In which it weirds me out that I’d never heard of this.
So my roomie AmmZon is totally sick today, the poor monster.
When she gets sick, she always wants her comfort food, which happens to be, and I quote, “an All American cheeseburger – ketchup only! – and fries and a Coke,” from McDonald’s. This is the only thing she wants when she’s sick. It helps her get well. (She even has a particular order in which she eats this restorative meal, but I can’t remember exactly what it is.)
What happens when you order an “All American cheeseburger,” rather than just a plain ol’ cheeseburger, is that you get your small fries for free. It’s like an adult Happy Meal or something because it only costs $2.14.
Apparently this item hasn’t actually been on the menu in the twenty years I’ve been eating there (and I begin to suspect that it might be the very first combo meal ever) and it’s nowhere to be found on the website, but when you ask for it at a drive-thru they always seem to know exactly what it is. This weirds me out because I worked at a McDonald’s once — even ran the register — and I’d never heard of it, but I’ve asked around and AmmZon’s not the only person who possesses this arcane knowledge.
So there you go, my babies: how to get a small fries for free.
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why do I get the feeling that, were I to actually order this at McDonalds, I’d get a blank stare and I’d feel stupid?
I’ve gone on her I’m-sick-and-need-comfort-food-now-please- runs three times since I’ve lived with her, and I feel like an asshole every time I say it… I mean, I practically get stage fright approaching the ordering kiosk. But it always works. It’s amazing. -m
I just read the Ray Kroc autobiography and I tell you, there is NO mention of this All American Cheeseburger stuff!
By the way, Brother Ray came off as a real dick in his own auto biography.
Dickiness is a ‘quality’ much vaunted by certain males, I’ve noticed. -m
Well they must be dumb over here, cause they had no clue what it was…. But then again, you know where I live LOL
Hah! -m
i’ve never heard of the all-american cheeseburger but, oh, right, heh…i’m canadian 🙂
McDonald’s, like the clap, is everywhere… even Canada. 😉 -m
Dude, they started that with the Goodwill Games, in Summer ’90, I think?
The only reason I remember this is because the lady I was babysitting for was an usher for some part of the games and brought McD’s dinners on her way home – “all-american meals” for each of us. That – and the commercials too. I had never seen as many McD’s commercials as when watching those kids that summer.
Goddamn, that’s so cool! I mean, that you remember it. That you posted it. The Internet knows EVERYTHING. Yay! -m
Never heard of that either, will save you a buck though? The only one I knew was getting a double cheeseburger and have it made like a big mac so you pay less. Good ole, McDonald. We looove to see you smile lol.
Have you ever had their Philly Cheesesteak!? OMG, it is sooo good I think that’s all I ate during the time they had it
I like to get breakfast there in the winter time. -m