In what can only be described as a finger-licking gift from god, we’ve learned that the McRib was inspired by Charleston.
No really.
In a new video posted yesterday on McDonald’s YouTube page, franchise historian Jessica Farrell explains that the creation of the pork patty smashed into a Play-Doh moldย and shellacked in what appears to be the remnants of a yam-fed infant’s nappy is the result of a trip to the Holy City.
In 1980 McDonald’s Chef Rene traveled to our fair city, ate a mind-blowing plate of ribs, and immediately decided to bastardize the experience in perpetuity with the unholy mess that is the McRib.
And here we thought we were only good for a Conde Nast nom but oh no, we’ve inspired much worse than that.
Now if we can only get a Charleston Free McRib day on the books, all our culinary aspirations will have come true.
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