It’s because they aren’t sized to her face and adjusted by an optimist when she gets them because they are from glassesUSA. I never knew what I was missing out on until I got a proper pair from a proper store that was adjusted by hand with me in the store. They don’t move at all now that I got a proper fitting.
Emmy's that special content creator who does what she wants and invites us along for the ride. It never feels like she's trying to cater to her audience, but is more doing youtube because she enjoys it. I hope she still enjoys making content, because she's a lovely creator.
That because she describes how things taste so well. If I wonder what something tastes like, I watch Emmy, and I know. I know exactly how something will taste after she describes it. I know if I will like it or not. Most youtube chefs: "O this is delicious!" (real descriptive - thanks).
Always loved McDo's burgers... and the American sauce which apparently is something typical to Dutch McDo's. Further... yeah coke is coke and the fries are.... bleh.... like I'm used to the much thicker crispy fries, Belgian style... so when you get that spongy soggy bag of shite from McDo.... yeah it tastes like shit. It tastes and feels as if it has been re-heated twice in the microwave.... don't know why Americans love that crap.
I will always associate a happy meal as a sad comfort food, and thats why i love it. My childhood was a bit rough, and when my mom decided to leave for days straight, my dad didn't know how to cook so he would get us mcdonalds. It reminds me of how we were there for each other ❤️ I love how he always tried his hardest to make me happy
I worked at McDonald’s for my first job when I was barely 15. A lot of employees would take a heaping spoonful of the reconstituted onions and add it to a little cup of mayo and mix it together to make a dip for fries. It is very rich, but also pretty delicious for being such a simple combination.
Funny you should mention that Morgan. Yesterday when I was standing in line at McDonalds waiting for my order, I saw a couple of the employees eating french fries as soon as they came out of the deep fryer.
I always watch Emmy as I'm laying in bed, about to sleep. The sound of your voice is so incredibly soothing. Then there's always a surprise just as the video ends. I'll never forget the first time I heard you, erm, belch; it was pure gold! I'd love to hear you narrate an audiobook.
I worked at McD's many years ago(1997/8 to 2004). The recon onions are sweeter then the fresh ones. The apples slices have been around for a long time(late 90's to early 2000's). They have a bit of extra tang because they are treated with lemon juice wash to keep them fresher.
6:05 Emmy, if you ever have a bottle you need an opener for and you're in the car, try using your seatbelt buckle as a bottle opener! It might depend on the specific buckles different cars are equipped with, but maybe the hole in the metal part will be big enough to pry up part of the bottle cap and get it open? Hope this helps somebody!
I was like "$15! I would never buy a kid's meal on a fast food joint for $15!!" Then Emmy said is targeted to adults and I was like "$15! I would never buy a meal on a fast food joint for $15!!" I'm cheap. 🤣
@@clarab6092 Nuevo riche? Adult children of Yuppies? Lol! This could only happen near Los Angles, or San Francisco. I say “no thanks”. No one in the south wants faux meat. Ick. 😂🤣😂. Unhappy meal- for sure it is! 🤮
@@clarab6092 they're in Cali, and an iconic spot. the price is fair enough all things considered. but yea I want to offer a similar product one day, and I ain't gonna charge out the wazoo.
It's vegan, vegan food cost more and they're not a huge franchise like mcdonalds that can reduce the cost. Plus larger and more portions, but I wouldn't expect it for a kid, it's like adult size.
I remember glass bottled soda's from my childhood and my parents opening them in the car using the buckle on the seat belts. I'm not sure if the shape of most buckles lend themselves to that anymore but I was yelling at my phone for that trick to be tried! Thank you for another great video Emmy!
@@emmajsoprano That was quite common, as well as dipping in plain honey (most people don’t even know McDonald’s has honey packets). It’s a sweet/savory combination that a lot of people love- a lot like dipping chicken in the maple syrup when you have chicken and waffles. McDonald’s was my first job when I was a teen, I saw all kinds of combinations. Your brother was definitely not alone with the caramel chicken 😂
The tartness of the apple slices is from the citric acid preservative. You can buy it at the supermarket as Fruit Fresh, and other brand names. It's an all around great ingredient for the kitchen. Sprinkle some in your homemade sauces to wake those canned tomatoes up.
I actually had a McDonald's cheeseburger for lunch today. SO good and total nostalgia! Anyone else remember the boxes of cookies they used to sell shaped like the Mcdonald's characters? I miss those.
Jesus I didn't even know that I could get nostalgia for something like that but I just remembered them too now... why do I remember being able to get them instead of a toy sometimes?
We can still get the cookies in Oz. And the hamburger/cheeseburger is sooo much smaller than the one in this video....either that or Emmy is teeny tiny
Yeah, I wonder why they didn't come up with a toy. I know that in the US there's at least one fast food place that actually comes up with toys in sets targetted at adults, mostly based on adult cartoons and stuff (nothing dirty, just things like Metalocalypse for example)
I knew that second burger would fail based on that pitiful amount of diced onions. I'm with you Emmy, those dehydrated onions (and for me the orange cheese) is what makes McD's burgers!
Am I remembering wrong? I thought there were two or three pickle slices on a Mc D burger? Then again maybe they downsized, it's probably been 30 years since I had a straight up Mc D's burger... I also thought it was real onions too, then again maybe there are differences by country, since I'm not in USA. Nuggets weren't even available here till I was 8.
So funny, we got burgers at a much more expensive burger place and I was annoyed as can be that the cheese wasn’t melted. It was literally cold. Say what you want about McDonald’s, but the cheese is always melted.
They introduced the apple slices about 20 years ago, they were a replacement for McDonald’s “cookies” (think animal crackers). The apples came with caramel which was so good. Originally there weren’t other options beside the cookies and apples (and then just the apples).
When I was pregnant I craved the happy meal too!! I was pregnant with twins and was hungry ALL the time, so occasionally I would swing through McDonald's for a cheeseburger happy meal with an orange soda. It made for a perfect little snack to get me to the next meal and hit the spot for the craving lol
Nice you're enjoying it! I also feel like McDonald's signature flavor for their savory stuff is that typical dried onion flavor and I only found that out after I bought dried onion powder and tried it. There's an apple puree + gelatin cake (2 ingredient recipe) going around. Have you ever tried it? I wonder if it works like they show.
5:55 I've had many times where I thought a bottle was twist-off when it wasn't. With enough patience and desperation, I've found that I can open them with my old car key / house key (really any key will work that isn't attached to something like a remote. I wouldn't risk breaking those more expensive ones.)
Emmy, future in the car bottle opener hack: depending on your seat belt buckle shape, If you have one with a square hole in the metal part, you can use that as a bottle opener.
Your door latch works perfectly fine as a bottle opener. It’s great that you did this taste test but it also makes me sad because of the price. Everything that they’ve used cost much much less then meat. The impossible products are good but very much overpriced. As it’s still considered a Niche market. also funny. I’m not sure that they’re trying to compare their burger with McDonald’s I think they’re just making a Interesting marketable vegan Restaurant. Although I’ve never had a McDonald’s burger or any Burger that’s not veg. In 6 decades The smell of a mcd happy meal Is really nice :-)
Burger King's Impossible Whopper is pretty much the standard for how those should be made, it really is a 1:1 deal. As for the price, considering that I can get a regular combo with 10 dollars, this isn't /terrible/ but it's not quite as ideal as it should be, I will agree there.
@@EzraM5 we also have to factor in the chicken nuggets and that it's in LA I personally hate the burger King impossible whopper, it is way to dry and just overly bland- Although I do prefer beyond so Carl's Jr is usually a great option for myself but for impossible and getting that very flavorful not so dry taste, Mr beasts impossible burgers are good 🤌 I don't think I was huge on burgers from McDonald's growing up, more so their chicken and then only the fries or breakfast items so I haven't tasted McDonald's in years but I do know I was never a huge fan
@@EzraM5 I will also say that there price tag seems just a bit high considering their food doesn't seem to be the best and it's in LA which also soo so so many fully vegan restaurants that for cheaper you could get a way better experience- definitely something to try once for nostalgia then move on
The apple slices have definitely been around for longer than a decade. My brother has never been a fan of potatoes (yes, even fries and chips!) so when McDonald's introduced the apple dippers (they used to come with a caramel sauce) that became his go-to. The last time either of us had a Happy Meal was probably around 2005-2007, so it's probably been nearly TWENTY years since they came out with the apple slices!
Fun fact Emmy, I worked at McDonald's and the pickle slices are also dehydrated and reconstituted! It blew my mind when I was told to take a bucket of dry pickle slices and add water!😂😊
Honestly it makes a ton of sense. Dill pickles aren't common in Poland (normal pickles very much are, just not dill pickles) and I can imagine to keep an authentic flavor it would be hard to transport them in jars etc to different countries. Definitely a transport saver
I've been making vegetarian big macs at home by using a MorningStar griller patty and thousand island dressing that I add a ton of minced onion flakes to and everything else is the same... bun cheese etc. so gooood! Have a good weekend Emmy!
Well, now I feel like Emmy needs to do a video testing different "hacks" for opening a bottle without an opener 😂😂 Cuz I could think of 2 off the top of my head she could do in the car
Emmy, your make me genuinely so happy, your personality is beautiful and the way you describe the taste of the food is great, i'm so grateful that i got to know your channel
Emmy, you should ALWAYS have a bottle opener keychain on your keys or in your car! I started carrying them because we drink a lot of craft beer, but I have used them more for sodas than beer! I keep one on every set of keys.
I would consider the Mexican Coke the prize. I have opened those with a makeshift bottle opener of my key in the key ring to go around the cap and pry up.
Emmy you made my day when you said the whole thing about those reconstituted dry onions!!! I couldn’t agree more!! Those things are my favorite part of a MCDs hamburger too! 🍔 yum! !
Your kids and I are probably around the same age then, however I remember having to pick apples or fries back then, I never got both in a happy meal so maybe that was updated too lol. McDonalds in MS
Emmy, do you think you could try making your own vegetarian version of a McDonald's cheeseburger? Or have you ever tried to? I so want a good veggie burger, but I don't really like any of them!
We NEED that video of you recreating a McDonalds burger at home with the reconstituted dry onions, I searched your channel and couldn't find it, that would be a great video, I don't understand how that works at home.
First time seeing an in-car Emmy video. Interesting. 😊 My thought seeing this Mr Charlie box was McDowell's, the knockoff McDonald's from Coming To America. It's an 80s classic. 😎 Also, Halloween's coming up and honestly Emmy you could easily pull off a Scooby-Doo theme with Velma. It's the glasses and the dark hair for sure. Honestly...might be craving some McDonald's right now. I wasn't so much into the burgers but a goto for me growing up was the nugs.
My husband and I were talking about the onions on the McDonald's hamburgers tonight. He was saying that he didn't know why he loved them so much, but someday he just craves the onions. They are great on the burger. Great video as usual.
when I was little the apple slices came with a little tub of caramel sauce! I’m not surprised if they omitted it nowadays but I always liked them better with the sauce skdjdkdj
Emmy: I want to drink my coke but no bottle opener! Me a mexican: you can use the seatbelt buckle, a shoelace, the rim of the car, I mean there are many ways to open it right there. Lol fun fact, I've never owned a bottle opener.
I feel the same way about McDonald's. When we were growing up our dad would us McDonald's when we were sick, when we started feeling better he would get McDonald's. There were no Happy meals when I was a kid, I'm a child of the 70s. When the small fry came in a paper envelope thingy. But, yes, very nostalgic, and those onions are everything
Thank you so much for this- my one big childhood memory is having McDonald’s and getting the toys and the food and when I wasn’t feeling well it was one thing that I could eat you know- it has a significance in my core memories I don’t need as much now because I know about all the stuff that goes into it but occasionally there’s nothing better than a french fry or a burger when I’m not feeling well
oooh, Emmy havent done one of these kinds of videos in a hot minute, this makes me happy that she uploaded this, & the funny thing is that I literally just had McDonald's 😂
Just a FYI: Your vehicle has a bottle opener built in the door latch. Open your door, and there is a u shaped latch that your door connects with to keep it shut, and you can put you bottle cap there to use it to open non-twist tops.
Wait, McDonalds and Burger King uses rehydated dried onions? I never knew that! Now I definitely have to try that to see if I can get that same flavour profile I really like without having to go out! ❤️🤤
I ate at McCharlie’s for the first time last week also while visiting family. I got the Big Chuck and it was delicious. I agree that the fires taste just like McDonald’s fries. So good. I’ll definitely be going back there. I love that it’s all cooked to order too! Yum!
She's right about the onions. I worked there as a kid, we put this bag of powder in a bucket with water and mixed it and it became onions lol. I wouldn't think there would be anything "un-vegan" about that and they really should have those on this "burger" in the unhappy meal
Sometimes I order the apple slices for my guinea pig as a treat. He likes them (and it keeps him from begging for my food at the same time, haha), and it's pretty much the only piggy-safe thing I know of that I can order from McDonald's.
The side salad is ok. Yes its iceberg lettuce but pigs can have that in moderation like any fruit. Plus it has tomatoes which my pigs loved so so much.
I’m really surprised about the onion thing being nostalgic. I’ve never heard of a kid ordering a burger with the onions! I thought it was one of those things people only like when they’re older, like coffee.
they come automatically! you can choose to omit onions if you tell them but if you’re a kid you don’t really think of that, especially if your parents are doing the actual ordering. when I was a kid I always just ate them (and the pickle) off the top of the bun first and then ate the rest of the burger to get them out of the way lmao
Just saw your "Eat the ducky moss" shirt in your merch shop, and I can't stop laughing!!! I took several semesters of Japanese and recognized the word for "thanks", itadakimasu. Kinda like "Don't touch my mustache!" Do itashimashite!
Yeah, like in Toy Story 2! (I did NOT like Al as a kid and I think he's even worse now that I'm old enough to understand just how bad his business model is, how bad his hygiene is, and how narcissistic he is. I still think he should've been jailed for theft and fraud, not simply continue to work at that crummy Toy Barn after Jessie, Bullseye, and Woody escaped. He shouldn't be allowed NEAR a child ever!)
I always have a keyring bottle opener, and a screw top opener in a bright green, and a nail clipper on my one set of keys; usually the one that stays in my purse for the push button start car. That is the one I give to the valet, very easy to spot my keys when I go to pick our car up.
When I was pregnant I had a craaaaving for a McDonald’s kids meal hamburger. I’m vegan so I that craving went unrequited but now I want to try and reconstitute onions and make it myself!!!
It's really interesting that when you were pregnant you wanted food that comforted you which was your childhood memory of McDonald's as I have a similar story. I've been ill since I was a child and went through many procedures, surgeries etc and my parents always got me McDonald's (chocolate sundae and chips which I dunk in the ice cream and still do at age 44). As an adult I still get McDonald's after any medical procedure. This went awry when I had my wisdom teeth out and tried to eat the fries dipped into my sundae but ended up just eating the sundae. We didn't get takeaways/fast food except in the case of health issues so I associate fast food as a treat and rarely have it.
They have a bottle opener on the wall, near the door at Mr. Charlie's! The chicken nugget is also by Impossible! Other than the fries, you can go to the grocery store and that $10 meal, minus $5 for fries, will be about $5.
@@leahunfeigned5955 Are you allergic to soy/soy-based products? Or maybe you have texture or taste/smell sensitivities that make you not like them? It's ok to not like certain foods, btw. Everyone's different. I know people who hate chocolate. That's the reason I despise guava and papaya. Guava smells amazing to me, but it doesn't taste good to me (very bland) and it's too mushy and seedy. Papaya doesn't taste terrible to me, but I absolutely hate the smell (it smells like barf to me) and therefore I've almost thrown up when I tried to eat it. I almost upchucked as a kid when my mom had me taste it for the first time (she didn't force me to eat it when she realized I was starting to gag and had to spit it out), and I almost did it again when I offered to cut one up because my mom loves it... it's been 15 years since the first time I tried to eat papaya and nope. I just don't like it.
@@punklejunk oh yeah! I forgot about that location. I’m closer to Riverside so I tend to just go there. The strawberry shake 🍓and the original good burger with the house sauce…. ✨chefs kiss✨ and I’m not vegan or vegetarian; it’s just that good!
Emmy, I craved McDonald's hamburger Happy Meal with all 7 of my kid's while pregnant. Your not the only one. I don't know what it is! I grew up in the Midwest so I always had a small chocolate shake with mine. When I was a child the meal only came with a small fry and toy. I still have the entire Disney collection of princess dolls in their packaging. I got them when I was pregnant with my last child, so they are 20 years old this year! My granddaughters are always begging me for them. I don't give in, as now they are worth a little money, lol! I'm glad that they came out with a vegan alternative for those who follow that diet trend. It was fun going down recollection road with you today!
McDonald's first started serving apple slices in 2004. I was a manager there and I remember getting tiny sample bags that we handed out before we actually started selling the product. Since then America's sliced apple consumption has more than tripled.
I was coerced into eating lunch at a vegan restaurant once, about fifteen years ago. Once. Never again. After tasting the "spaghetti and veggie balls", I couldn't help saying, "Where's the BEEF!?" Just a very sad, very bad experience.
I'm looking at that meal...all that sugar in the Coke (and how is that sugar cane harvested?), those giant fries, the heavily processed ingredients to make the fake nuggets and burger. Not healthier at all. Do people really think the vegan meal is healthy?
You could have tried opening the coke on the loop (for want of a better description) that the car door latches to when shut. We did that alot growing up :D
First, I did not know onions were reconstituted. Second, I do not like raw onions on anything. Pickled are great. Third, I absolutely love McDonald’s small hamburger. I never knew why I could eat those onions but the reconstituting must soften the flavor. Good to know.
Subbed, you’re one of the best RUclipsrs I’ve found recently, now time to bingewatch your other content for like three hours :D Editorially: I don’t think I could ever work at, like, a fast food burger place, because what would eventually happen is I would get bored and just, like, pile a mountain of cheese slices onto a cheeseburger. A *Beesechurger* !
Love this video, you're great! I try to always think of my filming as you in the room having fun together making stuff lol. The impossible burger at red Robin is amazing!
Apple slices are tart because of the acid added to them to prevent them from turning brown. Ascorbic acid or maybe citric acid is listed in the ingredients for the apple slices.
I'll never tire of Emmy adjusting her glasses several times in 5 minutes lolol
😆🤓
She’s the cutest!
It’s because they aren’t sized to her face and adjusted by an optimist when she gets them because they are from glassesUSA. I never knew what I was missing out on until I got a proper pair from a proper store that was adjusted by hand with me in the store. They don’t move at all now that I got a proper fitting.
@@AlizaJayne could be from habit as well.
@@NurseShayRN especially a common habit for people who have Ill fitting glasses.
emmy is so soft spoken it’s very relaxing to hear her talk
I LOVE her voice...could listen all day!
Emmy's that special content creator who does what she wants and invites us along for the ride. It never feels like she's trying to cater to her audience, but is more doing youtube because she enjoys it. I hope she still enjoys making content, because she's a lovely creator.
That because she describes how things taste so well. If I wonder what something tastes like, I watch Emmy, and I know. I know exactly how something will taste after she describes it. I know if I will like it or not. Most youtube chefs: "O this is delicious!" (real descriptive - thanks).
Exactly
I kinda do the same
"Beautiful Lovelies", lmao, vomit
Always loved McDo's burgers... and the American sauce which apparently is something typical to Dutch McDo's. Further... yeah coke is coke and the fries are.... bleh.... like I'm used to the much thicker crispy fries, Belgian style... so when you get that spongy soggy bag of shite from McDo.... yeah it tastes like shit. It tastes and feels as if it has been re-heated twice in the microwave.... don't know why Americans love that crap.
I'm guessing that the unhappy part of this meal is the $15 price tag
🤣🤣 my thoughts exactly
BUT UR SAVING THE PLANET BRUH. Or is it the rainforest?
Now I know why vegans are so thin.... The food so expensive they can't eat.
That's a hard pass for me. I can get an impossible breakfast sandwich from starbucks for
@@sapat664 The Impossible breakfast sandwich isn’t vegan though (has egg and cheese).
I will always associate a happy meal as a sad comfort food, and thats why i love it. My childhood was a bit rough, and when my mom decided to leave for days straight, my dad didn't know how to cook so he would get us mcdonalds. It reminds me of how we were there for each other ❤️ I love how he always tried his hardest to make me happy
Aww that's sweet
Aww ❤ i hope your ok now have a good year!
Awe crying I hope your dad is ok rn
I wish you peace and love 💕
Thats nice, hope your doing better
I worked at McDonald’s for my first job when I was barely 15. A lot of employees would take a heaping spoonful of the reconstituted onions and add it to a little cup of mayo and mix it together to make a dip for fries. It is very rich, but also pretty delicious for being such a simple combination.
Um... yummy! Idk what it is but I love those little onion bits. 🤭
Funny you should mention that Morgan. Yesterday when I was standing in line at McDonalds waiting for my order, I saw a couple of the employees eating french fries as soon as they came out of the deep fryer.
Im literally obsessed with those onions
I could honestly eat the onions by themselves and I’m not an onion person 😂
lies
I always watch Emmy as I'm laying in bed, about to sleep. The sound of your voice is so incredibly soothing. Then there's always a surprise just as the video ends. I'll never forget the first time I heard you, erm, belch; it was pure gold! I'd love to hear you narrate an audiobook.
I do the same.
THAT’S WHY IM HERE RN. want to sleep but need a background sound ahahaha
I worked at McD's many years ago(1997/8 to 2004). The recon onions are sweeter then the fresh ones. The apples slices have been around for a long time(late 90's to early 2000's). They have a bit of extra tang because they are treated with lemon juice wash to keep them fresher.
6:05 Emmy, if you ever have a bottle you need an opener for and you're in the car, try using your seatbelt buckle as a bottle opener!
It might depend on the specific buckles different cars are equipped with, but maybe the hole in the metal part will be big enough to pry up part of the bottle cap and get it open? Hope this helps somebody!
I was like "$15! I would never buy a kid's meal on a fast food joint for $15!!"
Then Emmy said is targeted to adults and I was like "$15! I would never buy a meal on a fast food joint for $15!!"
I'm cheap. 🤣
@@clarab6092 Nuevo riche? Adult children of Yuppies? Lol! This could only happen near Los Angles, or San Francisco. I say “no thanks”. No one in the south wants faux meat. Ick. 😂🤣😂. Unhappy meal- for sure it is! 🤮
@@clarab6092 they're in Cali, and an iconic spot. the price is fair enough all things considered. but yea I want to offer a similar product one day, and I ain't gonna charge out the wazoo.
I don't spend $15 on a meal at a sit down place, let alone a drive through lol
Same
It's vegan, vegan food cost more and they're not a huge franchise like mcdonalds that can reduce the cost. Plus larger and more portions, but I wouldn't expect it for a kid, it's like adult size.
I remember glass bottled soda's from my childhood and my parents opening them in the car using the buckle on the seat belts. I'm not sure if the shape of most buckles lend themselves to that anymore but I was yelling at my phone for that trick to be tried! Thank you for another great video Emmy!
Oh my God, does anyone remember the little Caramel sauce they would give out with the apple slices????
I was so disappointed when they got rid of that. I mean no one goes to McDonald's to eat healthy.
@@candacel3305 except my mom with her salads
my brother used to dip the chicken nuggets in the caramel sauce 💀
@@emmajsoprano That was quite common, as well as dipping in plain honey (most people don’t even know McDonald’s has honey packets). It’s a sweet/savory combination that a lot of people love- a lot like dipping chicken in the maple syrup when you have chicken and waffles. McDonald’s was my first job when I was a teen, I saw all kinds of combinations. Your brother was definitely not alone with the caramel chicken 😂
Omg they don’t have them anymore 😭
The tartness of the apple slices is from the citric acid preservative. You can buy it at the supermarket as Fruit Fresh, and other brand names. It's an all around great ingredient for the kitchen. Sprinkle some in your homemade sauces to wake those canned tomatoes up.
How many times does Emmy say, “Dry reconstituted dry onions?”
Love your flavor comparisons, Emmy! Keep up the inspiration and food adventures.💕
Sitting in a rental car making a video on that busy street without getting even a little flustered. Skills.
Why would she be flustered?
Why … would she be flustered?
If you have the balls to eat balls you can do anything.
... Emmy is too cute to be flustered....
To be fair, you could be running down the street in a flaming gorilla costume in Southern California and only about 3 people would look up haha
I actually had a McDonald's cheeseburger for lunch today. SO good and total nostalgia! Anyone else remember the boxes of cookies they used to sell shaped like the Mcdonald's characters? I miss those.
Jesus I didn't even know that I could get nostalgia for something like that but I just remembered them too now... why do I remember being able to get them instead of a toy sometimes?
yes this cookies were bangin lol 😆
Ohhh, yeah...!!!🍪🍪🍪
We can still get the cookies in Oz. And the hamburger/cheeseburger is sooo much smaller than the one in this video....either that or Emmy is teeny tiny
Those were the best cookies on earth! I absolutely LOVED getting the Ronald McDonald head because theywere the largest cookie in the bag!!❤🤗❤
A little bummed the unhappy meal doesn’t come with a toy (the best part) but I really want to try it!
@Laura Phillips No the unhappiness comes from it being three times the price.
Yeah, I wonder why they didn't come up with a toy. I know that in the US there's at least one fast food place that actually comes up with toys in sets targetted at adults, mostly based on adult cartoons and stuff (nothing dirty, just things like Metalocalypse for example)
@@Jhud69 which one? I would love to visit the place
@Laura Phillips exactly! You end up bummed by it.
@@Womberto point is you end up unhappy, regardless of the reason 🤣
I knew that second burger would fail based on that pitiful amount of diced onions. I'm with you Emmy, those dehydrated onions (and for me the orange cheese) is what makes McD's burgers!
Unhappy meal is a proper name for it.
Am I remembering wrong? I thought there were two or three pickle slices on a Mc D burger? Then again maybe they downsized, it's probably been 30 years since I had a straight up Mc D's burger... I also thought it was real onions too, then again maybe there are differences by country, since I'm not in USA. Nuggets weren't even available here till I was 8.
So funny, we got burgers at a much more expensive burger place and I was annoyed as can be that the cheese wasn’t melted. It was literally cold. Say what you want about McDonald’s, but the cheese is always melted.
their cheese is good. I know it's just processed crap, but it's the best processed crap
They introduced the apple slices about 20 years ago, they were a replacement for McDonald’s “cookies” (think animal crackers). The apples came with caramel which was so good. Originally there weren’t other options beside the cookies and apples (and then just the apples).
When I was pregnant I craved the happy meal too!! I was pregnant with twins and was hungry ALL the time, so occasionally I would swing through McDonald's for a cheeseburger happy meal with an orange soda. It made for a perfect little snack to get me to the next meal and hit the spot for the craving lol
Nice you're enjoying it! I also feel like McDonald's signature flavor for their savory stuff is that typical dried onion flavor and I only found that out after I bought dried onion powder and tried it. There's an apple puree + gelatin cake (2 ingredient recipe) going around. Have you ever tried it? I wonder if it works like they show.
Ooo...thanks for the suggestion. 🍎🍰
@@emmymade You're very welcome! I felt you'd like the idea! 🤗
5:55 I've had many times where I thought a bottle was twist-off when it wasn't. With enough patience and desperation, I've found that I can open them with my old car key / house key (really any key will work that isn't attached to something like a remote. I wouldn't risk breaking those more expensive ones.)
Emmy, future in the car bottle opener hack: depending on your seat belt buckle shape, If you have one with a square hole in the metal part, you can use that as a bottle opener.
You can also open the door and use the little metal loop thing from the lock
Ooo....💫
Or you can always do the folded paper hack
Or a wedding ring or a key or a lighter or even a piece of paper will all pop a bottle top
A coin works very well also!
I used to work at McDonald’s. I always loved reconstituting the onions. I’m not sure why.
Your door latch works perfectly fine as a bottle opener. It’s great that you did this taste test but it also makes me sad because of the price. Everything that they’ve used cost much much less then meat. The impossible products are good but very much overpriced. As it’s still considered a Niche market. also funny. I’m not sure that they’re trying to compare their burger with McDonald’s I think they’re just making a Interesting marketable vegan Restaurant. Although I’ve never had a McDonald’s burger or any Burger that’s not veg. In 6 decades The smell of a mcd happy meal Is really nice :-)
A seat belt buckle can open bottles too.
Burger King's Impossible Whopper is pretty much the standard for how those should be made, it really is a 1:1 deal.
As for the price, considering that I can get a regular combo with 10 dollars, this isn't /terrible/ but it's not quite as ideal as it should be, I will agree there.
@@EzraM5 we also have to factor in the chicken nuggets and that it's in LA
I personally hate the burger King impossible whopper, it is way to dry and just overly bland-
Although I do prefer beyond so Carl's Jr is usually a great option for myself but for impossible and getting that very flavorful not so dry taste, Mr beasts impossible burgers are good 🤌
I don't think I was huge on burgers from McDonald's growing up, more so their chicken and then only the fries or breakfast items so I haven't tasted McDonald's in years but I do know I was never a huge fan
@@EzraM5 I will also say that there price tag seems just a bit high considering their food doesn't seem to be the best and it's in LA which also soo so so many fully vegan restaurants that for cheaper you could get a way better experience- definitely something to try once for nostalgia then move on
@@SabrinApollo I was hoping she'd use the seatbelt.
Ah! Watching your videos always makes me feel so warm inside
The apple slices have definitely been around for longer than a decade. My brother has never been a fan of potatoes (yes, even fries and chips!) so when McDonald's introduced the apple dippers (they used to come with a caramel sauce) that became his go-to. The last time either of us had a Happy Meal was probably around 2005-2007, so it's probably been nearly TWENTY years since they came out with the apple slices!
She is just so smart in her descriptions, I can taste it as she explains it. Its really brilliant.
Fun fact Emmy, I worked at McDonald's and the pickle slices are also dehydrated and reconstituted! It blew my mind when I was told to take a bucket of dry pickle slices and add water!😂😊
WHAT?!👀
I'm shocked lol. I guess it saves on transport?
No they don't. Both come in large 2 gallon plastic jars.
*own a mcds
I worked at a McDonalds in Canada and we got our pickles in bags and they weren't dehydrated. So this is crazy to me
Honestly it makes a ton of sense. Dill pickles aren't common in Poland (normal pickles very much are, just not dill pickles) and I can imagine to keep an authentic flavor it would be hard to transport them in jars etc to different countries. Definitely a transport saver
I've been making vegetarian big macs at home by using a MorningStar griller patty and thousand island dressing that I add a ton of minced onion flakes to and everything else is the same... bun cheese etc. so gooood! Have a good weekend Emmy!
dried minced onion is such a voodoo ingredient, it creates the mcdonald's aroma instantly! I love it in rice, hard to live without.
I love the flavor of the reconstituted dry onions too!! I found that I can get a similar favor on my own burgers by adding onion powder to ketchup 🤤
I was hoping that the blooper reel at the end was something road rage-y that required censored bleeps. You dashed a man's dreams, Emmy!
Well, now I feel like Emmy needs to do a video testing different "hacks" for opening a bottle without an opener 😂😂 Cuz I could think of 2 off the top of my head she could do in the car
Me too!!
Definitely! I can do it with a key or a keyring
Yep! I always use the metal part of the seatbelt. Lol. Works really well!
Maggie: what a great hack!
@@ClanImprobable Aww. Thank you. Glad I could help 🤗
Emmy, your make me genuinely so happy, your personality is beautiful and the way you describe the taste of the food is great, i'm so grateful that i got to know your channel
The bottle opener is right by the door, for people to pop open the bottle before leaving lol I love this place. Food is always fresh!
EMMY!! i just wanted to say i used to watch you growing up. i watched your poppin cooking videos a lot. thank you for being a part of my childhood ❤
Wow the contradiction lol I thought the bottle water came from the unhappy meal. 😂 the burp was the best closing 👍🏻💕😂
I just adore how honest you are
Emmy, you should ALWAYS have a bottle opener keychain on your keys or in your car! I started carrying them because we drink a lot of craft beer, but I have used them more for sodas than beer! I keep one on every set of keys.
I loved hearing your respectful analysis applied to this food of my childhood ^-^
I would consider the Mexican Coke the prize. I have opened those with a makeshift bottle opener of my key in the key ring to go around the cap and pry up.
Emmy you made my day when you said the whole thing about those reconstituted dry onions!!! I couldn’t agree more!! Those things are my favorite part of a MCDs hamburger too! 🍔 yum!
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My kids are adults, McDonald's in CA (not sure about the rest of the country) had apples in the early-mid 2000s so probably closer to 20 years
Your kids and I are probably around the same age then, however I remember having to pick apples or fries back then, I never got both in a happy meal so maybe that was updated too lol. McDonalds in MS
Wowzers ⏰💨
@@forgetmeknot1964 true. They did get to choose (sometimes 😁)
Love this style of video, I love how you review things. I’d definitely be interested in your take on every time the fast food chains launch new items.
Emmy, do you think you could try making your own vegetarian version of a McDonald's cheeseburger? Or have you ever tried to? I so want a good veggie burger, but I don't really like any of them!
I like it when you get out of the studio. Nice change of scenery even if it's in a car.
We NEED that video of you recreating a McDonalds burger at home with the reconstituted dry onions, I searched your channel and couldn't find it, that would be a great video, I don't understand how that works at home.
That hamburger looks strangely big, perhaps the camera just makes it appear bigger then what it is.
First time seeing an in-car Emmy video. Interesting. 😊
My thought seeing this Mr Charlie box was McDowell's, the knockoff McDonald's from Coming To America. It's an 80s classic. 😎
Also, Halloween's coming up and honestly Emmy you could easily pull off a Scooby-Doo theme with Velma. It's the glasses and the dark hair for sure.
Honestly...might be craving some McDonald's right now. I wasn't so much into the burgers but a goto for me growing up was the nugs.
My husband and I were talking about the onions on the McDonald's hamburgers tonight. He was saying that he didn't know why he loved them so much, but someday he just craves the onions. They are great on the burger. Great video as usual.
when I was little the apple slices came with a little tub of caramel sauce! I’m not surprised if they omitted it nowadays but I always liked them better with the sauce skdjdkdj
THE CARAMEL WAS LIKE THE BEST PART
Emmy: I want to drink my coke but no bottle opener!
Me a mexican: you can use the seatbelt buckle, a shoelace, the rim of the car, I mean there are many ways to open it right there. Lol fun fact, I've never owned a bottle opener.
I feel the same way about McDonald's. When we were growing up our dad would us McDonald's when we were sick, when we started feeling better he would get McDonald's. There were no Happy meals when I was a kid, I'm a child of the 70s. When the small fry came in a paper envelope thingy. But, yes, very nostalgic, and those onions are everything
Quick somebody get emmy a cute Keychain bottle opener
Thank you so much for this- my one big childhood memory is having McDonald’s and getting the toys and the food and when I wasn’t feeling well it was one thing that I could eat you know- it has a significance in my core memories I don’t need as much now because I know about all the stuff that goes into it but occasionally there’s nothing better than a french fry or a burger when I’m not feeling well
There is just something about the tiny chopped onions in a McDonald’s burger 🤌🤌🤌
oooh, Emmy havent done one of these kinds of videos in a hot minute, this makes me happy that she uploaded this, & the funny thing is that I literally just had McDonald's 😂
Hey emmy- luv ya- awe how adorable is this meal!!!! Jinkies- you do look like Velma
Some day you should try a Big Mac bubble up bake
Emmy you’re just adorable 🥰
you’re the only one who can make the happy meal seem non toxic 🍔 ❤️
Emmy is like a real life wholesome cartoon character.
Just a FYI: Your vehicle has a bottle opener built in the door latch. Open your door, and there is a u shaped latch that your door connects with to keep it shut, and you can put you bottle cap there to use it to open non-twist tops.
Yeah but then she'd have to open the door in the middle of LA...
Wait, McDonalds and Burger King uses rehydated dried onions? I never knew that! Now I definitely have to try that to see if I can get that same flavour profile I really like without having to go out! ❤️🤤
Hello 👋 how are you doing today 😊
I ate at McCharlie’s for the first time last week also while visiting family. I got the Big Chuck and it was delicious. I agree that the fires taste just like McDonald’s fries. So good. I’ll definitely be going back there. I love that it’s all cooked to order too! Yum!
She's right about the onions. I worked there as a kid, we put this bag of powder in a bucket with water and mixed it and it became onions lol. I wouldn't think there would be anything "un-vegan" about that and they really should have those on this "burger" in the unhappy meal
Sometimes I order the apple slices for my guinea pig as a treat. He likes them (and it keeps him from begging for my food at the same time, haha), and it's pretty much the only piggy-safe thing I know of that I can order from McDonald's.
The side salad is ok. Yes its iceberg lettuce but pigs can have that in moderation like any fruit. Plus it has tomatoes which my pigs loved so so much.
@@evil1by1 The McDonald's places around here don't have salad anymore.
I’m really surprised about the onion thing being nostalgic. I’ve never heard of a kid ordering a burger with the onions! I thought it was one of those things people only like when they’re older, like coffee.
they come automatically! you can choose to omit onions if you tell them but if you’re a kid you don’t really think of that, especially if your parents are doing the actual ordering. when I was a kid I always just ate them (and the pickle) off the top of the bun first and then ate the rest of the burger to get them out of the way lmao
The onions are why I never got the burger. When ordered specifically without them they always came anyway :(
Just saw your "Eat the ducky moss" shirt in your merch shop, and I can't stop laughing!!!
I took several semesters of Japanese and recognized the word for "thanks", itadakimasu.
Kinda like "Don't touch my mustache!" Do itashimashite!
Yeah, like in Toy Story 2! (I did NOT like Al as a kid and I think he's even worse now that I'm old enough to understand just how bad his business model is, how bad his hygiene is, and how narcissistic he is. I still think he should've been jailed for theft and fraud, not simply continue to work at that crummy Toy Barn after Jessie, Bullseye, and Woody escaped. He shouldn't be allowed NEAR a child ever!)
Just love the combo of pickle, onion+ketchup+mustard of mcd..especially with triple cheese burger one, taste gourmet for me 🍔
I know exactly what you mean about the reconstituted dehydrated onions! I actually love them!
Yay!👏🏼
@@emmymade OMG Emmy you replied to my comment! My life has been made! ❤️
you must be very happy mom
I miss when the apple slices came with caramel 🤤
I always have a keyring bottle opener, and a screw top opener in a bright green, and a nail clipper on my one set of keys; usually the one that stays in my purse for the push button start car. That is the one I give to the valet, very easy to spot my keys when I go to pick our car up.
When I was pregnant I had a craaaaving for a McDonald’s kids meal hamburger. I’m vegan so I that craving went unrequited but now I want to try and reconstitute onions and make it myself!!!
It's really interesting that when you were pregnant you wanted food that comforted you which was your childhood memory of McDonald's as I have a similar story. I've been ill since I was a child and went through many procedures, surgeries etc and my parents always got me McDonald's (chocolate sundae and chips which I dunk in the ice cream and still do at age 44). As an adult I still get McDonald's after any medical procedure. This went awry when I had my wisdom teeth out and tried to eat the fries dipped into my sundae but ended up just eating the sundae. We didn't get takeaways/fast food except in the case of health issues so I associate fast food as a treat and rarely have it.
Love this. I wish McDonald's would offer an impossible Burger version of their menu items
They have a bottle opener on the wall, near the door at Mr. Charlie's! The chicken nugget is also by Impossible! Other than the fries, you can go to the grocery store and that $10 meal, minus $5 for fries, will be about $5.
Impossible burgers are great! Even making them at home are pretty great! The key is getting some char on them. So good! (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤
They taste good but for some reason they make me nauseated. Most of the faux meat foods make me ill.
@@leahunfeigned5955 Are you allergic to soy/soy-based products? Or maybe you have texture or taste/smell sensitivities that make you not like them? It's ok to not like certain foods, btw. Everyone's different. I know people who hate chocolate.
That's the reason I despise guava and papaya. Guava smells amazing to me, but it doesn't taste good to me (very bland) and it's too mushy and seedy.
Papaya doesn't taste terrible to me, but I absolutely hate the smell (it smells like barf to me) and therefore I've almost thrown up when I tried to eat it. I almost upchucked as a kid when my mom had me taste it for the first time (she didn't force me to eat it when she realized I was starting to gag and had to spit it out), and I almost did it again when I offered to cut one up because my mom loves it... it's been 15 years since the first time I tried to eat papaya and nope. I just don't like it.
My favorite part of a McDonald’s cheeseburger is the little onions as well.
I will never not love Emmy fr
I agree with you about the reconstituted onions!
i’m not vegan or vegetarian but i always prefer vegan chicken nuggets to the mashed,reformed nuggets anywhere.
This was awesome! I didn't even know Mr. Charlie's existed. Thanks for the info.
If you want a really good vegan burger in SoCal you’ve got to try Monty’s Good Burger! It’s in Riverside and soooooo good!
We also found a Monty's in LA, on a hillside somewhere not too far from Hollywood
@@punklejunk oh yeah! I forgot about that location. I’m closer to Riverside so I tend to just go there. The strawberry shake 🍓and the original good burger with the house sauce…. ✨chefs kiss✨ and I’m not vegan or vegetarian; it’s just that good!
Emmy, I craved McDonald's hamburger Happy Meal with all 7 of my kid's while pregnant. Your not the only one. I don't know what it is! I grew up in the Midwest so I always had a small chocolate shake with mine. When I was a child the meal only came with a small fry and toy. I still have the entire Disney collection of princess dolls in their packaging. I got them when I was pregnant with my last child, so they are 20 years old this year! My granddaughters are always begging me for them. I don't give in, as now they are worth a little money, lol!
I'm glad that they came out with a vegan alternative for those who follow that diet trend. It was fun going down recollection road with you today!
That unhappy meal is not worth $15.
NGL McDonald's small burgers are iconic. Still love them. And when youre broke they're REALLY a blessing
Three times the price for a "vegan burger joint" meal? That is so very wrong on so many levels. 😝
It was clearly much more food
McDonald's first started serving apple slices in 2004. I was a manager there and I remember getting tiny sample bags that we handed out before we actually started selling the product. Since then America's sliced apple consumption has more than tripled.
eww, id rather eat a vegan, than eat vegan "food".
Don’t be rude to other lifestyles.
I was coerced into eating lunch at a vegan restaurant once, about fifteen years ago. Once. Never again. After tasting the "spaghetti and veggie balls", I couldn't help saying, "Where's the BEEF!?" Just a very sad, very bad experience.
I'm looking at that meal...all that sugar in the Coke (and how is that sugar cane harvested?), those giant fries, the heavily processed ingredients to make the fake nuggets and burger. Not healthier at all. Do people really think the vegan meal is healthy?
there are some good vegetarian/vegan things. Don't knock it if you haven't tried it.
@@lancerevell5979 Sorry you had that experience, that was one restaurant though. There are plenty of amazing vegan restaurants out there.
its so crazy seeing emmy outside her kitchen
You could have tried opening the coke on the loop (for want of a better description) that the car door latches to when shut. We did that alot growing up :D
First, I did not know onions were reconstituted.
Second, I do not like raw onions on anything. Pickled are great.
Third, I absolutely love McDonald’s small hamburger.
I never knew why I could eat those onions but the reconstituting must soften the flavor. Good to know.
I agree with u about the reconstituted onions. They’re one of my fav parts of McDonald’s 🍔
Subbed, you’re one of the best RUclipsrs I’ve found recently, now time to bingewatch your other content for like three hours :D
Editorially: I don’t think I could ever work at, like, a fast food burger place, because what would eventually happen is I would get bored and just, like, pile a mountain of cheese slices onto a cheeseburger. A *Beesechurger* !
like... OMG... like...
Welcome!
Bottle opener is the seat belt buckle!!
I liked when McDonald’s first started the apple slices that they had a caramel dipping sauce
Love this video, you're great! I try to always think of my filming as you in the room having fun together making stuff lol. The impossible burger at red Robin is amazing!
Apple slices are tart because of the acid added to them to prevent them from turning brown. Ascorbic acid or maybe citric acid is listed in the ingredients for the apple slices.
i love those dehydrated onions too! when I order a quarter pounder i ask for them instead of the regular onion slices.
I agree with you about the dehydrated onions. I always get extra on my burgers.
Man I never heard of Mr Charlie’s , but man I wish they had one near me in NC