McRib

Ah yes, the McRib. Love it or libel it, everyone has an opinion. Questions have arisen about, among other things, its ingredients and whether it has been "blessed by the gods" (SPOILER ALERT: Yes.). What hasn't been asked by the mainstream media (or anyone else, as far as I can tell based on a lazy review of the top four results from a Google search) is whether it would be better with red pepper. But *I* asked. Which was awkward, because I was once again talking to myself, at the time. Not a terribly good sign, that. But it inspired this long-overdue post, so we'll call it success.



As you may have noted in the picture, this McRib lacks pickles so the result is not as definitively scientific as might be hoped. But I faced a quandary: (1) review the McRib without pickles, making the result somewhat less scientifically sound than usual, or (2) review the McRib with pickles and spend an entire blog post telling you just precisely how much I hate pickles. While the latter might have been more fun, it would have been less faithful to the mission of the blog.

WITHOUT RED PEPPER

I feel that I should be permitted to skip this section, for surely you have either tried it yourself or acknowledged your failure as a human being and taken up a life as a solitary hermit, untroubled by technology. For if you think about it, that's what the McRib is, isn't it? Technology, or, at least, its progeny. But for my brothers and sisters of faiths that prohibit them from consuming delicious, delicious pork, here is a brief synopsis. Though you might think that a product containing over 70 ingredients would be overly complex, you would, in fact, be mistaken. The "meat" is tender and largely bland, but on the delicious side on bland. The flavor is supplied by the BBQ sauce, which is sweet and good. The bun is very bun-like. The onions provide a crunch (and the only food approaching "natural" in the entire product). While no one of these ingredients in isolation rises above good, together their powers combine to transcend earthly form. Truly, the McRib is a spiritual experience. Though this may just be a high from the azodicarbonamide.

WITH RED PEPPER

Boom. It's a whole new level of amazing. It takes several seconds for the red pepper to break through 820 mg of sodium (in fairness, I was surprised at how low this was for a prepared foor), but it's worth the wait for the pleasant tingle on the edges of the tongue. Plus, adding red pepper effectively doubles the number of McRib ingredients that are in any way, shape, or form "natural."

THE VERDICT

Better With Red Pepper! No doubt about this one. McDonald's should consider a spicy BBQ sauce, powered by red pepper. Quick, someone start a petition to the White House!

Is the McRib "Better With Wed Pepper"?
	Yes! (Either because (a) it enhanced the nirvana-like experience or (b) made it edible)
	No, but no worse either.
	No; it's a step in the wrong direction.
	No! How dare your desecrate the holy McRib?!
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