Cynthetiq

Interesting. I have a special place in my heart for Egg McMuffins. When I was a little kid (<6), my mom worked graveyard shifts. She worked in two different hospitals every day, a day shift and a graveyard shift. So she'd put me to bed at night and when I woke up early she sometimes wasn't home yet. As a special treat from time to time she'd bring me an egg mcmuffin sandwich for breakfast and I would spread some grape jelly to it. It was so nice to see my mom come home and this was even better to have her come home and get a special surprise.

To this very day, whenever I'm feeling a bit down, an egg mcmuffin reminds me of a very happy moment in my childhood.

Oddly enough, I was dragging my ass in getting to work this morning. I even told Skogafoss to go ahead of me. I missed the bus so I walked to the subway and stopped at McDonald's for an egg mcmuffin.

Thanks Mr. Peterson.

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Lasereth

It's very interesting how one small memory like an Egg McMuffin can bring on a flood of emotion. It shows how just the little things your parents do when you're little have positive and negative effects on your for life.

RIP

Push-Pull

Not that I'm eating at McDonald's a whole lot lately, but when I did order one, it's always gotta be pronounced "Eggamuffin"!

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UKking

Wow, very interesting.

My Egg McMuffin memories aren't so great. I learned that one shouldn't eat Egg McMuffins after just having their braces tightened. My mouth hurt and I tried to eat one while my mom was driving me back to school. I ended up choking and puking out the window.

Later in my life, I found that they do not make great hangover food.

*sigh*

At least I still amuse myself.


RIP, dude.

Willravel

Was his death linked to his cardiovascular system?

SSJTWIZTA

...i was wondering this same thing.

ehh i have never liked the egg mcmuffin. but then again, i dont like eggs.
sausage biscuit for me, plz.

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RetroGunslinger

This reminds me of when the inventor of ramen died. Millions of college students will mourn his passing.

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Leto

My favourite car meal (breakfast). No road trip is complete without a couple of these munched as the sun rises over the highway.


I always order 2 eggamuffins with ham (not bacon) and 2 hashbrowns to go, with a medium coffee. I would open the egg mcmuffins before leaving the store, and squeeze a packet of ketchup and a pouch of pepper on each.

I noticed that the article refers to the ham slice as Canadian bacon. Finally I know what Canadian bacon is. Of course, up here we call that ham slices. To us bacon comes in strips, and looks just the same as American bacon.

jewels

So sorry for your loss, Cyn. You do still have your memories, though.

Egg McMuffins. *shudder

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Grasshopper Green

This is our travel ritual as well...even if flying, we have McMuffins for breakfast.

I hate McDonald's hamburgers, but damn I love me some Egg McMuffins.

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Charlatan

I too am a fan of the Egg McMuffin... I can remember when they first introduced breakfast at the McDonald's we went to when I was a kid. My first breakfast was the Hotcakes and Sausage... I hated their pancakes (still do, but I am pancake snob). The next time I tried the Egg McMuffin... heaven.

I have to say though that I prefer the sausage and egg mcmuffin just a little bit more... mmmmm sausages.

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Milnoc

I find egg McMuffins to be the only food choice I can still enjoy at McDonald's. All the other stuff is so full of "strange" ingredients that I prefer not to eat any of it.

snowy

He was 89. I imagine he died of natural causes, given that none of the articles I examined about his death mentioned any cause of death, and they did mention he died at home.

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Charlatan

I was just thinking that it would be cool if you could get egg McMuffins all day long...

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Fotzlid

'72?!?
Didn't realize they had been around that long.

flat5

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debaser

I don't mean to bitch, but it says a lot about our society when this thread has more responses than the Arthur Clark thread.

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I was trying to visit Arthur C Clarke, back in 1980. I had it on good advice that he was living in Galle, a city on the south coast of Sri Lanka, and I happened to be in the neighbourhood.

Owing to some difficulties of language, bad timing and all, I was unable to do so, but at the time he was one of my favourite authors.

During this trip, I tought my Sri Lankan friend how to make an egg mcmuffin at home. I was missing western food after 3 months, and they had all the ingredients so, for one meal at least we eschewed lentils, curry and rice, and had egg on an english muffin with cheese and ham. In the same city that Arthur C. Clarke lived.

Charlatan

Leto... you are the man!

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percy

I dislike McDonald's food equally as with all the rest of fast food places, but must say, the Egg McMUFFIN with sausage was a godsend when I ended up constipated.

One of those babies and like clockwork, a half an hour later was on the toilet trying to save my ass from ripping apart!!!

Kind of a shitty story whilst remembering the inventor

Kahn

There's a mental image I truly did not need.
Now I'm hungry damnit

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