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Teenagers and quite a few adults across the U.S. are planning a trip to a McDonald’s on Saturday to get a hold of a long-sought-after culinary prize.

Szechuan Sauce.

An underground swell has been rising the past six months, demanding a return of this ’90s Asian-inspired chicken dip. It has finally arrived for a single day, only to leave out all of the chain’s Oklahoma restaurants.

When an ad said “at participating restaurants,” my 13-year-old son thought to check online. Now, he feels the outrage of being in a fly-over, middle America state.

“That’s stupid and not fair. A lot of people here would go. I don’t get it,” he said. “I can’t believe not one packet of Szechuan Sauce can get to Oklahoma. I mean, not a single one? What’s up with that?”

It particularly galled him to discover seven participating locations in Arkansas, 11 in Kansas and 14 in Missouri. Guess who wants a road trip to Kansas City this weekend?