Originally published at: McDonald's introduced an "impossible" meatless burger in 1962 but it was pineapple | Boing Boing
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Needless to say, the Capybara burger wasn’t a big success either.
Is the implication that Catholics who avoid meat on Fridays will eat chicken instead? I don’t think that’s the case.
ETA: I mean, there probably are some Catholics who think chicken != meat (for religious purposes), but I doubt they’re in the majority.
Caught the same thing. The Filet-O-Fish was the sandwich brought out, at least in part, to sell to Catholics on Fridays. Chicken Nuggies are still off limits.
I mean, does ground up, bleached and breaded bone meal count as “meat”?
If the movie is to be believed, Ray Kroc’s only good idea was to steal the McDonald brothers’ process and name. Pushing a pineapple burger over a battered fish burger only emphasizes that the man really had lousy instincts.
The idea is to provide protein in your typical sandwich-- not a lot of protein in a slice of pineapple. Shoulda gone with beans or mushrooms.
image: McDonald’s Wiki
They do have a wiki for everything nowadays! Into the rabbit hole I go!
There’s something slightly endearing about a man who is just SO CONVINCED that everyone must love pineapple as much as he does.
Apparently, McDonald’s China does offer the Empress Pineapple Burger that is a slice of the fruit atop a chicken breast patty with barbecue sauce and mayo.
Not gonna lie. I would eat that.
That actually does sound good. Unlike the “burger” in the picture, which is just wrong on so many levels.
I love pineapple but a “patty” consisting of just a straight up pineapple chunk is taking things to a bit of an extreme
Shoulda gone with watermelon over pineapple.
I’ve tried it, it’s … something.
I know, right? They could have at least breaded it and deep fried it, this is America after all.
I’m not a vegetarian, but I eat vege burgers all the time, those “impossible” meat burgers just taste like sub-par beef, but chickpea or bean burgers, or Quorn (which is basically mushroom) are way better.
The implication is that chicken McNuggets aren’t meat.
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Burger.
Depending on the quality of sauces and toppings the fake meat patties can sometimes taste pretty decent but i do agree that at best they feel like sub-par meat. I also second that chickpea, bean and quorn patties are superior.
Kroc was the one backing the fillet o’fish over the pineapple version.
No, I didn’t mean to imply that. Just was showing how limited the menu was at the time. Will edit. Thanks!