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Shamrock Shakin Mah Head.

Yesterday: A few work buddies and I spent our lunch break scouring every McDonald's in and around Times Square in search of the elusive you-know-what -- the Shamrock Shake. When I proposed marriage to the seasonal treat during last year's St. Patty's tribute, a couple of readers chimed in with wild claims that the big city still supplied the goods. Fucking lousy liars. The people working the registers seemed almost appalled that we'd even ask for these allegedly still-made shakes, and what's worse, we spent so much time hunting down fast food joints that there wasn't even time to enjoy a much safer bet: green beer.

Regardless, this was my first ever St. Patrick's Day spent in NYC, and it sure was an experience. Though there's been major crackdowns over the past few years on public intoxication and just generally having anything resembling drunken fun, the sea of green-donning Irishmen and tourists posing as Irishmen almost made me wish my blood wasn't so fully rooted in spicy meatball woposity.

Anyway, it was nutsy. More people were walking around in costume today than on Halloween -- and by costume, I don't just mean "green clothes." We're talking all-out styrofoam hats, ties, green hairspray...the works. So gloriously tacky. There was even a guy in a big shark suit. I'll show you the pics when I get home.

Posted by Matt on 03/18/2005. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 63 comments

I had a shamrock shake last weekend, it was great.

I read Fast Food Nation a couple years ago. I found the information in it disturbing, but not nearly enough to shake my fast food habit. Watching Super Size Me made me want some fries.

Chestnuts roasted by marioshoku @ 03/20/2005 1:11 AM

Speaking of obscure McDonalds Mascots, what was the name of the Cop with the Big Mac for a head? I’ve been trying to find that out for the last two years, but to no avail.

And on the topic of easter, we here at KB got STUFFED PEEPS. both in classic Chick and Rabbit kinds. they have single big ones and 4 packs of tiny ones which look exactly like their real counterparts in their packaging.

The big thing with them is, the big peeps have squeakers, so they "peep" when you squeeze them.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 03/20/2005 1:23 AM

Invader Norbert, the Cop with the big mac head was named (appropriately enough) Big Mac :)
heres the link where I found it, http://www.kevinhebert.com/alt.mcdonalds.html#3

Chestnuts roasted by MissKitty @ 03/20/2005 12:22 PM

http://www.allyourtv.com/gallery/moviesandspecials/s/springbreaksharkattack/gallery.html">Spring Break Shark Attack airs tonight at 9 on CBS. It’s exactly what it sounds like.
I’ve seen the stuffed Peeps; they’ve also got stylish handbags shaped like pink bunny heads. Very fashion forward.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/20/2005 3:07 PM

Marioshoku: thats the same with me, I thought either the moive or the book would turn me off to fast food well Mcds my fav, but nope my love for my childhood comfort food is stronger than the nasty facts about about it. I just may have a problem!?

Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 03/20/2005 6:48 PM

we had them upstate near syracuse…but they ran out on like saint pattys day…

Chestnuts roasted by LordSorrow @ 03/20/2005 10:54 PM

we had them upstate near syracuse…but they ran out on like saint pattys day…

Chestnuts roasted by LordSorrow @ 03/20/2005 10:54 PM

we had them upstate near syracuse…but they ran out on like saint pattys day…

Chestnuts roasted by LordSorrow @ 03/20/2005 10:54 PM

we had them upstate near syracuse…but they ran out on like saint pattys day…

Chestnuts roasted by LordSorrow @ 03/20/2005 10:54 PM

Rumor has it that they had ‘em upstate near Syracuse, but they ran out on like St. Patty’s day… word.

Chestnuts roasted by The Yeti @ 03/20/2005 11:48 PM

MissKitty…THANK YOU! Another mystery solved. That link also solved another question I was asking, What the hell was Birdie representing?!

It turned out to be the McDonald’s Breakfast Menu.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 03/20/2005 11:49 PM

i found the recipe for the shamrock shake! here ya go:

You’ll find it very easy to recreate the flavors of McDonald’s annual St. Patrick’s Day shake using only four ingredients. The two that make this holiday shake unique are the mint extract and green food coloring. Make sure your extract says "mint" and not "peppermint." And if you don’t want shakes that are green like the real ones, you can certainly leave out the food coloring. Happy St. Patty’s Day, kitchen cloners!

2 cups vanilla ice cream
1 1/4 cups low fat milk
1/4 teaspoon mint extract (not peppermint)
8 drops green food coloring

1. Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend on high speed until smooth. Stop blender to stir with a spoon if necessary to help blend ice cream.
2. Pour into two 12-ounce cups and serve each with a straw. (http://www.topsecretrecipes.com)
Serves 2.

hope this helps everyone. :)

Chestnuts roasted by jessica_76 @ 03/21/2005 12:50 PM

Glad to hear I’m not the only one on the hunt for the stupid shakes….after going out to the North End (Italian section of Boston) for dinner, we went on a wild goose chase looking for them. (Tried Southie, Brighton, Dedham, Needham, and Route 95 south in Wellesley…)Needless to say, we hit up 5 different McD’s and NEVER got one. So much for Massachusetts having them……

Chestnuts roasted by Paige @ 03/04/2007 1:08 AM

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