In Brandon the advent of the McDouble was silent and somewhat aggravating. I was used to ordering the $1.39 double cheeseburger and then one day I ordered and it was suddenly $1.79. I didn't really notice it until I got home. The next time I was in a McD's I did a double check of the value menu and saw that the double cheeseburger had been replaced by something called the McDouble. At this point I was intrigued. What could have bumped the regular double off the menu? Why would this newcomer get the Mc moniker that the double had worked so hard to claim? I basically had to order it. I was also hungry.
When I get to my seat I open up the wrap to try and solve this mystery. What I find looks an awful lot like a regular double cheeseburger. There is one bun, two puny McDonald's burger patties, ketchup, mustard, those pesky über chopped onions, a couple of pickle slices and cheese. WAIT A SECOND! The cheese is different. A McDouble only has one slice of cheese. That is exactly half the cheese found on a double cheeseburger. My first thought was something like McDonald's thinks one slice of cheese is worth 40 cents?! Why would McDonald's just change the price without telling us? I figure the amount of double cheeseburgers people would buy reflexively before finding the McDouble at the value price would net McDonald's a hefty profit.
It was about now that my hunger kicked in and I stopped philosophizing and bit into my McDouble. (I have to add a note here: I most likely ordered my first McDouble with just ketchup, though I order them now just without onions and then take the pickles off and give them to Kristin.) As my father would say, it was a taste sensation. The double cheeseburger is pretty good, but the one difference in the McDouble is all the difference. In the McDouble McDonald's has finally mastered the all important meat to cheese ratio. The double cheeseburger was always just a bit too much cheese for me. I found myself removing it whenever I could. Pulling the corners off, etcetera. Now, with the McDouble the cheese is finally, perfectly balanced with the meat. I understand why it gets the "Mc" where the double cheeseburger didn't.
At this point I do have to say that Kristin says that there are a lot of people who like cheese, her included. I'm not disagreeing with that. The perfection in the meat-cheese ratio applies only to my taste. Also, in raising the double cheeseburger's price McDonald's has made the love of cheese even more expensive.
I recommend the McDouble for snacking, meals, when you think you might be hungry but aren't quite sure, when Kristin is bugging you for some pickles, for when thinking of food makes you hungry, well, for any occasion really. It's good!
When I get to my seat I open up the wrap to try and solve this mystery. What I find looks an awful lot like a regular double cheeseburger. There is one bun, two puny McDonald's burger patties, ketchup, mustard, those pesky über chopped onions, a couple of pickle slices and cheese. WAIT A SECOND! The cheese is different. A McDouble only has one slice of cheese. That is exactly half the cheese found on a double cheeseburger. My first thought was something like McDonald's thinks one slice of cheese is worth 40 cents?! Why would McDonald's just change the price without telling us? I figure the amount of double cheeseburgers people would buy reflexively before finding the McDouble at the value price would net McDonald's a hefty profit.
It was about now that my hunger kicked in and I stopped philosophizing and bit into my McDouble. (I have to add a note here: I most likely ordered my first McDouble with just ketchup, though I order them now just without onions and then take the pickles off and give them to Kristin.) As my father would say, it was a taste sensation. The double cheeseburger is pretty good, but the one difference in the McDouble is all the difference. In the McDouble McDonald's has finally mastered the all important meat to cheese ratio. The double cheeseburger was always just a bit too much cheese for me. I found myself removing it whenever I could. Pulling the corners off, etcetera. Now, with the McDouble the cheese is finally, perfectly balanced with the meat. I understand why it gets the "Mc" where the double cheeseburger didn't.
At this point I do have to say that Kristin says that there are a lot of people who like cheese, her included. I'm not disagreeing with that. The perfection in the meat-cheese ratio applies only to my taste. Also, in raising the double cheeseburger's price McDonald's has made the love of cheese even more expensive.
I recommend the McDouble for snacking, meals, when you think you might be hungry but aren't quite sure, when Kristin is bugging you for some pickles, for when thinking of food makes you hungry, well, for any occasion really. It's good!
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