So a funny thing happened on the way to breakfast.
Early risers looking to get a quick, cheap breakfast on the go have, for a long time, favored one option: McDonald’s. The fast food giant’s breakfast is what you might call the stuff of legends. Scientists working for McDonald’s figured out how to put the taste of syrup into a muffin, and how to perfectly replicate the fried oval potato cake that it calls a hash brown. Part of the allure of McDonald’s breakfast is its notorious cut-off time — 10:30 sharp in most places. The fact that you can only get it for a few hours each day makes you that much more likely to permanently include it as part of your morning schedule.