Reply to: PM for Mudskipper

[greenlake]

I still prefer BK though

[d000hg]

We only use whole cuts of 100% beef from the forequarter and flank to make our famous burgers with nothing else added apart from a pinch of salt and pepper after cooking.

All of our beef is sourced from over 16,000 British and Irish farmers that must meet the standards set by a nationally recognised farm assurance scheme, such as Red Tractor.

Butchers prepare these whole cuts of beef, which are then minced and shaped. Our blend of fresh and frozen mince holds the patties together. We don’t need to add any binders, McDonald’s UK burgers are just 100% beef.

In our restaurants we don’t use fat or oil to cook our beef burgers. Hot plates cook the beef patties from both sides at once. We then add a pinch of salt and pepper, dress with your chosen filling and serve.

Sad they're still not very nice then really. Although I think a big part is how long they've been on the shelf. When you get one right off the griddle it's much better.

[northernladyuk]

Now't wrong with gonads - CUK grub club enjoyed gonad patties in Copenhagen. Very nice they were too.

However, McD's claim (in big writing so it must be true)

"Here at McDonald’s UK we use whole cuts of 100% beef from the forequarter and flank with just a pinch of salt and pepper added after cooking"

Beef :: McDonalds.co.uk

It doesn't say they don't also use gonads and eyeballs.

[norrahe]

Now't wrong with gonads - CUK grub club enjoyed gonad patties in Copenhagen. Very nice they were too.

However, McD's claim (in big writing so it must be true)

"Here at McDonald’s UK we use whole cuts of 100% beef from the forequarter and flank with just a pinch of salt and pepper added after cooking"

Beef :: McDonalds.co.uk

Nowt wrong with crispy gonads.

I still prefer BK though, had a chilli cheese burger there the other day!

There is a difference though in using offal and reclaimed meat! The reclaimed stuff is centrifuged bones and is nothing more than muscle, fat, tissue and waste meat that wouldn't normally come off the bone by simple butchering method.

[d000hg]

FAQ :: McDonalds.co.uk

"Are they real eggs"

"Is there milk in McDonald's milkshakes?"

"Is McDonald's food suitable for vegetarians?"

I feel they're catering (!) to quite poorly educated people in the FAQ. So perfect for DP.

[d000hg]

Now't wrong with gonads - CUK grub club enjoyed gonad parties in Copenhagen.

THis is how I read that sentence first time round

However, McD's claim (in big writing so it must be true)

"Here at McDonald’s UK we use whole cuts of 100% beef from the forequarter and flank with just a pinch of salt and pepper added after cooking"

Beef :: McDonalds.co.uk

Surely they get inspected precisely to check out such statements? I'm sure there are legal ways to maximise what can be included in that description but still. It's not like MCD actually give a you a lot of meat in their burgers by weight and they make a load of profit on drink and chips so I don't see using real meat as being a problem for them financially, even if they made a loss on the burger they'd be fine. They probably tailor it to each nation's sensibilities what they feel they can get away with.

I thought their chicken nuggets were also actual pieces of chicken unlike most places' reconstituted crud - best thing on their menu IMO. And that they are quite good as an employer? I think we love to slag McD off but they are actually one of the better ones.

[mudskipper]

But the difference is steak and kidney pie openly says they are using kidneys, there as McDonald's claim you are eating 100% beef but don't tell you it includes eyeball and gonads.

Now't wrong with gonads - CUK grub club enjoyed gonad patties in Copenhagen. Very nice they were too.

However, McD's claim (in big writing so it must be true)

"Here at McDonald’s UK we use whole cuts of 100% beef from the forequarter and flank with just a pinch of salt and pepper added after cooking"

Beef :: McDonalds.co.uk

[SueEllen]

How would you know what the characteristic taste of processed, mechanically recovered 'meat' is?

British cuisine is full of recipes using "crap". Brawn, tripe, sausages just for a start before we get onto kidneys, bone marrow and so on. One of the points of mincing meat is you can use far more of the animal that way, it's not just for fun.

But the difference is steak and kidney pie openly says they are using kidneys, there as McDonald's claim you are eating 100% beef but don't tell you it includes eyeball and gonads.

[d000hg]

Yep, nom, nom, nom, tastes like greasy processed, mechanically recovered crap.

HTH BIDI

How would you know what the characteristic taste of processed, mechanically recovered 'meat' is?

British cuisine is full of recipes using "crap". Brawn, tripe, sausages just for a start before we get onto kidneys, bone marrow and so on. One of the points of mincing meat is you can use far more of the animal that way, it's not just for fun.

[greenlake]

I went for a nice kebab & chips for lunch - Tubby Thursday!

[DaveB]

I went for a nice kebab & chips for lunch - Tubby Thursday!

Steak pie and mushy peas from the local butchers for me

[vetran]

I'm hungry now.

Damn it.

I went for a nice kebab & chips for lunch - Tubby Thursday!

[SueEllen]

You are making me hungry!

I'm hungry now.

Damn it.

[woohoo]

They were caught in the 90s and early 2000s using recovered meat of the unsavoury parts of cows. So they changed their producers.

You are making me hungry!

[SueEllen]

McD have been making a big deal about the 'purity' of their ingredients recently in ads. Even mentioning the kind of things people say about their burgers and then disputing them. Can anyone fact-check it?

They were caught in the 90s and early 2000s using recovered meat of the unsavoury parts of cows. So they changed their producers.