How long must we fight the Civil War?
First, it was secession.
Now, it’s biscuits.
And it looks as if the South is winning this time.
I am, of course, talking about all-day breakfast at McDonald’s.
On Oct. 6, the burger behemoth started selling breakfast all day. Which was good news for those of us who would pull into a McDonald’s drive-thru at 10:30 a.m. only to be told we were too late for the bacon egg and cheese biscuit we craved.
I do, indeed, love the Bacon Egg and Cheese Biscuit. Best thing on the menu, I think.
So, I was happy to learn I could order the sandwich any time of the day.
What I didn’t initially know was that if I wanted a Bacon Egg and Cheese Biscuit in the afternoon or evening, I’d have to go to Kentucky to get one.
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Turns out, not all breakfast items are available in all states at nonbreakfast times.
What McDonald’s has done is created a new Mason-Dixon Line based on English muffins versus biscuits. The restaurant claims it decided what to sell where based on customer preference.
The results were generally the Egg McMuffin for the North and the Bacon Egg and Cheese Biscuit for the South.
States in which Bacon Egg and Cheese Biscuits can be purchased all day are Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. They are available in parts of Arkansas, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania.
The rest of the U.S., including Illinois, gets Egg McMuffins – bad news for those of us who don’t like Canadian bacon and who love biscuits.
Nobody ever asked me if I preferred muffins to biscuits. And it seems like stereotyping to assume southerners prefer biscuits to muffins.
But that isn’t the point.
McDonald’s said it was going to serve breakfast all day. Then it waffled.
Not all breakfast stuff is available – including the one breakfast item I want.
On its website, McDonald’s says of all-day breakfast: “Menu items vary by location. Deliciousness doesn’t.”
Maybe so.
But McDonald’s half-way all-day breakfast has left a bad taste in this Bacon Egg and Cheese Biscuit lover’s mouth..
If you are going to do it, then do it – all of it.
Paul Sassone is a freelance columnist for Pioneer Press.