Which Failed McDonald's Product Should Be Revived?

mc Fishbites. I think that's what it was called. Best thing ever!

The Cheeseburger. (Have you had one lately?)

The McRib, with new & improved fake bones.

I choose McDLT, I seriously miss them, but I could add the original high-fat fries, the best fries there ever were.

The probably toxic concoction that was the original MCDonalds "Orange drink."

I'm pretty sure the majority of your listed items were never marketed in the US, so how would we know? The only ones I've ever heard of were the McDLT, McPizza and Big-n-Tasty. ("Super Size" is not a different type of food, so that's irrelevant.)

The McGratin just sounds nasty. Therefore, resurrect it in those inbred Midwestern states and maybe they'll die out.

No love for the Arch Deluxe?

R6 I didn't mention the word "food' anywhere.

The above 10 are failed products/product lines that are no longer found on the McDonald's menu today.

The "Super Size" product line was stopped after the documentary "Super Size Me" popped up a few years ago.

The question isn't "which discontinued product have you sampled?" but which product/product line you want to see revived so you might actually get to try it (if you're curious about it).

Most LGBT teenagers around the world might not have tasted a single item listed above but they can vote (like myself & others) out of curiosity. :)

cheeseburger

the side salad

The Steak Sandwich from the late-1970s/early-1980s.

I think McDonald's, which claimed it wasn't successful in some markets, bailed because of the expense of the product in relation to their guideline in menu prices. (Back then, McDonald's didn't want to much a gap so that its items appeared very affordable.)

Another vote for McDLT. Great burger, surprisingly so considering where it came from.

The McLobster ? I've got to go google whatever the fuck that is ...... probably just a nasty ol' lobster roll.

Do they still do the orange milkshake ? I think it was seasonal like the shamrock shake.

I'd vote for that.

Also the Mc Alexis Arquette DOES sound nasty. Gotta google that one too.

fajitas

McPizza was actually really good.

Was the DLT the burger that came with the cool vegetables on one side of the box and the burger and condiments on the other side of the box?

Correct R17.

@LosFelizDaycare Jan 22

Bach's au pair dropped him off with a 2 for 2 McDonald's breakfast and now Bach goes to a perfectly qualified daycare in the Silverlake area

It is absolute garbage, who the fuck cares what they do.

McLean Deluxe

List of McDonald's products

[quote] No love for the Arch Deluxe?

I liked it when I was eight. That's why I stopped trying new things: every new thing I liked got taken away too soon.

the McPumpkin Pie they used to sell in the Fall when I was little. that stuff was gooey orange-brown crack!

The McMozzerella Sticks

McDLT died when McDonalds did away with styrofoam. How in the world could you keep "the hot side hot and the cold side cold," as advertised without it?

I'm with r14 with the shakes. I lived for the Shamrock Shake around St. patty's day when I was a little fatty. Not a huge fan of the Artic Orange but my brother was. I also really miss their big ass cheese and apple Danishes.

The original, higher golden arches that always inspired the vault of my eyebrows.

I worked at McDs back in the 70s as a teenager. They did not overcook the patties the way they do now because of E. coli etc so they were at least somewhat juicy and tender, unlike the dried out shoe leather they serve now. We used to mix the shamrock and chocolate shakes together - mmmm good. Wonder why they never offered that combo on the menu?

The Chicken Parmesan was good.

Definitely the root beer float. It would be an immediate huge money maker.

Totally the McPizza... those things rocked.

But... before the nation-wide McPizza, they had a different one that was even better. It was a deep-fried stuffed pizza... like a Hot Pocket thing. It was DELICIOUS. But as far as I know it was only test marketed in the Columbus Ohio area in the mid 80s.

I also wish they'd bring back the McChicken. All the ones around here are the "Hot and Spicy" version... you can't get a REGULAR one. I hate the fake chemical burn of the "Hot and Spicy" ones. I want the REGULAR McChicken!

Also the "ChickenLT" was a great, low-calorie grilled chicken that was delicious (it was at the same time as the McDLT). Lettuce, Tomato, honey mustard, grilled chicken, on a toasted bun.

I also wish they'd bring back my favorite desserts: Baked Cherry Pies (they almost never have them around here), Egg Nog shakes during the holidays.... and back in the early 80s, they did a "Wild Raspberry Shake" that was fucking delicious.

But more than anything else, I wish they'd bring back the Chicken Fajitas. THOSE THINGS RULED.

Back in the eighties/early-nineties they had a Cheddar Melt. It was a quarter pound burger with a rye bun and a cheese sauce with onions on the meat. Those were so good.

CHIKEN FAJITAS!!!

R25, those are already back.

I liked the recent Angus burgers...their higher priced options were halfway decent, but seems like they have cut a lot of those.

They recently had 'special quarter pounders', and one of them was the "Jabenero Ranch" Quarter Pounder... I loved that thing. So zesty and tangy.

When that went away with their recent "menu simplification', I stopped going. I only started going again when they started the 24-hour breakfast thing.

I hate their new chicken sandwiches ("BUTTERMILK!")

I want the "Southern Style Chicken Sandwich" back. It was better than Chick-Fil-A!

McD's used to be good road trip food because it was clean and consistent. That has changed in the last decade or so and it is no longer trust worthy at all. For a while, a good bet was to eat only at corporate owned outlets, but the last time I did, I got a burger that smelled like bleach...

Now when I drive, I carry a cooler and buy deli meat at supermarkets along the way for sandwiches. This also allows me to drink milk instead of soda.

Milk is NOT a better alternative than Soda. Blech.

R38 = A stepford wife.

They had the McLobster at some coastal NE McDs this summer. I haven't been there since then so I don't know if they still have them. To my recollection, it is usually only a summer offering - although I might be thinking that because I'm usually only there during the summer. It isn't bad - big chunks of real lobster and just a bit of mayo.

Or you could just order milk instead of soda.

I enjoyed the Cheddar Melt which has been long gone in the US

You had me until milk, r38.

The Asian Chicken Salad... it was delicious.

It's crap food so none of it. There are just better options.

R46 = Colonel Sanders

The Louisiana Hot Sauce for the Chicken Nuggets.

I always liked the McTwink until I got a taste of the McDilf.... They are really tasty when you can get one.

McDonald's is making a McComeback.

I wish they did the 'special shake' thing where they had different shakes every quarter.... Egg Nog for Holidays, Peppermint in the winter, Shamrock Shakes in the spring, Arctic Orange in the summer, Wild Raspberry in the fall.

They did that with pies for a while too. Cherry in the winter, Pineapple in the spring, Blueberry in the summer, Pumpkin in the fall.

The "product" they should revive are spotlessly clean stores. That's what they use to be know for on road trips where you'd stop to use the bathrooms. Got them a lot of business because then a lot of the time you'd end up buying something. The last few times i've been in the stores complete mess. So they don't get that business anymore. Lot control of the franchise.

Come to think of it, they've discontinued all the things I actually liked at McDonalds.

McRoadKill

The chorizo burrito was my guilty pleasure. I loved them.

The thing I miss is the prices. Remember "Two Big Macs for Two Bucks"? That was in the 90s.

Now a single big-mac is nearly five bucks.

Ever know of someone who had actually tried to order something from the "super secret menu" or whatever it's called.Instead of discontinued items, it's more like very special recipes that you have to ask for by name

One of my favorite items is from their breakfast menu... the Western Omelet McMuffin. Discontinued long ago. But so delicious.

They also seem to have discontinued all their bagel breakfast sandwiches... at least around here. Which is very disappointing. Those were great.

r57 don't tell me McDonald's has offered ~special~ brownies, all along?!?

I don't know if it was ever a secret, but even when neither was on the menu you could order a Grilled Cheese or a double cheeseburger at MCD's.

The real secret was ordering a sandwich "off the grill" at BK which used to be code for "not one that's been under a heat lamp too long or is going in the microwave". (Probably theat has changed )

The "Grilled Cheese" is called a "Toasted Cheese"... and I'm pretty sure you can still order it. People ordered it a lot when I worked for McDonald's back in the 80s.

I too liked the Black Angus burgers. I was willing to pay extra for them. Too bad they're gone now.

I posted at R12 about the Steak Sandwich. (Picture is included.)

Does Datalounge.com posters remember it? Or was it too long ago?

[quote]The chorizo burrito was my guilty pleasure. I loved them.

We're glad they were discontinued.

I was told the all-day breakfast menu has been a huge success.

China had all sorts of weird seasonal burgers. I was at once horrid and good, but I loved this "German" thing they did: a double burger with brown mustard and two sausage links. My bowels had a limited measure of enthusiasm for 'em.

I wish they would being back those styrofoam containers. They were great and actually kept your food hot.

Every night I pray they'll bring back the short lived but entirely amazing Rolo McFlurry

bring back styrofoam!! It's much better than paper at keeping things warm.

gawd! Who eats this shit?!?!

They don't keep food in bins anymore, so the Styrofoam -- aside from being environmentally horrible -- isn't needed anymore.

The steak and cheese bagel.

Yeah -- I liked that too r72 -- I liked the caramelized onions.

I found a copy cat recipe for their hashed browns using real potatoes, real egg and real flour.

I'm voting other for the fish bites and the tarter sauce! So good!

This thread types phat.

They did that mix of Chocolate Shake and Mint Shake thing as a special "Shrek" themed shake for one of the Shrek sequels.

It was gross-looking, but delicious.

Their "steak" was nasty. Tried it once and ate less than half of it and gave the rest to the dog

I was at a McD drive thru in Raleigh over Thanksgiving and it was selling those fancy steak bagel sandwiches for breakfast.

I really wish they'd bring back the Western Omelet McMuffin. And the chicken fajitas. And the grilled chicken snack-wraps. I loved those things.

I couldn't possibly eat at McDonald's.

BRING BACK THE HABANERO RANCH QUARTER POUNDER!

And the fucking cherry pies!

The McLean burger. It got bad reviews but it tasted no worse than any other McD burger.

[quote]entirely amazing Rolo McFlurry

I think I dated him and yes, he WAS entirely amazing!

They got rid of their sundaes too... well, they still have the 'chocolate' one. But they used to have Hot Fudge, Hot Caramel, and Strawberry. And you could opt to have nuts on it .... but no more. They've really stripped down their offerings. Now the only kind of Flurry you can get is an oreo flurry.

[quote]bring back styrofoam!! It's much better than paper at keeping things warm.

Yeah, too bad it leaches plastic into your food and picky people object.

McLiver.

[quote]And the fucking cherry pies!

Ok I tried that once -- CHRIST was it painful.

I cooked chicken for the colonel when I was a teenager, bitches.

It's junk food which is fine. It's ok to have it occasionally but it's BAD junk food. if you're gonna go there do it right not on the cheap. That's why they have struggled is the shit just isn't even good junk food.

The whole point is the 'cheap', doofus.

God I scarfed up McDonalds everyday as a kid. But now in my 40s when I eat it only very rarely, my bowels explode for two days and I have to keep my carbon monoxide detector on my nightstand.

That's normal r92. Once you get healthier even young or even older your body is like what the fuck did you put in me. I ran into that in my late 20s even. Velveeta "cheese" i already know what's going to happen on that one so i just dont' even go there anymore.

That's definitely NOT normal.

They used to do a "Double Big-Mac".... that was pretty awesome.

you can still do a double mac if you order it. It's pretty common.

The reason peoples stomachs gurgle and your bowels explode after eating McDonald's is because you're eating pus, feces, and blood. Any adult that eats McDonald's I think is a fucking idiot.

When I was younger and dumb I did love the Mc DLT.. Fucking delicious. The 2 Big Macs for 2 bucks was nice too.

The sausage breakfast burrito fucking ruled. And the pearl-clutching Marys on this thread acting like they never eat anything but organic, grass-fed, kissed and hugged wheat germ and soy can bite it.

In the mid 80s down in Florida they had McChinese food. McChow Mein, McChop Suey, all eaten with McChopsticks, and, a McFortune Cookie. A friend tried it and he said it was McBarf.

R98 = Kathy Griffin

I used to love the danishes that were sold at breakfastime. I got (rightfully) embarrassed by a childhood friend's mother for eating 5 of them at one time. I was only 7. What happened was that - the morning after a "slumber party" - this friend's father took all of us to a nearby McDonald's for breakfast. He basically encouraged us to eat to our hearts' content - and I took him up on his offer. I would devour one, then ask him to buy me another one...then we would go back in the line and buy another one. This was repeated 5 times. When we got back to my friend's house - the father must have mentioned it to his wife (out of my earshot), and she proceeded to "tease" me about it. I was embarrassed. I knew I was a pig - but, darn - those danishes...

Well anyway - those danishes need to come back exactly as they were in the early-1980s.

And bring back the Hot Mustard Sauce, darn it! As far as I was concerned, McDonald's had a clear advantage over other fast food restaurants when it came to that sauce. I tend to prefer spicy/hot things over sweet-ish things - and fast-food places annoy me with this "Honey Mustard" monotony. Bring the heat!

I hated it when - after all these years - they dumped the Hot Mustard Sauce in favor of sauces that I don't like that much. I also liked their more recent "Sweet Chili" (IIRC) sauce (which actually had some spice) - but they inexplicably got rid of that after a short while.

The absence of those sauces - especially the Hot Mustard sauce - has cost them visits, as far as I'm concerned.

Cherry pies should also make a comeback. I miss the days when there was that choice.

They should also bring back the fries cooked in beef tallow - which infused the fries with richness and flavor. Saturated fat gets a bad rap; polyunsaturated fats may actually be worse for you.

Funny - in my childhood, I was both a McDonald's fiend and a pizza fiend - and - for the life of me - I cannot remember McDonald's ever having a "McPizza". Did that come along before my time (mid/late-'70s) - or did it just miss the Atlanta market?

But above all - I remember a time when McDonald's food just tasted better and was more satisfying. Or have my taste buds changed over time?

The removal of various menu items so that there is much less choice is frustrating. Along with the two flavors of pies that we used to get - we also used to get three types of sundaes, the three different breakfast danishes, etc..

I liked the chicken and bacon wrap and they already TOOK THEM OFF THE MENU. Now you can only get the small snack wraps.

[quote]Funny - in my childhood, I was both a McDonald's fiend and a pizza fiend - and - for the life of me - I cannot remember McDonald's ever having a "McPizza". Did that come along before my time (mid/late-'70s) - or did it just miss the Atlanta market?

According to Wiki, it was a large market test: in 500+ U.S. stores over nearly a decade. All Canadian stores had it. Franchisees weren't thrilled to buy and maintain the extra pizza ovens, and the disruption to workflow it required.

The apple pies are good. The rest of the menu is often rather crappy. Some locations are better than others.

The fried pies were the best, the baked ones are bland in comparisomn

The buns are different now. I just usually always order the double cheeseburger meal. But the buns are very dense and gummy now, where they weren't before. They really clog up the works.

Thanks, R105. I'm curious about how a McDonald's pizza tasted. Then again - perhaps the answer can be found in our memories of school lunchroom pizza, or some brands of frozen pizza that are on the market.

If the McPizza was ever in the Atlanta area - it must have been gone by the late-'70s. Perhaps the pizza was relatively limited to Northeastern and/or Midwestern franchises - pizza only started becoming popular in the South much later than it did in the Yankee states.

I also have no memory of the McHotDog. I've wondered why the "Big 3" fast-food joints have mostly stayed away from having hot dogs on their menus. I remember a brief time in the mid-'80s when Wendy's sold hot dogs - but it turned out to be very temporary.

They need to stop using HFCS and go back to cooking with animal fats.

[quote]—Older and wiser

You're half right.

Holy crap! I would never trust shrimp from McDonald's!

Ordering shrimp from McDonald's? LOL. It's amusing folks ever considered their food good past the the age of 10.

[quote]It's amusing folks ever considered their food good past the the age of 10.

If you put it aside for 10 years, what would it look like?

R109, I believe the pizzas were either a late 80s thing or an early 90s thing.

The first test try of the pocket-pizzas (basically deep-fried like the old apple pies, but stuffed with cheese, sauce, and pepperoni like a hot pocket) were mid-80s. The "real" pizzas came after that. And they weren't bad. Not great, mind you. But they weren't bad.

Another vote for Hot Mustard Sauce. That shit was amazing. I'd dip my fries in it too. I'd always get extra. Hell, it was the only reason I ever got Chicken Nuggets.

And yeah, the sweet chili sauce was good too. I always got the grilled sweet-chili chicken wrap (made with that sauce... grilled chicken, cucumbers, lettuce, etc.). It was delicious, and nutritious, and low in fat and calories.

So of course they got rid of it.

for a while they did apple pie a-la-mode. It was shortly after the switch to baked pies. You'd get an apple pie, topped with soft-serve and caramel topping in a dish. It was good.

[quote]If you put it aside for 10 years, what would it look like?

Probably exactly the same as the moment you ordered it.

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[quote]The first test try of the pocket-pizzas (basically deep-fried like the old apple pies, but stuffed with cheese, sauce, and pepperoni like a hot pocket)

That actually sounds good. They should bring it back with more varieties. They can have a meatball and marinara one, a cheeseburger one, a nacho one, a chicken and cheese one.

They are going the opposite direction and simplifying the menu. It just adds to cost and complexity to have to many items. Choose a few things and get them right. Gotta keep it cheap and simple.

I remember the cheese danish ( it was pretty good) but I have no memory of the items listed in the poll ( other than super size) or in the comments.

R121, they were delicious, and at the time, they were cheap as hell. I was a college student, and lived off of them. They were very filling.

But alas, they were only popular in the McDonald's stores on college campuses. They failed everywhere else. So they were withdrawn pretty quickly, without ever expanding beyond the initial test markets in Ohio.

Maybe R122, but they've removed all the reasons I ever went there. Except for the all day breakfast thing, which brought me back occasionally for a sausage McMuffin with egg or a breakfast burrito.

Seriously, the more I think about it... they've LITERALLY gotten rid of everything I ever liked to go there for.

Their burgers are boring, and their current line up of chicken sandwiches is bleh.

All their shake machines have four flavor capacity. I don't understand why they don't make use of that more. It'd be a good driver to get people in and coming back, as they cycle through "special shake" flavors, at least quarterly, if not monthly.

Peppermint, Arctic Orange, Egg Nog, Wild Raspberry, Mint/Shamrock, Caramel, Blueberry, Pineapple, Peanut Butter, Black Cherry, Amaretto, ....

So many possible flavors.

Yet in most stores, for most of the time, that fourth flavor option sits empty.

The McPizza was actually pretty good, and as noted above, they do the McLobster pretty much every summer in many New England restaurants, and it gets surprisingly good reviews. Every so often they'll offer a coffee milkshake, which is delicious.

I've never seen a coffee shake at McDonalds. I'd love a mocha one though (mix that with chocolate).

You bitches have me craving a McDonald's shake now.

I love their vanilla shakes. I really do. I can't say that about any other vanilla shake offerings in the fast food world.

Do they have strawberry shakes?

I haven't had a shake since the early 80s. I hated seeing "an edible oil product" on the container.

McService

McCleanliness

McSpeediness

I had the shakes for years.

McGloryholes

McDonald's Soft Serve Ice Cream is amazing.

R132, they changed their shake recipe a long time ago.

Yes R131. They have Chocolate, Vanilla, and Strawberry.

The McPizza was kind of like a Pizza Hut personal pan pizza. I only remember getting them with pepperoni on them. It was in the early 90's in limited areas.

The only chicken sandwich I liked was the Southern one and now that got taken off the menu. Grrrrrrrrrrrr. I have nieces who like to go there to the Playland so we usually go once a month.

"Also the Mc Alexis Arquette DOES sound nasty"

What is that, big meat tucked into a fish bun?

Edible Food

[quote]Back in the eighties/early-nineties they had a Cheddar Melt. It was a quarter pound burger with a rye bun and a cheese sauce with onions on the meat. Those were so good.

I remember those. The ads for the Cheddar Melt got me into McDonald for the first time in many years. Damn, that burger was like crack...delicious! Someone mentioned the bagel breakfast sandwiches and the mozzarella sticks-they are both back on the menu. McPizza- I remember it advertised but I thought the concept was stupid. Reading these posts though I guess they were pretty tasty. I lived in Columbus, Ohio at the time, a big test market for fast food.

I didn't like the cheese sticks, they have an odd spice to them.

R140, same here. I loved that Southern Style chicken sandwich.

McDonald's mozzarella sticks fall flat as snack is served … without mozzarella

Customers complain after new menu item – designed to win back its fluctuating fan base – is served missing its main ingredient

Clearly the cheese melted and dripped out into the vat, leaving just the crust behind. I'd hate to be the guy who has to clean the fryer.

Mc Nuttin...we don't eat Mc Donalds!

No one I know eats at McDonald's (or at least admits to eating at McDonalds)

Threads like these are one reason I love DL, because its perspective I don't get IRL

Salads people need to eat healthier unless they still offer but does anyone ever order a salad at McDonalds?

I had the salads all the time, back when they had the SouthWest Chicken Salad, and the Asian Chicken Salad. Both were awesome.

And when they had those Premium Grilled Chicken Wraps with all the veggies in them, those were awesome.

They've all been discontinued.

They still have salads, but ... I guess none of them appeal to me because I couldn't tell you for sure what any of them were...

Lucky Aussies can now buy Big Mac Special Sauce in bottles!

Big Mac sauce is great for dipping fries into.

R153 Thanks I never knew that.

I wonder if it will ever pop up on US shores.

Speaking of revivals, Chi-Chi's a restaurant chain that went under after ecoli problems, has long remained in the Queso and Salsa business. And now they are moving into chips, too.

BIG MAC SAUCE IS JUST THOUSAND ISLAND DRESSING YOU FOOLS!

Big Mac sauce is people! It's PEOPLE!

Do they still do Shamrock Shakes around St. Patrick's Day? Every year kids in my school would run to the school nurse after shitting a green turd, not realizing the green food coloring in the shake was responsible. It got so bad the school nurse issued a pamphlet for parents on how kids might leave a green "Number Two" (seriously, that's how she wrote it, caps and all) after having a Shamrock Shake and we had to take the pamphlet home to our parents. That lasted two years before it was stopped by the PTA. Hilarious.

Some places do, R159. But it seems to be optional. I hadn't seen a shamrock shake in over a decade until about two years ago, when suddenly they appeared again.

I have no confidence they'll do them again this spring, but when they do them, I always get one.

They're not nearly as 'green' as they used to be, but they still taste good.

R157 true a variation on a sauce but those ingredients are scary 2 tablespoons = 550 Calories 14g Protein 19g Fat (30%) 45g Carbs (15%) 1070mg Sodium (56%) Calories from Fatt270tDietary Fibert2g(13%)tCalciumt260mg(25%) Saturated Fatt11g(43%)tSugarst17gtIront4.5mg(25%) Trans Fatt3gtVitamin At220IU(4%)tVitamin Ct1mg(2%) Cholesterolt170mg(23%)

hamburger with mustard & ketchup

I've never had a Shamrock Shake. What was the flavor? Mint?

It's a vanilla mint flavor.... a subtle but delicious mint flavor, not over-powering. A yummy concoction.

I had a Shamrock Shake last year, they put a cherry and whipped cream on top.

The McG&T. UK market only.

bump

The Big Nasty

Their FRIED pies

How about a milk shake that tastes like dairy, and a burger that tastes like beef.

I would go if they brought back their fried apple pies.

fast food kills

I used to love their "Triple Ripple Ice Cream Cones"

They should bring back the Grimace with like 100 hundred arms, instead of the retard one they got now.

The Cinnamon Roll, they replaced it with "Cinnamelts" but they pale in comparison.

And don't forget the Hamburgler who was actually bad (and put in Big Mac's jail) instead of today's crappy incarnation where he's naughty and mischievous

CHICKEN FAJITAS, GODDAMMIT!

AND THE PREMIUM GRILLED CHICKEN WRAPS!

The .50 cent Big Mac.

R-17 i remember the mc dlt... the slogan was, keeps the hot things hot and the cold things cold... just like a fukn thermos :)

Anyone who votes for the pizza should be publicly flogged.

It's Soylent Grey, R158.

Or future people. Don't mix it with the Egg McMuffin.

McVomit

The one with the hot side hot and the cool side cool.

Chicken select strips were on the menu over 10 years...then gone. They were actually made out of chicken, not fused patty material. A lot of people liked them & all kinds of social media campaigns tried to save them, but McDs wouldn't do it. I think they have added a chicken sandwich that is real (not patty/gross) chicken - so maybe that's part of why.

Wendy's got rid of their "homestyle" chicken tenders around the same time Mc Donalds got rid of theirs. Surprisingly, they were both pretty good so I'm not sure what caused their demise.

At least the crisp and delicious tenders basket at Dairy Queen is still available and it comes with texas toast, gravy, a refreshing beverage AND a sundae for 5 BUCKS!

And yes, I know I type fat but I assure you I'm not.

The Habanero Ranch Quarter Pounder.

The McWraps or whatever they were called. I see that Burger King is coming out with something similar, the Whopperito.

I miss the supersize fries dreadfully.

Have the fries and shake first, then later - the burger, because it still tastes good room temperature.

R101 was a true Datalounger-in-training at 7.

Also - they got rid of hot mustard sauce??

WHAT THE FUCK

I dislike McDonald's and the only burger I like was the McDLT. Seriously good. If I have to eat there then a quarter pounder will do but aside from that I never eat there.

They god rid of the Southern Chicken Sandwich. but thankfully they brought it back!

I only go there a couple of times a year, when I'm hungover. I don't eat meat, so I get an egg and cheese mcmuffin and hash browns. The last time I went the hash Browns tasted like chemicals.

One time in NYC, very late night, I got a veggie burger at the Mc Donald's in Times Square. I don't think any McDonalds have them now, unfortunately. Burger King and Backyard Burger are the only fast food places I know of that have a version.

The McEthel Mae Potter

R193, Burger King got rid of its vegieburger ages ago, and all the Back Yard Burgers I've ever known of closed more than a decade ago.

Are you posting from the past?

The McDLT was REALLY good.

Wish they would bring that back.

Chicken Fajitas. Goddammit. CHICKEN FAJITAS!

another fajita vote plus cheddar melt and the pizza was good(if you like pizza hut personal pan pizza... they were almost the same)

McShitties

McFartys

McTurdles

McCuntGrease

McAssJuice

McHuman

Back around 84-85 or so, they test marketed a McPizza that was totally different... more a pocket-pizza, like a Hot Pocket. And it was deep fried. They were AWESOME. And really cheap, and really filling. They had them at the McDonalds on the Ohio State University campus, and let me tell you, they sold like crazy because they were such cheap, filling food for starving college students.

But apparently that location was the ONLY place they sold, and they didn't last more than six months or so.

But man, they were good.

The McKitteh 1 Pounder!

The Premium Grilled Chicken Wrap from last year. I LOVED those things.

That's a cute cat R201.

Another vote for the bagel breakfast sandwiches, McDLT, McPizza and the old recipe apple pies. They also discontinued the little chicken snack wraps here and only have the big, expensive snack wraps.

I used to love their vanilla shakes, but i think they changed the recipe...it no longer tastes the same to me, and last time i ordered one (over a year ago), they put whipped cream on top of it! Yuck!

Also, they used to sell this warmed up spicy cheese dip for the fries. That stuff was fucking amazing.

R195, Burger King has veggie burgers as a regular item

Mc Fish bites! they were only available for a limited time and they were the best! yummy and crunchy, i went to mcdonalds alot during that time!!!

really sad they got rid of it...

[quote]The McEthel Mae Potter

Wouldn't the Mary Margaret McMertz be more appropriate?

I accidentally happened upon this "World's Largest McDonald's" (called "Epic McD") while visiting Orlando last month. They have atypical fare like pizza, pasta, omelets, waffles, and various made-to-order items.

Mc Fukushima- Mystery e coli laden pink slime and radioactive bits from Fukushima.

That McGratin thing HAS to be a thing the OP made up, right? It can't be an actual "food" product. Nobody sane could ever come up with that even in the Gulag that is the McDonalds corporate kitchen.

Like the hair OP

The Western Omelet Bagel was fucking awesome.

anyone tried the new 'grand mac' yet? It's great! Love it!

I'll be sad to see it go, given it's a limited time only thing.

What mades the new big mac so grande?

It's just more of the same. Bigger. But for some reason it tastes even better than a regular big mac.

I liked the McLean burger

McLean is a DC Suburb

R217 And?

Holy fuck, I just tried their "Cherry Cream Pie"... a special pie for the month of February only.

It's like a fucking cherry cheesecake pie! IT'S DELICIOUS!

I'm going to miss this when it's gone...

Don't think many of these made it to Australia in the first place so... happy to see any/all of them.

I wish they would bring back the full cast of McDonaldland characters. I guess it wouldn't work now because TV commercials are so short, but I remember them in the 70s as being enchanting. I guess that was the point to lure kids in. The little outdoor playgrounds with the characters were really cool too. I loved Mayor McCheese, he seemed so gay :-)

Mayor McCheese got the name because he was uncut.

[R221] Again, these characters never made it across the seas. We thought we were great having Hamburgler.

A few years back I was watching some McD ads from late 70s/early 80s. It reminded me how I was born in the 50s, but didn't feel as if my nephew who was born in the mid 70s was from a generation all that much different than mine. The McD holiday ads were ... nice. Ice skating, kids and characters having silly fun.

My other nephew was born in the mid80s but he was in a different world. McD ads were frenetic, hectoring -- buy, buy buy! Get out of the house right now and run to McDs for prizes in your happy meal, they will make you break dance with joy! And be sure to make wise guy cracks to your parents and grandparents in order to get them to take you there. All the kids will have this toy and you need it too! You've got to have it! HURRY!

The line was first introduced in 1991 with the McLean Deluxe; the Arch Deluxe was introduced in May 1996 and the others on September 27, 1996. Except for the McLean Deluxe, all sandwiches were developed by McDonald's executive chef Andrew Selvaggio.[4][5]

The McLean Deluxe was marketed as a healthy alternative to McDonald's regular menu. It was released in the United States in 1991. It had a reduced fat content compared to other McDonald's hamburgers. This was achieved through use of 91% lean beef and the addition of carrageenan to the meat. The McLean Deluxe was originally designed as a replacement of the McDLT.[8] Like the McDLT, and despite performing well in taste-tests, it did not sell well and was dropped from the menu in February 1996

The Arch Deluxe was another product to compete against the Burger King Whopper sandwich. It had hickory bacon, onions, tomato, ketchup, lettuce, American cheese, and a mustard and mayonnaise based Chef's sauce.[5]

I want a chicken McGriddles, but they're only available in Ohio and Florida!

Those cherry cream pies are AWESOME. Damn!

Cherry anything in gross. It doesn't have wide appeal. I just wish they would bring back the actually hot fudge.

Weird b/c my local McD has a ton of selection. I take my mom every week to get her out of the house, she loves the fries and sweet tea. Seem to recall the fish nuggets were awful, the McRib just nasty. We have plain McChickens here (near Providence). Right now one of the decent newer items are fresh baked muffins, they have a double chocolate one and a cranberry orange that are pretty good with coffee.

And we have sundaes: caramel and hot fudge. had one last summer. They also has cherry pies on occasion though not usually. The standard is apple with pumpkin in the fall and strawberry cream (or whatever that fake filling is) the rest of year. We usually get those small overpriced lobster rolls every summer too.

We had egg nog shakes last holiday and will have Shamrock shakes next month, around St Patrick’s. We have oreo, m&m and Reese’s pb cup McFlurrys all year. Lots of choice.

R101 and everyone else: our local has Hot Mustard sauce. Always has. Stop by.

Shamrock will be mixed with chocolate shake this year. I simply must dine on the new Grand Mac before it's gone. I gets me the Mac Donald's once per month, wake up around 2am and birth about 10 lbs. so worth it.

The Tripple Ripple cones were great...a scoop of Neopolitan-like ice cream on a sugar cone. They were 20 cents back in the 70's.

R229 is delusional. Cherry things are AWESOME. And cherry pies are THE BEST.

I still hate that they don't regularly have cherry pies like they used to.

If cherry pies are so awesome, why do you think they don't have them very often any more? Because they don't sell well.

The cherry pies are way better than the applies pies. I can't help it if too many people have no taste.

The Barbie McDonalds playsets.

Not really a product but they should bring back clean restaurants, actually I haven't been in one in several years because they just don't seem clean.

and just one line for ordering, they can still have multiple cashiers but just one line, I just hate it when people who come in after me get served long before I ever do because one person in front of me can't make up their mind what to order.

Holy shit those cherry-cream pies are delicious!

I wish they carried egg-nog shakes around here... they did one year, and never again. They were awesome.

They only rarely do the shamrock shakes here. Every third year maybe, I see them. It sucks. I love those things.

One year, ages ago (literally decades ago), they did a "wild raspberry" shake. That was phenomenal. Apparently I was the only one that thought so, because I've never seen or heard of it ever again.

The apple pie was way better in the 70s. The recipes was obviously changed in the 80s. I rarely eat there maybe once a year if that. If they had that apple pie like I remember it as a kid I would go back more often.

R237 POTUS claims they are CLEAN!

R239, they switched from fried to baked pies at some point.

Popeye's still has fried apple pies, if you like them.

Whataburger has fried pies too... love their lemon pies.

I remember working at rubber sole in the village (raver store that no longer exists) I pretty much lived on chicken fajitas and small fries. It was so deleted cloud and satisfying. Fuck you mcdumbass for discontinuing it, I hate all your other shit!

Deleted cloud= delicious * wtf auto correct lol

Rubber soul* I also loved the southern style chicken sandwich which came out around 2014 :(

I never understood why the McDLT got such backlash. Crisp, fresh lettuce and tomato? WTF??

For fun I'l say the obvious- OP you type fat. Anyway, I'd say the McDLT shoukd come back.

For you r243

The Big 'n Tasty -- oh hell yes. Many a drunk night ended with one of these going in my mouth. If I had been unsuccessful in finding a big dick to go in there instead.

Mc DLT - as close to a classic burger as McDonald's came. The hot stayed hot, and the lettuce/tomato stayed crisp.

That McGratin has real barf potential. I've never heard of it. Was it regional?

fried apple pies

I know I'm in the minority on this, but I loved the Arch Deluxe. I'd eat at McDonald's more often if they still had that.

Also, the McLean Deluxe wasn't too bad if you added some ketchup and mustard.

A Thankgiving without a mahcrib is like a Christmas without snow.

R245, they brought the Southern Style Chicken Sandwich back! At least it's been back in my local McDonalds for the last 6-9 months or so. I love it. I just wish it were a bit less expensive.

And yeah, R243, the Chicken Fajitas were awesome. No idea why they dropped them. Everyone I know liked them.

Hamburgers that taste and look like meat. How did they fail? When are they coming back? Ditto: dairy/cheese ingredients that taste like cow.

Speaking of pies... they did some amazing blueberry pies. And pineapple pies.

R45, agree; that was delicious; I used to get it at least once a week - this is c. 9 years ago, and in SF. I LOVED the chicken, the edamame beans, the MANDARIN ORANGES!!, and whatever the particular Newman's Own dressing was.

Something - not an exciting choice, but was nice in colder weather - I haven't seen in an McDonald's in a long time, is soup. Perhaps is seasonable? I used to see it on McD's menus in SF, in the early 80's; think I also saw in NYC in the 80's. Anybody else remember them having soup?

Hot Side Hot

Cold Side Cold -

McDLT, of course.

The McDLT doesn't make any sense anymore. They used to hold food in hot bins, so the McDLT made sense. Now they make sandwiches to order, so there's no point. Plus, they gave up all Styrofoam packaging. Worst part about the McDLT? The cheese was on the COLD side. Bleh. It should have been nice and melty, sitting under the burger on the hot side.

I want them to bring back the 'special shake' flavors though... EVERY McDonalds, rotating through all the special shake flavors every couple of months... Arctic Orange, Shamrock Shakes, Wild Raspberry, Egg Nog shakes, Peppermint shakes.... they had some damn good flavors, and it would add some welcome variety.

McShittles

McRatParts

McTurdles

McToxin Salad

McCuntFries

R261 is deeply damaged. Who hurt you?

They used to have a triple cheeseburger... those were awesome.

The special shakes. The special pies. The great flavors they used to rotate through throughout the year. No idea why they stopped that.

Anyone remember the "Chicken LT"? It was around the same time as the McDLT... only with a grilled chicken patty.

Mmm... I loved those triple cheeseburgers.

Reddit is all abuzz with the idea of reviving the old szechuan dipping sauce that they had as a tie-in with Mulan about 20 years ago.

I remember liking the Louisiana Hot Sauce nugget sauce... basically a slightly thicker Tobasco sauce.

McDonalds should only be eaten when you are high as kite and were just destroyed by Dominican top for several hours. Better yet, treat him to McDonalds with you.

If that were the case, I'd never eat McDonalds.

(not a bottom, sorry)

I just read that they're discontinuing the orange drink.

ORANGE DRINK IS A STAPLE OF MC DONALDS!!!

They're getting rid of it!

It'll be gone from most stores by the end of May, allegedly (or maybe it was end of June). AUGH!

They should bring back the original Ronald McDonald and scare the shit out of all the brats at McDonalds.

R272 That's HILARIOUS!!!!

They should just serve vegan and gluten free food and use recyclable/biodegradable containers. They would be packed in no time. Their fries contain both meat byproduct spray and gluten. How on earth do you fuck up potatoes? If they just served rice flour-based tempura veggies, I would eat there every day.

I hope R274 is joking or being sarcastic...

It's not even gone yet, and I want them to bring back the orange drink!

R274: You'll still get fat. What they need to do is replace the seed oils with saturated fats and replace the high-fructose corn syrup with a low-carb low glycemic sweetener. And the meat should be organic and the beef grass-fed, and the breads not made with non-grain flours.

I'd also like to see sweet potato fries as an option.

The scalding hot coffee.

I loved the Mc Shrimp Scampi. So delish.

They have a new type of burger on the way. Any thoughts on that?

Mc Lobster Thermidor and Mc Champagne

The pineapple pies!

[quote]Reddit is all abuzz with the idea of reviving the old szechuan dipping sauce that they had as a tie-in with Mulan about 20 years ago.

Because that was a plotline on "Rick and Morty"

My favorite discontinued item is the Bacon Habanero Ranch Quarter Pounder.

So zesty and tangy and delicious. I was very upset when they discontinued those.

The mighty wings!

The very thought of the Bacon Habanero Ranch Quarter Pounder has my mouth watering...

....Do you live in some town that has no burger options r286? I don't understand how a quarter pounder can have your mouth watering when finding a delicious, juicy burger that tastes better than what McDonalds peddles is incredibly easy to find.

The Macrib

McRib is back right now.

They brought back the Southern Style Chicken Sandwich for a while. I love that thing. So much better than Chick Fil A.

They also did a strawberry cream pie this past summer that was AMAZING. I hope they bring that back again.

Right now though they've brought back the "McPick 2 for $5"... awesome deal!

I tried to like McRib but never could stand it. My father and younger brother did, but it wasn't something we could bond over.

I remember liking the pizza the first time I had it in the 90s, and somehow a local manager was authorized to bring it to us at our office, in abundance, after working on local ads for what seemed like weeks of 12 hour days. This included translations, coupons, etc. Our manager promised McD's would give us a bonus for finishing that night, then she went home. The guy showed up about two hours later and it was the best thing We'd ever tasted. We were starving.

I love mayo on a burger and McDonalds doesn't do mayo except they used to put it on the Big and Tasty, wish they would bring that back.

I would have them add mayo to the Southern style Chicken sandwich, wish they would bring that back.

McConsomme'. The McTongue McRaisins McLobster Thermidore

The hot side hot and the cold side cold.

McFart

McColonCancer

McShits

McCuntCrumbs

McFuggets

McTurdBurglar

McAnus

I really do miss the chicken fajitas.

And the premium wraps (the grilled chicken with honey mustard was my favorite).

Anyone remember the Tripple Ripple ice cream cone? Chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry ice cream swirled and served on a sugar cone. Check out the prices on the linked image, from 1972.

In recent years...I really liked the Cheddar Melt.

I really miss the South West Chicken Salad premium salad.

The Asian chicken salad was really good too.

Didn't David Letterman use the Arch Deluxe as a punchline?

The grilled chicken Caesar salad.

I really liked the McLean and was sad when they discontinued it. It was a little dry because there was pretty much no fat in it. But it was ok with a little more ketchup than I usually put on burgers.

[quote] I want them to bring back the 'special shake' flavors though... EVERY McDonalds, rotating through all the special shake flavors every couple of months... Arctic Orange, Shamrock Shakes, Wild Raspberry, Egg Nog shakes, Peppermint shakes.... they had some damn good flavors, and it would add some welcome variety.

They'd be smart to do that and advertise the way Starbucks does when they have a seasonal or limited time drink.

They sell mocha frappes, so they could make a frappe like shake out of anything. Or just call it a frappe instead of a shake. Pumpkin spice frappe, Chocolate mocha candy cane frappe. Strawberry short frappe. Strawberry blueberry frappe at 4th July.

I liked the Premium Wraps too

I can't believe that McPizza a.k.a. "beach pizza" actually received votes.

I'm in Canada though, so out of that list, since the 80's, that's the only one that I recognize.

Before the personal pizzas (which were inexpensive and good enough for what you paid).... they had a calzone-like thing they called "McPizza". A deep-fried pocket pizza filled with cheese, sauce, and pepperoni. They were AWESOME. But they were only test marketed in Columbus and Dayton and apparently they only sold well at the McDonald's at the Ohio State University campus. Which is where I worked. And I must have eaten a hundred of those things. Cheap and filling and GOOD. Sad they never went nationwide.

unfortunately, the "big n nasty" is popular there.

I wish they'd made the Southern Style Chicken Sandwich part of the 'McPick 2 for $5' ... I would have gotten one every day.

Anyone tried their new Chicken Tenders? They're all right I guess, but I imagine they won't last long. Just wondering if anyone will be listing them on this thread in six months when they're gone.

Why was this thread crossed out?

WILD RASPBERRY SHAKES, GODDAMMIT!

Those were so good, and the last time I saw one was ... 30 years ago.

No answers to my question in R309?

Apparently the OP posted something that a lot of people F&F'd. It's not the THREAD that is crossed out, just the OP's post.

We do have some hysterical anti-fast food nutcases here so it's quite possible they saw "McDonalds" and F&Fed the OP over and over.

It's not really that important and doesn't really affect anything, R311/R309.

The McDLT. It confirms that I am their bottom line.

I feel like one of the only people in the world that really liked the Arch Deluxe.

"We do have some hysterical anti-fast food nutcases "

Not half as nutty as you fatties rating shit food as if it were haute cuisine.

Fatty.

[quote]"We do have some hysterical anti-fast food nutcases "

Case in point: R315

Ha ha. Talk about hysterical.

Defend your fat food, fatties!

I miss the regular McChicken. All they have around here is the "hot and spicy" McChicken, which is terrible.

Anyone remember the "Chicken LT"? It was out at the same time as the McDLT... hot-side-hot/cold-side-cold same deal.

Right now, I'm really missing the 'Grand Mac"... that was fucking awesome.

You type fat.

Egg Nog Shakes, goddammit.

Im with you R320. The grand mac was really good.

The Double Big Mac was also good.

They did an "Apple pie a la mode" briefly back when they first introduced their baked apple pies (as opposed to the previous fried ones). They put the pie in a long dish, added two swirls of ice-cream, and a drizzle of caramel sundae topping. It was pretty awesome.

Before the 'McChicken" became a dollar-value-menu item, it was an actual full-sized chicken sandwich, with a ton of lettuce, mayo, and PICKLES. It was great way back then, very juicy (it was more like a giant chicken nugget than a chicken breast... formed and shaped... but it was delicious and thick and juicy and crispy and wonderful!)

Why does the Filet o' Fish cost so fucking much these days? It used to be about the same as a double cheeseburger, but now it's like 4 bucks. And it is a small sandwich, comparatively

Probably has something to do with depleting stocks of fish... fish is just getting more expensive. But yeah, it seems WAY too expensive for what it is. It's okay as part of the McPick 2 for $5 though... that makes the cost only $2.50 and that's fairly reasonable.

I miss the bacon habanero ranch quarter pounder.

That thing was delicious.

R329 I liked that too.

bump.

I really miss their premium wraps. Especially in the summer. It was a reasonably healthy option, and pretty tasty and satisfying too.

Can you imagine how good the bacon habanero ranch quarter pounder would be with the new fresh beef?

BRING BACK THE QUARTER POUNDER OPTIONS!

I'm surprised that due to their shamrock shake success (try saying that 5 times fast) that they haven't made a seasonal shamrock sundae.

Definitely the McDLT. Now that they make things fresh to order, no need for the 'hot-side/cold-side' nonsense, just make them to order... like a quarter pounder with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, and mayo. It'd be awesome. But again, that just gets back to the whole "variations on a quarter pounder with cheese".

r332 I agree, bring back the Premium Wraps!

CHICKEN FAJITAS!!

bump for Premium Wraps

Premium Wraps were da bomb.