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I always dash up to Big Tom's when the plumbing's running a little slow. We've nicknamed it the High-Colonic Burger.

The goop was great I know the recipe. Big Tom's was the greatest when I grew up. My little league team would go there, or Shakey's, after we won. There was one in Lacey and Tumwater too, but I think the West Olympia is the only one left. (Tito, did you go to Evergreen, St. Martins, or SPSCC? I went to Evergreen class of 90.)

Not a fan of mayo, so no "goop" for me.

The picture looks almost like the burgers I make at home in my cast iron skillet. Makes me want to whip some up right now. Yummy!

In singapore they still deep fry the apple pies.
I had to eat my fill.
I hate the "healthy" baked US version.

@ Martini Me: Yes, I certainly do remember that cheddar-melt-on-rye! It might have been national, because I live in California. I'm not the kind of person who willingly goes into a McDonald's, so I ran into it by sheer luck.

Absolutely loved it. It was more of a Welsh-rarebit thing - It seemed more like a thick cheese sauce - but combined with the grilled onions and rye bread - sheer brilliance. The only McDonald's menu item I've ever actually relished.

Say, we have a big block of cheddar and a bag of onions...

I guess I"m a late poster - but when we lived in MN, Kowalski's is the absolute bomb. Unbelievable selection, best produce, meat & cheese, great service, their deli was awesome - and they were open 24 hours.

I'm back in FL now, so Publix is #1, with Sweetbay running a close second. The butcher at Publix deboned our duck, chicken and goose for Thanksgiving for FREE.

@emilydev - I live in Milwaukee too and remember the McBrat. I remember thinking what a stupid thing to have on the menu in WI. We are brat connessiuers here. We can get them all year round and we know the only way to cook them is in beer with onions. McD's could never better that. I also remember pizza on the menu in Illinois. Does anyone remember the Cheddar Melt? I was never sure if that was a regional thing or not. It had a cheddar cheese sauce, fried onions on a rye bun. They were actually pretty darn good.

Also why isn't the McRib a regular menu item? They sell it in some parts of the US for like a month then it goes away for another year. Is this a great marketing scheme?

The last time I went to indonesia 10 years ago McDonald's had just introduced fried chicken and rice into their menu. I LOVE spicy foods, but McD's fried chicken was ridiculously spicy, the only sensation I had was a burning feeling. I wouldn't mind trying it again though, to see if my spicy-food threshold has changed since.

On our trip to Maui, we had the fried apple pies (as opposed to the cardboard baked apple pies in the states). They also had a banana fried pie and a haupia one (coconut custard). If I'm not imagining things, I also think that they had an olive mayo condiment available in the Peru McDonald's. Finally, in Montreal, they had, but we weren't hungry enough to try, a double stack Big Mac.

In the UK, I can remember signs advertising 'NEW! McDonald's Chicken n' Mayo Sandwich!' It was a chicken breast, on a bun, with mayo. How thrilling.

On the other hand, Burger King occasionally does Onion Bhaji Rings, which kick all kinds of bum. If you've never had an onion bhaji, you're missing out on the full potential of onions.

Poi at a Hawaii McDonald's?! Given how difficult it is to obtain and its high cost, that's kind of unbelievable even if it was eons ago. wildorchid, did you have poi there more than 25 years ago, because that's how long I've lived in Hawaii and I've never seen it on the menu. Spam, portuguese sausage (known as linguisa to mainland folk), saimin (so salty it'll make your hands swell up), haupia (coconut cream) pie, and taro (from whence poi is from), and once upon a time when they were featuring plate lunches macaroni salad and two scoops of rice--those I all remember, but not poi.