Extra Arab Sauce, Please.

McDonald's isn't going to go quitely into the night. They are in there swinging. Latest menu item: the McArabia.

Assuming something isn't lost in translation, the McArabia will be sold at outlets in the Middle East and is a grilled chicken sandwich on flatbread with "Arab sauce." This must mean it comes from a different vat than the Big Mac's "special sauce."

One would hope.

Comments

[Ig]

You can bet they won't be selling these in the Congressional cafeteria!

[Steve]

Oh, I don't know, Ig....how about "McFreedom"? With special "Freedom Sauce" (And it could come in special red, white and blue wrapping).

[Just Pat]

i blame the neocons and jews for this

[Kevin Carson]

Steve:

Ray Krock once wrote (in a National Lampoon "letter from the editors") that the special sauce was actually bull semen.

As for these McDonald's imitations of ethnic culture, it reminds me of P.J. O'Rourke's remarks on the various white-bread recreations of national settings at Epcot Center: seeing a Third World market that was orderly and clean was as psychologically jarring as seeing a pyramid of skulls at the mall.

[Lonewacko]

Maybe this isn't that funny. http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,,45496,FF.html

"Problem: Anti-American boycott sparked by U.S. support for Israel.

McSpin: Local outlets introduce the McFalafel, rolled out behind an ad jingle sung by Shabaan Abdel Rahim, best known for his chart-topping hit "I Hate Israel."

[Lonewacko]

The "Arab bread" is of course a pita, and the "Arab sauce" is probably tahini http://eat.epicurious.com/dictionary/food/index.ssf?DEF_ID=4171 or garlic paste http://www.laexaminer.com/cgi-bin/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=2118

I'm eagerly awaiting the McDonald's hummous plate.

[Tuning Spork]

Do the franchises in Korea have a McFluffy?

[Madog]

Sounds kinda good actually, I wonder if they'll do a varient here.

[Paul]

They do have it here, in California McDonalds anyway. I forget what its called, precisely. I tried one, and aside from not enough chicken on it, it was pretty good.

[Joe Dokes]

As Homer would Say.

MMMMMMMMMM Arab Sauce.

[Steve]

Made from real Arabs?

That whole "special sauce" thing always bothered me anyway.

[Dan McCort]

McDonald's here in Chicago has "Grilled Chicken Flatbread," which is very tasty. No Arab sauce, though.

[Jim]

Damn, Steve... you stole my joke.

[Bob]

Arab sauce is people! Do you hear me? People!

Oh wait, sorry, that's soylent green.