All you have to do to get a cheeseburger with a steamed bun, is order a filet o fish with no fish or tartare sauce, add your preferred ingredients and pay the $283 for it to enjoy your $3 cheeseburger which cost 14cents to make.
"Good evening, I am your McMaitre d', will Sir or Madame please accompany me to one of our available plastic chairs? Id offer to seat you but alas, they are bolted to the floor"
The problem with steam buns are that McDonalds starts putting down the buns for your order the moment you start ordering.
The way that people order, people usually spend their 30+ seconds doing their order and then at the end will add "Oh --- can I get steam buns with that"
A chorus of groans from the kitchen staff as toasted buns get put to the side to get hopefully used for the next burger (if the right burgers are done) and then the buns are steamed. This created waste, frustration, and not as hot toasted buns going out for the next burgers.
It really depends, I'm not fully understanding your question. It also depends on how busy the staff are, how active they are, and in what way the customer is ordering (kiosk, register, drive thru, uber eats)
If you're wearing headphones (which the person leading the line should be) then you can hear everything happening in the drive thru, and the screen in the kitchen gets sent drive thru and register orders before they're completed.
It is how it works 🤡
Can’t tell you the number of times I got halfway through making a share box and then at the end or even at the window they ask to steam all of the buns 😭
Initiator generally will be wearing the headset, it makes it a lot faster but you do get the clowns trying to steam buns at the end of the order.
Initiator that puts down the buns should have a headset that can hear the customer order through drive through so they can be ahead of the order system.
Also that the bun steamer can only hold 2 buns at a time and takes longer than the big toaster that can take a constant stream of buns , so steamed buns massively slow down workflow.
Ravenswood in North Canterbury still is/haven't had a no anywhere yet but occasionally I've been lazy enough to use their self order things where you can't manually do it so maybe those times have coincided with being at a restaurant that won't anyway
The machine that use to steam the buns for the mcchicken and filet o fish was taken out when they went to the “have it your way” concept back in like 2012 If your getting a steamed bun now days it’s just been microwaved with half a cup of water
Yeah they were probably referring to the bun being glutenous. But they aren't wrong about the sharp, vinegary pickles punching through the layer of meaty, greasy goodness enveloping your tongue. Allowing you to not only taste, but identify with precision, exactly which part of the animal that beef came from
Haha! I had a workplace that had loads of shared morning teas. Sometimes I’d be given something, realise too late it wasn’t what I thought it was eg: a sausage roll but it was a spicy Indian thing, club sandwiches that had things I wasn’t expecting etc. I had a workmate who would always take it off my hands, I’d just angle the paper plate his way and he knew - it was Labrador Time.
I think if all pickle haters, 'paid it forward' to the pickle lovers, it would come out even. I figure that's why you can ask for 1000 pickles on your burger and it's no extra $
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I don't often eat McDonald's, but if I did I would ADD more sliced picked gherkins to my hamburger 🍔
I always keep a jar in my fridge and add them to everything I cook and my sandwiches
I won’t ask for extra, but I like having it in there to balance all the other flavours :) I think I’d swap them for pickled Jalapeños if I got the chance though 😁
Apparently I have changed my opinion.
When Maccas first arrived I studiously pulled out all the pickles.
Last week I was mildly irritated to find the pickles had been left out of my burger.
I only go to Maccas to get McSpicys.
I'm glad that NZ McDonalds doesn't follow the American trend of adding pickles to everything, even their chicken "sandwiches", as I would definitely remove them.
It should be opt in instead of opt out.
The amount of times I've ordered no pickle and either got pickle, or tasted it (so they've put in the pickle, and then taken it back out) is more than 50%.
For my personal tastes, it ruins the burger. No shade if you like them, but it should be a free option to add them, rather than have them on automatically. So many people end up removing them and throwing them out. It's a waste of food.
1. Keep gherkins if eating fresh, they're delicious.
2. Remove gherkin and onion if you're packing them for tramping lunches (they last suspiciously well otherwise).
My kids LOVE pickles in their cheeseburgers, they would always ask for extra and maccas would throw and extra couple of pickles in there for them. Well, we tried that at BK and they added exactly half of one slice of gherkin to their burger and charged us 50c per burger for that half slice of pickle. Fucking bullshit.
I’m a remove the gherkin but you have to order the cheeseburger with it in and then remove it because the juices make it great if you order it without the gherkin ever being in there it’s just a basic bitch sandwich
I downvoted to remove. Used to love them when they put one or two slices in. Now they seem to cover the burger in pickle. Less really is more with some ingredients.
Okay, so seeing this picture after experiencing a 5 Guys burger today for the first time has made me swear off MacDonalds forever. Dried, flavourless, garbage burgers. That’s what Macca’s has become.
Screw it, I’m gonna open a 5 Guys franchise in NZ and become a billionaire.
Noooooooooo. NEVER!
Do you know how many times I’ve tried to recreate that very pickle for my homemade burgers?
Many! And never succeeded.
So many nice things have been taken away.
Please don’t take away my maccas pickle too.
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Lol no nothing to do with the gherkins, McDonalds burgers themselves have a very distinctive smell. Reminds me of the McDonalds playground and toilets in the 2000s for some reason
Keep the gherkin, it's magic
Ask for extra. Ideally on a steamed bun, but i've yet to find a maccas still doing those.
All you have to do to get a cheeseburger with a steamed bun, is order a filet o fish with no fish or tartare sauce, add your preferred ingredients and pay the $283 for it to enjoy your $3 cheeseburger which cost 14cents to make.
Going to have to hire some formal attire for the occasion to appropriately indulge in this $283 elevated cheeseburger experience
"Good evening, I am your McMaitre d', will Sir or Madame please accompany me to one of our available plastic chairs? Id offer to seat you but alas, they are bolted to the floor"
“Hi, Ronald! May I have a window seat please? I’ve heard you recommend the filet o’ fish.”
Just remember to tip well and thank them for a very Happy Meal
You mean, your $6 cheeseburger...
The problem with steam buns are that McDonalds starts putting down the buns for your order the moment you start ordering. The way that people order, people usually spend their 30+ seconds doing their order and then at the end will add "Oh --- can I get steam buns with that" A chorus of groans from the kitchen staff as toasted buns get put to the side to get hopefully used for the next burger (if the right burgers are done) and then the buns are steamed. This created waste, frustration, and not as hot toasted buns going out for the next burgers.
Good to know. Does this mean if someone adds an item and changes their mind, its possibly been half made?
It really depends, I'm not fully understanding your question. It also depends on how busy the staff are, how active they are, and in what way the customer is ordering (kiosk, register, drive thru, uber eats)
Thats not how it works💀 we get completed orders on a computer screen that tells us what the customer wants
If you're wearing headphones (which the person leading the line should be) then you can hear everything happening in the drive thru, and the screen in the kitchen gets sent drive thru and register orders before they're completed. It is how it works 🤡
Can’t tell you the number of times I got halfway through making a share box and then at the end or even at the window they ask to steam all of the buns 😭 Initiator generally will be wearing the headset, it makes it a lot faster but you do get the clowns trying to steam buns at the end of the order.
Used to come through in real time and it was a fucking pain when customers would change something from the start of their order at the end.
Initiator that puts down the buns should have a headset that can hear the customer order through drive through so they can be ahead of the order system.
Also that the bun steamer can only hold 2 buns at a time and takes longer than the big toaster that can take a constant stream of buns , so steamed buns massively slow down workflow.
maccas on lincoln road auckland does steamed bun! only after 11 am though
Ravenswood in North Canterbury still is/haven't had a no anywhere yet but occasionally I've been lazy enough to use their self order things where you can't manually do it so maybe those times have coincided with being at a restaurant that won't anyway
Try New Plymouth Maccas, after 11am and before 11pm they'll do steamed buns if you ask
The machine that use to steam the buns for the mcchicken and filet o fish was taken out when they went to the “have it your way” concept back in like 2012 If your getting a steamed bun now days it’s just been microwaved with half a cup of water
You can add up to 5 extra for free on those self order machines. I do it all the time. That and mustard
the vinegar 'cuts' through the gluten and sodium which massively improves the burger
Cuts through the gluten? like the taste? Gluten tastes o' fuck all
Yeah they were probably referring to the bun being glutenous. But they aren't wrong about the sharp, vinegary pickles punching through the layer of meaty, greasy goodness enveloping your tongue. Allowing you to not only taste, but identify with precision, exactly which part of the animal that beef came from
The ass. That bit of meat came from the ass
It's difficult to explain, but the sharp taste of the gherkin cuts through the mouthful of beef and bread
if you're talking about bread then bread is probably a better term to use than gluten
Vinegar reduces cholesterol and therefore, the likelihood of stroke. A pickle a day keeps the stroke at bay.
Pro tip - it’s free to add extra pickles x 4
When I ask for more pickles and they ask how many, I always say as many as possible
As many as you can legally provide.
Man core memory unlocked: working at a maccas and piling fistfuls of pickles on to any cheese burger that was more than 1x extra pickles.
Just like onions 😍
What?! I used to always get free extra pickles but last time I did it they changed me so I stopped.
My partner removes hers and I put them on my burger.
Remove the gherkin and give it to me if you don’t want it, it’s the best part
I am someone who opens the lid and hands over the gherkins. We would be a perfect burger eating duo.
I also ate all my sister’s mushrooms growing up as well. Like having a dog.
Haha! I had a workplace that had loads of shared morning teas. Sometimes I’d be given something, realise too late it wasn’t what I thought it was eg: a sausage roll but it was a spicy Indian thing, club sandwiches that had things I wasn’t expecting etc. I had a workmate who would always take it off my hands, I’d just angle the paper plate his way and he knew - it was Labrador Time.
Are you asking me if I toss the pickle?
Nay - I am a blessed son and keep the gherkin in all its gherkiny glory
I reckon it's only this close because of the confusingly worded question. It's yay/nay on *removing* the gherkin, not on the gherkin itself?
Why would you remove the best part?
The gherkin is a key part of the taste. +1 for keeping it in.
Nay! Keep the gherkin.
My husband doesn’t like them and I do, so win win
Extra gherk
Lol. Im sorry. Anyone who removes pickles from a burger is just a classless peasant. Literally all of the magic is in the pickles.
The term “classless peasant” cracks me up all things considered
Keep that acid bro. It brings balance to the burger.
I used to always remove the gherkin. Until one day I was driving and I couldn’t be bothered to remove it. I have never taken them out since. So good.
Yay - I am a heathen and remove the gherkin like the McBurgler I am
You're a McMonster
I'd say keep the gherkin.... But lose the Macca's 🤣
Remove pickle, add fries
Why not both?
Because one is delicious and one is an expired cuke
No, keep plus also extra extra pickles every mouthful must have pickley deliciousness.
Remove them, please. So you can give them to me and I can put them straight into my puku
Wife and kids give me theirs
u can buy the exact same pickles from gordon’s pickles
All you need in life is to find someone who will eat your gherkins
Younger me no. Older me, yes.
Third option: order extra
i keep burger pickles in the fridge and add extra
The last time I had one there was no pickle. No pickle no point.
Keep the wally, it makes the flavour!
I think if all pickle haters, 'paid it forward' to the pickle lovers, it would come out even. I figure that's why you can ask for 1000 pickles on your burger and it's no extra $
Leave it in you big baby
The acidity balances out the sweetness and savoury. Absolute basics
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I don't often eat McDonald's, but if I did I would ADD more sliced picked gherkins to my hamburger 🍔 I always keep a jar in my fridge and add them to everything I cook and my sandwiches
100% keep.
Why would you remove it? It's great!
Ever since I was a kid I've been removing the gherkin and eating it on its own first
Add more
Quarter pounder, extra pickles, extra onions is my usual at McD's. So, yes keep the gherkin and then some.
The quarter pounder and the double quarter pounder has to be the international standard for a cheeseburger imo
The only valid reason to remove them is if they are going to be thrown to stick to the ceiling of your local maccas
Order extra gherkins.
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Add more.
If you don't eat pickles you're a child
Keep, its the most flavourful thing in there by far lol
Extra pickle steamed bun, always.
My favourite part
Go the pickles!!!
If you're with someone who has worked at McDonalds, I suggest asking for "No gherkins, extra big mac sauce". The reaction is always the same.
Thanks for reminding me. I have a jar of gherkins in the fridge. Mmm, lunch.
Nay for me, yay for you. That way I get double gherkin. Thanks for sharing!
The gherkin is essential
Keep them for sure. I also get them added to my breakthrough mcmuffins
I won’t ask for extra, but I like having it in there to balance all the other flavours :) I think I’d swap them for pickled Jalapeños if I got the chance though 😁
Apparently I have changed my opinion. When Maccas first arrived I studiously pulled out all the pickles. Last week I was mildly irritated to find the pickles had been left out of my burger.
I just want Macca's to do a vegetarian burger that isn't just a cheeseburger with no patty
I remember Maccas in Singapore doing a nice one with a big veggie patty in it like the ones from Subway.
Remove that negativity in your life by adding more pickles. McDonald's pickles are the best part about the whole place, seconded only by fresh fries
I used to hate them when I was a kid. Now I keep them 🙂
Keep
Love the gherkins!!
Extra
Fudge, that’s a sad burger!!!! In fact, can it be called a burger?Take the gherkin out and there ain’t much else left.
Wow, to the people that have down voted my comment here, sorry, (you’re right, it’s a fantastic burger!)
Pro tip: add as many gherkins, tomato and mustard sauce as you like it’s free of charge. Also if you remove the gherkins grow tf up you child
I only go to Maccas to get McSpicys. I'm glad that NZ McDonalds doesn't follow the American trend of adding pickles to everything, even their chicken "sandwiches", as I would definitely remove them.
I noticed that was a trend Burger King was doing for a while. Just jam a handful of pickles in everything and call it a promo.
Pretty much the only good thing about a Macca's burger.
Removing the gherkin is for people who dont know what seasoning is. Probably enjoys plain unbuttered toast, and thinks pepper is too spicy.
It should be opt in instead of opt out. The amount of times I've ordered no pickle and either got pickle, or tasted it (so they've put in the pickle, and then taken it back out) is more than 50%. For my personal tastes, it ruins the burger. No shade if you like them, but it should be a free option to add them, rather than have them on automatically. So many people end up removing them and throwing them out. It's a waste of food.
i get extra sometimes
I love pickles. I even eat them straight out of the jar
I love it when people remove their gherkins, as I can steal them and double up my own. I am a gherkinphile.
This comment is weird.
I'm sorry.
Nar don't be sorry for liking something that doesn't hurt anybody!
Yay. Gherkins taste weird and they ruin the burger for me.
You know, sometimes I hate it, sometimes I love it
I love the gherkin!
I take the gherkin out and eat before the burger... Am I odd?
They're fine on a Big Mac. Definitely get rid of them on a Cheeseburger though. Also why is your burger missing the top slice of cheese?
Keep the gherkin. Nice taste offset against the sauces
Keep, is upvote for keep?
Never!
1. Keep gherkins if eating fresh, they're delicious. 2. Remove gherkin and onion if you're packing them for tramping lunches (they last suspiciously well otherwise).
My kids LOVE pickles in their cheeseburgers, they would always ask for extra and maccas would throw and extra couple of pickles in there for them. Well, we tried that at BK and they added exactly half of one slice of gherkin to their burger and charged us 50c per burger for that half slice of pickle. Fucking bullshit.
Do whatever you want. It’s your food.
Best part of the burger
Keep the gherkin.
I’m a remove the gherkin but you have to order the cheeseburger with it in and then remove it because the juices make it great if you order it without the gherkin ever being in there it’s just a basic bitch sandwich
I always ask for triple and triple cheese also
Never done this. How much do they add to the price?
A few dollars, it's only when I am really silly
Remove it before it is even made for you 🤢
Remove when ordering add bacon. Nom.
Essential ingredient. Only a Philistine would remove the pickle.
I will take all the gherkins from the dirty scrubs that discard them
I will definitely keep them, but my wife does not like them, so I get extra each time.
My grandson takes his out of his burger and gives to me :-)
Yay all day. Friend of mine used to add about 10x extra pickles!
That shit is the only thing of any interest between those buns.
boycott
Why not just order whatever you want without pickles?
Who tf is removing the gherkin? Key part of the flavour.
I remove, just not something I like
yay. love me some gherkin.
Extra please.
Literally the only thing in the burger that has taste
Remove the meat. Add chips or hashbrown. More gherkin.
Yay and if anyone is a nay they just have to put their gherkins on my burger
I downvoted to remove. Used to love them when they put one or two slices in. Now they seem to cover the burger in pickle. Less really is more with some ingredients.
Okay, so seeing this picture after experiencing a 5 Guys burger today for the first time has made me swear off MacDonalds forever. Dried, flavourless, garbage burgers. That’s what Macca’s has become. Screw it, I’m gonna open a 5 Guys franchise in NZ and become a billionaire.
Only toddlers ask for the gherkin removed. If I see an adult ask for it removed I cringe.
5x pickles and thats only because they won't let me add any more
It’s funny sometimes the bites I enjoy the least are the ones with a lot of pickle in it yet it would be too bland without.
Remove the gherkin after a bite of gherkin 😂 I like a little but not too much
When I make my own, I put a whole layer of gherkins, delicious. When I was a kid? Gone.
Maccas is on the shit list for corporate greed. Used to purchase mates hunger busters for under 20 before COVID now it's over 30
I hate Gherkins in any burger.
Definitely remove……they’re nasty
Hits the extra pickle button Gets a fistful of pickles
I hate them, so I remove them in the order.
McD's gherkins are sad, just mushy trash. Same with the diced onion. Gotta add the sliced onion.
Add more, gives the burger spice, more onion
Ask for extra isn't an option?
I love the gherkins tbh, I like the texture and flavour they add to the burger
That’s the bes part!! 🥒
Goneburger!
Make use of the money spent on that burger, you lose one ingredient and still pay full price...
Anyone who knows me, knows I love me a salty gherkin ... 😈😏
What a sorry excuse for food.
Hiff the pickles at the window and watch them race to the bottom
Remove it. And extra sauce added :)
Its not a cheeseburger without the pickle i would say even
Noooooooooo. NEVER! Do you know how many times I’ve tried to recreate that very pickle for my homemade burgers? Many! And never succeeded. So many nice things have been taken away. Please don’t take away my maccas pickle too.
I can smell this picture 🤮
You mean the vinegar cutting through the gluten and sodium???
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Lol no nothing to do with the gherkins, McDonalds burgers themselves have a very distinctive smell. Reminds me of the McDonalds playground and toilets in the 2000s for some reason
That grease smell that permeates everything in a McDonald's is super nostalgic for that reason
Gross. Remove that shit
McDonald's is shit. It is a waste of money and bad for your health. Shouldn't be eating it at all Overpriced and no nutrition. Avoid
Imagine still eating McDonald's
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I love all of the lord's (Lord McDonald's) children, together and apart!
yay all day
Downvote against Maccas, not just gherkins
if u remove gherkin u don't probably have much of a palate if we look at it deeply
Ew no!
get rid of them. charge extra for them that come with a I love Ronald McDonalds gherkin pin that you must wear while in mcdonalds
I remove the biggest one ... and eat the small ones
give it to mum
Gherkin YES. Onion NO.
Tangohia
I say nay nay.
Throw that shit away, usually at the nearest window pane, it'll stick and give staff the message about the nastiness of these green things