Our McDonalds burned down.

[jglass]

No more McNuggets for us for awhile.
The McDonalds here in town burned down
My husband is going to have to look else where when he is craving a McDonalds burger lol.

[Mapiva]

This is a time to rejoice! Down with all fast food!

[Mama Mangia]

Big Mac Special Sauce

1/4 cup KRAFT Miracle Whip
1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons, heaping, WISHBONE deluxe French salad dressing (the orange stuff)
1/2 tablespoon HEINZ sweet relish
2 teaspoons, heaping, VLASIC dill pickle relish (Heinz dill relish also works)
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon dried, minced onion
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon ketchup
1/8 teaspoon salt

Mix everything very well in a small container. There better be no streaks! Microwave 25 seconds, and stir well again. Cover, and refrigerate at LEAST 1 hour before using. (to allow all of the flavors to "meld")


Copycat Mcdonald's Famous French Fries

2 large idaho russet potatoes
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons corn syrup
1 1/2-2 cups hot water
6 cups shortening
1/4 cup beef lard (or save the fat from previously cooked burgers)
salt


Peel the potatoes. In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, corn syrup, and hot water. Make sure the sugar is dissolved. Using a french fry slicer, cut the peeled potatoes into shoestrings. The potatoes should be 1/4" x 1/4" in thickness, and about 4" to 6" long. (You can do this with a knife, but it is alot of work).
Place the shoestringed potatoes into the bowl of sugar-water, and refrigerate. Let them soak about 30 minutes.
While they're soaking, pack the shortening into the deep fryer. Crank up the temperature to "full". The shortening has to pre-heat for a very long time. It will eventually liquify. After it has liquified and is at least 375°, drain the potatoes and dump them into the fryer. (be careful, it will be ferocious).
After 1 to 1 1/2 minutes, remove the potatoes and place them on a paper towel lined plate. Let them cool 8 to 10 minutes in the refrigerator.
While they're cooling, add the lard or beef drippings to the hot Crisco®. Again, crank the temperature to full. Stir in the lard as it melts into the oil. It will blend inches.
After the deep fryer is reheated to 375°-400°, add the potatoes and deep fry again. This time for 5-7 minutes until golden brown. Remove and place in a large bowl.
Sprinkle generously with salt, then "toss" the fries to mix the salt evenly.
Serve hot, serve immediately, and enjoy! Depending upon the size of the potatoes, this recipe make about 2 medium sized fries.
Special Notes: If you want more fries, double the recipe---but DON'T double the cooking oil. Just cook them in shifts, adding about 1/4 cup more Crisco and 1 tablespoon lard for the second batch.


Mc D's Chicken Nuggets


1 cup water
1 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons salt
1 egg
1 teaspoon onion powder
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts


Beat the egg and water in a bowl and set aside. Combine all the dry ingredients in a zip top bag.
Pound chicken to 1/4 inch thick and cut into bite-sized pieces. Coat chicken with flour. Drudge in egg mixture and return to flour. Shake to coat and place bag in freezer. Freeze 1 hour.
Refrigerate egg mix. Repeat coating process after the 1 hour is up.
Deep fry chicken nuggets in oil heated to 375 degrees. Drain on paper towels.


McDonald's Big Mac

1 regular sized sesame seed bun
1 regular sized plain bun
2 beef patties (2 ounces each flattened to bun size)
2 tablespoons Big Mac sauce
2 teaspoons reconstituted onions
1 slice real American cheese
2 hamburger pickle slices
1/4 cup shredded lettuce

Discard the crown half of the regular bun, retaining the
heel. Toast both sides of the heel and the "inner" sides of
the sesame bun.

Cook the two all beef patties just like regular burgers.

After the bun parts are toasted, put 1 tablespoon of sauce on
each of the heels (toasted side). Then add 1/8 cup shredded
lettuce to each. On the true bottom bun, place one thin slice
of American cheese on top of the lettuce. On the extra "heel",
the middle bun, place two pickle slices on top of the lettuce.

When the meat patties are done, place them one at a time on
both prepared buns. Stack the middle bun on top of the bottom
bun, and put the crown on top.


McDonald's Breakfast Burritos

1/2 pound Jimmy Dean spicy Sausage -- Patties -- brown,
crumbled
2 Eggs; scramble -- break up pieces
1 medium Tomato -- sm. dice
6 Soft flour tortillas -- steam
6 tablespoons Cheese Whiz -- melt in micro

Combine sausage, eggs and tomatoes. Place about 1/6 mixture into center of
each tortilla. Top each mound of the mixture with 1 TB of the melted
cheese. Fold bottom third of tortilla up over the filling and then bring
right side of the tortilla toward the left, folding over filling. Fold
left side of tortilla to the right, leaving the top end open. Wrap in
waxed paper and refrigerate up to 4 hours. Micro each 1 briefly just to
warm and serve promptly with picante sauce on the side. Do not freeze.

McDonald's Honey and Mustard Nugget Sauce

1/4 cup Honey
2 tablespoons Prepared mustard
1 tablespoon Heinz 57 sauce

Mix. makes 1/3 c sauce. Refrigerate. covered. Use within 2 months.


McDonald's Sweet and Sour Sauce for Nuggets

1 cup Apricot Preserves
3 tablespoons Heinz 57 Sauce
3 tablespoons Italian Dressing
3 tablespoons Soy Sauce

Makes about 2 cups. Refrigerate. up to 2 weeks.



It's called DO=IT-YOURSELF-WEEK - do it yourself! LOL

[chubbyalaskagriz]

I love their quarter-pounders w/ cheese, and their south-western chicken salads. This is a sad day for culinarians everywhere! Janie- I'm gonna cruise my local drive-thru today and park near the trash-bin for an observant moment of silence...

"One day health-nuts everywhere are gonna scratch their heads raw when they find themselves lying in a hospital bed- dying of nothing!" -Redd Foxx

[jglass]

lol Kevin. We know the guy who owns the one here in town and a couple others in surrounding counties. He is a really nice guy. Always doing stuff for the community. When our friends lost their son he donated $5,000 to Ronald McDonald house in their name.
I am sure they will rebuild quickly. My husband is going to go through withdrawl before then lol.

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

It's ashamed that such a nice guy owns it, because I was going to say Good Riddnace, I hate McD's food but that is just me

Maddy loves the McNuggets, and I always refuse to get them for her, but her grandfolks take her there and get them for her I just think their food is pure T Crap!!!!!

If I have to do the fast food thing I much prefer BK!!! And I always order mine with extra pickels and lots of special extras so I make sure I get a fresh burger not one that has been sitting under a warmer for God only knows how long!!!

I do not mind if other folks like it but that's just my own preference!

[jglass]

We might eat there once a month.
I have to admit I like taco bell. I get a craving for nachos lol. We never go out to eat more than once or twice at the most a month.

[mrsjimmyp]

I wouldn't miss it if the local one in our area burned down ! I'm with Cathy...I don't eat at Mc D . There are not a lot of choices in this area for fast food. In Town....which is 7 miles from us...there is a Mc D.. Sonic,Burger K,Wendy's,Pizza Hut.PennsFish house Taco Bell and Rodeo Mexican Resurante....Sonic is ok...Don't like Wendy's .Bk or Penns.....lol...taco Bell just opened a few weeks ago.

[Mapiva]

Originally Posted by Cook Chatty Cathy

It's ashamed that such a nice guy owns it, because I was going to say Good Riddnace, I hate McD's food but that is just me

Maddy loves the McNuggets, and I always refuse to get them for her, but her grandfolks take her there and get them for her I just think their food is pure T Crap!!!!!

If I have to do the fast food thing I much prefer BK!!! And I always order mine with extra pickels and lots of special extras so I make sure I get a fresh burger not one that has been sitting under a warmer for God only knows how long!!!

I do not mind if other folks like it but that's just my own preference!

Oh my gosh me too! If I have to eat fast food I always order mine without ketchup or sauce, so that they have to make it fresh. Ordering extra pickles will just make them open the bun of an already made burger and stick more pickles in it. Order without sauce!

[KYHeirloomer]

We don't eat fast food at all.

For starters, McDonald's hamburgers make me sick. Literally. I get a queezy stomach, borderline naseua, and a headache.

Hawian Punch does the same thing, but in that it's the passionflower juice I'm reacting to.

Anyway, we used to put on 40-45,000 road miles a year. What we decided, when you're putting on 500 mile days, back to back to back, is that we really needed a longish lunch break. When appropriate, we'd picnic in roadside rests. Otherwise we'd go to a sit-down restaurant. Even the chains, we found, were better than the squat & gobble fast food places.

For only a couple of bucks more, we'd get waited on, have a real menu choice, and could sit and enjoy our time out of the car.

That habit has stayed with us. I can't remember the last time I was in a fast-food joint.