You can’t fix stupid. Stock Big Mac has no mustard nor top condiment of any kind.
Emboldened by the interest in our In-N-Out experience, we did another burger test. The McDonald’s app had a deal to buy one Big Mac, get one free. We ordered one standard and the second customized with extra onions, extra pickles and mustard instead of sauce. Or did we?
It turns out mustard is not among the options to be added to the clown’s signature burger even though it’s available on other products, like our quite satisfactory modified cheeseburger. So we brought our own yellow mustard as we picked up our mobile order to eat in the car.
Here’s our modified Big Mac before we added the mustard. If there’s extra pickle or onion, we can’t find them.
There was a jingle with the Big Mac ingredients which we can hum without recalling the words, but it was something like “two all beef patties on a sesame bun” with American cheese, shredded lettuce (but not tomato), two pickle slices, a sprinkling of chopped onions and an extra slice of bun. Oh, and there’s the secret sauce which according to a McDonald’s chef includes store-bought mayonnaise, sweet pickle relish and yellow mustard whisked together with vinegar, garlic powder, onion powder and paprika—no ketchup.
Big Mac with added mustard. Still not palatable.
According to Wikipedia, the Big Mac was invented at a Pittsburgh franchise in 1966 and today “is known worldwide and is often used as a symbol of American capitalism and decadence.” In its stock preparation it’s a grim eating experience because there is no condiment of any kind between the pathetic top patty and the sad toasted bun, plus the food prep people can’t put on lettuce without making a mess.
Would our custom burger be any better? After choking down the stock burger, we added mustard to that top layer and bit into our second sandwich. The mustard did not help. It was overcome by the general blandness of the other ingredients and if extra pickle or onion had been added we couldn’t tell.
In short, the Big Mac is irredeemable. Symbol of American decadence, indeed. Along with brains, it goes on our short list of foods never to eat again.
Here’s the secret Big Mac sauce. Yum!
I’ve never had a Big Mac. I went for the filet-o-fish, Royale with cheese, and McDLT as a teen.
Had to consult IMDB to confirm that, per Pulp Fiction, the Royale with cheese is a quarter pounder with cheese.The McDLT, which we covered once upon a time in a discussion of lettuce on burgers, was a short-lived concept in which lettuce and tomato were delivered separately (on two side of a clamshell) so they could stay chilled and not be heated by the burger. With your laste for the eclectic, I say you still need to try the Big Mac though you are going to hate it.