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Food / drink 🍗 Wait a Freaking Minute... the McRib is not real pork ribs?

michaelskis

michaelskis

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I swear some people are just out for a quick buck. I find it hard to believe that there is anyone who would actually believe that a McRib is real pork ribs...

www.nbcchicago.com

McDonald's popular McRib sandwich contains no rib meat, class-action lawsuit alleges

A federal class-action lawsuit accused McDonald's of marketing it's McRib as if it contains actual rib meat - when it does not.
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The lawsuit, which was filed Dec. 23 in the Northern District of Illinois, was brought by four individuals who claimed the Chicago-based fast food giant deceives reasonable consumers who would "reasonably believe that a product named the 'McRib' will include at least some meaningful quantity of actual pork rib meat."
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"Sex with the McRib" was briefly the working name of a band that practiced once to play one gig at my High School in 2007. I "played" bass. We ended up calling ourselves "The Uhh" in the end.
 
It's just chopped and pressed pork. It's definitely pork though and very greasy. Did you know that if we ran out of grill cleaner when the McRib was on offer, we'd use the diluted McRib sauce to clean the grills instead. That's why they give you bubble guts.
 
kjel said:
It's just chopped and pressed pork. It's definitely pork though and very greasy. Did you know that if we ran out of grill cleaner when the McRib was on offer, we'd use the diluted McRib sauce to clean the grills instead. That's why they give you bubble guts.
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At McDowells, it was known as the "Mac Rib"
 
Concerning the lawsuit, keep in mind that for a false advertising tort, they'll have to demonstrate proof of intent to deceive, materiality (influencing buying decisions), and potential injury to the plaintiff.

"Members of the jury, my clients lives have been turned upside down as a result of them believing they were purchasing rib meat when in fact the pork cut was taken several inches above the ribs. I may be just a simple caveman, but even I know that my clients are entitled to $4 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive sanctions!"
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Maister said:
Concerning the lawsuit, keep in mind that for a false advertising tort, they'll have to demonstrate proof of intent to deceive, materiality (influencing buying decisions), and potential injury to the plaintiff.

"Members of the jury, my clients lives have been turned upside down as a result of them believing they were purchasing rib meat when in fact the pork cut was taken several inches above the ribs. I may be just a simple caveman, but even I know that my clients are entitled to $4 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive sanctions!"
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Their lives may not have been turned upside down, but their GI tract has been.
 
Doohickie said:
I guess it's primarily pork shoulder? Which is a better cut of meat anyway.
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I think I recall reading that a while back but I cannot imagine they're using particularly high quality pork shoulder. I always figured it was the leftover cuttings and pieces of gristle that get pressed into a "rib shape".

I have tried exactly one McRib in my lifetime, some 20+ years ago when I was in the Marines. I do not have a particularly refined palette but I feel like describing it as "disgusting" is too generous.

Also, one of our daughter's teachers has a personalized license plate on his car that is just MCRIB.
 
WSU MUP Student said:
I think I recall reading that a while back but I cannot imagine they're using particularly high quality pork shoulder. I always figured it was the leftover cuttings and pieces of gristle that get pressed into a "rib shape".

I have tried exactly one McRib in my lifetime, some 20+ years ago when I was in the Marines. I do not have a particularly refined palette but I feel like describing it as "disgusting" is too generous.

Also, one of our daughter's teachers has a personalized license plate on his car that is just MCRIB.
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The box the McRib patties came in just said PORK. Pretty sure it's just scraps chopped and pressed.
 
kjel said:
The box the McRib patties came in just said PORK. Pretty sure it's just scraps chopped and pressed.
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My friend who worked at Taco Bell said the beef came in a box that said "Beef - Fit for human consumption." Don't know if its true or not.
 
kjel said:
The box the McRib patties came in just said PORK. Pretty sure it's just scraps chopped and pressed.
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It's just being efficient with the trimmings. No different from scrapple or pon haus, whatever you prefer to call it.
 
Doohickie said:
I like them fine. But, I don't really eat McD's anymore (not since they put kiosks in around here and ask customers to do the data entry) so I haven't had one in a while.
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Yep, I refuse to patronize any business that solely has a kiosk or similar situation and you don't deal directly with a person at any point other than someone grunting and handing you a product. No thanks.
 
MD Planner said:
Yep, I refuse to patronize any business that solely has a kiosk or similar situation and you don't deal directly with a person at any point other than someone grunting and handing you a product. No thanks.
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I can't quite say that. A lot of the time at Lowe's, self checkout is the only available option. But yeah, it's definitely a driver in whether I'll shop at a business.

Ironically, I go to Sonic regularly and almost always order through the app. But in that case, I'm using my phone. I've heard that the kiosks in a lot of these restaurants have all kinds on germs on 'em. At least my phone only has my germs and dog germs and cat germs and such.
 
Doohickie said:
I like them fine. But, I don't really eat McD's anymore (not since they put kiosks in around here and ask customers to do the data entry) so I haven't had one in a while.
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I love kiosks, especially if I don't know what I want I can peruse the menu. Plus no one can claim they heard my order wrong, because I'm putting in exactly what I want. I'd rather there be more hands on deck making and expediting my food than taking my order.
 
michaelskis said:
I might be in a minority, but I think fried SPAM sandwiches taste good on toasted bread with some mayo.
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Interesting. This morning I coincidentally considered starting a Spam themed thread to see who else continues to enjoy this childhood treat. Maybe someone should start one....
 
Maister said:
Interesting. This morning I coincidentally considered starting a Spam themed thread to see who else continues to enjoy this childhood treat. Maybe someone should start one....
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SPAM is like meatloaf - all the things @michaelskis says are 100% correct, but if you let the spam get COLD overnight in the fridge, the second version of that sandwich is even better. I stand with Spam. Spam forever.
 
Doohickie said:
I can't quite say that. A lot of the time at Lowe's, self checkout is the only available option. But yeah, it's definitely a driver in whether I'll shop at a business.

Ironically, I go to Sonic regularly and almost always order through the app. But in that case, I'm using my phone. I've heard that the kiosks in a lot of these restaurants have all kinds on germs on 'em. At least my phone only has my germs and dog germs and cat germs and such.
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I really like Sonic but there are not many around here (we used to have one near my office but it closed down around 2019 or 2020) and it never matters what location I visit, what time I go, what I order, or how busy they are they always take absolutely forever to fill the order.

Like @btrage I've actually come to sort of appreciate the kiosks in fast food places because it gives me a few moments to study the menu. Our youngest really likes Taco Bell and that's one place in particular where I never know what I want because the menu seems to change so frequently there. The kiosk is useful so I can go back and forth and compare the different cheese delivery options.
 
michaelskis said:
I might be in a minority, but I think fried SPAM sandwiches taste good on toasted bread with some mayo.
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Spam was provided for many years by the US to South Pacific Islanders. It is a reason that so many of that population are obese.
 
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