tankboy posted...
It's really telling that swapping out the probably-mostly-soy low grade sausage for a single real-life egg more than doubles the cost of a McMuffin.
Well, there are two ways of looking at it. Option one says how is the sausage patty and muffin cheaper than the egg. Which you've clearly noted
Option two says how is the egg more expensive than the sausage patty and muffin. You gotta bear in mind, you can buy eggs for a couple bucks a dozen, at grocery store markups.
Probably both of them are accurate.