Frozen McRib goes viral, churning McDonalds customers' stomachs

Frozen McRib goes viral, churning McDonalds customers' stomachs, McRib, McDonalds’ highly advertised and promoted sandwich, has gone viral in frozen form, according to Fox News on Wednesday. And, the results aren’t good. Stomachs are reportedly churning everywhere at the non-appetizing sight of the otherwise delicious sandwich sensation.

The sandwich in salable form looks great as it sits on a hoagie-style bun while the meat is soaked in tangy barbecue sauce and topped with slivered onions. However, prior to being prepared in a McDonalds restaurant, the thing looks like – well, it’s difficult to say. It’s in the shape of a McRib but all white from the freezer frost.

The picture went viral after an employee at a Canadian McDonalds – where the throw-back sandwich from the 1980s is featured until Dec. 2 – took a picture of a hand holding the McRib “meat” and posted it to the Reddit web site which is known for breaking controversial news.

McDonalds’ advertising boasts that the sandwich is filled with approximately 70 ingredients. And in a defensive move, a McDonalds’ spokesperson told The Huffington Post that one reason people love the McRib is because of its wonderful, fun shape. The unnamed spokesperson claims that the McRib is in the shape of traditional barbecued ribs just like a hamburger patty is formed in a round and flat shape. Then, the McDonalds flash-freezes the “meats” to seal in flavor and freshness – just like one would freeze meat in his own freezer at home. That is the form in which the flash-frozen product is delivered to the McDonalds restaurants.

Appetizing or not, that’s McDonalds’ take on the McRib story.

Now, about all the many McDonalds restaurants that refuse to put garbage buckets in the drive thrus which promotes littering throughout their properties and the surrounding areas of the restaurants. When are these restaurants going to quit pinching the pennies - as some restaurant managers have admitted is the means behind taking the buckets away - and give the customers what they really want and need? A garbage in the drive thrus is essential - and, as can be business-assumed, costly to their operation.