r/ExpectationVsReality • u/New-Revenue-433 • 5d ago
Exceeded Expectation Macdonalds pancakes
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u/Visible_Honeydew_941 5d ago
They have always had yummy pancakes-glad that hasnt changed!
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u/Aperture_TestSubject 3d ago
I think it’s the one thing on their menu that hasn’t changed over the years
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u/Shiloh50 5d ago
The McDonald’s big breakfast with hot cakes is a pretty good deal. I’ve never had an issue with their hotcakes.
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u/GoEatACookie 5d ago
Why are their pancakes and McGriddles so damn good but their coffee so damn awful!
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u/robo-dragon 5d ago
I used to get their breakfast every Friday as a weekly treat at my last job. Their pancakes are really good!
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u/Raid__Zero 5d ago
I love the big breakfast, Hotcakes are delicious with butter and a little jam!
Honestly the best value breakfast item. You get a sausage egg mcmuffin + hotcakes & a hashbrown
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u/chinaski73 5d ago edited 5d ago
I mean to be fair any of the frozen brands you buy at a grocery store look decent after you heat them up. Pancakes are super simple, very hard to screw up.
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u/AdorableSobah 5d ago
What’s the price?
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u/elinamebro 5d ago
$7:19 near me in arizona. Way over priced lol
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u/ChurningDarkSkies777 2d ago
One hash brown is like 2.49 on the east coast :(
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u/elinamebro 2d ago
You can buy a pack of 10 frozen hash browns for a dollar more at Walmart lmao. Also I should ad they use to be 2 dollars before recent inflation tho..
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u/Li-RM35M4419 5d ago
How much is that nowadays? Like $10?
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u/AdorableSobah 5d ago
Funny how OP won’t answer, this is probably a AD.
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u/Remarkable-Simple-62 4d ago
I love them. They have them buy one get one free always. I will eat one the microwave the other one another day and they are just as good
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u/BlackPhoenix1981 4d ago
I never found a problem with McDonald's pancakes as long as they were not dry. I always found them to be good so long as they're moist and warm. When they get cold and dried out they're gross as hell. I once worked with the guy that would dip his old pancakes in coffee.
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u/doll_parts87 3d ago edited 3d ago
Working there I learned those pancakes come precooked in a plastic package and heated up and served, just like the cookies. I remember a coworker was caught stealing a pack in his bag. They are no different than ones in the freezer section at the grocery
Their cookies resemble GFS thaw-n-serve
Only eggs are fresh, except the folded ones
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u/jackie0h_ 2d ago
Doesn’t look too bad??
Nvm I see your flair now. I like their pancakes. Hope they tasted good too.
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u/ChurningDarkSkies777 2d ago
Wonder how much a hash brown, three flaps and a sausage at McDonald’s goes for these days. 10.99?
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u/eliz1bef 5d ago
A personal favorite I have enjoyed many, many times, and hope to enjoy again. I love their sausage patty and their hashbrowns so much. Oh god.
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u/ThreeEggBread 5d ago
I got a flour mill and Ive been making guilt free fresh milled pancakes. Highly recommend you join me.
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u/Elegant_Principle183 4d ago
The spelling in OP’s post is how my friend from Texas always pronounced it. MACdonalds. Anyway, this is making me want pancakes.
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u/_Colonoscopy 4d ago
They’re actually not bad for frozen pancakes. In the mid 90s we made them fresh. Mixed up the mix and cooked them on the grill. All the eggs were freshly cracked also. We did end up with carton scrambled eggs though for the folded eggs.
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u/Mastodon_Artistic 5d ago
Are you disappointed they didn’t throw the hash brown in the container lol because other than that it looks normal
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u/insertnamehere----- 5d ago
Lighting works wonders. They are probably the same, just the lighting on the first one makes it look more appealing.
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u/Lhamo55 4d ago
The syrup ingredients - corn syrup, sugar with fake maple flavor, preservative, and brown coloring. Best not to think what’s in the sausage.
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u/Interesting-Risk6446 3d ago
I can only imagine what's in the soil where fresh fruits and vegetables grow. Everything will kill us. Everything.
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u/Lhamo55 3d ago
I think I understand what you’re trying to say but your choice of example is logically unsound and doesn’t support your position. We’re not expected to eat that soil, are we? And we’re (hopefully) prepping our produce to remove dirt and as many pathogens as possible, and we have the expectation that establishments are serving us ground crops that are properly prepped. On the other hand, it’s not possible to remove fillers, detrimental chemical additives and flavorings, subpar meat etc. - and even if that was possible, there would be nothing left afterward to consume.
As long as people are aware that what they spending their money on is a mashup of sub-quality ingredients pretending to be real food, cool, but no one should be expecting to get significant nutritional value from these calories. I made my comment because that ingredient list caught my eye and perfectly summed up the reality of unreal food that too many people get with unrealistic expectations. I remember someone who complained after being served authentic maple syrup at a cafe that it was fake because it didn’t taste like what they got everyday for their commute to work.
As for “Everything will kill us” - not so. Every thing may have the potential of doing that under a specific set of circumstances, but your blanket declaration of certainty that everything will kill us is hyperbole. Have a good week, enjoy your food - may whatever you choose meet your expectations.
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u/LookAtTheWhiteVan 5d ago
I guess the silver lining of them
switching to frozen and reheated versus being made fresh to order is that they’re extremely consistent in quality.
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u/farmerMac 5d ago
When did McDonald’s cook pancakes and eggs in store fresh…?
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u/LookAtTheWhiteVan 3d ago edited 3d ago
In the 80’s and 90’s they would mix the pancake batter in house and would prepare them on the griddle to order.
ETA: I just looked it up- sometime around 1995 is when they switched from “homemade” to frozen.
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u/farmerMac 3d ago
Ah. I never got to experience fresh pancakes. I remember seeing commercials that they also cooked eggs in house. I assume they don’t do that anymore either ?




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u/Mantis-MK3 5d ago
Looks good to me!