10 memorable McDonald's discontinued menu items

By Erin Carlyle Wed., Mar. 9 2011 at 12:30 PM

Categories: EATS

Ever try an Onion Nugget?

As we researched this week's cover story on Buffalo wings, we stumbled across all kinds of fun facts--including some fast-food products that were flash-in-the-pan ideas, or generally ill-advised. Perhaps some of these blasts from the past even made an appearance in your childhood. Here are the 10 most memorable Mickey D's discontinued menu items:

Maharaja Mac
Since beef isn't popular in India, McDonald's introduced the Maharaja Mac--a Bic Mac made with mutton and a spicy sauce. It was discontinued, but the Chicken Maharaja Mac is still around.

This is Bill Wennington. We couldn't find a pic of his sandwich

Beef Wennington
Only offered during 1998 and 1999, the Beef Wennington was named after Chicago Bulls basketball player Bill Wennington. The burger had a single beef patty, cheese, onions, barbecue sauce, and a slice of Canadian bacon.

Hulaburger
Ray Kroc invented the Hulaburger for Catholics not allowed to eat meat on Fridays during Lent. Instead of a beef patty, the sandwich had a grilled pineapple. The Hulaburger was test-marketed in 1963.

Tags:

Beef Wennington, Chicken Fajitas, Hulaburger, Maharaja Mac, McDonald's, McWraps, Onion Nuggets, Salad Shakers

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Damiancampbell666

What about seasoned fries, as a kid I remember getting a happy meal and in the meal came with a seasoning pack and you were to take the toy and burger/nuggets/pizza out and put the fries in and seasoning and close the bag and shake, that was the best fries ever

bri-bri

McHotDog: the Japanese reads "200% tasty!"

The also-defunct McLean Deluxe contained carrageenan, a seaweed extract. Malcolm Gladwell's Hair wrote about the MLD's development in the New Yorker:

http://www.newyorker.com/archi...

The carrageenan-based burgers regularly beat traditional 20% fat burgers in blind taste tests. Gladwell's contention is that the MLD failed precisely because it was marketed as low-fat. Good reading!

Honestly

The McDLT jingle is still in my head, all these years later.

Rachel Hutton

When I was in high school, and a proud member of our alt-quarterly news magazine, Tangents (local artist Adam Turman is the organization's most famous alum!), we once ran a great cartoon that depicted the school building as a McDLT, which kept "the hot side hot and the cool side cool." Ahh, the memories...