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Old Oct 7, 2019 | 8:47 am
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Just the meat might be OK, maybe riblets served with a bit of fruit sauce and sides of green salad and French fries. Now I'm getting hungry.
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Old Oct 7, 2019 | 8:59 am
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
Just the meat might be OK, maybe riblets served with a bit of fruit sauce and sides of green salad and French fries. Now I'm getting hungry.
I had their side salad for the first time a couple of weeks ago, and it was actually pretty good. I would get it again.

The meal you describe doesn't sound bad at all.

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Old Oct 7, 2019 | 9:26 am
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I haven't had one in probably 10 years. The problem I have/had with it is that it's totally drenched in (a not good) BBQ sauce. It makes for a drippy, slippery mess. It would be so much better if there was just a light glaze of BBQ sauce. The raw onions also ruin it.
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Old Oct 7, 2019 | 9:39 am
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Originally Posted by pseudoswede
I haven't had one in probably 10 years. The problem I have/had with it is that it's totally drenched in (a not good) BBQ sauce. It makes for a drippy, slippery mess. It would be so much better if there was just a light glaze of BBQ sauce. The raw onions also ruin it.
I always order without onions. You can ask for them to not put sauce on it and just get the bbq on the side, also never an issue.
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Old Oct 7, 2019 | 9:41 am
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Originally Posted by BamaVol
I tried the McRib locator and struck out.

However the official McDonald's site says they're available at the 20 closest restaurants. Lunch!
Where on the official site did you see a place that said they had it? The McRib Locator doesn't show anything remotely near me. There has to be a McRib somewhere in NYC.

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Old Oct 7, 2019 | 9:44 am
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Originally Posted by GW McLintock
Where on the official site did you see a place that said they had it? The McRib Locator doesn't show anything remotely near me. There has to be a McRib somewhere in NYC.

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This can be the goal for your next work trips, although I suspect it's too late to pick routes with that in mind.
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Old Oct 7, 2019 | 10:07 am
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
This can be the goal for your next work trips, although I suspect it's too late to pick routes with that in mind.
I don't entirely trust that website anyway. It's very strange and most of the locations it does bring up say they don't have it.

-J.
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Old Oct 7, 2019 | 10:24 am
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Originally Posted by rufflesinc
I 'll be trying the neat trick of removing the ribs
That neat trick is just cooking them right and pulling them out

Same for pork roasts, bone in beef roasts, if you're cooking them to be tender the bones should just come out clean.
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Old Oct 7, 2019 | 10:52 am
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I need to pick up a couple of these ... one is not enough !!
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Old Oct 7, 2019 | 11:56 am
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Originally Posted by GW McLintock
Where on the official site did you see a place that said they had it? The McRib Locator doesn't show anything remotely near me. There has to be a McRib somewhere in NYC.

-J.
This is purported to be the official site. McRib
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Old Oct 7, 2019 | 12:55 pm
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I wonder if I'll be able to get one at christmas.
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Old Oct 7, 2019 | 12:56 pm
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Originally Posted by BamaVol
This is purported to be the official site. McRib
Great, 50 miles from me. Either there is no real site, or I am not getting a McRib

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Old Oct 7, 2019 | 12:59 pm
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Originally Posted by GW McLintock
Great, 50 miles from me. Either there is no real site, or I am not getting a McRib

-J.
The linked site says nothing near me at all, which is surprising as I think of the Midwest (and South too) as being pork country
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Old Oct 7, 2019 | 1:17 pm
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Originally Posted by GW McLintock
Great, 50 miles from me. Either there is no real site, or I am not getting a McRib

-J.
Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
The linked site says nothing near me at all, which is surprising as I think of the Midwest (and South too) as being pork country
This is what I get:

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Old Oct 7, 2019 | 1:37 pm
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It's a weird site - I put in different zip codes and get different mixes of restaurants. For example, if I put in a zip code for about the center of Kansas City, I get shown a many options extending 25 miles south but zero options going north, as if the Missouri River is a magic McRib Line.

Then I throw in a zip code that is barely north of the river, and all of those McDonald's show up.

So I *think* it's everywhere, but I don't actually care enough to go find out.
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