What was that burger McDonald's did in the 90s that was like a quarter pounder with special sauce?

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Their "special sauce" is/was Russian dressing, but I've heard people say it's Thousand Island; though it could've been either.
 
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Pocket Dragoon said:
Their "special sauce" is/was Russian dressing, but I've heard people say it's Thousand Island; though it could've been either.
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It was a different sauce on this Arch Deluxe sandwich, apparently.

"The Arch Deluxe was a quarter pound of beef on a split-top potato flour sesame seed bun, topped with a circular piece of peppered bacon, leaf lettuce, tomato, American cheese, onions, ketchup, and a "secret" mustard and mayonnaise sauce."
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Big Mac sauce isn't Thousand Island, and definitely isn't Russian. I've seen replica recipes online that have mayo, sugar, vinegar, minced onion, relish and French dressing. I tried the recipe, and it was definitely close. McDonald's actually sold the stuff in stores for a while.

I think the sauce on the Arch Deluxe was a mayo and mustard sauce, might even be the stuff used on the McChicken. Anyone who cares to google it can, I'm not sure I'm right.
 
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The Arch Deluxe was alright but I really liked the chicken version of it, the Crispy Chicken Deluxe, which stuck around in Canadian McDonald's until at least the mid-2000s before it got replaced by those bistro chicken sandwiches including the Southwest Chicken, which was also great.

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Who remembers the McDLT?
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I remember the McDLT being a thing but I don't think I ever tried it.
 
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sasazuka said:
The Arch Deluxe was alright but I really liked the chicken version of it, the Crispy Chicken Deluxe, which stuck around in Canadian McDonald's until at least the mid-2000s before it got replaced by those bistro chicken sandwiches including the Southwest Chicken, which was also great.



I remember the McDLT being a thing but I don't think I ever tried it.
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Stand in the hall, bro

The Crispy Chicken Deluxe was good, but fell a little short
 
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The McDLT was back when they still used Styrofoam and it came with twice as much Styrofoam. That's was the gimmick - that the "cold side" of the burger (with the lettuce and tomato) was in a different part of the Styrofoam package than the "hot side" with the burger patty. Basically you pay extra to perform the last step in assembling your own burger.
 
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