Forty-nine years ago, during the sweltering summer of 1975, McDonald's introduced diners across America to the Egg McMuffin, which quickly became the most famous, if not the first, breakfast sandwich in the land.
Ray Kroc, the guy who made McDonald's a household name, knew the item would be a hit. The Egg McMuffin was originally served open-faced, which Kroc thought kooky. 'But then I tasted it, and I was sold,' Kroc wrote in his memoir, 'Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's.' 'Wow! I wanted to put this item into all of our stores immediately.'
Phyllis C. Richman, then food critic for The Washington Post, glowed about the sandwich (and its accompanying oval of crispy hash browns) in a 1979 roundup of fast-food breakfast options.
McDonald's isn't on top of the heap for nothing,' Richman wrote. 'Its Egg McMuffin - English muffin, fried egg, cheese, and Canadian bacon - and its golden hash browns are high on the list of historic American inventions.'
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