The Big Mac is a type of hamburger, a signature sandwich sold by the McDonald's chain of fast-food restaurants since 1968, made with "two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun."
The Big Mac was inspired by the Big Boy, a similar doubledecker hamburger sold by the restaurant chain of that name since 1936. The burger was invented by McDonald's franchisee Jim Delligatti at a location in suburban Pittsburgh's Uniontown, Pennsylvania, before being picked up nation-wide. Frank Berardi, a retired biology teacher at Uniontown Area High School in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, claims to have served the first Big Mac to a customer when he worked at the old McDonald's at the shopping center on Morgantown Street as a teenager. The McDonald's owned by Jim Delligatti was demolished around 2001, and a new restaurant built in the same plaza about 300 feet (100 m) away.
In India, where Hindu and Islamic Sharia dietary laws prohibit Hindus from eating beef and Muslim from eating pork, the Big Mac was renamed the Maharaja Mac and was originally made with lamb instead of beef; however, along with the company's other meat items it is now made from chicken. In Saudi Arabia, the two meat patties are "100% grilled; inspected Halal; no additives, fillers, binders, preservatives, extenders, or flavor enhancers. Only pure forequarter and flank". There are also variations in other countries, especially to the condiments.
Source: Wikipedia
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