When frozen 1/4lber burgers first came out.

rubadub

Most young people would think 1/4lbers have always been about since freezers were invented. I remember getting them frozen for the first time, think dunnes were first with them, and people being in awe at the size of them, think it was the early 80's. Before that I remember having to go to the butchers for my mother to get a 1/2lb to make 2 of them.

A lot more blood seemed to come out of them back then too, they would form a sort of bubble in the middle and you would pop it and blood would run out and turn into a grey/brown paste.

Anybody else remember them, or was I mistaken and were they out before that? I do remember defrosting normal burgers ones and squishing them together before you could get them.

First chinese ready meals I remember were Mr.Chow, which were Irish, I think in bray, and they were lovely.

tk123

Hehe I remember these too - you're right they were from Dunnes. They seemed to be the size of a saucer back in the day and blew Birdseye Beef Burgers out of the water

mike65

We never shopped in Dunnes but I recall when the Birds Eye quarter pounders hit the plate for teh first time in big soft buns with cheese on top. I'm feeling hungry.

rubadub

mike65 wrote: »

big soft buns with cheese on top.

I hate the buns being bigger than the burger, that is why I used to make my own, nothing worse than a tiny shrivelled burger in a huge bun. My father now gets those superbundys which are way to big for most burgers too.

Seems it is a McDonalds "invention", the phrase anyway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_Pounder

The Quarter Pounder is a hamburger sold by international fast food chain McDonald's. Along with the Big Mac, it is one of the company's signature products...

The Quarter Pounder was introduced in Fremont, California, USA in 1971-1972 and became part of the national American menu in 1973...

Although they are most commonly associated with McDonald's, many other hamburger outlets sell or have sold quarter-pound hamburgers. "Quarter Pounder" is a trademark in the United States, but outlets in some other countries have been able to use similar names for their own products, such as the British Wimpy chain's "Quarterpounder."

steveone

didn't muhammad ali do the ads for the birds eye quarter pounders?....

thank god for big als is all i'll say... yum yum,

Ann22

I don't remember them actually appearing. I remember the burgers from my childhood were little ones separated by little circles of greaseproof paper. Probably still about.. my father used to fry them in lard which really was tasty but not too healthy I'd imagine.

tk123

Don't forget the revolutionary Dunnes cheese burgers with cheese inside the burger!

Firetrap

Didn't some brand of quarter pounders run a promotion with "The Refrigerator" who was some American footballer who was built like a brick sh!thouse? He was a quarterback. Quarterback ->Quarter pounder apparently.