'm simply commenting on the basis of the endless adverts on TV for it.
Its called marketing. Do you actually believe everything in an advert?
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So you dont even eat them any way? So whats all the whinge about then? I dont watch any adverts any more any way, always "blip" past them.
Its called marketing. Do you actually believe everything in an advert? ![]() I'm fully aware it's marketing. I'm also aware that many customers will eat the burgers no matter what simply based on the ingredients. I just think though, if they are going to go to the trouble of creating burgers pertaining to a region, they could make a little more effort. As someone says above, if they are going down the TexMex route then Chilli, Jalapenos, Sour Cream would be the way forward rather than Pepperoni which is more associated with Italian/Pizza. |
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The "each one only available for a week" thing makes some people that would otherwise think "I'll go to KFC" decide to go to McDonalds as they "must try it while they still can" (even though it'll be rubbish as described in this thread).
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Partially due to the attention I have given to this topic, I decided to try the Chicago Supreme burger.
It was acceptable, although as predicted no more unique than any generic burger with cheese and bacon. As I keep saying, nothing about it screamed 'Chicago', but I guess as long as they sell and appear to look decent, nobody cares about the name. |
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So what are the actual details of each one then? What makes them different?
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So what are the actual details of each one then? What makes them different?
http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/food/beef...o-supreme.mcdj As others have said the key differences for this one seem to be the inclusion of salsa and a cheese-topped bun. |
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Cheers you two.
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I haven't eaten one and rarely use McDonalds. I'm simply commenting on the basis of the endless adverts on TV for it.
And as you're not keen on McDonalds anyway, why bitch at all? |
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Hardly 'endless' is it? It's a limited offer - one week for each - so the advertising is as you'd expect.
And as you're not keen on McDonalds anyway, why bitch at all? What's the issue? If it doesn't interest you, why comment at all? Otherwise, why not try making a relevant counter argument rather than just questioning my motives for posting it. If we took that approach to every topic, there would hardly be any threads. I see far less relevant topics discussed that get pages of debate. |
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So what are the actual details of each one then? What makes them different?
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I'd like to see the McYorkshire burger - basically a quarter pounder but using a yorkshire pudding rather than a bun.
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As I said, it's simply a discussion point (in my opinion) which I'm making in a dedicated Food forum on a Food related topic.
What's the issue? If it doesn't interest you, why comment at all? Otherwise, why not try making a relevant counter argument rather than just questioning my motives for posting it... |
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I'm a keen cook (not a chef
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I'm a keen cook (not a chef
) and have eaten and cooked all sorts of lovely food from around the globe. However, I did some homemade McDonalds burgers the other day which were SUBLIME! Nothing like comfort food. ![]() |
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I always fall for the McDonald's promotional burger. They are invariably not much cop.
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If you took the time to read your own thread, you'd see I already commented on the topic in hand. Each to his/her own, but if you enjoy wasting energy bitching about things which don't even interest you, good luck.:yawn:
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It's not meant to be fine dining, deep nor meaningful.
