"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 5/1/2013 6:27 AM, Pico Rico wrote:
>> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> On May 1, 11:05 am, "Pico Rico" > wrote:
>>> "McDonald's is introducing the new Egg White Delight McMuffin, and the
>>> option of freshly grilled egg whites with white cheddar on any egg and
>>> cheese breakfast sandwich, in restaurants nationwide this week."
>>>
>>> won't the liquid egg white slip through the grating?
>>
>> When they say "grill," they likely mean "flattop," i.e., griddle.
>>
>> N.
>>
>> ____
>>
>>
>> yeah, I know. But a griddle is not a flattop, either!
>>
>> I have found that names don't seem to mean much in the restaurant
>> business -
>> anything can be called anything close or "similar".
>>
>>
>
> "Grilled" sounds more appealing than "fried." "White cheddar" sounds
> better than "nasty processed cheese food material." I saw that on the
> picture menu in a McDonald's last week, and was repulsed even though it
> was on one of those slick back-lit professional photo-transparencies. I'll
> take a fried egg over grilled egg whites any day of the week except maybe
> Tuesday.
>
> That's food for you in 2013. Just eating the white of an egg is getting
> trendy. These days, it's OK to eat Egg Beaters without requiring any
> pretensions of color. I guess being blind has some advantages.

yeah, but give these folks an omelet or a frittata or quiche with a few
extra egg yolks thrown in, and they will rave about how good it is.