Rain, Rain Go Away… Oh wait, I live in London.

I ate lunch at McDonald's today. I ordered Chicken McNuggets as the main selection in my Value Meal and after paying the cashier, he asked me if I'd like any sauce with my meal. Of course I said I'd like some honey, because that's obviously the only appropriate choice of sauce when consuming McNuggets whether you're 3 or 23. The cashier looked at me oddly and asked if I wanted honey-mustard. 'No, I'd like honey.' Looking confused, he consulted someone I imagine was his boss, then informed that honey was not an option. I'm sorry, what? No honey? How is that even possible? OK, fine… I'll just have ketchup for my fries, then. Luckily, that request was granted, though I only got one measly packet.

I found out a few minutes later, as I was whining to Dan about the ridiculous lack of honey, that this sauce is not offered in the UK. He claimed he'd never seen honey in any of the McDonald's he's been in… Well, to this I have to say a big, fat BOOOOOO. I grew up eating McNuggets with honey at the Wexford Micky D's (and any other US McDonald's, for that matter) and I have to say that they were no where near as satisfying as I had been imagining simply because of the lack of appropriate sauce.

And because I get fixated on completely random tidbits, I googled the words "McDonald's", "Chicken McNuggets", and "honey" and found that I was not, in fact smoking crack when I proclaimed honey as a perfectly normal McNugget dipping sauce. Both Wikipedia (in their entry for Chicken McNuggets, of course) and McDonald's own US website (under their 'Bag a Meal' option) confirm that honey does exist as a dipping option. Apparently just not in Britain.