On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:35:45 -0700 (PDT), aem >
wrote:

>On Jul 30, 9:09*am, Corey Richardson `R> wrote:
>> A "special" at the moment at McDonalds is the Oriental BBQ Beef burger.
>>
>> It comprises of: 100% Beef Patty, cheese, Batavia lettuce, onion, BBQ
>> sauce and a split-top seeded bun.
>>
>> Forgive me for asking, but what *exactly* is Oriental about that?
>
>I imagine a McD management meeting:
>
> - let's drop some bbq sauce on a burger.
> - ok, we can sell that as a 'bbq beef burger'.
> - no, bbq beef has nothing to do with a beef patty and we
>certainly don't want to spend the money to make real bbq beef.
> - ok, we'll call it 'oriental bbq beef burger' because orientals
>don't know about bbq either and that'll deflect any criticism.
> - you're a genius.

I bet it went something exactly like that!