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Posted by R PansePCC on Sun Mar 1 18:05:10 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 1 12:55:44 2009. I stopped by the Mc D's on Myrtle & Cooper and asked about them. Beavis or Butthead told me they think they will be available closer to Patty's Day. I still need to investigate the chin up bars. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Mar 1 18:25:13 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Mar 1 02:10:08 2009. I always liked diner milk shakes the best anyhow. Anyone got a favorite diner for the best shakes? |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 1 18:26:39 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by R PansePCC on Sun Mar 1 18:05:10 2009. When I was a sales rep for a circular/flyer distribution company, that McDonald's was my first account. We put out 10,000 flyers that day. The guy who owns that location also owns the one on Metropolitan in Forest Hills.And I'm sure they would like to sell the Shamrock Shake too. It was never a problem in the NY metropolitan area. But times have changed. McDonald's issued an official statement last year, stating that it would not be available in the NY area, so we'll see what happens this year. Here in Tampa, it's been out for a week. They usually come out with the shake during the last week of February, and stop selling it a week after St.Patricks Day. |
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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sun Mar 1 18:47:17 2009, in response to Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Feb 28 23:59:20 2009. Besides what you stated, it'll probably have special taxes thereby making it be the only metro to lose money.There are stores that refuse to go into certain area's and city limits because the structure is ridiculous. I wouldn't be surprised if the internet pulled out of the area from the taxes on that. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 1 18:56:42 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sun Mar 1 18:47:17 2009. Special taxes? |
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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sun Mar 1 19:05:16 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 1 18:56:42 2009. If you can tax downloads and bus fare and non-diet soda, i'm sure you can place a 400% tax on the Shamrock Shake with no issue. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Mar 2 02:52:34 2009, in response to Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Feb 28 23:59:20 2009. Because it is a 'local' promotion that is voted in by the Owner/Operators within a TV market, and the 5 Boro licensees did not support it because generally speaking, the city consumer does not buy it. Mary Steidl Director of Operations _________________________________________________________________ The above was McDonald's response last year to my e-mail asking why the Shamrock Shake was not available in the NY region. As you can see, she tries to blame the owners within the "TV market". Problem is, McDonald's does not appear to support the shake with a local or national tv ad campaign. I asked her if there was a tv spot for Shamrock Shake, and got no reply. She also says that "the city consumer" does not support it? Really? How would she know? Shamrock was off the menu for years, until it's recent comeback in Canada, Ireland, and every U.S. state, minus NY. In order to say "the city consumer" does support it, wouldn't it have to have been available in NY in the first place, to make that statement? Anyway, the Shake is now available on an international basis. In Florida, machines offer Shamrock, Vanilla, Chocolate, and Strawberry.(no blenders). I think the "5 Boro" licensees know what would happen if they put it on the menu. Everyone else in the 5 Boros would see it as an endorsement of one ethnic group while ignoring the many backgrounds that make up NY today. |
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Posted by G1Ravage on Mon Mar 2 06:28:39 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Mar 1 02:10:08 2009. Is there a similar reasoning why New York City is the only major metropolitan area in the nation whose major fast food chains don't put mustard on the burgers? |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon Mar 2 07:07:49 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by G1Ravage on Mon Mar 2 06:28:39 2009. Nathan's does. |
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Posted by Fred G on Mon Mar 2 07:38:51 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Mar 1 18:25:13 2009. No, because diners don't serve the best milk shakes. Ice cream shops have the best milk shakes. IMO of course.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 2 07:44:14 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon Mar 2 07:07:49 2009. But he's talking about the burgers at McDonalds, Burger King, etc. EVERYWHERE else, they put mustard on the burgers, it's just the NY metro area that doesn't. I wonder why. |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon Mar 2 07:55:59 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 2 07:44:14 2009. Who cares? It's usually available if you ask for it anyway. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 2 07:59:55 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon Mar 2 07:55:59 2009. I didn't say I cared. I was wondering why it's automatically done everywhere else outside the NY Metro area. Just a question, no biggie, and just curious. |
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Posted by Fred G on Mon Mar 2 08:18:32 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by G1Ravage on Mon Mar 2 06:28:39 2009. Yes, it's so that all other ethnic groups don't resent the Germans for putting mustard on everything including ice cream.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon Mar 2 08:36:07 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 2 07:59:55 2009. Obviously you do care about the subject if you're asking about it. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 2 09:45:02 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon Mar 2 08:36:07 2009. I don't. It's a curiousity though. I didn't say there was some underhanded reason, but it's just quite odd that they add mustard everywhere outside of the NYC Metro area. |
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Posted by Fred G on Mon Mar 2 10:36:48 2009, in response to Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Feb 28 23:59:20 2009. They don't sell them because mint flavored milkshakes taste like fuckin LavorisŪ mixed with rabies foam, that's why.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Mar 2 10:48:39 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by R PansePCC on Sun Mar 1 06:41:10 2009. I know that Mickey-d well. Grab some grub, and watch the 15's. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 2 11:12:43 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by R PansePCC on Sun Mar 1 06:41:10 2009. Hey!! That photo is off topic for the off topic board!! :) |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon Mar 2 14:40:17 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by R PansePCC on Sun Mar 1 06:41:10 2009. Perfect day trip idea. Amtrak to Philly, go to Girard, pick up a shake, take the 15 and Amtrak back to Brooklyn. |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon Mar 2 14:40:48 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 2 09:45:02 2009. Alright I understand. |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Mon Mar 2 17:26:36 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by G1Ravage on Mon Mar 2 06:28:39 2009. FYI, the McDonalds at Rockaway Parkway & Conkiln Avenue in Canarsie tested mustard on their burgers in the 80's, and it did not go over well with the customers. A friend of mine worked there at the time.Also, it reminds me of the Krystal chain down south. Krystal is like the "White Castle of the South", with the small burgers and all. Anyhow, at Krystal, if you order burgers there without specifying anything, they will come with mustard only, and absolutely no ketchup. I've learned over the years to order them with "ketchup only". :-) |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Mar 2 17:33:46 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by G1Ravage on Mon Mar 2 06:28:39 2009. Send them an e-mail, and they'll probably be able to answer the question. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Mar 2 17:38:40 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by Fred G on Mon Mar 2 08:18:32 2009. Mustard is not a menu item like the Shamrock Shake is. You're right about the Shake tasting like shit though. It's too sweet. That's what happens when one machine does all the work, pumping syrup into milk and powder. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Mar 2 18:23:06 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by G1Ravage on Mon Mar 2 06:28:39 2009. I think it's regional taste there. Hamburgers have always been served back to my days with ketchup, occasionally onions too. Big culture shock when the "California burgers" showed up with Bugger Kink with MAYONAISSE and lettuce added. FWIW, I don't like pickles or mustard on mine and always have to remember when traveling to tell them NOT to do that. :) |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 2 18:25:48 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Mar 2 18:23:06 2009. But I noticed that upstate NY does add mustard and ketchup to their burgers too. As does Vermont. The only place I have seen that doesn't do it is the NYC area....NYC, Long Island, etc. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Mar 2 18:25:52 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Mar 2 18:23:06 2009. If you(or anyone) see the Shamrock Shake up in your neck of the woods, let us know. It's always a seasonal favorite. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Mar 2 18:32:38 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by Fred G on Mon Mar 2 07:38:51 2009. Hmm, my taste buds must be a bit dead, because for me, it's a tight competition between the shakes of certain diners and ice cream parlors . . . |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Mar 2 18:42:29 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 2 18:25:48 2009. Yep, and it makes me crazy. Fortunately, the folks at the local Ruby Tuesday know me and I don't have to ask. Which of course burns me down when I go somewhere else, and have to de-ickyfy my boigers. :) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Mar 2 18:43:13 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Mon Mar 2 18:25:52 2009. Told you several times the other day, we GOT 'em here. I'm just not fond of mint ... :) |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 2 18:44:45 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Mar 2 18:42:29 2009. Hahaha....I just had Ruby Tuesday last night....and my burger didn't have mustard, as they don't do that down here, lol! I kinda like it though when I get it in other areas....it's just so strange that it must be a regional thing that NYCers don't like it.... |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Mar 2 18:52:19 2009, in response to Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Feb 28 23:59:20 2009. I like ketchup only on burgers, mustard only on hot dogs. My taste buds are strange. |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Mon Mar 2 18:54:45 2009, in response to Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Feb 28 23:59:20 2009. It's embarrassing just to go into a MacDonalds. |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Mon Mar 2 19:00:51 2009, in response to Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Feb 28 23:59:20 2009. I don't know which thread is more exciting, this one or the one about which yard has the R46's. I think I'm going to watch paint dry. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Mar 2 19:18:32 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 2 18:44:45 2009. How was the burger at Ruby Tuesday? |
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Posted by Fred G on Mon Mar 2 19:19:50 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by Jeff Rosen on Mon Mar 2 19:00:51 2009. LOL! I took a nap but had a dream I was reading OTChat so I snapped out of it.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Mar 2 19:20:22 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Mar 2 18:42:29 2009. I always get the cajun seafood platter at Ruby Tuesday. It's spicy shrimp, vegetables, and salad bar. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 2 19:20:22 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Mon Mar 2 19:18:32 2009. They are always good. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 2 19:23:30 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Mon Mar 2 19:20:22 2009. I have had that Cajun Seafood platter there on occasion before. Not bad at all.Last night it was a few of us though, and we all got the burgers. I like the salad bar too, but I don't usually get it when I have a burger there. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Mar 2 19:25:07 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by Jeff Rosen on Mon Mar 2 18:54:45 2009. Equally embarrassing clicking onto a thread about McDonald's. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Mar 2 19:28:23 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by Jeff Rosen on Mon Mar 2 19:00:51 2009. Define exciting. I guess if a thread doesn't turn into a flame war, it's no longer worthy. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Mar 2 19:31:05 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 2 19:20:22 2009. I might have to try one. When I come north this week, I'll try the Stroudsburg location. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 2 19:38:45 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Mon Mar 2 19:31:05 2009. Smokehouse Burger. Love it, but most of their burgers are good.Interestingly, when I drove up from Florida a few weeks ago, we stayed over night in North Carolina somewhere, and we ate at a Ruby Tuesday near the hotel (and had a burger). It was sort of interesting, as we ate at the bar, and you were still allowed to smoke at the bar. I haven't been in a state that allowed that still for a while.....it was almost strange to see, but brought back great memories!! |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Mar 2 19:44:14 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 2 19:38:45 2009. I'm doing the drive to NY tomorrow. I think I know which Ruby Tuesday you went to. My big thing is Pizza Patron in Jacksonville when driving. And if I had the attention span and a wife to help me, I'd open a Pizza Patron or two.When I get to NY, I'll have to park in a garage, and pay for a day or two until snow starts melting. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Mar 2 19:46:42 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 2 18:44:45 2009. Try to get a corndog in Manhattan. :)I dunno though ... mustard belongs on a dog, ketchup on hamburgers, and in a bow to Quebec, cheese and brown gravy on fries. Heh. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Mar 2 19:47:42 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Mar 2 18:52:19 2009. Sounds pretty normal to me ... sorta like gravy, onions and cheez whiz on a steak sammich. :) |
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Posted by Fred G on Mon Mar 2 19:52:22 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Mar 2 19:46:42 2009.  Poutine!  Putin!  Pudding!  Poo-tang! your pal, Fred |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 2 19:54:32 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Mar 2 19:46:42 2009. I wouldn't have touched cheese and gravy fries some years ago, but I am getting more and more into it now....they have that on the appetizer menu at many places now, and they have grown on me. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Mar 2 19:57:33 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by Fred G on Mon Mar 2 19:52:22 2009. Hahahahaha! You're a sick phuck, Unca Fred ...Your pal, FCC |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Mar 2 19:58:36 2009, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 2 19:54:32 2009. Montreal did it for me ... wish I could eat up there every day. :) |
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