Come on baby light me on fire: McDonald's to sell 'Quarter Pounder' scented candles Fear, shame, regret and Quarter Pounder® with Cheese – now you can relive the scents of last night in your living room thanks to obesity merchants McDonald's. Yes, we've all caught a whiff of something wicked on the streets only to look up and find the fast-food chain's golden arches gazing down upon us like some grotesque …
I'm convinced that there are many people who would gladly light up one of those candles purely for fun, out of sheer curiosity (does it really make it smell like a Mc D hamburger) and, for some, for simple convenience (it's a candle).
I would be part of the curiosity crowd, then I switch to convenience. Only for the one, though. Scented candles are not really my thing.
"I'm convinced that there are many people who would gladly light up one of those candles purely for fun, out of sheer curiosity (does it really make it smell like a Mc D hamburger) and, for some, for simple convenience (it's a candle)."
You forgot the 'ironicly' humorous muppets
McD forgot the true magic number is 7, and that magic last ingredient is BACON (which you can get on just about any of their "sandwiches" -- for an extra price -- if you ask). And if McD had included a bacon candle, knowing how people love bacon -- even at Vulture Central -- the Vulture Hacks might not have been so quick to write off the whole idea.
Of course, a McD bacon candle would smell like THEIR wimpy lifeless excuse rather than good super-thick super-long-strips (Wright brand, Costco Kirkland, etc.).
I wonder if I could take the grease from frying a pack (1.5 pounds) and turn THAT into a candle...
For the maximum nasal experience you have to light all 6 candles together. In addition this should be used in conjunction with a soundtrack chosen especially for your burger moment. Hopefully one of them isn't Candle In The Wind.
Those romantic evenings will just roll by ...
I found something funny a while back.
Order a McDouble, put in fridge overnight.
When you take it out the next day, it has a texture throughout that's close to waxy lard or SPAM. Still tastes edible though.
Not a knock on the chain, some stuff just happens when food is outside it's service temperature.
My preference is a big half pound single patty with cheddar, an egg, caramelized onions, mushrooms, bbq sauce, and maybe some pulled pork or fried peppers. Slap it all between two cheddar grilled cheese sandwiches for buns, and consume with a good pint of high ABV stout.
do you think maybe McD are putting these candles out not because they think anyone wants one , but because of the publicity garnered from journos writing about the absurdity of it , and if they're lucky , writing about how we all secretly grave big macs and its ok to have one?
Not too sure about that. I actually like McDonalds and eat there every few weeks, but the thought of those candles (even as a publicity stunt) is quite unpleasant and more likely to put me off the idea of their food.
Back in the 90s, my local Virgin Megastore (located in a shopping mall) had a faint but noticeable scent that I can only assume was due to it being right next to a branch of McDonalds. It wasn't strong enough to be horrible, but I wouldn't want my house to smell like that, only stronger.
Each to his/her own. The only things from there I would consider (even before I largely dropped meat eating) is the fries and the coffee. Have found the burgers nauseating for years.
Funny thing is my very omnivorous son is just the same, apart from not drinking coffee.
good value at the price they're sold at
Heh? Since when have McDonalds carbohydate bombs ever been "good value" when compared with other fast food? Fish and chips is definitely tastier, more filling and healthier.
taste pretty good
Can you taste anything beyond sugar, stodge and fat? The beef itself is fine but the rest (and this applies to most burger & relish combinations) is really just a DIY diabetes type II kit.
We have quite a few kebab shops run by Moroccans here the meat is Halal so always fresh, being Spain, the tomatoes are excellent and the spicy sauces they come up with are top endorphin stimulaters, MacD's on the other hand are expensive smell like a trash can and the sugary burger buns are only slightly less disgusting than the dildo* pickle that taints everything it comes close to.
*Yes I know, but I doubt it has ever had anything to do with a vegetable.
I would also like to know the legal definition of '100% Fresh Beef'.
Funny enough I'm about to drive to the only source of fish & chips here in Orlando.
Apart from the Harry Potter restaurant in Universal Studios and the British bit of Epcot.I'm pretty sure there used to be one in downtown Disney - whatever that is called now - Disney Springs.
None of those versions of fish and chips are in any way like the real thing. The Harry Potter one is closer to fishfingers than a proper monster battered cod filliet bigger than your plate.
Oh come on, even if those stranded after the Flight 571 crash had MacD's patties available, they would nevertheless choose cannibalism
Actually, for the IT angle, I go in because they have the only working order kiosks.
I can go in, tap my order in quickly and correctly, pay for it, then sit down and they bring my tray.
It saves having to explain my order to some idiot that then either misunderstood me or just can't be bothered to punch it up correctly. I'm looking at you, Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Burger King and Wendy's.
It meets that magic triangle of value, convenience, and taste.
Now I did have once when I ordered my QPC with extra onions and got one with no onions because the bloke didn't bother to check which burger he was grabbing. It was amusing to think of the reaction of the person that got my burger with extra onions having ordered none. I know how people that hate onions go ballistic about them.
@JohnFen: Says it all. In Oz kiosks were found to be incredibly bug infested. Given the number of people who don't wash, especially after being in toilets that was no surprise. As for kiosks with touch screens, in the last 5 years the arrival of the abominations has made sledgehammers mandatory in back pocket. The insensitivity of modern screens incites regret for dedicated buttons that mostly worked.
No, it's just recognising simple facts. I haven't been to a McDonald's in 20 years, and in all that time I've never missed it one bit.
I have no beef with any other burger chains - including but not limited to Wendy's, Burger King, Burger Fuel - but something about McD's food would always make me feel sick afterwards. Not just the burgers, either - eat anything from their menu and my digestion would revolt.
> Each candle is, quoth Maccy D's new merch shop, "inspired by Quarter Pounder ingredients: Bun, Ketchup, Pickle, Cheese, Onion, 100% Fresh Beef**".
> The "**" is a little disconcerting because there is no footnote to resolve them
In ASCII art, a * is sometimes used to represent the anus, so you could read it as "fresh beef anuses".
> I imagine that quite a few males have bought these for their lady for Valentines Day
Do they still have girlfriends afterwards, though? I'm pretty sure that every woman I've ever dated would have seriously reconsidered being in a relationship with someone who got them this for a Valentine's Day gift.
No-one who has smelled chips cooked in beef dripping will ever forget the Lorelei tug on the nose dragging them o'er hill and dale in order to buy a bag soonest. When I were at the University of Climategate you could smell them cooking in the market from the Unthank Road.
Irresistible.
I've never eaten at a McDonalds* but I've accompanied friends when they've gone in there. I can't say I've noticed any food smells.
I remarked to one friend that I would expect to smell cooked food, but all I detected was an 'air-conditioning slightly sanitised' scent.
There's nothing wrong with my sense of smell so I can only assume that the Clown Factory are alerted to my imminent appearance and hastily clean the place up to within an inch of its life.
*Or any other burger joint since that day in London many, many years ago.
>My robot's got no nose icon.
I tried to look at the site and was prevented by Cloudflare who were keen for me to complete a captcha before being permitted access to the "web property" and to install "Privacy Pass", a browser extension aimed at creating long-term tokens that would track my subsequent visits to the site.
Sounds to me like it's just a ploy to collect personal information.
And if you want a candle that smells like McDonalds, can't you just stick a wick in a burger?
Read the labels in supermarkets. Nine times out of ten that lemon (or whatever) flavour is not lemon. Like most of the packaged foods on the shelves it comes from a chemical factory. Less than 50 years to get this way and we are not dropping like flies. No - we are thriving. So MacD is fine. In fact with a smidgen of protein and a soupçon of veggie is better than a lot of junk food. Particularly fine when flushed through the digestive system by a 1.5 litre Big Gulp of Pepsi, or Coke (or was that Burger King?).
On the other hand, who mentioned tomatoes in Spain? *******! It is YEARS since I ate a tomato which tasted like a tomato. And don’t get me started on strawberries!
It is YEARS since I ate a tomato which tasted like a tomato.
Spring time pick yourself up some baby tomato plants. Grow them in the open air (if you are in the UK our milder climate gives them a better taste). Make sure you have a cane and some string because they grow like crazy and yield dozens and dozens of fruits. The only crop easier to grow is rhubarb.
Eat them straight off the vine and you will taste tomato.
Honestly the only things I can eat from MuckyD's is the Breakfast Sausage and Egg Muffin (I refuse to add the Mc) with a hash brown and a coffee, the only things they sell that dont taste like despair and hopelessness and slightly of recycled cardboard.
And occasionally the pancakes, if I'm feeling adventurous.
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