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- noun A basic
ingredient inMcDonald's Big Mac hamburgers, a sort ofThousand Island dressing (now called Big Mac sauce by the company).
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Examples
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Many burger joints and fast food places, from Shake Shack to McDonald's and In-N-Out Burger, have a house sauce. However, this special sauce is almost always some variation on the same thing: a pink, creamy sauce that is, in essence, a spin on Thousand Island dressing.
Why Fast Food Special Sauce Is Always The Same Thing - Chowhound Hilary Wheelan Remley 2023
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“Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun!” Get the idea? This 1974 Big Mac advertisement established the term "special sauce"—or so McDonald’s claims. I can’t find any evidence to the contrary.
What Is Secret Sauce, Anyway? Is It Special Sauce? Emma Laperruque 2018
jwjarvis commented on the word special sauce
and it certainly wasn't initiated by Mcdonald's. Check out their bio-undegradable burger
November 12, 2010