My two fellas weren’t home this afternoon, and since there was a little bit of a chill in the air what with the non-stop rain that shows no sign of letting up in this lifetime, I decided to grab the laptop and stick my legs under the covers so that I could stay warm while I checked the email and the Twitter and the internet whathaveyous.
And y’all. OH my word. I woke up TWO HOURS LATER with no idea who I was or where I was or what I had done to deserve THE BLISSFUL, UNINTERRUPTED SLEEP OF ANGELS. Now granted, I’m sure I’ll now be awake until 4 in the morning and therefore have to spend the rest of the week straightening out my sleeping schedule, but it was totally worth it because did I mention the BLISSFUL, UNINTERRUPTED SLEEP OF ANGELS?
Divine.
(That reminds me. Every once in awhile when I’m tucking in Alex for the night, he’ll look up at me and say, “Mama, I LOOOOOVE to sleep!”)
(And it makes me so happy.)
Anyway, there were two things today (other than All The Sleep) that just delighted me to no end, and I will now share them in order of occurence because all that rest has my brain feeling very logical and structured.
Well.
Before my nap I was clicking around on the Entertainment Weekly site, and I saw a link to the video for Kris Allen’s new single.
Remember Kris Allen? The one I sort of adored during this past season of “American Idol”? HE’S DARLIN’.
Well, listen to this goodness:
Isn’t that the most fun? Except for the annoying ad at the end?
Then.
Later this afternoon my husband and I were talking about a whole bunch of nothing (IMAGINE THAT), and he said, “Hey. Tell Daphne that I saw a billboard today that says, THE McRIB IS BACK.”
It cracked me up that he remembered that my friend Daphne has a fierce and undying devotion to the McRib sandwich, but it didn’t really surprise me since Daph’s fondness for McRibs is just one of the many things that we love about her. She has been a fan of McRibs since college, and I even tried a McRib with her one time in the spirit of sharing in her joy. Unfortunately, the McRib did not win me over. Even still, I wholeheartedly support Daph in her pursuit of her favorite McDonald’s specialty item (IS THAT AN OXYMORON?), and at least once a year I will call her and say, “HAVE YOU SEEN THE SIGNS?”
Anyway, all of our McRib-related focus today has made me think about foods I enjoy that other people might not find to be quite as delicious. I’m not talking about, you know, STEAK, because just about any meat-eating person would tell you that steak = GOOOOD. I was thinking more along the lines of stuff you might find at a fast food restaurant.
For the longest time I couldn’t think of a thing, but then I remembered that every once in awhile – maybe once every two years – I HAVE TO HAVE some fried fish from Captain D’s. Or as we like to call it: The Cap’n.
And I guess that’s not really a strange preference, but it just feels sort of unusual to me because it’s not something I want all the time. I mean, I’m up for Popeye’s or Sonic pretty much whenever, but a two-piece meal from The Cap’n – well, that is a spesh-ul occasion.
I’m also a sucker for a Zensation Zalad (yes. I totally used the Zs.) from Zaxby’s. They’re uzually available in the zummertime.
Any unique fast food preferences with y’all? Feel free to share. After all, I’ll probably be awake and probably doing laundry until 3:30 or 4, so I’ll have all the time in the world to read about how you too love the McRib. Or how you like to stack an iced chocolate Krispy Kreme donut between two original glazed donuts so that you can make a little donut sandwich in the privacy of your home.
There’s no condemnation here, my friends. After all, I believe I just admitted to a fondness for The Cap’n.
Hope y’all have had a great Tuesday!
BURGER KING’S ITALIAN CHICKEN ohhh and my word for the price anymore I could go to a buffet but I don’t I order it (for a limited time only) and I always get a medium value meal, with the sandwich cut in half and a Dr. Pepper. If I really wanted to go back to high school days I would eat my fries with ranch because that was the IN THING back then but bluh give me ketchup these days LOL. xoxo melzie
ok this isnt a food but oh my gosh peppermint shake from steak n shake…im telling u its christmas in a cup!!!
Nothing beats a good Whataburger!!! But, I have learned, if you aren’t in Texas, you can’t get one of those…
Looove me some zaxby’s. And … about once every three months, during a certain time of the month, I go for curly fries and a milkshake from Arby’s. Yes…yes I do :)
Ummm. OK: I’ll admit it. Those crispy things at Long John SIlvers. They fall off the fried fish, chicken and what have you, and they are crispy goodness. You can even ask for some as a side order and it is free. Free=doesn’t count=no calories. I only do this about once a year: Drive through for a fizzy coke and (free) side order of crispies. Let the celebration begin!
It’s pretty well documented that we don’t do much fast food at my house. What with all the hippie, Birkenstock-wearing granola we’ve got going on. But…
My sister-in-law loves to tell a story on me. She walked up to me at Bible study one night and I was eating chicken planks from Long John Silver’s. She did a double-take and said, “Wait. Are you eating… FAST FOOD? IS THAT LONG JOHN SILVER’S???? YOU DON’T EVEN LIKE FISH!!!”
I swear, she yelled in all caps, just like that.
Anyway, she likes to tell it that I cut my eyes to the left and to the right and then I said, “Yes. Now shut up. And please don’t tell Andrew.”
In my defense, I was pregnant. (That’s not really shocking, I know.) But I don’t think I got over the shame and I haven’t eaten any chicken planks since. However, I do still crave those crunchy little fried… pellets of batter that were always in the bottom of the chicken box. Mmmmmm.
Holy cow. The comment just above me said the exact.same.thing.
Freaky.
KFC.
Every once in a while I just gotta have one of those darn Chicken/Corn/Gravy/Mashed Potato Bowls from KFC.
I regret it everytime.
Ugh.
A BIG OLE Whataburger! We ate them ALL the time in high school when they would let us loose for lunch (Imagine that) .. @ Christmas, I guess I will just have to GIVE IN!! WHohoo!
Sometimes I wake up at night thinking about junior bacon cheeseburgers from Wendy’s … and then I wake up every ohhhhhh 30 seconds until 10:30am the next day when Wendy’s opens so that I can fulfill my junior bacon cheeseburger square patty craving.
@k&c’s mom OH MY WORD! Those crispies at the bottom of the Long John Silver’s box have a NAME?!!! I think I may have just died and gone to fast food calorie free heaven!!!!
I look forward to McD’s shamrock shake all year. Yum!
First of all I love naps. And I love me some Zaxby’s and since I just moved to small town that lacks such a place, your mentioning it made me feel a little sad.
But tonight over dinner, I was telling my sister about how when my hubby and I were dating, we used to go to Whataburger (ewwww) really late at night when we’d get off work (we both waited tables in college and would get off work sometimes around 12 or 1am). I would always order buttered biscuits with grape jelly and he would order a sausage biscuit sandwich….with grape jelly. She thought that was weird. I thought it was adorable.
Yesterday, after my “yearly-visit-to-the-doctor-of-my-vagina” I went to Chick-Fil-A and got a small dream cup with no topping and a large order of waffle fries… after adding 2 packs of salt I was happy! I love to dip extra salty waffle fries in that glorios vanialla ice cream… YUMMY! Of course I also ordered a COKE.. straight up… nothing diet for me.. hahaha
French fries and a chocolate milkshake to dip them in. My husband thought I was joking about this (why?!?) for the entire first year of our marriage. He even saw me eating it and thought I was just taking my joke “too far” LOL. Mmmmm…but I love it!
OK, so Amanda is my soul-mate!:)
Call me!
Every now and then I get a hankering for a Burger King original chicken sandwich.
OR
Arby’s curly fries with horsey sauce.
Jack in the Box Taco…what can seem totally disgusting 364 days in a row, somehow drags me to it drooling one day. Taco Bell Nachos Bell Grande…and boy do I pay the next day.
I eat the Cap’n once a year, and for some reason once we went INTO the restaurant instead of cruising the drive-thru (I think my niece had a dance competition across the street and we had a break) – and know what? THERE IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE MENU INSIDE. Stick that in your deep fryer until it’s golden brown!
I have a few…
I absolutely LOVE captain d’s fried okra. omg it’s delicious. and a vegetable, so totally healthy, right?
Jack in the Box eggrolls. Like I’ll order a cheeseburger and 3 eggrolls instead of fries.
also, a wendy’s frostee is not complete unless you have fries to dip in it.
Firstly. I loooooooooooooooove yooooooooouuuuuuu!
Secondly. Was it necessary for y’all to mention THE FRIED FISH? I live in granola land myself so I haven’t seen a Captain D’s or a Long John Silvers in about two years. I do think I have a preference for Long John Silvers though — I think it’s the dirt on the floors that wins me over every time. Oh, and the grease and salt.
Yeah, I crave Taco Bell. Which makes me immediately crave an Immodium.
My obsession with Wendy’s fries dipped in a chocolate frosty began when I was a just a little girl…love it!
Funny enough, my husband HATES fastfood but my kids and I are fastfood addicts! I guess that’s really not funny but whatever.
Mozz sticks at Sonic dipped in Ranch. Tostadas at Taco Bell with a side of nacho cheese drizzled on top. The Big Mac. Popeye’s chicken and dirty rice. KFC chicken tenders on a biscuit slathered with coleslaw. We even love McDonald’s original chicken nuggets which everyone knows are just skin, beaks and “parts”. LOL Dipped in that viscous honey mustard…delish!
When I was a little girl I got stuck on Jack in the Box Taco’s for YEARS.
Don’t even get me started on the seasonal delicacies that you have to partake of because they will soon be gone…the Shamrock Shake, The Chocolate covered cherry shake, the peppermint blizzard.
While we are on the subject of drinks…does anyone continue to go to restaurants they think are just “okay” because they have the best fizzy Diet Dr. Pepper ever? Me and my bestie do that all the time. A good soda will cover a multitude of food related sins.
Oh and I find the McRib fascinating. That someone took the time and realized the importance of forming the little rib part into looking like actual ribs! It’s really creative food genius. Because as we well know, fake formed bones fool EVERYONE into thinking the thing is real ribs! LOL
Girl. Nothing completes me like fake pulled pork from an ice cream joint. Once every 2 years or so, and only on road trips, will nothing else do but a BBQ sandwich from the Dairy Queen. Couple it with an Oreo/M&M Blizzard, and in about 31 minutes, you will see all 3,500 calories of delicious saucy goodness passed out in the passenger’s seat. It’s better than Thanksgiving.
Yes, once a year, almost on the nose…around November/December…I get a craving for Long John Silver’s fish. But my main reason for going is so that I can eat the “krispies”. That is my official name for the delicacy that is also known as fried batter. I sometimes can be known to ask if they will give me extra. And then I steal from my husband and child as well. I had an old uncle who ate there once a week. He lived until his 90s so I figure, why not me?
It used to be the bean burrito from taco bell. Yum. Now, when I to eat one, I always regret it … which seems to be a common theme in other comments? Possibly our tummys aren’t as forgiving as they once were? :)
Go Kris!!! Love the video, have not seen that…thanks for sharing.
BTW, I saw your name listed on PW’s links she has joined….congrats girl…….awesome!
Hmm the Zensation salad from Zaxby’s is one of my all time favorite salads from a fast food place. Other than that I do love the drinks from Sonic; those little pieces of ice bring me joy. Other than that I’m not picky – french fries from McDonald’s, burgers from Wendy’s – tacos from Taco Bell. I’ll like to keep my options open. But if I had to pick one I think Chick-Fil-A might win hands down.
I love how everyone is saying, “once a year” or “once every two years” I go to blah blah fast food.
Let’s not kid ourselves, k? Ya’ll know you go once a month.
I too love (big heart love) the ‘krispies’ at LJS – and am tickled to know that other people call them ‘krispies’. Also, the poster that admitted that one of their cravings made them crave immodium made me snort with laughter – it doesn’t get more ‘real’ than that!
I have a serious weakness for the #6 Meal(Spicy Chicken Sandwich) from Wendy’s. With a Frosty, of course. And I do enjoy the onion rings at Burger King, since I don’t so much love onion as much as I love onion-flavored fried breading.
Gotta go with a chicken biscuit and/or sandwich from Chick Fil A here. If you get there at the right time of day, you can get you a biscuit and then eat it while you stand in line a second time waitin’ to get you a sandwich. No, I have never ever done that. Ever. At all. Especially not while pregnant!
I also love the Chicken Planks (and those accompanying “crunchies”) from Long John Silvers. And my whole family is addicted to Culver’s Butter Burgers and OH MY GRANNY their fried cheese curds, too.
Everybody talks about WENDY’S chili, but the world is missing out- Burger King chili is far and away the best $1.19 you can spend at a fast food establishment. Sadly, BK chili has spent its life standing in the Whopper shadow and most people don’t even know it exists.
I was totally thrilled when my small town opened a TACO BELL.
I love everything there. I love their tacos and bean burritos!
I am a sucker for one of those big soft pretzels from Wetzel’s Pretzels, and a big Wendy’s chocolate frosty to go with it. I like to tear the pretzel apart and dip it in the frosty. If I can’t get my hands on a pretzels – and large, hot, salty order of fries will do! :)
The Cap’n is awesome! And nowhere near my abode in AZ! Oh, the tragedy!
What I wouldn’t give for an Arch Burger from McDonald’s. They haven’t had them for about 10 years, but they were delicious!
Okay, you brought a small tear to my eye just now when I read about your love for Captain D’s. There used to be one in my town back when it was, ya know, small. But apparently, all the newbies prefer to get their fish from those big fancy seafood restaurants now like Long John Silvers. Anyway, my point is, I would give a finger or even a toe right now to have some of Captain D’s cheesecake. Please tell me you’ve experienced this goodness. And please, grab a slice for me next time you visit The Cap’n.
On a very, very rare occasion (perhaps two or three times a year) I will allow myself to hit Sonic for a chilli-cheese foot-long coney accompanied with chilli-cheese tots (all with onions, of course).
Let me explain (for those of you who don’t get it) why this is only done two or three times a year: the actual calorie count for this meal is what a healthy horse probably eats in a week and coupled with all that acid-y goodness, you can imagine the case of indigestion one would get in return for her consumption of such a naughty meal. (Unless of course that said person is a seventeen-year-old male, who I have determined can eat anything, anytime, anywhere and never have any repercussions.)
I just read your Captain D’s craving to my sister and she died laughing! We are exactly the same way. I also have to have tons of tartar sauce, so by the time I’ve inhaled the entire box, I feel like I need an angioplasty. I also get a hankering for the square fish filet at Mickey D’s once every 6 months or so. This is really a crying shame because we live a little over an hour from the Gulf and endless fresh seafood!
I’m with Mathew. Who are you saints who only eat fast food once a year??
I, for one, love Taco Bell. Shhh. Don’t tell my coworkers. Is there a fast-food joint with a more “guilty pleasure that I only eat in secret” reputation? For years, I loved their bowls (Border Bowls, maybe??) – either the beef or the chicken. Now, I prefer a marginally-more-acceptable beef chalupa supreme. Annnd, a burrito. Because I like to eat! But I eat secretly, when it’s Taco Bell I’m savoring.
Hey thanks for posting the video. I had seen a couple of weeks ago that that other guy has a single out and I started wondering, Where’s Chris’ album? I mean, he did WIN the competition…anyway, I like it, too. Good sound, good message.
I would have to say that one of the things I’m addicted to right now is the Pecan Chicken Salad Sandwich from Arbys. Soooooo good!!! :)
These comments have made me laugh and clap my hands. And thanks to Karen Miller, I’m now iordinately curious about BK’s chili.
Even typing that feels wrong.
Also, it occurs to me that the lure of the sweet and salty is powerful – and it causes us to do things we probably never dreamed we’d do. Like dipping our pretzels in ice cream. Or our fries in Frosties. Or putting slaw on top of our chicken tenders on top of a biscuit. :-)
Right now I’m totally groovin’ on “chicken pad thai, medium spice, please” from Thai Express.
They give a HUGE portion. Much bigger than anything I have the right to polish off. But I always do. Because you just can’t stop eating this stuff!
mmmm, how long till lunch time . . .
3 things:
1. I LOVE SLEEP!!!!
2. You’re a much better woman than I am because the only time I got a Zalad, I was disappointed and hungry when I finished. I thought it was good, but something about watching my husband eat chicken tenders and french fries while I ate a salad just kinda made me jealous!
Incidentally I don’t really love salad (Yes, I am a girl!), but my husband does, & I used to get mad at him for ordering a caesar salad at McAlister’s because I wanted a Bacon Spud and the server would alway look at me funny when they brought our food and assumed incorrectly… So embarassing!
3. I forgot to tell you that i got the fabulous job (the interview for which I was uber-prepared because of your fabulous Sheer Blonde Volumizing Spray advice!)- Thanks again!
The crunchies from Long John Silver’s (and I swear, your tongue is stuck to the roof of your mouth the next morning from ALL THE SALT), and one of God’s finest creations, McDonald’s fries. They really are just so very, very good.
McDonald’s Caramel Sundae. It can cure a bad day – it’s that good.
I actually mortified my husband two weeks ago by sending my sundae back through the drivethru window to ask them to put more caramel on it. (In my defense, that puddle of sauce was pitiful)
OMIGOSH OMIGOSH!!! Do you think the McRib will make its way to WI??? I haven’t had one in years – it’s just been absent for years up here. Might need to run out at lunch and see if I can see it. MCRIB. LOVE me a mcrib.
Husband used to work at McD’s in high school, and he said the McRib requires different equipment so it’s kind of a pain. Maybe that’s why it tastes so good.
I LOVE McRIB!!!! I hope it is coming back to Virginia as well!!!!
Firstly-thanks for the Kris Allen link…love it!
Second-McRib=ewwww. Apologies to any McRib lovers but seriously? faux ribs?
Wendys Frosty…yum.
I am a fast food fiend. When the boyfriend and I first started dating, I think that it freaked him out a little bit when he realized that for any fast food establishment that he might name, I could immediately give him my favorite order. The boy feels guilty if we eat the fast food too often. I, unfortunately, do not. I grew up in Texas in a relatively small town, one which had two Taco Bells, three Chick-fil-As, two Sonics (a third has since gone up since I moved), and two Whataburgers. I up and move cross-country to Boston, only to be left with… nothing. No Whataburger, no Chick-fil-A, no Jack in the Box, no Sonic within a 100 mile radius (believe me y’all– I’ve checked). I’ll wait while you observe a brief moment of silence for the loss of the fast food establishments.
In memory, I love…
a Chick-fil-A #1 with a large fry and Polynesian sauce to dip them in.
an order of Sonic Popcorn Chicken dipped in ranch, with a side of Ched’r Peppers and a Route 44 Diet Strawberry Limeaid.
a Jack in the Box Spicy Chicken with Cheese sandwich, curly fries, and a Monster Taco
… and the Mexican food. I don’t know if that counts but there’s not a speck of decent Mexican food until I cross the border back home.
And I apologize for the length of this. I believe that I just became homesick for fast food… it’s a sickness, I tell you.
I’m not ashamed to say it, I plan my vacations to the greater parts of the country around Chik-fil-A. We do not have any within driving distance in Seattle. My favorite Chik-fil-A item? It’s a toss up between the waffle fries, sweet tea, chicken sandwich and spicy chicken wrap. I realize this is not odd, but I have considered booking a trip to Dallas when flights are cheap just so I could have a delicious lunch.
Also, I really enjoy mixing barbeque sauce and sweet and sour sauce from McDonalds for my chicken nuggets. It’s delicious.
Oh and when I worked at McDonald’s in high school, I would have a 20 piece box of chicken nuggets and wrap each one in a piece of cheese. So delicious, but not very economical when you have to pay for the nuggets and cheese.
Oh, you know I LOVE that I am forever linked to the McRib in David’s mind! Hope you got my text noting that I’ve already indulged in this season’s McRib frenzy (and in your hometown, no less). :)
Speaking of McDonalds … http://tinyurl.com/ybax7nc
definitely has to be a Milo’s burger and fries– it’s a local fast food joint in the Birmingham, AL area and the burger is TO DIE FOR– lots of onions, which I adore, and their “special sauce”– I always ask for more and dip the seasoned salt fries in it!!!!
ANNNDDDDD
Zaxby’s fries dipped in ONLY their Zax sauce!!!!!
Now I’m hungry. #*%&#@(#*%&
Chipolte. That’s my craving. And restaurants we don’t have in Missouri: In-N-Out Burger and El Pollo Loco. Sigh….
On the Travel Channel I saw some ballpark that makes a burger with a grilled Krispy Kreme donut as the bun. I was kind of disgusted when they first talked about it then I saw them make it and thought I would like to try that little special treat!
McDonald’s McChicken is the fast food I’m most likely to crave — and the one I feel like I need to eat in the dark, lest I betray everything else I stand for in the way of real food and healthy eating.
The fact that it’s on the $1 menu doesn’t help me resist.
You people and your Long John Silvers Crunchies crack me up. For my whole life, we’ve always ordered a side order of those crunchies. And then I grew up and realized why I like them so well. It messed with my enjoyment a little. So yes, for me LJS is a fix sometimes. Also a barbeque sandwich from Dairy Queen (so crazy expensive) and a shake.
I need a dose of the Cap’n occassionally!!!! I grew up eating at one most Sundays after church…along with the rest of the church! My friends and I would drive through in HS and order just the crispies and sweet tea for an afternoon snack. We were healthy like that! Now, the closest one is 30 minutes from here…but by golly, I may NEED it for lunch today. Thanks.
Sonic’s chili, fritos on a tortilla calls to me every so often and I always order a side of ranch to dip with. I know…yuck but no people you dont know the goodness!
Taco bell meximelts! It’s like a beef soft taco with none of that annoying cold lettuce. Yummy beef and melted cheese and onions. I don’t know anyone else who orders them, which is a travesty really
Sonic is my weakness!
Strawberry Limeade and a #2 Mustard burger!
YUMMY!
A hamburger, fries and strawberry milkshake from McDonald’s. Oh, and the onion rings from Burger King. I taste them for 3 days, but they are worth it!!!
Nothing like an afternoon nap to get you in a good frame of mind!
The McRib was always a mystery to me. The fact that it does not actually have any ribs in it is, I guess, a good thing, but it has the whole ribby shape thing going which I always thought was very misleading. So given that it’s just a formed and pressed pork product, where or from whom does McDonalds procure the mysterious McRib? Every few years do they jsut go back to the Hormel or Dubuque folks and order up a ton of them? Like most fast food, it’s probably a topic that shouldn’t have too much thought expended on it, but I’ve always wondered.
For me it’s always a good french fry. There are plenty of great sandwiches out there being thrown into paper bags alongside sub-par french fries. McDonalds, Chick-Fil-A and In-n-Out have the deep fried potato down cold! And I’ll consume them pretty much whenever!
I have always had an aversion to fast food fish, just can’t do it. It just seems a little not right to me.
But, I do love me some Arby’s curly fries and ooooh Sonic peppers with ranch. Good gracious my arteries are clogging just talking about it. Did you know Burger King also has Icee’s, yes maam, drive-thru, don’t have to make it yourself in a convenience store. I am all about that.
I remember when we could go to Taco Bell after football games in high school and eat a ton of food for around $3, not anymore. But, Tracy T., I do love their Meximelts.
Wishing for a 2 hour, or even 30 minute, nap. The Park Wife
I do NOT usually admit this publicly but I sometimes just HAVE to have a spicy chicken crunch wrap supreme from Taco Bell. But then they had to go and STOP making spicy chicken so it is NOT good anymore. I’m sure my thighs will thank me for not darkening the doors of Taco Bell anymore.
I’m a lover of the bo-berry biscuit and I think I remember you being a fan too? Or maybe I’m all confused. :)
I hate onions, but every once in a while I crave Burger King onion rings. I pull the onions out and eat the batter dipped in ketchup.
Love this post!! Love your Blog! I have to be careful not to read anything you write while drinking, eating or faking working on the computer! The laughter and snorting gives me away!! LOL! Ok, we moved to somewhere akin to Hell (ok, a NORTHERN state) from the great state of Tennessee (bowing my head to cry a little). They only recently opened up a Sonic about 56.8 minutes away from here. Fortunately, we have a hockey playing son who played in the lucky city to have a Sonic and let me tell you, IT WAS HEAVEN! Breaded Chicken Samwich, Onion RIngs a large Coke and later on, after the game, a Route 44 Strawberry Slushie!! Oh be still my heart!!! We go back Dec. 5 – I’m saving up!!! We’re moving back to the Sonic goodness and the Great State of Tennessee next summer, but until then I will have to drive to get the goods. But, it’s worth it!!!
Great post. I’m not a huge fast food fan but I do have a few favorites. I think I would die without Chick-fil-A. I think that their chicken is a divine gift from God and it would be wrong not to eat it. So I have it at least once a week. It’s sooo good! Also a fan of their waffle fries and peach milkshakes. That’s heaven on Earth right there.
I’m a huge Kris fan and I loved that video. So good! Thought I would tell you that you can go online and preview his entire new album now. I’ve been listening to it for three days now and I can’t seem to stop because it’s that good. I can’t wait to buy it next Tuesday so I can listen in my car. If you get a chance go here and listen. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/#/1
Oh my goodness these comments make me laugh! you all are too funny. I am conflicted—am I so sad that I have almost none of the aforementioned fast food joints up here in Alaska, or am I so very glad that I don’t have that added temptation? I will admit to an occasional Costco Polish w/kraut and mustard and onions and diet Coke. My dog gets one too, plain. She eats the bun first. and we both suffer till the next day. I had fried Okra from Church’s chicken for lunch today. that was nummy. now I need a nap.
Ok. I love Jack in the Box tacos like no other. Every few months I go grab 2 or 4 and eat them hunkered down in the privacy of my own car.
The other thing I crave at times, and is a MUST have when we visit my mom in Tennessee is Crystal’s. Greasy slider mini hamburger deliciousness. Mmmm….
Not a fast food item, but my normal weird thing I like is a good piece of cornbread (made in a well seasoned iron skill, no less) broken up into a big, cold glass of buttermilk. Makes those tweaky things happen at the back of my jaw just thinkin’ about it!
I have discovered McD’s iced mochas. Oh my goodness! I get mine with whole milk but leave off the whipped cream because I am sure that makes it so much healthier. It is my rationalization and I am sticking with it.
oooh, the broccoli and cheese baked potato from Wendy’s, and the Buffalo Blue Salad from Zaxby’s, and the cookies-n-cream milkshake from ChickfilA, and OHMYYES the tarragon chicken sandwich from Starbucks.
Maybe not all on the same day, but DEFINITELY in the same week.
Easy.
I’m feeling led to confess that I have NEVER, NO NEVER been to Long John Silver’s. After the grand kudos, I think I should try it…but it feels like lots of pressure…kind of like the PSL.
In the meantime, I will stand by the jalapeno poppers and mozzarella sticks from Sonic. Because they have stood by me. Especially when I polish them off with a mudslide blizzard from DQ.
I do love a Quarter Pounder with Cheese. Which is strange because I loathe mustard, pickles, and ketchup on a hamburger at any other time. But on a QPwC? Love it. Also must have the fries. Because you just can’t beat McDonald’s fries.
My complete rare and random thing though, is fries and a Frosty from Wendy’s. The fries aren’t as good, but eating them with the chocolate perfection that is the Frosty makes up for it.
I work nights in the ER and used to stop by Sonic every morning for breakfast…a BLT and fries. But for the sake of my waist and cholesterol count, I gave Sonic up for Lent and I have been back since 2/28 of this year. However, I would kill for a corndog right now!!! Jesus, take the wheel!
I cannot believe all of the Long John Silver and Captain fans out there?!?!?!?
It may force me to give it a chance!
Personally, I love the crispy fried chicken skin mixed in with a bite of cole slaw from KFC. And who doesn’t love some salty fries dipped in a chocolate shake?!
Girlfriend. The Capn and I have a long standing love affair in which I could make a meal out of his slaw and hushpuppies, and his fries are out of this world. Next in line is Jack’s fries. Then a Mexican Pizza from the Bell of Taco. Then a footlong chili-cheese dog with cheese tater-tots and a Route 44 Diet cherry limeade from Sonic. I guess I’m a fast food junkie. OR, I guess this doesn’t qualify as fast food but chicken-on-a-stick from Dudy Noble would top all that off nicely! Now I understand why I’m fat.
Napping in the middle of the day is a guilty pleasure that was most enjoyed when pregnant with the first child. After that things were never the same! Other guilty pleasures … yes meximelts, especially with a mt. dew and a caramel apple empanada! The McRib is pretty good but how about a filet ‘o’ fish with extra tartar sauce? Or a potato cake with a jamocha shake from Arby’s? YUM…
I eat a lot of Taco Bell… at least two or three times per month. If I’m going to grab lunch on the run, there’s a pretty good chance it will be Taco Bell. Their Mountain Dew tastes better than anyone else’s- can’t explain that one. But between that and the spicy cheesy goodness, I am a happy camper.
But actual cravings? Once in a while… seriously, maybe twice a year… I’ve gotta have White Castle. And not the original ones– has to be the ones with the jalapeno cheese.
And now I’m hungry.
Oh! I rambled about my own fast food confessions and totally forgot why I clicked through my reader to comment in the first place.
My beloved Grandma absolutely loved McRibs. She was like your friend, waited all year for the signs to appear. My Grandma died several years ago, but I think of her every time the McRib signs appear.
Those fully loaded nachos at Taco Bell are pretty darn good, y’all.
And I can’t believe no one has mentioned the loaded potato bites at Arby’s. Mmmm. Dip them in the ranch/sour cream/whatever it is sauce that they give you with them.
But hands down, Popeye’s spicy chicken and dirty rice wins for me. We get Popeye’s once a week, usually Sunday after church. :)
I’m a college student so I know some fast food LET ME TELL YOU.
ChickFilA- Number 5 8 count with a Sprite and LOTS of Ranch for both the fries and chicken. I also work at a local Old Navy and one of our prizes over the summer were free Chick Fil A Milkshakes. THANK YOU, GAP INC, THANK YOU.
McDonalds- I have to have some Cinnamelts once in blue moon. 2893 calories if not more but oh so worth it.
Sonic- There is a Sonic within walking distance from campus, and mmmm. Their cheese fries. Their butterfinger blast. MMMMM.
And not really fast food but at Chili’s I ALWAYS get chips & ranch. Sometimes it’s all I get (can you say BOTTOMLESS chips? yes, please). I’m a Ranchaholic, but even my not so “I’ll have a little _____ WITH MY RANCH” friends LOVE it. So good.
Since we live in Guam we have to live without Sonic, Chik-fila, Arby’s, and In-n-Out Burgers….but the good news is that in seven months I’ll no longer live in the land of endless summer-time weather and I’ll be back with endless choices in food.
I, too, have intense cravings sometimes for Long John Silver’s fish, but I have to wait until we go to the big city for that.
My other splurge, and my daughter really likes these, too, are those ‘cookie critters’ or in some places they are called ‘double doozies’ from those cookie places in the mall. They are two big, soft cookies-usually with M and M’s in them-with a mound of sickenly sweet frosting between them.
I gave up fast food quite some time ago because of some health issues.
Oh. Don’t think I don’t miss it! I do!
My fast food love was pretty basic: McDonalds or BK. But I loved the McD’s Filet O’ Fish, the BK Chicken Sandwhich. Basic, but lovely to me! : )
Hey Boo Mama – just thought I would say hello and tell you that yes, Kris Allen is dahling isn’t he? He is from mine and my husband’s hometown though we didn’t know him as he is about 20 years younger than us – LOL – but we LOVE him and was so happy he won Idol this year – he really deserved it. Glad to see he has another fan as well. :o) Thanks for posting the video,
I’ll have to agree with the zalad – zeriously zatisfying!
But another guilty treat would be the fries at Bojangles. Darn it I haven’t just had to ignore all Bojangles signs while driving or it’ll stir up a hankering sure enough. I could eat them for breakfast, for lunch for dinner and for a midnight snack – and my hiney is a testament to this truth.
Well…I have to admit that there was a time when I loved Wendy’s fries with a Frosty. However, that was before I left a half-empty Frosty cup out overnight and umm…discovered what a melted Frosty looks like. Or rather what a Frosty looks like after it DOESN’T melt but instead turns into some frothy, vile, disgusting substance unknown to human-kind. No more Frosty’s.
I do love an Arby’s roast beef sandwich with 2 Arby’s sauces and 1 Horsey sauce and a side of loaded potato bites with a huge Diet Pepsi. Yummmm!! Can’t have it often, though, because the kids always cry when I eat junk in front of them. LOL
I LOVE Wendy’s Grilled Chicken (the original) and I love their fries. I love McDonalds chicken nuggets with sweet and sour. I love quarter pounders at McD’s and their regular cheeseburgers are good too. I am not a big BK fan, and Taco Bell I am in love with their bean burritos. Arbys I love the French Dip toasted sub with no sauce, or the philly beef one, I loved homestyle fries but our Arbys got rid of them and they JUST opened a Sonic here. I never had that before last yearish. First one in MI I think. I like cherry limeade. mmmm. I love Boston Market if that counts. Turkey dinner. KFC love the mashed potatoes. So now? I am getting fast food for dinner. LOL. Yall made me starving!!!
Love Raisin’ Cane’s chicken fingers…the sauce is incredible! Also love the oreo milk shake from Chick-fil-a. Oh my! But, my main reason for the comment is to tell you how jealous I am of your nap. :)
OHMYGOSH I am so hoping the McRib is not some regional thing toying with my emotions. DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN SINCE I HAD A MCRIB? I was pregnant. My son is now 5 and some change. That is a crazy long time. Oh McRib How I Love Thee
McDonald’s Breakfast Burritos. I could eat them three meals a day and never get tired of them.
B’ham locals…I forgot…I had a new thing this past weekend that I fell in LOVE with. Y’all hurry down to Wing King on 31 in Alabaster. We were down that way and picked up some wings. (Very good wings!) They asked my son if he wanted fries and he said yes. Then they asked if we wanted the cajun ranch fries, said everyone likes them. He said OK. I had no idea what they were but OH MY!! We ate them right then and there with two forks, in the car, sitting in the parking lot. Run down there and get some!!
I just had a Big Mac Meal last night! It tasted of nothing but salt, but no complaints from me! Got me the OJ as a drink option so I was all healthy-like and had something to soak up the salt with! And looove Starbucks. I have a gingerbread latte daily when it’s in season.. mainly though my treats are chocolate bars (Reese’s peanut butter cups are the best), Ben & Jerry’s chocolate fudge brownie ice cream, popcorn with seasoning salt, and I would KILL for a Taco Bell nearby.. you guys makin me drool. I weaned myself off Krispy Kremes a while back because they are like $2.50 each in my country.