The man who created the Big Mac, which went on to be one of the world’s best known sandwiches, died Monday. Michael “Jim” Delligatti, who invented McDonald’s two tiered burger at his Uniontown, PA, franchise, was 98. Delligatti began tinkering with the store’s burger in the mid 1960s. He added a 2nd burger and six other ingredients. But he labored for two years to come up with the right combo for his “special sauce”. Delligatti 1st introduced the seven ingredient sandwich at his Pennsylvania restaurant in 1967. The burger —— two beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun —— was available nationwide the following year. |
