A ketchup tap? Brilliant! I want one.

I’m just enheartened to find out at least one LA bicyclist isn’t ashamed to say they frequent McDonalds.

I am so glad my kids have grown up and McD’s isn’t a food option anymore. Though I must admit I do miss the McRib sandwich.

Hey I go to McDonalds! Andthe last time I went to Tommy’s (which I hold in much more nostalgia-tinged regard than Spencer) I went on my bicycle!

In related news the guy who invented the Egg McMuffin just died. Rest in peace, Herb Peterson.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080327/ap_on_bi_ge/obit_peterson

I used to L O V E McDonalds. But then I read Fast Food Nation and didn’t have the stomach to frequent any fast food places anymore. Except In-N-Out based on how they run their company compared to the big guys.

It’s been 7 years since I’ve had any of those french fries. What I am amazed at is that I’ve only missed/craved the food their twice in all that time.

I can’t help but imagine that feeding tube meandering snake-like down through the floor and pipes and plumbing to some huge pressurized vat of McKetchup that gets refilled once a month via tanker truck

Actually, it probably just goes below the counter-top to a large laminated-foil bag like the Heinz “Vol-Pac” seen here.

These are similar to the laminated foil bags that live inside the boxes of inexpensive boxed wine.

The bags generally hold 1-3 gallons, so they’re not likely to be a month’s supply. :-) (The month’s supply would the pallet full of bulk packs stashed in the back room.)

A number of fast food places are using these systems, though some of them, like the Fatburger I went to the other day, have counter-top dispensers disguised to look a pump-top jar. McDonald’s is just being more upfront about what’s happening.

Sorry, didn’t spellcheck:

“…there twice in all that time.”

And by the way I concur with Jason about the brilliance of the ketchup tap!

Actually, it probably just goes below the counter-top to a large laminated-foil bag like the Heinz “Vol-Pac” seen here.

Well, that’s not nearly as fun but that “Vol-Pac” looks like it would make a swell pillow.

Imagine that vol-pac stuck under a big trucks tires…but I did spend a bit too much time with 5 graders today.

As someone with beer taps at home, what I’ve learned is that they can get dirty quick. Taps flowing with the catsup must get really dirty, and I have a hard time believing anyone that works at McD would care enough to have the lines regularly cleaned. I’d suggest asking for those little plastic packs.