Dig A Hole: Herb Peterson, inventor of McDonald’s Egg McMuffin
March 27th, 2008 by Scott Marks
You deserve artery-clogging plaque today!
First Wally Phillips, now Herb Peterson. It’s been a bad day for mourning morning people.
The McMuffin man has forever been muffled. Herb Peterson, the guy who jump-started breakfasts at McDonald’s restaurants with his delectable egg sandwich has died. He was 89.
Peterson was found lying peacefully at his Santa Barbara home covered with a slice of yellow cheese and a circular slab of Canadian bacon.
He began his career with McDonald’s Corp. as vice president of the company’s Chicago-based PR firm, D’Arcy Advertising. He was the brainchild behind the chain’s first national advertising slogan, “Where Quality Starts Fresh Every Day!”
MSNBC quotes McDonald’s VP of operations Monte Fraker as saying, Peterson “”was very partial to eggs Benedict.”
Peterson’s creation consisted of an egg that had been formed in a circular Teflon mold with the yolk broken, topped with a slice of cheese and grilled Canadian bacon. It was initially served open-faced on a toasted and buttered English muffin.
Peterson invariably became a franchisee and was currently a co-owner and operator of six cholesterol factories in Santa Barbara and Goleta. The first Egg McMuffin came off the griddle of one of Peterson’s Santa Barbara restaurants.
McDonald’s fatty diet has probably claimed as many lives as cigarettes, liquor and drugs, but that’s not why I hate giving them my money. They hypocrites refuse to advertise on The Howard Stern Show. It’s okay to clog kids’ arteries and turn them into a race of blobs, just don’t work blue in the process.
That said, I do find myself occasionally succumbing to breakfast at McDonald’s The Egg McMuffin is the best fast food sandwich bar none. They should serve it all day long.
Herb Peterson is survived by his wife, son and three daughters. A public memorial service will be held April 23 at All Saints by the Sea church in Montecito.
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Yeah, the Egg McMuffin is the best fast food breakfast sandwich bar none. What did he die of? (I’m guessing a heart attack?) Is he being buried in a styrofoam container?
It just said that he died “peacefully.”
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Recently I made a valid complaint to McDonalds customer services dept. about McDonalds poor standards at thier Harben Parade branch at Swiss Cottage, London NW3. The complaint concerned slow service, abrasive attitudes, and matters about unacceptable hygeine standards.
The complaint was passed on to the store by customer services, following which the store’s manager, Bakry, promptly banned me from the store. He did not deny that my complaint was valid, but was told that I was banned simply becauseI I had made the complaint in the first place. Their management team consists entirely of immigrants, having come here on dodgy visas and the like, and all of which in favour of my unjust ban, which shows how much we are now under the control of illegal immigrants.
Perhaps this is consistent with McDonalds training practices. It would appear that you have to accept their adverse practices without question or suffer the consequences, as I myself did.
Suffer? You’re not allowed to eat at McDonald’s. It’s probably the healthiest thing that ever happened to you. Rejoice!
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