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Arugula Latte

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66. Giving out information is pushing a "nanny state" huh?

Wed Nov 13, 2013, 07:48 PM

Nov 2013

Where did the poster state s/he was being made to eat one?

Wow, when posts like this evoke the wrath even of DUers, it really shows how this country truly is hostile to simple knowledge and information. This book is more relevant than ever:

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This Is What McDonald's McRib Actually Looks Like [View all] n2doc Nov 2013 OP

Yummy! onehandle Nov 2013 #1

I'll take two with a side of large fries. I like the McRib. Throd Nov 2013 #2

Me too! Love fall!!! n-t Logical Nov 2013 #15

Me too. Extra pickles. mac56 Nov 2013 #17

So What? GreenStormCloud Nov 2013 #3

It's their business but they probably have no idea what they're eating, so it's information. Voice for Peace Nov 2013 #13

I'm glad they posted it. I never knew that they looked like that. Th1onein Nov 2013 #23

On behalf of everyone, I apologize for accidentally letting you know the truth DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2013 #35

So what? ronnie624 Nov 2013 #54

Giving out information is pushing a "nanny state" huh? Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #66

The OP's tone is very nannyish. N/T GreenStormCloud Nov 2013 #68

"Nanny"? 99Forever Nov 2013 #76

My god, they're awful. Chan790 Nov 2013 #4

i eat morningstar farms veggie "riblets", and they have the same unnatural shape and dionysus Nov 2013 #9

I like the chik patties. undeterred Nov 2013 #29

omg, love them.. but the Boca spicy ones. morningstar i hit up for burgers, nuggets, and corn dogs.. dionysus Nov 2013 #30

Yep taste good, but PumpkinAle Nov 2013 #41

Yeah. But thats true of all frozen food. undeterred Nov 2013 #92

Their breakfast "meats" are awesome. Nedsdag Nov 2013 #47

breakfast sausages great... the bacon.... goes from soggy to torched in a nanosecond dionysus Nov 2013 #49

The Bacon, Egg, and Cheese in a Biscuit is awesome undeterred Nov 2013 #81

LOL, DU food snobs. Got to love it. n-t Logical Nov 2013 #16

Snob? Chan790 Nov 2013 #19

If you have a negative judgment of somebody else's disgusting food, you're a snob alcibiades_mystery Nov 2013 #20

Nobody is saying it is culinary art. It is a guilty pleasure, like a candy bar. Throd Nov 2013 #25

but can i go to Throddington Major, pretending to hate rare steak, and fool you into making me one? dionysus Nov 2013 #33

My door is always open, and the beer is usually somewhat cold. Throd Nov 2013 #37

for your 4000th post, i say thanks Sir. dionysus Nov 2013 #39

omg... ancianita Nov 2013 #50

LOL BuddhaGirl Nov 2013 #21

Who's your internet provider? Orrex Nov 2013 #22

well sport, I'll find out BuddhaGirl Nov 2013 #40

Good luck, pal. Orrex Nov 2013 #63

Or irrelevant petulance. LanternWaste Nov 2013 #72

It's hardly snobbery to reject something that is unfit for human consumption. nt Deep13 Nov 2013 #57

Tell me about it Capt. Obvious Nov 2013 #61

I'd characterize others that way too if I enjoyed eating crap people made fun of... LanternWaste Nov 2013 #71

LOL, ANY restaurant or food mentioned on this place is insulted. Someone said a few weeks ago.... Logical Nov 2013 #83

Puke! JaneyVee Nov 2013 #5

unhealthy processed meat product, covered in frost from the freezer. the horror. dionysus Nov 2013 #6

Not true. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #7

Houston's seasons are different Lurker Deluxe Nov 2013 #90

frozen pig sponge...ugh spanone Nov 2013 #8

mcribs and anything in a sausage casing ;) dionysus Nov 2013 #10

Yes. Frozen pad of pork-oid HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #14

i love mcribs... and will keep eating them.. tyvm scheming daemons Nov 2013 #11

^ THIS ^ mac56 Nov 2013 #18

I imagine many people predicate their enjoyment of a thing not in its own merits LanternWaste Nov 2013 #73

Haven't eaten at McCraps for over a decade, arthritisR_US Nov 2013 #12

No worse than the pressed slop that subtitutes for 'chicken' at subway. laundry_queen Nov 2013 #24

I don't eat much fast food anymore, but I don't completely shun it. LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #86

Made from pork-based pink slime. backscatter712 Nov 2013 #26

The McRib is delicious DefenseLawyer Nov 2013 #27

Mmmmmm rrneck Nov 2013 #28

Parts is parts pintobean Nov 2013 #31

I like the McRib too! Showing it to me while frozen doesn't make me change. napi21 Nov 2013 #32

Their fish sandwich is 840high Nov 2013 #38

It looks more appetizing frozen then "cooked". RiffRandell Nov 2013 #34

ewwww Liberal_in_LA Nov 2013 #36

McRibs are McFibs. hobbit709 Nov 2013 #42

+100! n/t zappaman Nov 2013 #75

MMMMMM....Ribwich Behind the Aegis Nov 2013 #43

I don't watch TV, HATE sports, and wouldn't be caught DEAD in a Mickey D's parking lot. cherokeeprogressive Nov 2013 #44

Ive never eaten one. TeamPooka Nov 2013 #45

Whatever else anybody says, that sure doesn't look like "food." nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #46

I ate one once. Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #48

Damn, you think that's bad defacto7 Nov 2013 #51

I lived for many years in the Middle East. MADem Nov 2013 #52

Happy to say I never set foot in a McD's when I was in the Middle East.... Deep13 Nov 2013 #56

I was really disapointed with the McRib. ZombieHorde Nov 2013 #53

I have three words for McD's: Old Caroline Barbecue. Deep13 Nov 2013 #55

you are going straight to hell Duckhunter935 Nov 2013 #62

Yeah, about that. Deep13 Nov 2013 #69

NO sex threads!!! cliffordu Nov 2013 #78

well the name attracted me - so I did try them once - but they just don't taste very good Douglas Carpenter Nov 2013 #58

I am getting one Duckhunter935 Nov 2013 #59

Looks like tractor tire marks in mud. Seriously people. you eat B Calm Nov 2013 #60

I've tried them. HappyMe Nov 2013 #64

Just had one. CFLDem Nov 2013 #65

Back in the day, fast food places sold real ribs. Evidence: Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #67

what I have always marveled at about the McRib arely staircase Nov 2013 #70

To this day.... zappaman Nov 2013 #74

so? Niceguy1 Nov 2013 #77

amorphous blobs? hockeynut57 Nov 2013 #79

I just feel sorry for the ones that have to spend the rest of their lives without their nuggets. eppur_se_muova Nov 2013 #80

And here is a Tofurkey MineralMan Nov 2013 #82

LOL! I see what you did there. flvegan Nov 2013 #84

I knew you'd see it. MineralMan Nov 2013 #88

Love Tofurky, but planning on making my own SeitanWurst for Thanksgiving hugo_from_TN Nov 2013 #85

Seitan is a reasonably good meat substitute, MineralMan Nov 2013 #89

Pigs are rectangular jsr Nov 2013 #87

I love Dairy Queen chicken tavernier Nov 2013 #91