Let’s all celebrate with Herb Peterson. According to a story in the Chicago Sun, he was just honored with a lifetime achievement award by McDonald’s Corporation for inventing the Egg McMuffin among other things. He did so after becoming frustrated that the restaurant didn’t have a breakfast menu. Thanks to the Meatingplace for the heads up.

Getting on the menu at McDonalds has to be difficult. Of course Herb was a good friend of Ray Kroc. “Peterson first met Kroc when Peterson was vice president of D’Arcy Advertising Co. in Chicago. That’s when Peterson wrote the first McDonald’s national ad slogan, “Where Quality Starts Fresh Every Day.” . . . He got the idea for the Egg McMuffin from his own favorite breakfast meal — eggs Benedict. He asked a local blacksmith to make an egg ring to keep the fried egg round and tidy for a hand-held sandwich.”

How many Egg McMuffins have you eaten since they were introduced in 1975? It’s my favorite McDonalds breakfast. What’s yours?