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Inside a fully-operational McDonald’s restaurant just off the Pennsylvania Turnpike, you’ll find display cases filled with Big Mac-orabilia. A timeline breaks down the invention of the burger-which Delligatti created after his adult customers asked for a bigger burger made just for them-as well as its successful spread from Pennsylvania to become a worldwide phenomenon. The evolution of the Big Mac packaging is on display, from its earth-unfriendly styrofoam container to its greener paper wrapper, as well as a Big Mac Sauce caulking gun used to squirt on the signature condiment. There are newspaper flyers and promotional photos from around the world, and even a few bobbleheads-including none other than the living embodiment of the burger, Ronald McDonald’s friend, Officer Big Mac.īut no stop at the Big Mac Museum is complete without getting your picture taken by the two statues you’ll find: The first is a bronze replica of Jim Delligatti holding his iconic invention the other, and arguably the more famous (Sorry, Jim), is the largest Big Mac in the world, spanning 12-feet across and over 14-feet tall. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of this most-American of meals, Delligatti opened a most-American attraction, The Big Mac Museum, in North Huntingdon, Penn.
Today, McDonald’s sells around 2.5 million Big Macs every day in over 35 countries around the world. restaurant, the combination of (say it with me now) “two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun” became an instant hit, and was added to the standard McDonald’s menu in 1968. First introduced in 1967 by one of the earliest McDonald’s franchisees, Jim Delligatti, at his Uniontown, Penn. THE BIG MAC MUSEUMĭespite what you might have heard earlier this year, McDonald’s has no plans to discontinue their signature menu item, the Big Mac.
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The Strange States series will take you on a virtual tour of America to uncover the unusual people, places, things, and events that make this country such a unique place to call home. This week we’re heading to Pennsylvania, home of the National Lacrosse League’s Philadelphia Wings, the Pittsburgh Power of the Arena Football League, and Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union, among other sports teams. And what you find there might be a little strange.
But if you want to get to know a place, you're going to have to dig a little deeper. If you want to learn about someplace, you can always pick up a textbook.
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