*lol* Well, nobody native to the US calls it "brekkie." I know a couple of expats living here who do.

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I've got to say, I love in principle that McD's has gone to all day breakfast... but my favorite item (the actual, non-patty scrambled eggs from the big breakfast) is not served all day.

I was confused... thought you guys meant this brekkie. :)

brekkie
A person who is obssesed with the breakfast club. Kinda like a trekkie. But insted a brekkie.

Almost everyone I know in the US calls it brekkie at least occasionally.

Hang out with a lot of commonwealth expats, or have a couple of anglophile friends? I've heard it plenty from British and Aussie folks both expats living here and online and when I've been outside the US, but as I said, have literally never heard someone with an American dialect use it.

From a fellow yank, it would be at least as affected-sounding as calling a truck a lorry or a car's hood a bonnet.

Strange. In the US, I don't know any Brits or Aussies, but I hear the term brekkie all the time, as far back as I can remember. It's simply a shortcut word for breakfast like spendy is a shortcut for expensive. Or any of dozens of other examples. Lorry and bonnet are not shortcut words, and would definitely turn my head. Anyway, back on topic, I'm positive I've had burgers early AM at McDs in US airports, though it has been several years.

They certainly have a full lunch menu during breakfast hours at the McD's in the AA terminal at JFK. No McD's at SFO or SJC, nor to my memory one at LGA, and that pretty much is the limit of US airports I've been at early enough for breakfast in recent or even halfway-recent memory.

The now closed McDs in LAX terminal 7 is where I'm sure I had it. Almost sure about ORD as well.

I came across this weird thread. Who would want to eat Filet-O-Fish at 7AM?

If specifically a Filet-O-Fish, I have no idea, but that would be true even if you remove "at 7AM."

That said, I've never understood the particular obsession about eating certain foods only for specific meals (ditto the Americanism that dinner should be the big meal of the day; I preferred a big lunch and a lighter dinner.)

Of course, from a restaurant perspective and particularly a fast-food perspective, it makes sense because to have a bigger menu, you have to have more advance prep items and have more different things going on at once.

whenever in a new country and craving a sweet, cant go wrong with the soft serve. pereception is that it varies by country slightly

You obviously don''t know me, as I've never used the term.

Ditto

In Chile you can get a sundae with cantaloupe sauce. In Argentina you can get a cone made out of OREO.

I wouldn't mind. Could arrive at dinner time somewhere else.

I posted this in another DiningBuzz thread. My new McDonalds meal of choice, which is not for the calorie conscious, is:

- A 6 piece McNugget Meal
- Two McDoubles

Take three McNuggets and put them on top of each McDouble, they should fit perfectly. Then add Sweet n' Sour sauce and you have a McDouble-McNugget sandwich!

Yeah, yeah, I get it.:D

Either I hang with a select group of slang users, or it's just dumb luck. My circle of friends do tend to be the type to use abbreviated words more than most.... just for fun. Old sayings too- gotta keep em alive!

I'll raise my hand here too and say Americans do not say "brekkie."

If there isn't the right sort of English or Australian person to use the term in your group, odds are one of them (or likely a subgroup) probably had some of that sort of friend around for a while, or lived over there somewhere, or was hooked on the wrong sort of TV from one country or the other.

The whole "dumb abbreviations" of that sort is very much a feature of certain sorts of commonwealth dialects. Perhaps it's coincidence, but if I were a betting man, I'd bet on it being borrowing and not convergence.

(In email/text speak, as abbreviations I see Americans use a lot lest pseudo-phonetic cutesy-ness; it'd be more likely to become b-fast or bkfst or something of that sort.)

"I have to see a man about a horse" for going to the can?

Amazing how a silly thread got sidetracked by something sillier.

I like that.

:)

I have never, ever, ever, ever heard any natural-born U.S. citizen call
it brekkie, though once I heard an American woman of Irish descent
call it "brekkers." OTOH. anyone with an IQ of greater than about 40
should be able to figure it out. ...

While linguistically fascinating, I'd like to remind all: topic check! :)

Perhaps someone would like to start a food/meal/menu idioms thread.... Until then, further off-topic posts will be deleted.

Thanks,

cblaisd
Co-Moderator, Dining Buzz

Something changed with the McNuggets (and perhaps some of their other menu items) over the last several years. I recently had them after not eating at McDonald's for a while and they were definitely less appetizing than I remember. The pancakes I had during another visit also tasted a bit off--kinda like the batter was oversweetened or something.

Oh and the prices went up significantly too. That 10 piece McNugget meal costed $8 something after tax. Not sure it's worthwhile to visit anymore considering all that.

McDonalds made a change, I think it was in 2014, to all white meat chicken for McNuggets. Since then I've liked the quality.

I never liked the pancakes at McD so I haven't tried them in many years, but it would not surprise me if the batter uses an alternative sweetener now instead of cane or corn sugar, so that McD can lower the calorie count on them.

Does anyone else miss the original Chicken Select strips that were breaded not battered? They were Circa 2002 IIRC and they were great!

Instead of mixing the batter and cooking the hotcakes in store, they are now pre-made in a large manufacturing plant, flash frozen, shipped to the store, and reheated in store like you would buy in the freezer aisle at a grocery store. The consistency in size and taste store to store, as well as reduction of in-store labor costs are the thinking behind this procedure.

The change to all white meat was somewhere in 2003-5; it happened (at least around here) back when I had a much longer commute and driving through was the easiest dinner on the way home.

There may well be other changes to the recipe since; they definitely seem blander these days than I remember, even relative to the change to all white meat (which I liked, as they were much more solid.)

(cite, beyond memory: http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/...nuggets.50164/ )

we have seen mcdonolds from luxury to household (i mean parties with friends).

do you mcdonalds philipines is local owned?

Forget the chicken strips, bring back the Mighty Wings!

Never had a bad McDonalds!

Yeah ... McD's is good eating !!

Any McRib sightings ?

Also, though I did think the move to fresh meat patties from frozen in their Quarter Pounders was a positive move ... the following doesnt look goodhttps://thenightly.com.au/world/usa/...fe--c-16487910

For the first time in a very long time I broke down and ordered a bacon quarter pounder last week. It was the most disgusting thing I have been served ever!!! Frozen and thawed patty, stale bun and something some people might claim was bacon.

Now we find that they can't even bother to cut the onions fresh in the restaurant. The ones poisoning people were processed in some giant factory and shipped to the (I am not sure I can even call them) restaurants. It is very sad since at one time Mickey Dee's served good, reasonably priced food. Now they do neither.

I have managed to not eat a McD's burger, or anything else of theirs for that matter for approximately 42 years. Thanks for reminding me why!

I only went because it was supposed to be a "treat" for my grandson. That will never happen again!!!!

Tsk tsk. I'm not ashamed to admit I indulge in a McDs breakfast a few times a year, and a burger now and again. And I always enjoy it for what it is. :)
I, unlike many, do not really care much for their fries, and rarely ever order them.

I've had far worse crap from far worse places .... Including the Jack in the Box late night drive-thru right by where I used to live. Great to soak up the drinks at 2:30 am, and more like a colonoscopy prep a few hours later.

Damn, I thought their ‘improvement’ to the quarter pounder beef years back was quite noticeable, too bad about the outbreak.

id still put McDs above BK and Jack

I eat breakfast at McD's once a week while on the road and I think it's fine for what it is. Either a big breakfast (no hotcakes) or a couple of muffin sandwiches. The egg, sausage, muffin, hash brown - they're all the same as what you'd buy at the grocery and prepare yourself.

I rarely eat lunch or dinner there - but I also noticed a positive improvement when they started making the quarter pounder fresh and with seasoning. But, it's still not great by any means, and places like Shake Shack, 5 guys, In n out are all way better.

I went to the new In-n-Out in Parker, CO yesterday. Double double animal style, fries, and a Diet Coke.Fresh, never frozen meat, fresh vegetables on the burger, fresh cut potatoes, and it was all still less than McDonald’s would have been by several dollars!

I'm mildly curious about the 'Chicken Big Mac' that they've been advertising. Has anybody had it? I imagine its a McChicken but with the big mac sauce, but not much different.

Lol

Sure, if you go to the grocery store and shop in the frozen food aisle. I buy fresh food and cook it at home -- costs little and tastes great.

I prefer Wendy's too! ;)

And that new vanilla Frosty with pineapple syrup is really tasty!