Addenda:

Chinese take-out: Mac was willing to eat it, but he denounced the MSG.

End of episode: Mac agrees to go out for Rocky Road ice cream with chocolate syrup, sprinkles, and cherries; for Pete, not necessarily planning to eat it himself.

In "early Retirement" MacGyver's drinking something which looks like cola in a glass while looking around Pete's apartment.

Maybe it's prune juice. It is Pete's apartment.

In Wastelands Mac has an glass of orange juice in fornt of him at the restuarant while talking to the Daughter.

Hey that could be cherry-coke. Mac doesn't look like someone drinking regular coke.

Ahem...

Why would one assume it's PRUNE juice? Just because Pete is OLDER???

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?????

That's just age-ism, that is! Discrimination against us geezers!

*whacks Nymphy around the knees with her cane*

Srsly... I don't think even a health nut like Mac would drink a full glass of prune juice... that stuff is NASTY! I'd rather drink pond-water!

I vote for grape juice.

Well. Yes.

He's an older person and he has a poor diet.

You're head isn't going to explode is it?

Yeah right And there wasn't a reason the first thing that popped into my head was prunes.

Hey! Knock it off ya old biddie!

Oh, yeah. That's probably not such a good idea. Even when desperate.

No... my head will not explode - today. And, who you callin' a geezer????? Speak for your self, missy!

Actually, nowadays, they aren't called "prunes" any more - they're referred to as "Dried Plums".

Must be a marketing ploy...

I'm thinking they (TPTB) couldn't get enough OLD people to buy them - to increase their profits, so... they changed the name to make them seem less... I don't know - medicinal sounding? Technically, they ARE dried plums -

reverse political correctness?

Ah- a warrior's drink!

(Star Trek: The Next Generation reference there- prune juice was what Guinan would serve Worf when he wanted something really strong- and he deemed it a real warrior's drink! )

About the "mystery stew", Mac says it is "Basque stew". Being Basque myself, there is no such thing as Basque stew. Moreover, the Basque Country is not in the Pyrenees, and Basques do not look they way they are portrayed in the episode but I guess that was just poetic licence; no problem. I thought I should make my point about the stew, though.

Angus dind't dirnk coffe

In the episode when the a girl make mac get inlove with her.
She began going to the same painting lessons that Mac was to getting closer. They chat a about some animal and then Mac invited to drink a coffe and she said she didnt drink coffe, Mac said neither i am.

I'm rustier than what i think on english writtings
I really don'nt know the name episode or the season

Hi,

In the Pilot episode we see MacGyver drinking coffee.
In Last Stand MacGyver sits down and asks for a coffee.
In The Prodigal, we hear him complain about not having his morning coffee.

Welcome aboard.

He said that to smooth Deborah out. Of course we only saw him drinking coffee in the first season, after that not anymore.

Good point- I tend to think of MacGyver's taste for coffee being one of those things that the writers initially had in mind and then did away with it after deciding that MacGyver would not be a coffee kind of guy.

Of course, you can also just argue that MacGyver simply lost the taste for coffee and at some point in 1986 just kinda swore it off.
Perhaps he made some dietary changes at the same point and started leaning toward health food, though not strictly being a vegetarian.

I agree

In The Secret of Parker House, Penny mentions to the sheriff how Mac's always saying that coffee doesn't agree with his stomach. Maybe it gave him too much heartburn, so he quit drinking it.

Well that would uncertainly be a good explanation.

Good observation- of course, that may also have just been MacGyver's way of saying that he doesn't like coffee, without necessarily meaning it literally. But yeah, you can read that one either way and it works fine. In any case, we know that MacGyver drank coffee for a while in the First Season and either it was one of those things the writers hoped you forgot about and when you see Mac drinking orange juice for breakfast instead or something that you're supposed to assume that he's always had a dislike for coffee.

Or you can decide that he used to drink coffee in the First Season and somewhere after that point he simply decided to quit drinking coffee, for medical (i.e. heartburn) or other reasons, like he simply didn't like it anymore.

I know that happened with me. I used to drink pure black coffee--no frills, no frou-frou lattes--just plain, strong black coffee. Well, it upset my stomach, made me nervous, and after awhile I just couldn't stand the taste. I quit drinking it, which is hard in a world of coffee drinkers to say you don't drink coffee, but I just don't follow the trends when it comes to my palate.

Yes! Another convert!
Ha ha- yeah, I don't drink coffee either. I don't have a problem with it as far as heartburn or such goes- I've just never liked the taste of it. And I think it kind of creates a dependency with some people who go rather fanatical over it.
I much prefer a good old glass of orange juice.
Of course, I think this is also something MacGyver helped influence as well.

(And Family Ties- it seems the whole Keaton household was always drinking orange juice out the wazoo!)

Wildly overdue... sorry for the delay!

Loth's List for Season Four

The Secret of Parker House
Some of the contents of grocery bags: bananas, rice cakes, coffee
Cake with chocolate mint and banana icing (made for Penny)
Penny quotes MacGyver as saying "coffee is too hard on his stomach"
Orange Popsicle
Knows mescaline by taste

Blood Brothers
no food eaten

The Outsiders
Breakfast (in the middle of the night, fcol!)
Dinner interrupted by dynamite

On a Wing and a Prayer
Chewing gum (part of sky-pirate disguise)

Collision Course
no food eaten

The Survivors
Stew with Pete (we don't see him eat, but he sits down for the meal)
Pete throws Mac an orange (uses juice of orange to develop film)
Identifies cocaine by taste

Deadly Dreams
no food eaten

Ma Dalton
Mention of Sushi sandwiches
H2O on the rocks at The Wingman Bar

Cleo Rocks
no food eaten

Fraternity of Thieves
Drinks orange juice at 'Viva!' club

The Battle of Tommy Giordano
no food eaten

The Challenge
no food eaten

Runners
Meal at the convention center, green stuff and orange juice (with Crystal/Jennifer)
Bowl of fruit on Mac's table; oranges, apples, bananas
World famous whole-wheat banana pancakes (note that bananas are gone from fruit bowl from this point)
Orange juice
Yogurt and sprouts (in refrigerator)

Gold Rush
Freeze-dried fruit juice (seen in supplies)
Russian 'white thunder' (Mac does not drink any)
Hot beverage with Natalie

The Invisible Killer
Rations (gourmet selection of the finest freeze-dried food known to man) (referenced)
Coffee at the Fire Look-Out (Mac not seen drinking)
Camp coffee (no one drank, poisoned)

Brainwashed
Perrier water (drinks from measuring cup!)
Dream-Mac pours orange juice from pitcher with star on it

Easy Target
no food eaten (but that truckstop does have the best corned beef hash you've ever tasted!)

Renegade
no food eaten

Unfinished Business
no food eaten

*off to watch Season 5 again, pen and pad poised... such is the life of an obsessed researcher!*

Now that's continuity!! And outstanding research. Way to go!

I think that green stuff is called "salad".

Are you implying that Mac's been a coke head at some time?

Not at all!

I am sure that his exposure to 'controlled substances' is purely from his work fighting drug lords, and crime moguls... and for the best seats in the hockey rink.

Lothi, when you get to "Log Jam", the meal he shares with Amy looks like rice and vegetables -- specifically broccoli and bok choy.

Oh, thanks!! *takes notes*