Deconstructing the McRib

by Nicole Weston, Posted Feb 20th 2006 @ 7:00PM

For those of you who have never encountered a McRib Sandwich, it is a boneless, rib-meat pork patty that is shaped, dunked in BBQ sauce and sold by McDonald's. The McRib bizarrely appears to have bones in it, due to its shape, though this is merely to give the product recognizability. McDonald's actually maintains a spoof site about boneless pig farmers, poking fun at the boneless nature of their patties. Processed meat patties are inherently unattractive on their own and McDonald's knows this. It is for this very reason that the McRib patties are dunked in hickory barbecue sauce before being served with onions and pickles on a 6-inch bun. For anyone wondering what the patty looks like on its own, Fast Food Facts has kindly deconstructed the sandwich for your viewing pleasure. And if, by some chance, you do not find processed meat to be pleasurable, it's at least very interesting.

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Filed Under: Food Oddities, On the Blogs, Ingredients, Chefs & Restaurants, Restaurants
Tags: america, barbeque, bbq, boneless pork, deconstructing the mcrib, fast food, fast food news, fast food sandwich, lunch, mc rib, McDonald's, mcrib, mcrib sandwich, oddities, pork, sandwich

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2-21-2006 @1:04AM Robyn said... I'm sorry, I have nothing to say other than, That's awesome!!
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2-21-2006 @8:56AM tr said... wow...what investigative reporting. you know, you can buy those rib-like meat things in the freezer section. and they were really cheap, too; around here, they were $1.99 for a 6 pack.

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