Egg McMuffin inventor dies at 89

[Midnight Mike]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080327/ap_ ... t_peterson

LOS ANGELES - Herb Peterson, who invented the ubiquitous Egg McMuffin as a way to introduce breakfast to McDonald's restaurants, has died, a Southern California McDonald's official said Wednesday. He was 89.

Peterson died peacefully Tuesday at his Santa Barbara home, said Monte Fraker, vice president of operations for McDonald's restaurants in that city.

Peterson came up with idea for the signature McDonald's breakfast item in 1972. He "was very partial to eggs Benedict," Fraker said, and worked on creating something similar.

The egg sandwich consisted of an egg that had been formed in a Teflon circle with the yolk broken, topped with a slice of cheese and grilled Canadian bacon. It was served open-faced on a toasted and buttered English muffin

[moose135]

He's going to be buried in a small styrofoam box. :shock:

[Midnight Mike]

He's going to be buried in a small styrofoam box. :shock:

& with a hashbrown! :borat:

[Matt Molnar]

Sad days for fast food. Last week the founder of Popeye's chicken died. Also, Paul Prudohmme was grazed by a stray bullet.

[T-Bird76]

I wonder how well off he was? McDonald's made millions off that chemical concoction.