While I consider it my mission to chronicle the fast food chicken sandwich wars, I knew going in that the limited-time stunt sammy from McDonald’s, the Chicken Big Mac, would not be a worthy entry. But in the interests of science, I brought one back to the office the other
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A BCer in Ottawa: Eating on the road: Three trains, three lunches with VIA Rail
I took the train down to Scarborough a few weeks back in business, which is really the best way to travel by train. But pro-tip: the bar car usually opens around 11AM so schedule your trip accordingly. After all, you don’t want to pay a premium for just an omelette
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating in lockdown: The saga of the Popeye’s Sandwich
I’ve long liked that chicken from Popeye’s. So much better than KFC. A spicy option, quality fries, biscuits, mac and cheese, corn on the cob — so good. There really weren’t any convenient locations for me for awhile though. Living in Toronto, I would hike to the one downtown on
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating in quarantine: Chicken tacos with homemade flour tortillas
In the before times I didn’t do that much cooking outside the weekends. But now, with nothing but time on my hands I’m cooking all the time and trying some new things from time to time. I haven’t jumped on the breadmaking bandwagon, but I did come close by making
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating off the Hill: Spicy Big Mary Sandwich at Mary Brown’s
I like me a spicy chicken sammy. I remember back in the day, when KFC didn’t suck (or maybe my standards were just lower) I was all about the spicy Big Crunch. Unfortunately, I’ve mostly missed out on the fast food spicy chicken sandwich wars that raged South of our
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating off the Hill: Canada’s breakfasts need more chicken
Bacon. Sausage. Ham, Meaty breakfast staples. But who decreed breakfast needs to be so porky? Sensing the need for giving Canadians more of a reason to wake up in the mornings during these challenging days, McDonald’s recently did us all a favour and introduced a new offering: breakfast chicken. In
Continue readingcartoon life: CARBON TAX! ON EVERYTHING!
Especially relevant if you are a Canadian, or paying any attention at all to our present political situation in Canada, where the governing party fantasizes its opponents. Filed under: art, comment Tagged: carbon tax, chicken, chicken little, humor, humour, politics, Stephen Harper, tax, The sky is falling!
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