Fans have shared their reaction to McDonald's latest breakfast offering, and many are saying the same thing.
While it might have made its name with Big Macs and Filet O'Fishes (or is it Filets O' Fish?), for many years McDonald's has been a staple of breakfast as well.
The behemoth's new offering is just a simple sausage sandwich - like anything with a tasty filling between two slices of bread it's designed to be for people on the go.
It consists of a sausage patty served on a bun with a layer of cheese and ketchup.
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But the latest breakfast option from McDonald's has seen many regulars saying the same thing.
Many people have commented that the sausage sandwich isn't really a new product at all - it's just a Sausage and Egg McMuffin without the egg.
Replying under FOODBible's social media post, one wrote: “Brand new, isn't that just a variation of the sausage Egg McMuffin....which you could always order without egg. I know cos when my boys were small one hated egg.”
Another noted: “Nobody can make anything new these days they either copy cats or just bringing something old back or just mixing together what they already have.”
A third liked the sandwich, but didn't think it was 'new', writing: "A solid breakfast sandwich, but hardly a ‘new’ one."
Despite that, one person loved the new offering, writing: "Has to be said… the sausage sandwich from McDonald’s is easily the best thing they’ve had since the chicken legend. RIP chicken legend."
Another pointed out that switching out different combinations of the same ingredients is, sort of how the McDonald's menu works.
"Wait until you find out the hamburger, cheeseburger, double cheeseburger, triple cheeseburger and bacon double cheeseburger are all basically the same core product," they wrote.
Of course, food and drink has a long tradition of swapping out a single ingredient in a recipe and giving it a different name.
A Martini with a pickled onion instead of olive or lemon is a Gibson, and the addition of an egg sees a Croque Monsieur become a Croque Madame.
Eggs Benedict uses ham, but switch out the ham for spinach and you have Eggs Florentine, or if you're feeling fancy have smoked salmon instead for Eggs Royale.
And of course who can forget the viral Negroni Sbagliato - with Prosecco in it.
In short - it may well be a Sausage and Egg McMuffin without the egg, but there's plenty of food precedent for switching out one ingredient in a recipe and changing the name.
Words by Kit Roberts
The FOODbible Team