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I will only eat the filet o fish, the burgers are nasty.

The unappetizing photo's of a modern-day 's Big Mac, posted above, which looked like it was sitting on the counter for a couple of days with it's grayish-colored meat and insipid bun, is a far cry from what "shipwreck" described in his post. I worked the grill in McDonald's when I was in high school in the mid-1970's and can affirm his well-written description of the burger-making process back in those days.

I am 52 years old and I have NEVER eaten a Big Mac, not once-I don't think I missed out on anything, either!!!Summerlin

When the menu consisted of a hamburger, cheeseburger, double burger, double cheeseburger, filet-o-fish and fries, I was working at MacDonalds during summer vacation from high school when the Big Mac was introduced in 1968. [ yeah I'm an old guy ] It was instantly my #2 favorite burger the other from a oneonly drive-in ( the Burger Q ) that charbroiled their 1/2lb burger ( one 1/2lb patty ), but I digress. But now the flat-top grills are gone replaced by microwaves due to the food-bourne bacteria hysteria ( and rightly so due to questionable safety of processed foods ) . The burgers are no longer grilled with salt and pepper and sprinkled with dehydrated onions that re-hydrated during cooking and gave the patties a nice browned/searwd crust on both sides and the cheese melted on the patties while still on the grill. At the same time the buns were placed on the grill to toast and a bit of hamburger grease would get on the face of the bun to add to the toasted flavor only a griddle can produce. Then when assembled care was actually taken as strict guide lines had to be followed, even the pickles had to be spread out (3) with edges just touching not in a pile off to the side half off the burger , the lettuce and sauce also had to be properly placed and in the correct amounts. This all lead to a tasty burger at a very cheap 49 cents.
So these pre-cooked microwaved abominations they now try to pass off are simply horrible and almost nauseating to the point I almost hurled after eating one ( only a few bites ) awhile back on a powerdrive road trip. Should have gone to Taco Bell for a value taco and value bean burrito about a buck-fity with alot of the fire hotsauce they're survival food in small quanitities.

You know, I fell for it itoo. I never saw the "wonderment" in the Big Mac, I was always a double cheeseburger or QP fan. I loved the fries as a kid, and used to love BK's until they changed the texture. As an adult, I take my kids when they ask to go every now and then, mostly not. I always suggest a healtier alternative. I found myself once in the drive thru having ordered chicken nuggets for the boy, awaiting a QP the wait was exciting, as I remembered how great the burger tasted once. After getting the order, the fries were cold, and the burger somehow lost something. I think I will try it again today and then hit the treadmil tonight to run off the 2k ingested.....................well, maybe I won't!!

McDonald's used to be much better when the burgers would come hot off the grill. These days, they're pre-cooked and are passed through some sort of conveyor belt unit to heat up, much the same as with Burger King, although at the Burger King near me, they throw the pre-cooked burgers in the microwave..yeeech!!!
The moronic, politically correct times that we now live in, which resulted in McDonald's once-great-tasting fries being cooked in vegetable oil, makes me long for the good old days. The removal of trans-fats (and who knows what else?) at the behest of our busy-body government has resulted in blander-tasting food.

I had a qrt pounder about a month ago and before that years, they seem smaller to me, does anyone think that they got smaller?

Too me the Big Mac is garbage.

Yes, but all that aside, who among us cannot still sing the jingle "Two all beef patties, special sauce, pickles, lettuce, cheese, onions on a sesame seed bun"?

"McDonald’s does their best to keep the produce they use as local as possible,"

What a pure piece of genius satire!

i kind of wish i had eaten big macs as a kid, because i had my first [and only] one a year or two ago and didnt like it... so i feel no attachment or nostalgia to the thing. i mean, wtf, NO cheese on the top layer? i want a peice of waxy, melty orange cheese atop each one of my burgers! my fixation with gooey cheese [be it weird, faux cheese] is pretty much the only reason to eat McDs. double cheese/double QP ftw!

Ouch, harsh, guys. I mean, I like good, real food as much as the next person, but man, sometimes a sister just wants a Big Mac. I was kind of excited to see this review, as it looked like a step back from pretension, maybe even a justification of a guilty pleasure. But alack.
Ah well. The day I get to be such a "foodie" that I can't enjoy the occasional Big Mac is the day I hope to die.

Oh btw, I also went to McDonalds a day after watching Super Size Me, it put the craving in me even tho I almost puked watching the film!