The Universal Principles of Cat Pukery

1. Cats instinctively (spitefully) seek out a puke zone with the following characteristics:
a) the puke zone must contain multiple objects
b) objects within the puke zone must be oddly shaped with multiple surfaces, holes, nooks and or crannies (e.g. [...]

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So you’ve survived the apocalypse…

Now what? Lets say that you are the last person on earth (that you know of) and somehow you’ve managed to survive the nuclear fallout, the plague, the advancing glaciers, the floods, the carnivorous plants, the asteroid impact, etc. etc. Life as you know it is now one big camping trip. So [...]

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The Lord speaks: on fry news, talking pictures, and literature

Not much going on these days out there in the fry world….unless you count all that crap about trans fats and acrylamide…which is all very boring in my opinion. French fries are bad for you…okay, WE GET IT. Consider this dead horse officially beat.
Not to worry, soon all this transfat stuff [...]

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Fries fit for a King…or at least a Lord

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 [...]

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If it ain’t broken…

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 [...]

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Under the Heat Lamp – Reviews From Abroad

Fries reviewer: Cuzzy @ the local Wendy’s in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Temperature: Right out of the oven hot! This is key to pure enjoyment
Crispy-ness: Perfect, very little crusties at the bottom
Colour: Golden brown just like they should be
Taste: Mouth watering potato flavour. Always key in something claiming to be potato.
Enjoyed with: Four small cups of [...]

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Under the Heat Lamp

My pick for Best Fast Food Fry:

As frozen fast food fries go, you really can’t beat the Wendy’s fry. Relatively big and thick and full of (I think) actual potato these fries beat all those other “*sell out” fries hands down. I also like the powdery salt they use on these [...]

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