The McRib Is Made Of Pig Innards And Soles Of Shoes, Basically

December 1, 2011

George Boston Rhynes

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wondering now what's in mc'chicken

Have you ever seen the 'stuff' that is extruded from a machine, which makes some of the other deliciously tasting (😱💩) food-stuffs you get at Mickey D's

I seriously doubt they'd have any business left, if people saw what there food consists of, and how it's processed/prepared.

Last time I ate in a Mickey F's was years ago - when we only had a few, here in Manhattan (one o Broadway & 96 I think. It was by my home, and also 83/3rd).

We went to them once every other MONTH or so. It was a 'big deal.' we had lots of pizza parlours, and such, but, with the arrival of the c
Own, so began the onslaught that's brought in waves of corporate box stores, and chain restaurants, and shitloads of FAT ASSED TOURISTS (usually those are the southerners, or midwesterners), and the 'European type' as well.

So. Not only does a McRib exemplify all that's bad about McD's food, but, it also represents all shit that we've been letti g us be subjected to these past couple of decades.

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STOP trying to SPAM! There are ways to deal with you, if you don't take this politely asked way out.

One warning. That's all.

Your attitude is what is killing millions of Americans, and soon you will we become another statistic.
You are what you eat, if you eat crap, you'll be crap, feel like crap,
and get sick! It doesn't take money to eat healthy, just common sense...

Wow the attitudes of some of you are ridiculous. So because some of the holier than thou people with more money can afford better foods, everyone else should be able to as well? How about parents who have several kids with a tight budget? Just because people don't have a lot of money does not make then uneducated, I get so sick of that crap. I don't get why others feel the need to judge on other peoples diets anyway. If you're a health nut, good for you. If you're not, good for you too. I think people need to focus on what they put into their own mouths instead of judging everyone else on what they think they should do. Anyone ever watch bizarre foods with andrew zimmern? People around the world eat all parts of the animals. Some people don't have a choice to pick and choose what they eat or have money or have these whole foods places available. Everything contains some type of chemicals or something you're unaware of. I don't take anything at face value unless I see physical proof. If they had a list showing the ingredients from mcdonalds itself then It'd be more believable. Anyone can say something, doesn't make it true.

I thought the majority of McDonalds' products were made out of pigeon and squirrel meat?

we have a little filipino buffet down the street where you can get these tasty morsels without having to hide them in a bun. and if you can get past the "ick" stigma, some of it's darned tasty!

You forgot the tears of Mexicans (and a small percentage of other Hispanics). I think that's what adds the saltiness.

No, that's what happens when employees pee on their hands in the restroom and don't wash.

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I'm from Malta (in Europe) and we have a traditional tripe recipe called 'kirsha'. It's very Yummy but my family never prepared it at home. Why? because it takes a lot of effort to do it properly, and you really need to trust that your butcher is giving you quality product. It's one of those recipes that can easily go wrong, and then it's basically just a disgusting goo. But if you buy from a trusted local butcher and have half a day to spend on it, well, it's a very pleasant, nutritious and unique meal.
All those pointing out that eating tripe is common are missing this important point: Eating ribs is fine, as is eating tripe in a tripe based recipe, but eating tripe as ribs is odd at best, totally weird at worst. Whatever McDonald’s is doing is not far from alchemists trying to turn lead into gold ... and one has to question why people still fall for such snake oil.

My parents are from italy. I love my mom's tripe stew. But it's a huge effort to make.

i like mcdonald and bk... if some is truly hungry and broke they can live on it once a day and not get fat. kuz theyre actually poor.

Eating tripe is probably a lot more common than you think. This is from the Wiki on Tripe:
Tripe is eaten in many parts of the world. Tripe dishes include:

Andouille — French poached, boiled and smoked cold tripe sausageSkembici - Serbia, one of the oldest known dishes since 13th century.Tripe in vegetable stew with herbs, served with boiled potato.Andouillette — French grilling sausage including beef tripe and porkBabat — Indonesian spicy beef tripe dishTQallia — Moroccan spiced, seasoned in a sauce with vegetables and served on cous-cousBreakfast Sausages — Most commercially produced sausages in the United States contain pork and beef tripe as fillerBumbar — A Bosnian prepared dish where the tripe is stuffed with other cow parts.Butifarra — Catalonian sausageCallos — Spanish/Filipino tripe dish cooked with chickpeas, chorizo and paprika.Chakna — Indian spicy stew of goat tripe and other animal partsCiorbă de burtă — Romanian special soup with cream and garlicDobrada — Portuguese tripe dish usually served with white butterbeans and chouriçoDršťkovka (dršťková polévka) — Czech goulash-like tripe soup"fa9ulia bil karsha" in Libya,kidney bean soup with tripe.it is a typical Libyan dish.Držková — Slovak tripe soup (Držková polievka)Dulot Dulet - Eritrea
[[Ethiopian cuisine|Ethiopia] tripe and entrail stir-fry containing
finely chopped tripe, liver and ground beef, lamb or goat fried in
clarified and spiced butter, with garlic, parsely and berbere.Fileki or špek-fileki — Croatian tripe soup.Flaki — Polish soup, with marjoramFuqi feipian or 夫妻肺片—
spicy and "numbing" (麻) Chinese cold dish made from various types of
beef offal, nowadays mainly thinly sliced tendon, tripe and sometimes
tongueGuatitas - Ecuadorian and Chilean tripe stew, often served with peanut sauceGuru (food) — Zimbabwean name for tripe. Normally eaten as relish with Sadza.Haggis — Scottish
traditional dish made of a sheep's stomach stuffed with oatmeal and the
minced heart, liver and lungs of a sheep. The stomach is used only as a
vessel for the stuffing and is not eaten.İşkembe çorbası — Turkish tripe soup with garlic, lemon and spicesKare-kare — Filipino oxtail-peanut stew which may include tripeKhash
— In Armenia the widely popular winter soup is made of boiled beef
tendon and honeycomb tripe and served with lots of garlic and lavash bread.Kista — Assyrian
Cooked traditionlly in a stew and stuffed with soft rice. This dish is
part of a major dish known as 'Pacha' in Assyrian. 'Pacha' is also the
Persian word for the feet of hooved animals but not the hoof itself.
'Pa' is Persian for 'leg' or 'foot'. The suffix 'cha' or 'cheh' refers
to something small.Lampredotto — Florentine abomasum-tripe dish, often eaten in sandwiches with green sauce and hot sauce.Mala Mogodu — South African Cuisine - popular tripe dish, often eaten at dinner time as a stew with hot pap.Matumbo — Kenyan Cuisine - tripe dish, often eaten as a stew with various accompaniments.Menudo — Mexican tripe and hominy stewMondongo — Latin American and Caribbean tripe, vegetable and herb soupMotsu — Japanese tripe served either simmered or in NabemonoPacal or Pacalpörkölt — Hungarian spicy meal made of tripe, similar to pörköltpacha — Iraqi, tripe stuffed with spiced ricePancitas — Mexican stew similar to Menudo but made with sheep stomachPatsás (Greek πατσάς) — Greek, similar to Turkish İşkembePhiladelphia Pepper Pot Soup — American (Pennsylvania) tripe soup with peppercornsPhở — Vietnamese noodle soup with many regional variations, some of which include tripePickled tripe — Pickled white honeycomb tripe once common in the Northeastern United States.Potted MeatSaki or Shaki — word for tripe in the Yoruba language of Nigeria. Shaki is often included in various stews, along with other meats.Saure Kutteln — from south Germany, made with beef tripe and vinegar or wineShkembe (Shkembe Chorba) (Шкембе чорба) — is a kind of tripe soup, prepared in Iran, Bulgaria, Romania, Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Turkey. Shekam is the Persian word for stomach. Sirabi is the Iranian version of Shkembe'.Tripes à la mode de Caen — in Normandy. This is a traditional stew made with Tripe in the Normandy region of France. "Tripes à la mode de Caen" obey a very codified recept, preserved by the brotherhood of "La tripière d'or"[4] that organises a competition every year to elect the world's best "Tripes à la mode de Caen" maker.Tripe and Beans — in Jamaica. This is a thick, spicy stew made with Tripe and Broad BeansTripe and Drisheen — in Cork, IrelandTripe and Onions — in Northern EnglandTripoux — French sheep tripe dishTrippa di Moncalieri
— in Moncalieri city/Piedmont/Italy (tripe sausage, that could be
served in thin slices with few drops of olive oil, minced parsley,
garlic and a pinch of black pepper, or used mainly for "Trippa alla
Savoiarda" recipe )Trippa alla fiorentina — in Italy (fried with tomatoes and other vegetables)Trippa alla Romana — in Italy (done with white wine and tomatoes)Trippa alla Savoiarda
— in Piedmont/Italy (stewed with vegetables, white wine, sauce from
roasted beef and served covered with grated Parmigiano Reggiano/Grana
Padano cheese)Tsitsarong bulaklak — Filipino crunchy fried tripe (lit. "flower" crackling)Tuslama (Romanian) / Tuzlama(Turkish) - tripe stew specific to south-eastern Romania, a blend of Romanian and TurkishYakiniku and Horumonyaki — Japanese chargrilled, bite-sizedVampi — Slovenian tripe stew.Vette darmen Traditional, though now on the verge of being obsolete West-Flemish dish. The tripe is seasoned and fried in a buttered pan.Ojree — Pakistani curry made out of finely chopped and tenderized goat tripeObe ata pelu Shaaki — Nigerian Stew made with large chunk of cow and goat tripePepper soup with tripe — Nigerian Hot peppered liquid soup with bite-sized tripe牛肚 / 金錢肚 (Mandarin: Niudu/Jinqiandu; Cantonese, Ngautou/Gumtsintou) -- Chinese cuisine
Tripe with inner lining resembling ancient Chinese coin with square
hole give its name: "coin stomach". The dish is usually served steamed
with spring onion and garlic sauce, or just boiled in water served with
sweet soya sauce with chilli and spring onions as a dipping sauce.Tripe soup Shorbet Kawari3; in Jordan. This is a stew made with Tripe and tomato sauce

I see tripe in the grocery store every time i go there apparently people eat it.

this is disgusting!!! and exactly why i dont eat fast food!

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" trust fund social media wannabe " = OWS slacker

When someone is poor and overweight they call hima gutton. When  someone is a trust fund social media wannabe living in Williamsburg and overweight he's a "gourmand".

McD's - a company that puts reasonably priced food on the table for millions on a tight budget - has it's feet held to the fire for allegedly using pig innards - probably processed in a sanitary environment with full time health inspectors.

But it's OK for Cory Doctorow types with their Cankle-nistas to  head up to Harlem for Chitlins, right?
Of course. Shows how hip and diverse they are. "Take a picture of us Caleb for the blog! Wait - lemme flash a gang sign and make sure you get the chitlins and the authentic black people behind the counter to show every back in Prostate Gulch just how gritty and urban we are..say YAH!!"

There is a huge difference between eating butchered animal parts, offal or not, and eating highly processed powdered and reconstituted press-formed slabs of various parts marketed as entirely different parts. If you think there is no difference, please continue eating minced scraps from the factory wrapped in billions of advertisement dollars. Just don't take personal offense to an article that lists the ingredients. I wonder if you rail against doctors who point out the dangers of smoking cigarettes too. Shame on  facts! 

"a company that puts reasonably priced food on the table for millions on a tight budget probably processed in a sanitary environment with full time health inspectors" - Why is it necessary to run in the exact opposite direction? What market scenario involves nob;e companies who only mass-produce cheap food for billions as a humanitarian aid project? they provide cheap food, which is made in a dramatically cheaper method, to make as much money as possible. Yeah, hipsters are douchey and everyone is a hypocrite, but McDonald's isn't out to make friends, just ardent consumers. Denial is a silly security blanket.

I said nothing about Mcd's making friends. They are a publicly traded company (like whole foods) out to make money for its stockholders (like whole foods).

People need to eat - period. McD's is affordable. Whole Foods is not. IT COSTS ME 13 BUCKS FOR A SALAD AND FRUIT AT whole foods and seven dollars at Shoprite.

The problem with people like you is that you assume that everyone all their meals at Mcd's.

the problem is not how much or what you eat. it's how you burn off the calories. My son eats fast food three times a week (before dinner). He's lean because he swims competitively 4 days a week for 90 minutes with a lesson on the weekend. I work  out 90 minutes every morning. I eat fast food and I'm  a type 2 diabetic. My glucose levels average between 85-105.

You pay for what you get. That's all there is to it. McDonald's can afford to charge pennies for shit food because it's a billion dollar corporation. They continue to make an inordinate profit off of consumers because people continue to eat their shit. And their consumers don't demand better quality because most of them don't even recognize that they're eating shit.
Whole Foods has better quality ingredients (goes without saying) in their foods but less of a consumer base (in comparison to McDonald's) so they have to charge more. There's more to it than that but the bottom line is it's a cycle.

I take it you work for McDonalds?

No. I don't. I work as a mechanical engineer. I also have a restaurant background.

On a tight budget? How about just lazy and uneducated? If half the people who currently ate at McD's knew what was in their food, I guarantee they would spend that $5.00 or so it cost them for the McRib (or whatever have you) and fries somewhere else... you can spend the same amount of money at a deli and get something freshly made from healthier ingredients, but McDonald's is just way too convenient. Blame Corporate America for that, though... the system is what breeds passivity and laziness, which of course are the main contributors to the obesity epidemic in this country. It's up to the individual to break free of it, and in the grand scheme of things, there are very few who will put in the effort to do so.

ok, i totally TL;DR'ed that article, but that picture looks so yummy! im going to mcD's right now. thanks for the tip, gothamist!

...But i love pork innards.... I have them all the time in Taiwanese cuisine!

With the horrible spelling and grammar on this site, I'm not surprised at all that none of the staffers can pronounce the ingredients.

and people think being vegan is weird.

yes it is weird

No, militant and holier than thou vegans are weird.

You know what's really weird?  People paying to eat junk that makes them obese and unhealthy.

Almost as weird as the fact that as income rises so does the quality of eating habits. Ever wonder why theres no Whole Foods or Trader Joes in poor neighborhoods?

There is defintely an income connection somewhere in the equation. People don't always eat junk because they are lazy or don't care. Good food costs money and time, something that a lot of low income folks don't have.

Truth. People who respond to these articles with "my healthy raw hand-made meal costs less that a Big Mac, so why don't poor people eat like me?" always forget issues of free time, education, and accessibility.

Not true.  I live in  a low-income neighborhood that has just one, mediocre supermarket.  I can buy fruits, veggies, brown rice, lentils, peanut butter, oatmeal, whole-grain bread etc. etc. from there and make a healthy meal out of those groceries.  I agree, it may be an issue of nutritional education, but accessibility is not usually the problem.  That's just a misconception.  Eating healthy does not have to involve Whole Foods - you can shop for healthy groceries at your regular supermarket.  I do so frequently.

not everyone has the money to afford healthy stuff they have to go for the cheap on sale.

Poor pigs - they deserve a better life.

"a flour-bleaching agent used to make the soles of shoes... and foamed plastics like gym mats."
If we compared every ingredient we eat to its other industrial uses, we would throw away our fridge contents and starve to death

this logic doesn't work.  it's the reverse of what this article is taking issue with.  

corn is starting as something whole and immediately edible, which can be used industrially to produce inedible end products. this article is objecting to the use of toxic (inedible) chemicals in the production of an ostensibly edible end product.

its just people trying to start shyte lol they think they are clever. i want to see the actual ingredient list from mcdonalds that says hearts and stomachs

Erik, I believe the problem here is that a bleaching agent used in an assortment of industrial processes is, not made from flour, but used on flour. An inedible compound being put into use in food manufacturing, similar to the silicate found in taco bell's meat. While pointing this out might seem excessive in light of the knowledge of many thousands of similar products/situations, the stalwart defense of marginally edible foodstuffs(presented by others here, not necessarily you) suggests an equally unhealthy conceptualization of the company, as if it were a close personal friend. However, this relationship, much like the industrial/food chemical crossovers, isn't really very surprising considering the fact that McDonald's has been in the hearts and minds of three generations now. From the cradle to the grave, proudly serving our corporate masters, eh?

My fridge is full of 100% whole grain bread, free farmed eggs, fruits, veggies, cooked brown rice, wild-caught fish, tofu, 100% fruit preserves, and organic condiments.  It is possible to not eat junk if you make a little effort.

Your fridge sounds wonderful. Now add in a spouse, six kids and see if you still can afford sustainable fish and Mast. bros chocolate.

You keep bread in your fridge? that's just bad form

sliced bread stays fresher in fridge and tastes great.

Not really.  It lasts longer that way, and I don't eat much bread at a time.  Otherwise I would have to throw out most of the loaf.

We keep our bread in the fridge, as well. Keeps it from getting moldy quickly.

Eggs: THE SAME CHEMICAL USED AS A FIXATIVE IN PAINTS AND VARNISHES!!

Tofu: THE SAME SOY PROTEIN USED TO EMULSIFY GLUE AND POLYESTER!!

Rice: THE SAME CELLULOSE USED TO MILL PAPER AND DRYWALL!!

Everything is a "chemical" - phrase it the right way, and your fridge is a horror story as well.

again, this is fallacious logic.  sure, everything is a chemical, but some chemicals should not be ingested and are being used in food products.

jesus, do people who make this argument just want to play devil's advocate or what?  it's so obvious you probably shouldn't ingest solvents or petrochemicals!  outrageous!

I like the way you think lol

Uh ... my fridge is far from a "horror story" LOL.  And I wasn't the one who made the point about chemicals etc. etc.  Try responding to the correct poster next time.

No no, I meant to reply to you. Can't abide anyone getting too sanctimonious about their superior grocery list.

I'm sorry you are misinterpreting my comments and projecting your own "sanctimonious" attitude onto others.  You should really learn a little tolerance, try learning from others, and ... oh yes ... stop eating all that fast food.  It's clearly affecting your ability to comprehend.

Not looking to pick a comment fight here, friendo - just to clarify, though, I'd never eat a McRib and my fridge contents look pretty much identical to yours. I just object to transparent foodie one-upmanship.

No one is trying to one-up anyone here.  That's just your perception.

And the reward.... for the healthiest stocked fridge goes too...... *drum roll*.........


The health nut from Whole Foods I saw last week. Ahhh soo sorry dd7! You were so close to winning!

This is not a competition, I was just making a point that it is very possible to avoid processed junk and eat a healthy diet.  And no, it does not cost more than fast food.  All supermarkets carry healthy, inexpensive staples, such as bulk brown rice, canned beans, oatmeal, fruits and veggies (they don't have to be organic), dried lentils and split peas, tofu, 100% whole grain bread, peanut butter, canned sardines, etc.  I frequently cook healthy and cheap meals using similar staples for far less than the cost of a fast-food dinner, which frankly, I would not eat even if you paid me.

Not only do you keep bread in the fridge, but you also eat staples? And why the hell on God's green earth would anyone ever want to pay you to eat fast food? That's not how business works. You pay them! Jeez, you're dumb.

Oh GOOOOD FOR YOOOOU!

(just joshing)

Or have a fat wallet.

I don't have a fat wallet, and probably spend far less on groceries than most people.  I also exercise portion control and am not overweight.  It's a myth, perpetuated by the fast food industry, that fast food costs less than a healthy diet. Eating a healthy diet but not overeating is another way to spend less on groceries.  I could cook a healthy, unprocessed dinner for far less than the cost of a dinner purchased from a fast food place.

i agree but not everyone can cook something edible. lol

I'm with you. I cook dinners at home too, in large amounts to keep some as left overs for those days I have no time to cook. I don't usually buy organic, but cooking at home is nevertheless healthier than buying cheap meals.

Its just when you get into organics and free range (ie healthy food), it increases your grocery bill, which can in turn, make fast food more appealing, especially to low-income people.

I hear you, but as I pointed out in a later comment, you don't have to eat organic to eat healthy.  I don't buy organic fruits and veggies because I find them unaffordable - I just thoroughly wash my fruits and veggies.  I purchase 12 free range eggs for $2.99 - a bit more expensive than a regular dozen eggs, but less than the cost of one fast food meal, and those 12 eggs last me a while.  Low-income people could spend less than they are spending now and eat healthier.  It's just a matter of spending some time on food prep, and educating oneself about a healthy diet - plus the willingness to give up a junk food diet and stop making excuses.

not everyone likes eggs and too many eggs isnt healthy "they" say

The vast majority of free range eggs are a crock of shit, since "free range" has no legal definition.  You're most likely just being taken advantage of.

Unless they purchased directly from a local farm, they are most assuredly being taken advantage of.

I'm not talking about processed foods here. Corn is used to produce latex paint, plastics, car parts, and shoe polish. Doesn't that repulse you?? (hint: it shouldn't)

I make a point to avoid corn since it is in so many products. But why are you comparing corn to azodicarbonamide and the laundry list of other chemical agents in this thing? Azodicarbonamide is apparently banned in Europe and Australia. Hilarious.

McDonald's, and all fast food, is processed junk, no matter how you argue it.

Jesus.  Put down your smug self satisfaction for a second to actually try to understand what Erik was saying.....

When I was in high school my family ran into my 400-lb gym teacher at McD's, and she had a McRib in each hand.

You know, if you go out into the street and wave your arms and jump up and down you will get more immediate attention than if you post on some message board. But then you'd have to (gasp!) deal with real humans.

you have a fan with a knowledge of html tags *swoon*

The fact that it's pig innards doesn't scare me.  The laundry list of ingredients, however, does.  34 for a goddamn BUN?

Tripe?  In other words, McRib would do well as Dim Sum, too.

How abt doing some fact checking? That is a bunch of pig shit, half truths & lies

Show us the facts that refute it then Steven, otherwise how can we  know what part is pig shit, what part is half-true, and what part is a complete lie? That is really strong language to use without backing it up.

McD's guarantees that no more than 8% of the pig product is pig shit.

...and people all over the world (and NYC) eat the whole pig, yes, all of it. Head, eyes, ears, brain, stomach, intestine, heart, liver, even the friggin' feet (or hoofs or whatever you call 'em).

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to get me a delicious, delicious McRib.

This is true, but most of those preparations don't include a bunch of chemicals. Ahh, the American way.

LOL, yeah, also true, good 'ol chemicals make a big part of it.... don't think that stops many of us though.... :)

Tripe is stomach (duh).

Slap that special sauce on that sucker and it's as good as filet mignon....

Slim Jims have "mechanically separated chicken".

and it has hearts also.

Well, ya gotta have heart.

And if IT was drenched in onions, pickles and BBQ sauce I just might eat it too...

Every time I read "mechanically separated", my mental image is of a chicken running along, pursued by a giant grasping robot trying to rip it in half.

it's much more disgusting trust me

People who eat these things don't care.

just wait until they get cancer.. then people will care what they take into their bodies!

So why should you?

I think that's correct.