{"id":9657,"date":"2011-07-07T01:22:56","date_gmt":"2011-07-07T11:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=9657"},"modified":"2023-09-04T21:34:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T07:34:20","slug":"news-mcdonalds-testing-english-pub-burger-but-pickled-eggs-not-included","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/07\/news-mcdonalds-testing-english-pub-burger-but-pickled-eggs-not-included\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: McDonald&#8217;s Testing English Pub Burger, But Pickled Eggs Not Included"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theimpulsivebuy\/8437038226\" title=\"IMG_0118-WM by theimpulsivebuy, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8471\/8437038226_a633887be4_z.jpg?resize=640%2C377&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"377\" alt=\"IMG_0118-WM\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>McDonald&#8217;s is testing another variation of their Angus Third Pounder and they&#8217;re calling it the English Pub Burger.  <\/p>\n<p>I was surprised by this burger because I didn&#8217;t know English pubs were known for their burgers.  I thought they were known for fish and chips, bangers and mash, shepherd&#8217;s pies, pickled eggs, and ploughman&#8217;s lunches.<\/p>\n<p>The English Pub Burger is made up of a 1\/3 pound Angus beef patty, hickory-smoked bacon, white Cheddar cheese, American cheese, grilled onions, steak sauce, and Dijon mustard in between an artisan roll.  Grub Grade reader James from Illinois <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grubgrade.com\/2011\/07\/06\/testing-english-pub-burger-from-mcdonalds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tried the burger and was impressed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, they appear to only be available at select locations in Illinois and there&#8217;s no word about a Snack Wrap version.  I hope it makes it to all McDonald&#8217;s restaurants because it sounds damn tasty.  However, you know what would go great with a McDonald&#8217;s English Pub Burger?  A McDonald&#8217;s Shamrock Guinness Milkshake. I hope they start testing that soon.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sources: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.burgerbusiness.com\/?p=7659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Burger Business<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grubgrade.com\/2011\/07\/06\/testing-english-pub-burger-from-mcdonalds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grub Grade<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McDonald&#8217;s is testing another variation of their Angus Third Pounder and they&#8217;re calling it the English Pub Burger. I was surprised by this burger because I didn&#8217;t know English pubs were known for their burgers. I thought they were known for fish and chips, bangers and mash, shepherd&#8217;s pies, pickled eggs, and ploughman&#8217;s lunches. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1429],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fast-food-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9744,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/21\/news-mcdonalds-testing-zesty-bbq-cruncher-gives-you-the-option-of-which-farm-animal-to-eat\/","url_meta":{"origin":9657,"position":0},"title":"NEWS: McDonald&#8217;s Testing Zesty BBQ Cruncher, Gives You The Option Of Which Farm Animal To Eat","author":"Marvo","date":"July 21, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Earlier this month, we mentioned McDonald's was testing their English Pub Burger, but it appears McDonald's R&D has been hard at work developing more burgers with their Angus Third Pounder patty. 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