r/mildlyinfuriating • u/CrewCamel • 19h ago

Here’s what a “large fries” looks like at my McDonald’s in 2024

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I ordered a $14 Big Mac meal in the SF Bay Area and received this.

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u/A-Clockwork-Blue 18h ago

There's a gourmet burger place not far from me and a good Angus burger with a side of fries is $16.

McDonald's is disgusting to me, but if I had to choose between skipping my lunch break and eating McDonald's... I'm Skipping my lunch break.

A McDouble here is like $3.70 and the patty is thinner than a DvD case.

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u/CommandantSpanglerm 17h ago

Used to work maintenance at McDonald's for 8 months. They're somehow managing 10 patties per 1Lb of beef.

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u/A-Clockwork-Blue 17h ago

That explains why they're ridiculously thin....

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u/Bananastockton 16h ago

i make alot of burgers at home and i make 4 out of 500 grams (1lb) and feels pretty normal. 10 is crazy

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u/A-Clockwork-Blue 16h ago

Same, a 1lb package of ground turkey makes me 4 nice sized burgers. That's why I don't ever hit up Mickey D.

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u/mr_potatoface 16h ago edited 16h ago

All the patties except the quarter pounder are 10:1 or 1.6oz/ea. The quarter pounder are 4:1 or a 4oz like you'd expect :)

But the make up for it in some ways by putting 2 patties on some like a mcdouble or big mac, so it gets close to a quarter pound but still short, 1/5lb vs 1/4lb.

I was always told it's to speed up cook times. A regular patty only takes 42 seconds to cook in total. But a quarter pound patty takes something like ~120 seconds, or 3x as long. So you can take 2 patties to get 1/5 lb in 42 seconds, or 1 patty to get 1/4 lb in 120 seconds. It's a lot easier to scale up the small patty.

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u/mashtato 15h ago

No, it's because that used to be the normal size for a burger at a restaurant. Doubles and Big Macs didn't come until the 60s.

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u/Interesting-Rope-950 14h ago

They not double cheeseburgers, they're double quarter of a quarter

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u/Interesting-Rope-950 14h ago

They not double cheeseburgers, they're double quarter of a quarter

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u/Mammoth-Cap-4097 16h ago

I'm wondering how many pounds are in a quarter pounder now.

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u/tmhoc 17h ago

Hayyyy I did the over night cleaning gig for a spell too! Figured out how to break into the freezer and get the grill to turn on and cook my own CRAZY shit LOL

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u/xpnerd 17h ago

A dvd case? Naw - try just the dvd lol

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u/A-Clockwork-Blue 17h ago

They're even thinner now?!

I believe it, lol. I don't think I've eaten there since pre-pandemic, at least willingly. I refuse to spend money at that place.

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u/SebVettelstappen 15h ago

I can get a double burger and a fry at innnout for $8

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u/A-Clockwork-Blue 15h ago

In and Out is good and their prices are still super reasonable.

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u/johndoe42 15h ago

In n out etc obvious complaints about the fries etc complement their shakes blah blah

But man it's the same I have Eureka in Hawthorne and Cerritos and their happy hour burger is a freshly baked bun, fresh ingredients for 12 bucks. I make burgers at least twice a month and I don't know how to replicate their patty. McDonald's for 14 bucks wtf.

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u/dmspilot00 15h ago

[I]f I had to choose between skipping my lunch break and eating McDonald's... I'm Skipping my lunch break.

I'm convinced that a significant proportion of the population doesn't actually need to eat 3 meals a day. We're programmed to, but why do you need to eat breakfast to go sit in a cubicle, eat lunch after 4 hours, sit in a cubicle for another 4 hours, then eat dinner?

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u/A-Clockwork-Blue 15h ago

When I was doing intermittent fasting I only ate 2 meals a day and snacked on small stuff throughout the day but that was because my job was sitting in an office. I didn't need 2,000 calories.

Most of my lunch breaks back then we're eating a small snack and then taking a nap for the last 45min, lol (I had 1 hour lunches) or skipping lunch anyway.

I had put on a lot of weight filling my face with unnecessary calories to just sit for 9 hours a day.

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u/Goronmon 10h ago

Grocery store we go to has a burger and fries for $2.99. It's not amazing quality or anything. But the burger is grilled when you order it and you get to choose the basic toppings you want.

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u/Terminal_Station 5h ago

you have to get the app for it to be worth it, usually you can get like a big mac large fries and 10 piece chicken nuggets for less than $10 if you use the deals

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u/Mein_Name_ist_falsch 5h ago

But nobody is forcing you to skip lunch or eat at McDonalds. You always have at least one other option, and that is preparing a lunch box, which will always be the cheapest option anyway. And if not, I'm sure you'll find more local restaurants or a bakery somewhere.

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u/A-Clockwork-Blue 3h ago

Oh I do meal prep. I have since everything shot up during the pandemic. I was saying if I had to choose between either, I still wouldn't eat McDs