Big Mac's 40th Anniversary

Haha happy birthday big mac, I remember my first big mac....I barely got to eat any of eat because it ended up all over the place....

the proper way to devour a big mac is with plastic knife and spork...

That happens to alot of little kids, chef.
Does anyone remember the Big Macs predecessor, McDonald McDoubles?

lol yea it for sure got messy, plus with 6 of us in the car....it made for some clean up.

eoe, I don't remember McDoubles, but I do remember the McDLT. It had two compartments in the styrofoam box - one side had the cold lettuce and tomato, the other had the burger and bun. I think the cheese was optional.

Although I seldom go into a Maccie D's these days I remember in the early 80s being 6 and McDonald's opened up shop in my small English country town.

In those days children weren't welcome in restaurants and pubs and we had the option of sitting very quiet in a stuffy tea room, or going to a greasy spoon cafe or 'caff' called "The Tasty Plate" which was full of sid vicious type punks (well a small town version of). 9 times out of 10 we ended up sitting with a bag of crisps (potato chips) and a bottle of coke in the back of my mum's clapped out Ford Cortina down by the river. Fish and Chips meant driving to the rougher end of town which my mother wouldn't do.

McDonalds actively welcomed kids, there was never a fuss if things were spilt, and my sister and I thought the toys and games were wonderful. In spite of all the flak fast food gets nowadays, in Britain at least, burger joints made eating out a lot less stuffy. Eating out with kids has become the norm, and many pubs have morphed into family restaurants. People forget how awful things used to be so I say happy birthday Big Mac.