Ty Eats McDonald's New Chicken Sandwich

It is time to spice you up

I assumed the spicy chicken sandwich wars were over. I personally declared Morning Glory Diner here in Saint Louis the overall winner. In the whole fast food game Popeye’s was the clear winner. To me it’s better than Chik Fil A or Burger King or Wendy’s, among many others. Popeye’s is still the winner, and by a lot. But my father informed me that McDonald’s had a new spicy chicken sandwich, and he heard it was as good as Popeye’s. I, naturally, had to test this.

Today I took the shot. My wife and I picked up our daughter from school and decided to pick up lunch from McDonalds. I got the spicy chicken sandwich meal, and saved the sandwich for last. This isn’t about the sides or drinks, but the fries were great, as always, and McDonalds has the best fountain Diet Coke. They won that years ago. Those were expectedly wonderful. Now was the time for the sandwich.

Upon opening it, it looks like all the other fast food spicy chicken sandwiches. The bun is glistening with what I assume is butter. There is a big hunk of beaded chicken, two pickles and a spicy sauce, most likely a sriracha mayonnaise. On the surface they are doing what the other spots do. The sandwich itself was solid. The bun was very tasty. It was covered in that butter like substance, and that’s always good. The pickles add a nice crunch and cooling element. And the sriracha mayo was fine. The chicken itself was fine. It was probably the weakest part of the sandwich, but it was still solid. It was a little dry, but the mayo helped. I am not a big pickle guy, but they work on these sandwiches. As I said, it’s a nice cool down. It gives you a break from the heat. It’s needed. The mayo was fine too, but there was far too much of it. I think they slop it on because that’s where the heat comes from. I’m not a big mayo guy in the first place, and when it’s covering every portion of my sandwich, it’s a bit of a turn off. It’s why I’m not a huge fan of Wendy’s chicken sandwiches. They smother their sandwiches with mayo. There was so much that my wife and I both scrapped some of it off. That helped to finish the sandwich.

I know it may sound like I’m dogging on it, but I did enjoy the sandwich. I ate the whole thing pretty quickly after removing some mayo. It’s tasty. But, it’s not as good as Popeyes or Burger King. It’s not close to Morning Glory Diner. But I do like it more than Chik Fil A and Wendy’s. I think a fourth out of sixth place finish is solid for McDonalds. They do so much other stuff so well, like the aforementioned fries and Diet Coke. They also have the best fast food double cheeseburgers and their quarter pounder is a classic. The chicken game is done better at other places, namely Popeyes, who specialize in chicken. It’s a solid sandwich, just not as good as others I’ve had.

Ty

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SeedSing Classic: The Advent Calendar of Good, and Bad, Holiday Eats: Day 2 - McDonald's Holiday Pie

ed note: This article was originally published on December 2nd, 2017

The pre-Christmas Day season of Advent is upon us. Here at SeedSing we love the chocolaty goodness of getting a piece of candy once a day until we get to open our presents. As our gift to you we will present a treat associated with the holiday season. Many will be awesome, some will be terrible. Enjoy.

Opened doors: One

Day 2: McDonald's Holiday Pies

Every season brings out a few unique treats from our local eateries. Special salads come out in the summer months, a new beer style seems to arrive each month, and September brings the legion of items flavored with pumpkin spice. The Christmas season brings on the biggest onslaught of seasonal treats. Peppermint, nutmeg, and clove usually take a starring role in December goodies. Except for a mom and pop shop called McDonald's, they like to take our holiday eats to a whole new level.

Once the Thanksgiving holiday is in the rear view mirror, McDonald's starts to offer the Holiday Pie as an alternative to the year round apple option. The Holiday Pie is said to be custard in a sugar coated crust, and it is as awesome as it sounds. The crust is not only coated in sugar, it has festive red and green sprinkles to add holiday joy. The custard, extra devine when piping hot, is way better than anything one expects to get at McDonald's. Considering that the Holiday Pie follows the Pumpkin Crème pie of the fall, McDonald's is bringing a pastry A game to the last quarter of the year.

McDonald's is the number one restaurant around the world because one can get cheap, and predictable food at anytime. Variety is not good for their business. The Holiday Pie is part of the predictable pattern, and it is a great one. It can be argued that the Holiday Pie is the greatest thing McDonald's offers during the year. it can be argued, but it is wrong. The Holiday Pie still sits behind the greatness of the Shamrock Shake. There is nothing unpredictable about that.

RD

RD is the Head Editor for SeedSing. One should enjoy their Holiday Pie with a classic Christmas television program. We recommend the great GI Joe cartoon episode 'Cobra Claws are Coming to Town".

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DoughBoys Latest Munch Madness is Shaping Up to Be the Best One Ever

Every March "Doughboys" does one of my favorite series of podcast episodes, which they name "Munch Madness". It is a March Madness style tournament, but it is with fast food. They have done it every season of the show, but this year, I think they have outdone themselves. They have decided to finally tackle McDonald's, in a bracket style tournament.

I feel like this is what all of the "Doughboys" fans have been waiting for. I know they have done a McDonald's episode already, with Sarah Silverman, and it was great, but they only covered their breakfast menu. It was fine, but I was itching for more. So, on the double this week, when they announced this decision, I was stoked. They then went on to tell the listeners all of the contenders, seeding and all, all four different brackets, the food, the seeds and that the tournament would officially start on Thursday's newest episode. They did do two play in things on the double, and that was cool, but it wasn't like this Thursday's episode.

First off, they finally started to get into real McDonald's menu items. Second, and most important, their first guest was Jon Gabrus. Any time he is on, I know it will be funny and wild and ridiculous and the best. The fact that they got him for this particular tournament opener was so, so cool. I also appreciated the fact that Gabrus said he didn't want to eat all this food, stating he was in better shape than he had been in awhile, but he also said that he would have been so pissed if they didn't ask him to do this. That is fantastic. Also, when they started to get into the actual bracket, breaking the matchups down, they had a clock that wouldn't let them ramble on too much. They also added a few extra rules, because if they didn't, this could have easily been a four to five hour long episode. Putting those rules in place at the very top was the right thing to do. Allowing them each two timeouts, giving technicals for berating one another and making them stop at three minutes, simply perfect. As the episode started, to hear them talk so fast about each item, trying to get in shots at one another, talking over each other, picking their winner of each matchup, it was one of the best podcast episodes I have ever heard.

I am so excited for the rest of this tournament because this first episode got me so hyped. The seeding seemed fair too. They had classics like the Egg McMuffin and Coke as one seeds. They had all the main breakfast items with some new ones put in there. They had all kinds of sweet treats, including the McFlurry and Shamrock Shake. This episode covered breakfast and sweets and sides by the way. It was awesome. I was stunned, stunned when the Egg McMuffin got beat in round one, but just like the NCAA tournament, these things can happen. To hear them each talk about how much they like McDonald's coffee, coffee that is mediocre at best in my opinion, was eye opening, and makes me want to try it again. They also talked about McDonald's orange juice, and I forgot how much I loved it until they brought it up again. To hear them squabble over the Sausage McMuffin, and the Sausage Biscuit, my wife and I debate about which is better all the time.

This "Munch Madness" is going to rule. I am on pins and needles waiting ti see how this whole thing turns out. I am so stoked when they get deeper and deeper into the tournament to see if the food I love from there makes it far. I am a humongous quarter pounder with cheese fan, especially the double, and I want it to go far. This is a great idea from one of the best podcasts out there right now. I'm stoked.

Listen to the podcast.

Ty

Ty is the Pop Culture editor for SeedSing and the other host of the X Millennial Man Podcast.

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The Advent Calendar of Good, and Bad, Holiday Eats: Day 2 - McDonald's Holiday Pie

The pre-Christmas Day season of Advent is upon us. Here at SeedSing we love the chocolaty goodness of getting a piece of candy once a day until we get to open our presents. As our gift to you we will present a treat associated with the holiday season. Many will be awesome, some will be terrible. Enjoy.

Opened doors: One

Day 2: McDonald's Holiday Pies

Every season brings out a few unique treats from our local eateries. Special salads come out in the summer months, a new beer style seems to arrive each month, and September brings the legion of items flavored with pumpkin spice. The Christmas season brings on the biggest onslaught of seasonal treats. Peppermint, nutmeg, and clove usually take a starring role in December goodies. Except for a mom and pop shop called McDonald's, they like to take our holiday eats to a whole new level.

Once the Thanksgiving holiday is in the rear view mirror, McDonald's starts to offer the Holiday Pie as an alternative to the year round apple option. The Holiday Pie is said to be custard in a sugar coated crust, and it is as awesome as it sounds. The crust is not only coated in sugar, it has festive red and green sprinkles to add holiday joy. The custard, extra devine when piping hot, is way better than anything one expects to get at McDonald's. Considering that the Holiday Pie follows the Pumpkin Crème pie of the fall, McDonald's is bringing a pastry A game to the last quarter of the year.

McDonald's is the number one restaurant around the world because one can get cheap, and predictable food at anytime. Variety is not good for their business. The Holiday Pie is part of the predictable pattern, and it is a great one. It can be argued that the Holiday Pie is the greatest thing McDonald's offers during the year. it can be argued, but it is wrong. The Holiday Pie still sits behind the greatness of the Shamrock Shake. There is nothing unpredictable about that.

RD

RD is the Head Editor for SeedSing. One should enjoy their Holiday Pie with a classic Christmas television program. We recommend the great GI Joe cartoon episode 'Cobra Claws are Coming to Town".

SeedSing is funded by a group of awesome people. Join them by donating to SeedSing.

A step up for the Axe body spray spokesman? Ty's thoughts on the new Hamburglar.

What in the world is McDonald's thinking with their re branded "Hamburglar"?

He looks like some hipster tool that just walked out of a Hot Topic store in the mall. Who is McDonald's trying to appeal to? Frat boys and douche bags. This makes no sense to me whatsoever. Why would they decide to make it a real person? What made the original "Hamburglar" tolerable was the fact it was a cartoon character. Now they have this real person, with an unshaven half beard, leather red gloves, a black cape, a stupid fedora, the striped shirt and a leather mask! What in the world were the marketing executives thinking? Who are the geniuses that thought this was a good idea. The people at the top are either very old or very stupid. I wouldn't want to hang out with this wannabe "actor" anymore than I'd let him sell me or my family a hamburger. And this poor guy that took this job. He was probably so excited. Probably a down on his luck "actor" just hoping for a break and along comes McDonald's with a job offer. How could anyone refuse. I'm sure he showed up for his first day ready to go and then they showed him what he would be wearing. I bet his heart sunk. But I'm sure he was convinced that this would be a good thing and he did his job like any struggling "actor" would do. Poor, poor guy. This is beyond absurd to me, but that being said, McDonald's will continue to make money hand over fist no matter how dumb their executives ideas are.

Shameless.

Ty

Ty is the Pop Culture editor at Seed Sing.  He doesn't visit McDonald's that often, and will be going less as if the Hamburglar is hanging out.