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Popeye's Poultry Payday

 

With the continuing decline of the economy, one fast food entity decided to bailout our wallets for 24 hours.

On April 22nd, Popeye's ran a special all-day deal, radically offering an eight piece chicken meal for only $4.99!

It sounded almost too good to be true, but Chipley and I decided that we would "cash in" on the payday for dinner.

A French Fry Dissertation

French fries are like catnip to me.

My stunning physique definitely reflects this fact. I credit my rapidly expanding abdomen and "love handles" entirely on the French.

I've tasted my fair share of fried spuds over time, including the undisputed king (in my book): McDonald's.

Now Raising Cane's runs a close second. Sonic and Dairy Queen are the proverbial runners up.

As for the rest of the field...

MetroCenter Arby's Strikes Back

A RANT RAVINGS WORLD EXCLUSIVE:
Arby's owner Bruce Evans breaks his silence
the other side of the story...

As promised, over the weekend I had the opportunity to personally speak with Bruce Evans, Arby's owner and recent target of a controversial boycott fueled by allegations that Evans violently assaulted a homeless man outside his restaurant a few weeks ago. The uncorroborated story has spread like wildfire through the local Jackson community and around the internet to web forums like Snopes.com and social communities such as My Space and Facebook.

No More Homestyle for Arby's?

Being the big fan of Arby's roast beef sandwiches that I am, adjusting to the menu changes over the last year has been challenging. The #3 Giant Roast Beef combo was discontinued in favor of the new "Small, Medium, or Large" ordering system, and I've had my share of troubles with it.

But imagine my horror when I visited an Orlando location today for lunch, and they informed me that I could no longer request "Homestyle" fries as opposed to "Curly" fries. The counter attendant explained that this was a brand new menu change going into effect everywhere. The only fries they would be serving from now on are the "Curly" style.

Say it ain't so, Joe.

The Redundancy of The Chicken Fries Combo

On Landon Howell's endorsement, I finally tried the new Burger King Chicken Fries. This strange invention is really just a long, thin, chicken tender in the shape of a french fry (with some added spices). But since the marketing gurus at BK are intent on passing them off as a new brand of french fries, I decided to test the theory.

I ordered a Whopper Combo and asked if I could substitute Chicken Fries for the regular fries.