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No. I live in Brooklyn. There'd be empty PBR cans all over the place.

Buzz, don't be a moron.

Hey all, thanks for the comments! I'm glad everyone has been so positive thus far. This was a fun one to do!

@Erin_in_AR: I'd love to hear some of your suggestions.

Maggie is right. I could go for another slice of their cheesecake right now, actually.

o, putaing, le pastagas! faut pas le noyer!

ARGH! First Gmail Motion and now this! Fooled twice and its not even 9AM. I need some coffee...

Hey all,

Thanks for the comments!

@Doug/NY: Thanks for catching that!

@jfitz: I'm far from being a "lefty." I also do think that Chick-fil-a has made their political views known in a number of ways. I referenced their politics mainly because I once saw a Gawker post where the author said "Chick-fil-a's sandwiches are almost as bad as their politics". The commenters almost unanimously retorted "say what you want about their beliefs, the chicken is darned good."

In general, I was really surprised by Popeye's and KFC. I fully expected Chick-fil-a to win the day hands-down, but Popeye's and KFC really surprised me. I almost felt like they should be in a third category (chicken tender subs) instead of chicken sandwiches, with Chick-fil-a being the winner of the sandwich category.

@MelMoitzen: Wow, good catch! I thought I saw the Big 'n Tasty on the menu, but that may have been a few months ago.

@kariface: Good call! Maybe I'll do the Arch Deluxe in a future post.

@osomatic: The Arch Deluxe was a "burger for adults" that had bacon, lettuce, tomato, fancy ketchup, special mustard, mayo, and a potato-flour bun. At the time, McDonald's spent around $100 million on the ad campaign, and it ended up not working out.

Hey all, thanks for the comments! I'm glad you liked the post.

I'm sorry to have unleashed a discussion about the Atkins diet. I'm actually following the "Slow Carb" diet from Tim Ferriss's new book "The 4-Hour Body." As a former college athlete, coaches always said that the Atkins depletes your glycogen, and that you suffer from exhaustion after two weeks of it, so I never followed it. However, I'm much less active than I used to be, so I thought I'd give it a try.

The "Slow Carb" diet is strange in that it doesn't allow any "white carbs" and specifically disallows fruit. But, the "Slow Carb" diet allows for a cheat day, where you can eat all the fruit, yogurt, bread, etc. that you want. I don't really eat a lot of fruit to begin with, and way too many Donuts, Oreos, Pieces of Fried Chicken, Cheesesteaks, and Cupcakes. Frankly, I'm the fast food columnist. A month with no bread, and fast food tastings (not scarfing the whole darned burger) only on cheat days will probably be good for me.

Here's a quick snapshot of what I've been eating:
Lentils, Black Beans, Eggs, Turkey Bacon, Chicken Breasts, Kale Chips, Chickpea Stew, Eggplant Stew, Steak or Chicken Salads, Daily Multivitamin, Fresh Cut Red and Green Peppers

And a snapshot of things I normally eat that I haven't been eating:
Donuts, Rice, Nutella on Toast, Oreo's, Chick-fil-a, Cheesesteaks, Anything from Subway, Chocolate from the SEHQ, 2 Sugars in my coffee, Endless amounts of bread

I’ve you’re really interested, I’ll keep you updated of my progress.

@toad3000: Good catch. And they definitely promote it as iceberg lettuce on the website.

@Tacos de Ojos: The Senator might have to disagree. One year ago, I would have agreed. But, in the last year, The Whiplash Whopper, the Stuffed Steakhouse, and the Chick-fil-a Spicy Chicken have all shown me that fast food can be spicy.

Thanks for the comments all!

@sunyata: Great description. The eggs were really good, and just like you said, not gross like fast food egg patties can be.

@jakethemate: I don't remember those. Thanks for letting me know!

It's the pita pocket, George, the pita pocket!

@ Will Gordon and engmcmuffin: They're larger than a munchkin, and IMHO a little large for a one-bite. Close to two munchkins, and more football shaped. Larger mouth folks might be able to accomplish it.
@ jbuofm: I also dip sausage in syrup.
@ toad3000: They are more filling than they look.