They still do!

And I gotta agree with OTW... I grew up on the stuff (down in Venezuela, it was called by the generic word 'jamonada' (literally 'ham loaf')) and it ain't as bad as people make it out to be.

On the other hand, I hate receiving spam in my e-mail.

OK-mental note-don't eat at McDonald's when I'm in Ireland next month! Thanks! :D

I enjoyed the Mickey D's in New Zealand. They had McCafes in nearly every store with nice coffee drinks and pastries. The one in Rotorua (or was it Taupo? I forget...) has a real airplane for kids to eat on, too. We had to be big kids and drink our coffee up there :)

The McDonalds in New England will be replacing their coffee with the Newman's Own Blend distributed by Green Mountain. The thought is that they'd like to break the hold that Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks have on the coffee market in the region. If I remember correction (story in the Globe this morning), they're only doing this in their New England stores.

In Argentina they have little McDonalds stands that only sell the ice cream cones. Has anyone seen that in the US somewhere?

They sell Shamrock Shakes every year here in March in the Chicagoland area where Mickey D's is based. My husband works for McD and every year I have him bring me one home. I LOVE them...especially when he mixes it half Shamrock Shake and half Chocolate Shake...it tastes just like Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream!! YUM!!

As for the the ice cream stand someone else was talking about...they do have one like that inside Woodfield Mall (which is in suburb of Chicago), but they also sell regular food in their too. You can get numerous different flavors of ice cream and sundaes galore.

Also, I know somewhere in IN their is a McDonalds Cafe. There you sit down order on a phone from your booth and have a waiter/waitress come serve it to you. At that McDonalds, besides the burgers and fries, you can order things from meatloaf to spaghetti. Being not that far from IN I always wanted to go their and try it out.

I have noticed how menus tend to differ regionally and internationally. During my brief stint in Ohio, they had pizza on their menu. In undergrad, I did a paper for International Business on Mickey D's.

Otherwise, I have stopped eating McDonalds. The food has become sub-par. As a child, a periodic trip to McDonald's was pure excitement as was the occasional McDonald's birthday party.

Also, if I go in for a Vanilla milkshake, it better taste like it! :mad: :rolleyes:

I'd heard that before (that Spam was popular in Hawaii), but didn't know if it were true, OTW. You live and learn.

Sometimes I had to eat it as a kid, if you know what I mean, but I never really liked it. On the other hand - the Spam, eggs, and rice reminds me of pudding (liver mush), eggs, and grits, (that's sometimes eaten in the South) which I like.... :o

I totally agree that Spam is an acquired taste, but we have this thing here called the Spam musubi...and it's a staple. Envision a slice of Spam atop a rectangular brick of sticky rice, with a slap of roasted seaweed paper wrapped around it. I know AlphaSigOU knows about it, and I'm thinking carnation, and maybe AznSAE and Bobby knows about it too. It may have been small, but it was a full meal that'd get me full no prob!

Then again I tried grits and I never thought I'd like it on my first trip to the South, but surprisingly enough this Hawaiian luuuuuuurved the GRITS!!!

That's the McDonald's Diner in Tipton, IN. Erniegurl00 is from there and whenever we would visit her hometown we'd go visit there too! It's really a cute place and it's pretty good to boot. Now in Broad Ripple, IN (part of Indanapolis) there's a 24-hour McCafe which is like a combination Panera/McDonalds with a player piano in it!

I like the deli sandwiches and soups in the McCafe. Sooo good! :D

When I was in Hawaii, I remember that they had fresh pineapple as a dessert thing. I also remember the saiman and the "Mahalo" trash cans. :)

I vaguely remember the green Shamrock shakes in Canada. Vile, if you ask me.

All this talk of saimin, spam musubi, plate lunch etc. is giving me a hankerin' to plan a trip to Hawai'i! Hele on, brah! But I don't have enough vacation time and money saved up, so I'll hafta settle for the next best thing at the California Hotel and casino in Vegas in a couple o' weeks! :D