How Eggs Started Mcdonald’s Breakfast Menu

In Europe, America, Japan, and South America and a lot more countries, eggs are used not only as a great source of protein but as a part of cuisines specific to the region. In short, east or west, eggs is the best.

It is not an overstatement to claim there is an on-going love affair between eggs and humans. Eggs have passed effortlessly through the dividers of cuisines all around the world, leading to its status as a globally produced and consumed food item.

In 1972, Ray Kroc was invited to a McDonald’s restaurant in Santa Barbara to try the first McDonald’s sandwich made with eggs. When Kroc saw the breakfast sandwich – hot egg, combined with cheese, Canadian bacon and English muffins, he was baffled as an egg-sandwich was unusual at that time. But after he had had a bite, Kroc, who had had lunch already, didn’t stop till he had two sandwiches.

“He didn’t want me to reject it out of hand, which I might have done, because it was a crazy idea—a breakfast sandwich. It consisted of an egg that had been formed in a Teflon circle, with the yolk broken, and was dressed with a slice of cheese and a slice of grilled Canadian bacon. This was served open-faced on a toasted and buttered English muffin. I boggled a bit at the presentation. But then I tasted it, and I was sold,” Kroc said.

Eggstastic invention, it truly was, as is proven by Egg McMuffin’s popularity today.

As it has less sodium, EggMcMuffin became a healthy breakfast sandwich. Today it is so popular, that in many countries, the sandwich is served all day long.

My Vote Goes To Mcspicy Paneer Burger

In the world of fast-food, burgers are one of the most popular items to ever grace the menu lists. And in the world of burgers, McDonald’s has a brand recognition that is insurmountable, what with its collection of vegetarian and non-vegetarian burgers, McDonald’s is the uncrowned king.

If burgers ever had a presidential poll, my vote would go to McSpicy Paneer burger. McDonald’s Spicy Paneer burger is onetasty joy ride –one of the most popular McDonald’s burgers ever to be introduced exclusively for the Indian market, but it was not an easy task to achieve. In a escapade that began with a deal between McDonald’s and a Netherlands’ food processing equipment manufacturer company, and ended in Navi Mumbai, the clear outcome was the rise of a new kind of burger –the McSpicy Paneer, which turned out to be an instant success. After the breaded paneer patty, tandoori sauce and ingredients were finalized, the only thing left was wait for the burger to launch and inevitably take over the hearts and taste-buds of its Indian patrons.

In March 2011, the production for McDonald’s McSpicy Paneer burger was started at Vista’s processing unit at Taloja, Navi Mumbai and the burger was finally launched on March 28, 2011. Its roaring success was instantaneous and since then McSpicy Paneer burger has found a loving and loyal group of customers all over the vast and diverse country that is India. 

Burgers Are Incomplete Without A Bun

It is a taste-dominated world. What is found appealing to the taste-buds is often recognized and celebrated while what is merely hygienic or ‘healthy’ does not get the credit it deserves. In the world of burgers, this statement holds true for nearly all types of sandwiches, as long as there is a patty enclosed within a bun, the bun will be overlooked. The patty is the star of the burger, just like Amitabh Bachchan who even in a cameo steals the show, so does the patty always end up on top even though it rests ‘inside’ the bun.

Buns are the unsung heroes of the burger world, especially at McDonald’s. Most of you would not know it but McDonald’s buns are not merely found on trees: they are baked to perfection by Mrs. Bector’s –one of India’s finest bakeries. The buns are baked in all of three locations in India and are then transported all over our immense nation.

Every morning, as the workers enter Mrs. Bector’s baking factory, they are given an air shower and their hands are sanitized. Then they don masks on their faces and heads to minimize the possibility of unwanted particles finding their way into the bun-mix. Equipped with Gum boots, the workers then proceed to prepare the flour which the machinery automatically turns into bun-shaped balls, which are then baked in large ovens until the signature color and texture as expected of McDonald’s is achieved.

Finally, after another test with a metal-detector, the buns are packed in vacuumed plastic bags, placed in cartons, put in temperature-controlled trucks and sent off on a long journey which inevitably ends in someone’s tummy.