Posted in places to eat, reviews on December 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Noriko checks in from glorious Newfoundland to gush over the Hot Shoppe fries…
Hello Fry Fans, Noriko here, reporting from the Rock.. With the Christmas season coming up, I’d like to try to give a little christmas cheer from east island yonder of the treasure trove I stumbled onto as I hungrily foraged for food after [...]
Posted in cooking fries, education on December 19, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Seems that many people end up on my blog via searches for “the perfect french fry” and such. I stumbled across this webpage which has mucho mucho information in this regard from a British perspective.
To make enough chips to serve 4, peel and cut 675 g potatoes and cut [...]
Posted in funny shit, kung fu, movies on December 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
9 Deaths of the Ninja (1985) Trailer
…the motion picture that is 9 times more exciting, more explosive, and more destructive than any ninja adventure before…
Posted in places to eat, rants, reviews on December 17, 2006 | 3 Comments »
So the Lord and Lady were out shopping in Cambridge on Saturday and we decided to try out the poutine at Harvest.
I blogged about these a while back and I am very glad we decided to finally try them out. Quite simply put, these may be the classiest fries you’ll ever have. Harvest [...]
Posted in funny shit, history, morons, news, products, rants on December 15, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Heinz and the rediculous “Funky Fries” fiasco.
This is a classic example of a company trying to improve upon something that is more than good enough as it is.
Back in 2002 Heinz decides to shake things up by introducing a new line of french fries.
Fools.
From CNN Money:
Beginning in May, H.J. Heinz Co. will ship a new [...]
Posted in places to eat, reviews on December 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Another hard hitting exposé from veteran fry reviewer Cuzzy.
Rogues Roost
located at 5435 Spring Garden Rd in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
French Fries $2.95, With Gravy $3.95
A generous basket full of our lightly seasoned, golden beefeater fries
I have to say that the fries at this place made up for everything it was lacking. I am not saying it [...]
Posted in Fry Kingdom, health on December 13, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Seems that my shameless attempt to get hits (ie Fry Babe of the Week) has resulted in one raised eyebrow…
From, oddly enough, an SVB Financial Group Newsletter:
Earlier this year, when German supermodel Heidi Klum began a search for Germany’s next top model, people were outraged that models with BMIs below 17 were rejected [...]
Posted in funny shit, kung fu, movies, nothing to do with fries on December 12, 2006 | 1 Comment »
It just doesn’t get much better than this.
So grab your fries, sit back, enjoy.
Fight Scene from ‘The Impossible Kid‘ starring Weng Weng
Posted in Science & Technology, education, fun facts on December 11, 2006 | 3 Comments »
…and yes, this material will be on the midterm.
From UC Davis Magazine:
Metamorphosis
The most important factor that distinguishes a potato from a french fry is its layers. A raw potato is 100 percent “core,” with no crunchy crust to please the palate. A potato chip, on the other hand, is 100 percent crust, crisp all [...]
Posted in animals, nature on December 9, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I see this picture and I think…ominous. If this wasn’t such a common occurrence I’d suggest this might be one of the seven signs of the apocalypse. If seagulls stole your fries wouldn’t you think it was the end of the world? Could these be the seven seagulls of the apocalypse? [...]
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