GON
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Ordering from MCD seemed a bit simpler in 1972:
McDonald's menu 1972
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A hamburger and french fries were the same price. I do like the KISS concept though. In my hometown, there's a burger place (3 locations only) that stick to this mostly too. They also have a fish sandwich option but it may only be during Lent.
The prices are the same today if you multiply them by 10. 
Cheese added to a burger carried a 5 cent premium.
Cheese added to a 1/4 pounder carried a 10 cent premium.
I demand an investigation.
GON: You post the best stuff, thanks
Hall: I love it! A Qewpee had a turntable so you could drive in, receive your order and drive straight out. Many thanks for posting those photos.
Cheese added to a 1/4 pounder carried a 10 cent premium.
I demand an investigation.
GON: You post the best stuff, thanks
Hall: I love it! A Qewpee had a turntable so you could drive in, receive your order and drive straight out. Many thanks for posting those photos.
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Anyone here remember the days when you'd go to Mickey Ds and they'd reach behind them and grab your already-made burger from under the heat lamp?
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Oh, and Mickey Ds totally ruined their cherry pies. They are no longer the yummy deep fried pies, but some nasty dry baked pies.
I think the 1/4 gets two slices.
I saw 'em do it but not for mine. "Cheese only" every time.
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Haha yep! That was the "secret way" back then to getting a freshly cooked burger. When I was a kid and we'd go there sometimes, I would always tell my parents to get my Filet-O-Fish with no tartar sauce. And I swear, it seemed to take them forever to make a fresh one, and my parents would get so irritated!!
Careful there, that can get twisted into "political" talkThe prices are the same today if you multiply them by 10.
In all seriousness though, a $0.65 Big Mac in '72 works out to $4.55 today. I think a Big Mac is around that price.
Before my time, unfortunately.
In high school (mid 1980s), my friend did not like mustard, so he always had to special order his. We'd be all done eating by the time he got his meal.
When I worked at MCDS back in hs we would put up to 30 patties on the grill. Right before you remove them you would holler to the manager, "Cheese 30 burgers." He would usually say "20." Cheeseburgers always sold better than hamburgers. Also, he had to mark the time they would start to sit under the heat lamp. 15 minutes and they went in the trash.
If I eat from MCDS the McDouble is the ONLY burger I eat. I order it with an UNGODLY amount of onions. I want so many onions on it that it almost weighs 2 lbs (or close to it). I love those once dehydrated onions.
They used to come in a 1 lb. bag. You fill a SS container with water and pour the dehydrated onions in it. I think they were ready in about 10 minutes.
Let me put my dream meal together!
Filet-O-Fish - because of HEALTH! 48 cents
Lage Fries - because I'm a growing boy! 46 cents (I actually wasn't around for another 4 years)
Coffee Shake - because I need to stay awake! 15 cents
Apple Pie - must have dessert! 26 cents
Tripple Ripple - must have something for the road! 20 cents
That comes to $2.19.
x6.88 this equals $15 in today's money
It was a bad deal even back then. I walk out having laid a solid foundation for most lifestyle diseases and I'll be hungry in an hour.
Filet-O-Fish - because of HEALTH! 48 cents
Lage Fries - because I'm a growing boy! 46 cents (I actually wasn't around for another 4 years)
Coffee Shake - because I need to stay awake! 15 cents
Apple Pie - must have dessert! 26 cents
Tripple Ripple - must have something for the road! 20 cents
That comes to $2.19.
x6.88 this equals $15 in today's money
It was a bad deal even back then. I walk out having laid a solid foundation for most lifestyle diseases and I'll be hungry in an hour.
When I would close on Friday or Saturday night, we had a very cool female manager. She would let us make ANY kind of burger we wanted to. I would make 2 patties, a McChicken patty, and 2 filet o fish patties, burger. Mmmmm, mmmmmm, it was so good!
After HS, before the Army, my friends and I would "Burn the forest down!" Afterwards we would get the munchies and go find a White Castle. I would order 10 sliders, eat them, order another 10, and eat what I could from that. "IF" there were ANY left they went home with me to eat for breakfast.
Thank God those days are very far behind me!
Hermann
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The quarter pounder I had yesterday had 2 slices of cheese. The only time you could taste the burger part, was when I ate around the edges. the center was a gooey mess that tasted like fake cheese. If you ask for only 1 slice of cheese be ready for a scowl.
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