{"id":418,"date":"2006-11-19T20:24:23","date_gmt":"2006-11-20T06:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2006\/11\/19\/mcdonalds-mcrib\/"},"modified":"2020-12-04T22:02:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T08:02:50","slug":"mcdonalds-mcrib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2006\/11\/19\/mcdonalds-mcrib\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: McDonald’s McRib"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"McDonald's<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Just like The Rocky Horror Picture Show<\/a>, AMC Pacer<\/a>, and the Grateful Dead<\/a>, the McDonald’s McRib has a cult following. <\/p>\n

Although the McRib’s following isn’t as dressed up as those who follow the Rocky Horror Picture Show or isn’t as stoned as the Deadheads<\/a>, but the McRib cult probably has a much wider ass than all of the other cults combined.<\/p>\n

Currently, the McRib is on its McRib Farewell Tour II 06, which when it ends, means the McRib will no longer be offered on the McDonald’s menu.<\/p>\n

Now I don’t know about you, but when I see Roman numerals after the words “Farewell Tour,” it makes me a little skeptical that this is the last hurrah for the McRib. After all, if it’s the McRib Farewell Tour II, there apparently was a Farewell Tour I, so there might be a Farewell Tour III, since Roman numerals have been used to keep track of long-running series and events. For example, there have been XL Super Bowls, XXIII Wrestlemanias, and XXVIII Summer Olympics.<\/p>\n

(Editor’s Note: Here’s a quick handy guide to Roman numerals if you’re not familiar with them: I is one. V is five. X is ten. L is fifty. C is one hundred. D is five hundred. M is one thousand.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Another reason why I expect to see the McRib in the McFuture is because of the petition on the annoying McRib website<\/a> to save it. Although if I have learned anything from signing petitions, it’s that they aren’t very effective at making things happen.<\/p>\n

The McRib I tried recently was the first one I ever had and it will definitely be the last one I have, even when the McRib Farewell Tour III rolls around in 2008. For those of you who haven’t had the opportunity to eat a McRib, it consists of a boneless piece of pork, dipped in some kind of tangy barbeque sauce with pickles and onions in between a special McRib bun.<\/p>\n

The boneless pork was slightly rubbery and the barbeque sauce was not so tangy or tasty. Although, if you look at the picture above, it seems like most of the barbeque sauce ended up on the box it came in instead of the sandwich, causing its bland taste. The barbeque sauce also ended up on my fingers, shirt, and the crotch of my pants, which would’ve been trouble (or fun) if I owned a dog. Also, I’m not too sure why there are pickles in it.<\/p>\n

Due to its blandness and messiness, I don’t ever see myself joining the McDonald’s McRib McCult. If I had to choose between joining the McRib McCult or a cult that involves wearing matching baby blue jumpsuits with matching black Nike shoes and drinking a magical fruit punch that “puts me to sleep” so that I can be taken up in a flying saucer to meet Ldlfjadlrdoiueoriadfij (pronounced Frank) and be married to fifty virgins beyond the Gates of the Shining Starlight, I would probably choose the cult with matching baby blue jumpsuits, not because I would meet Frank or the fifty virgins, but because the magical fruit punch would probably taste better than the McRib.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 500 calories, 26 grams of fat, 10 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 70 milligrams of cholesterol, 980 milligrams of sodium, 44 grams of carbohydrates, 3 grams of fiber, 11 grams of sugar, and 22 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> McDonald’s McRib
\nPrice:<\/b> $4.59 (Value Meal)
\nPurchased at:<\/b> McDonald’s
\nRating:<\/b> 4 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Boneless. AMC Pacer. Magical fruit punch.
\nCons:<\/b> Rubbery pork. Barbeque sauce wasn’t so tangy. Bland like a CBS sitcom. Napkins required. The McRib is overrated. The addition of pickles. McRib website is annoying. Petitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just like The Rocky Horror Picture Show, AMC Pacer, and the Grateful Dead, the McDonald’s McRib has a cult following. 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