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I still remember the McDLT, as one of the first times in my then-quite-young life when I saw a company come out with a new product and large numbers of people respond with “oh HELL no”
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@MLE_online My hometown was a test market for McPizza a few years later. That stuff was an affront against God
@jalefkowit i had no idea there was ever a mcpizza!
@MLE_online There was McSpaghetti at one point too. Weird times 😆
https://vinepair.com/cocktail-chatter/remembering-mcdonalds-mcspaghetti/
@jalefkowit ngl it seemed like a pretty good idea until I ate one
The McDLT was McDonalds’ solution to the problem of a hot burger patty wilting cold burger toppings like lettuce and tomato. The problem with their solution was that it involved delivering the burger to the customer in both sides of a giant polystyrene clamshell.
People were just starting to wake up to the dangers of single-use plastics, and McD’s didn’t realize how many people would see their exciting new plastic clamshell as something like drowning ducklings in a pool full of spilled oil
@jalefkowit the big complaint that I remember is that the top half of the bun is part of the “hot” but it stays cool with the lettuce and tomato, which were Not Great either
@flyingsaceur Yeah, on top of being an environmental catastrophe it was also just… not very good. But people are often willing to live with “not very good” from McDonald’s
@jalefkowit shitty iceberg lettuce and high impact tomatoes are why my scarred palate will only get burgers with ketchup, pickles, and cheese*
* may include mustard in New England
@jalefkowit I always blamed Jason Alexander.
@adammoe2022 He probably gets that a lot 😆
@jalefkowit I remember when they tried to make the Arch Deluxe a thing when I was a kid. I vaguely remember a guy in chef's clothing putting the bun on like you were getting something gourmet