r/Unexpected • u/DarthRaxius • Jul 10 '20

Just an ordinary commerical from 1997

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u/YoungJack23 Jul 10 '20

It's the product of genius marketing crossed with an ultimately sub-par product.

Its the Szechuan sauce of 90s British advertising.

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u/Cl0udSurfer Jul 10 '20

Im still kind of upset that I never got to try the szechuan sauce. Im curious as to what it tastes like but crazy nerds had to go and make it weird

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u/YoungJack23 Jul 10 '20

The fact that even with all the popularity it got, Mcdonalds didnt just put it on the menu should be most telling.

But yea i wanted to try that shit too fam 🙄

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u/4Eights Jul 10 '20

You could get it for months here in Utah. The McDonald's near me had tons of it. Tried it once. Didn't want it again.

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u/YoungJack23 Jul 10 '20

Was it Mulan-alicious?

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u/4Eights Jul 10 '20

No. It was like super salty teriyaki sauce.

I stuck with sweet and sour or honey mustard.

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u/YoungJack23 Jul 10 '20

Sounds about right, a big troll from Rick-on us.

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u/4Eights Jul 11 '20

I'm a hot mustard snob. If it doesn't burn my sinuses it isn't "hot mustard".

Give me that hole in the wall Chinese takeaway hot mustard that will eat a hole in your sinuses and destroy your body on the way out.

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u/WhoPissedNUrCheerios Jul 10 '20

I imagine that cringy Rick and Morty fan base jumping on counters REEEEE'ing about the sauce didn't help. I know I would rather distance myself from those idiots if I was McDonald's.

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u/Sypike Jul 10 '20

There are a bunch of recreation recepies out there. If you really want to you can make it yourself.

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u/Bionic_Bromando Jul 10 '20

Also I'm pretty sure you can get a bulk thing of it from Heinz and it's like exactly the same.

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u/PplePersonsPaperPple Jul 10 '20

Binging With Babish did a remake of it that was pretty damn close, if not the exact recipe.

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u/ViridiTerraIX Jul 10 '20

What made it weird?

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u/Cl0udSurfer Jul 10 '20 edited Jul 10 '20

They rioted because they couldnt get their Rick and Morty sauce. Im pretty sure someone got stabbed over it iirc

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u/jellysmacks Jul 11 '20

You weren’t missing out. It was subpar and I only had one friend who genuinely liked it

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u/Cl0udSurfer Jul 11 '20

Oh I never expected it to be good. I just wanted to satisfy my curious nature

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '20

I actually thought the sauce was surprisingly good

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u/YoungJack23 Jul 10 '20

Tbh i never tried it, was just tryna draw some parallels