The McRib is Back

Ever since I saw the video "Deconstructing the McRib" on youtube, I've been on a quest to try one. That was 2013 or more probably 2014. I had never had one previously and for years failed to find one afterwards.

Throughout the years, I've at times monitored the McRib map and even found and ordered a McRib on GrubHub once - but they said they were out. I've also tried a few competing knockoff rib sandwiches.

But all that has changed today, there was an ad on DoorDash and the order succeeded. It's like Charlie Bucket finding the Golden Ticket up in here.

So the verdict: it tastes exactly as I expected. Like, I said, I've tried a few knockoffs and it turns out those were very close and so it was pretty much what I expected. It's good and I might get one again but for McDonald's, I prefer the cheeseburger.

Japanese and Korean Snacks: Prologue

 

My family recently gave me two boxes of foreign snacks as a gift. The box on the left is snacks from Japan and the box on the right are Korean. It's going to take a long time to get through it and I can think of nothing better to do than to review them on a blog.

I have someone lined up willing to help me translate and I'm going to try to review the food beyond my usual "it was good". It's probably all going to be too onerous, become a waste of time and ultimately fail so stay tuned!

Eat Prilosec

 

The Lost Version of Planes, Trains and Automobiles

 There really aren't many Thanksgiving movies. As a major holiday, it's really underrepresented in movies.

When I think of Thanksgiving in movies, the main one that comes to mind is "Avalon". This one doesn't really translate though because, even though Thanksgiving plays a major part in the movie, it's more of a July 4th movie.

The main one most people think of is "Planes, Trains and Automobiles". It's considered a classic. But it's interesting to learn that another, completely different movie could be made from the footage that John Hughes intended to be included.

Late Show - Kenny Sheehan

It wasn't long ago, I shared a Late Show piece where they got Kenny Sheehan on various other TV shows.

It seems Kenny recently passed away and Don Giller has posted a compilation of every Kenny Sheehan appearance. For the purposes of this blog post, I ask you to skip to 4:59 to watch "The Ballad of Kenny Sheehan".

So Kenny gave the brick to Pat Farmer

Kenny transported the brick to Pat Farmer

He raised the brick from the ground and handed it to Pat Farmer

Kenny passed the brick to Pat Farmer

Kenny transferred the brick to Pat Farmer

Kenny Sheehan conveyed the brick to Pat Farmer

Nobody ever forgot the day that Kenny gave the brick to Pat Farmer

Kenny passed the brick to Pat Farmer

Adam Ragusea - What is Wagyu Beef?

  

I've had Wagyu A5 beef and I've given it away as a gift to others. I mention this because this affects my ability to get honest feedback - people want to be polite about gifts no matter what. So my data is not objective but my sense is that perhaps they didn't enjoy it as much as the hype train should suggest. As the video points out, we Americans ate it as a steak and it's so fatty that this is perhaps too much of a good thing. One person echoed what the video says in the way he started to feel too full and a little sick. 

As for me, I really liked it. I describe it as beef bacon. I was really hungry at the time and ate a full steak with no problem. But it was such an unusual experience, I don't know how to compare it to other steaks. I mean, it was definitely the best steak I've ever had but, again due to the fattiness, I wonder if other steaks would win in the long run.

A future test of this possibility will be to try Wagyu A4 next. A5 is the most expensive, most marbled and A4 is one step below that.