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On 11/9/2011 9:40 AM, Mark Thorson wrote:
> The graph in this article is purported to explain
> the seemingly random appearance and disappearance
> of the McRib sandwich.
>
> http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/a-cons...b-as-arbitrage
>
> I'm curious whether anyone has posted a picture of
> the "meat" in a McRib sandwich with the BBQ sauce
> washed off. Please post a link if you've seen one.
>
> That's what decided me never to eat anything from
> the Healthy Choice brand of frozen foods again.
> I had some chicken dish and washed the sauce off
> a chunk of "chicken" to see what I was eating.
> It was some sort of restructured chicken material,
> kind of like what you'd get if you made bologna
> out of chicken.


I've been cooking a lot of pork recently. Evidently, it's not a
coincidence that the legendary McDonalds pork sandwich is popping it's
head out like a pesky wack-a-mole at this time. I guess we both will
take advantage of cheap pork prices. Yay cheap pork prices!