Current Events > Does McDonald's use real eggs

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Or do they use cheap imitation eggs?

both.
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I think they use real egg now

I prefer the old yellow foam egg they used to use
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They use Liquid Egg Product, but IIRC will use a cracked egg if you ask them to
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eston posted...

They use Liquid Egg Product, but IIRC will use a cracked egg if you ask them to

They are most certainly using freshly cracked eggs, unless the US is different from Canada.
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They're real eggs, but goat eggs.
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Bio1590 posted...

eston posted...

They use Liquid Egg Product, but IIRC will use a cracked egg if you ask them to

They are most certainly using freshly cracked eggs, unless the US is different from Canada.

i think its the other way around. they use a cracked egg normally but if you want a "healthier" option you can ask them to use an egg product. i think their scrambled eggs all use the egg product though. no real eggs there.
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What if I want an uncracked egg on my McMuffin

TheVipaGTS posted...

Bio1590 posted...

eston posted...

They use Liquid Egg Product, but IIRC will use a cracked egg if you ask them to

They are most certainly using freshly cracked eggs, unless the US is different from Canada.

i think its the other way around. they use a cracked egg normally but if you want a "healthier" option you can ask them to use an egg product. i think their scrambled eggs all use the egg product though. no real eggs there.

Yeah all I ever get is McMuffins and those use freshly cracked eggs. Pretty sure every breakfast sandwich in Canada is the same way. Not sure about the Morning McWraps though.
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McMuffins use real, fresh-cracked eggs. All other sandwiches use folded egg, which - like the scrambled egg - is liquid substitute.
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GregShmedley posted...

The biscuits and McGriddle sandwiches get the folded egg. These are frozen, egg things.

Scrambled eggs are an egg product from the carton.

McMuffins and Bagels get the round egg which is an actually cracked egg cooked in a circular device I'm too dumb to remember the name of.

Where are you getting round egg on bagels? It's always been folded.
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darkjedilink posted...

McMuffins use real, fresh-cracked eggs. All other sandwiches use folded egg, which - like the scrambled egg - is liquid substitute.

Apparently not. Smaller eggs get cracked at the factory and liquified.

http://www.businessinsider.com/does-mcdonalds-use-real-eggs-2015-1
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Are pre-cracked, pasteurized, and homogenized eggs not real eggs now?

"But there's who knows how many eggs blended together in the container"

So there's not only real eggs, but hundreds or thousands of real eggs?

"That's gross!"

Why?

". . . "
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These are the photos from the app in Canada:



The Mcmuffins have the fresh cracked round egg too.

Interesting that it may be different than the US.
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Nope, imitation eggs from imitation chickens.
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McDonalds has always used real eggs. It just looks weird because Americans aren't used to seeing eggs that have been poached on a grill with a metal cookie cutter.

DuranOfForcena posted...

they supposedly use real eggs for their McMuffins and liquid eggs for their other sandwiches (though you can substitute round egg in any sandwich if you want), but i maintain that there's something up with the "real" eggs they use. i've never seen a yolk come out like that in a real egg. and if you ask them to make the yolk runny, they tell you they can't because the egg just doesn't cook that way. what kind of egg is physically incapable of having a runny yolk? something's definitely up.

Try poaching an egg on stove top. It will come out looking like an egg at McDonalds. You Americans are so darn paranoid.

DuranOfForcena posted...

Anisoptera posted...

McDonalds has always used real eggs. It just looks weird because Americans aren't used to seeing eggs that have been poached on a grill with a metal cookie cutter.

mcdonald's doesn't poach their eggs. and poaching isn't done on a grill, either.

Yes, they do, and yes, it can be.
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You guys have never worked in McDonalds and have the nerve to question the authenticity of their eggs.

DuranOfForcena posted...

Anisoptera posted...

Try poaching an egg on stove top. It will come out looking like an egg at McDonalds. You Americans are so darn paranoid.

poaching an egg is done by cracking it into boiling water. mcdonald's does not do that.

Yes, they do.
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DuranOfForcena posted...

Anisoptera posted...

McDonalds has always used real eggs. It just looks weird because Americans aren't used to seeing eggs that have been poached on a grill with a metal cookie cutter.

mcdonald's doesn't poach their eggs. and poaching isn't done on a grill, either.

Technically you can poach an egg on a grill. You do not need to have the egg fully submerged in water to poach, you can poach with a small amount of water. Though, the way McDonald's cooks their eggs can't be called poaching.
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Cooking an egg in an egg ring isn't poaching. Poaching something means cooking in a lower temperature liquid.
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DuranOfForcena posted...

darkjedilink posted...

DuranOfForcena posted...

Anisoptera posted...

McDonalds has always used real eggs. It just looks weird because Americans aren't used to seeing eggs that have been poached on a grill with a metal cookie cutter.

mcdonald's doesn't poach their eggs. and poaching isn't done on a grill, either.

Yes, they do, and yes, it can be.

dude you have no fucking clue what you are talking about, just stop

Yeah, the guy who taught hundreds of people how to make McDonald's eggs doesn't know what he's talking about.
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DuranOfForcena posted...

LightHawKnight posted...

DuranOfForcena posted...

Anisoptera posted...

McDonalds has always used real eggs. It just looks weird because Americans aren't used to seeing eggs that have been poached on a grill with a metal cookie cutter.

mcdonald's doesn't poach their eggs. and poaching isn't done on a grill, either.

Technically you can poach an egg on a grill. You do not need to have the egg fully submerged in water to poach, you can poach with a small amount of water. Though, the way McDonald's cooks their eggs can't be called poaching.

that's not any way of poaching i've ever heard of it. but regardless, that's not what mcdonald's does.

Guess you never watched Good Eats.
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Being a long term professional burger flipper doesn't give you carte blanche over culinary terms.
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DuranOfForcena posted...

LightHawKnight posted...

DuranOfForcena posted...

LightHawKnight posted...

DuranOfForcena posted...

Anisoptera posted...

McDonalds has always used real eggs. It just looks weird because Americans aren't used to seeing eggs that have been poached on a grill with a metal cookie cutter.

mcdonald's doesn't poach their eggs. and poaching isn't done on a grill, either.

Technically you can poach an egg on a grill. You do not need to have the egg fully submerged in water to poach, you can poach with a small amount of water. Though, the way McDonald's cooks their eggs can't be called poaching.

that's not any way of poaching i've ever heard of it. but regardless, that's not what mcdonald's does.

Guess you never watched Good Eats.

indeed i have not. i find most if not all celebrity chefs to be insufferable.

Not sure how anyone finds Alton Brown insufferable.
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The type of people who think McDonalds doesn't use real eggs are the type of people that ask for fries no salt to guarantee fresh fries or ask for a sandwich with toppings on the side to guarantee a fresh sandwich and one that hasn't been made already .

DuranOfForcena posted...

LightHawKnight posted...

DuranOfForcena posted...

LightHawKnight posted...

DuranOfForcena posted...

Anisoptera posted...

McDonalds has always used real eggs. It just looks weird because Americans aren't used to seeing eggs that have been poached on a grill with a metal cookie cutter.

mcdonald's doesn't poach their eggs. and poaching isn't done on a grill, either.

Technically you can poach an egg on a grill. You do not need to have the egg fully submerged in water to poach, you can poach with a small amount of water. Though, the way McDonald's cooks their eggs can't be called poaching.

that's not any way of poaching i've ever heard of it. but regardless, that's not what mcdonald's does.

Guess you never watched Good Eats.

indeed i have not. i find most if not all celebrity chefs to be insufferable.

Most are, but you're missing out, Good Eats was a quality show.

A fast food place will never hand out fries that aren't fresh because they don't want to deal with customers coming back to complain. Fries are dropped in the fryer whenever they are ordered. Burgers are never per-assembled so ordering without condiments or toppings on the side is just more trouble for you.

Anisoptera posted...

A fast food place will never hand out fries that aren't fresh because they don't want to deal with customers coming back to complain. Fries are dropped in the fryer whenever they are ordered. Burgers are never per-assembled so ordering without condiments or toppings on the side is just more trouble for you.

Not sure bought the burger part, but most Fast Food places have a good view of the fryer and you can see fries already there sitting under the heat lamp most of the time.
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Don't know. Still tastes good though. I usually go to Whataburger for breakfast stuff.
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DuranOfForcena posted...

Anisoptera posted...

Fries are dropped in the fryer whenever they are ordered.

dude.... why do you think you can get away with such lies? you think we all haven't been to mcdonalds several times in our life? you think we haven't seen the big pile of soggy fries sitting behind the counter under the heat lamp that they scoop out of when someone orders fries? granted, i dunno about the ordering condiments on the side thing, i've never heard of anyone doing that.

The fry station is only full when lots of people are ordering fries. It's almost empty when service is slow. Even when the fry station is full fires are thrown out after a certain time and a new batch is made. McDonalds will never hand out fries that aren't enjoyable to eat. Try working at McDonalds.

LightHawKnight posted...

Anisoptera posted...

A fast food place will never hand out fries that aren't fresh because they don't want to deal with customers coming back to complain. Fries are dropped in the fryer whenever they are ordered. Burgers are never per-assembled so ordering without condiments or toppings on the side is just more trouble for you.

Not sure bought the burger part, but most Fast Food places have a good view of the fryer and you can see fries already there sitting under the heat lamp most of the time.

Fries are probably sitting there because of a lot of orders on drive through. Fries are quicker to cook than sandwiches so they make it to the holding station before burgers do. Fries will get thrown out if they stay there for more than 5-10 minutes.

Restaurants get a limited supply of fries . They would be losing money if they kept dropping fries in the fryer when no one is ordering fries. It costs money to buy fries from a supplier or from another McDonalds. It's just not worth it to drop a large amount of fries just because the store is busy.

Anisoptera posted...

DuranOfForcena posted...

Anisoptera posted...

Fries are dropped in the fryer whenever they are ordered.

dude.... why do you think you can get away with such lies? you think we all haven't been to mcdonalds several times in our life? you think we haven't seen the big pile of soggy fries sitting behind the counter under the heat lamp that they scoop out of when someone orders fries? granted, i dunno about the ordering condiments on the side thing, i've never heard of anyone doing that.

The fry station is only full when lots of people are ordering fries. It's almost empty when service is slow. Even when the fry station is full fires are thrown out after a certain time and a new batch is made. McDonalds will never hand out fries that aren't enjoyable to eat. Try working at McDonalds.

As someone who has worked at McD, that's the corporate line about how it's supposed to be...but that's not the reality.

As far as the pre made burgers, we didn't do that except for days like buy one get one big macs or whatever, because it was unrealistic to do that shit to order
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GregShmedley posted...

The biscuits and McGriddle sandwiches get the folded egg. These are frozen, egg things.

Scrambled eggs are an egg product from the carton.

McMuffins and Bagels get the round egg which is an actually cracked egg cooked in a circular device I'm too dumb to remember the name of.

This is correct
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