Michael 'Jim' Delligatti, the inventor of the Big Mac, has died aged 98.
Just how he made it that far, given his fondness for the lard-laden double-decker, is anyone's guess.
Delligatti cooked up the Big Mac in 1965 when, as one of McDonalds' early franchisees, he felt the menu needed a rival for local burger bars' two-storey offerings. In 1967 he put it on the menu at his Uniontown, Pa, restaurant.
McDonalds like what it saw and took it national by 1968.
The rest is history: the Big Mac went on to become a symbol of American culture and capitalism, was accused of felling rainforests and contributed to unknown quantities of myocardial infarctions.
Messiah, or mass-murderer?
(Score: 1) by meustrus on Sunday December 04 2016, @01:12AM
One Big Mac: a couple of protein+fat beef product patties, protein+fat dairy products in the cheese and sauce, carbohydrates in the bun, and a serving of vegetables that for many consumers may be their only source all day. And lots of salt.
One can do worse. One could wash it down with lots of processed sugars in the soda, for starters. Or one could get a pizza, much higher in carbs and salts and even easier to overeat. Heck, one could eat at any other burger chain that offers bigger, saltier, greasier sandwiches. Most people will stay at home and eat frozen foods based on salty, greasy carbs with cheese.
Most of these things will be higher in processed sugars. Most will be saltier and lower in protein. And yes, much of them will be lower in fat, but that also means they will fill you up less. Keep in mind that obesity in America didn't really start rocketing so much higher until after they started demonizing fat intake, a demonization now being strongly reconsidered.
There are many, many worse things to eat than the Big Mac.
If there isn't at least one reference or primary source, it's not +1 Informative. Maybe the underused +1 Interesting?