Fancy Fast Food

Long John "Ceviche"

by Erik R. Trinidad, Posted Mar 24th 2010 @ 2:00PM

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Avast, me hearties! Aye, there be no fast-food chain that makes ye want to talk like a pirate more than Long John Silver's -- even if ye be walkin' de plank. However, we are going to class up their pirate-themed fried-seafood fare, and style a fancy ceviche dish that will appease the eyes of any landlubber.

Find the recipe for Long John "Ceviche" after the jump...

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Fancy Fast Food BK Christmas Ham

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by Erik R. Trinidad, Posted Dec 22nd 2009 @ 11:00AM

fancy fast food christmas ham Photo: Erik R. Trinidad

'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring ... except for the Fancy Fast Food Chef, stirring apple filling and honey mustard in a saucepan for a traditional Christmas dish!

We are talking about the traditional holiday ham, the centerpiece at many a Christmas dinner, which is unfortunately an item that fast-food restaurants don't sell (the whole ham anyway), so we'll have to get creative -- as usual.

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Bubbe Wendy's Hanukkah Latkes

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by Erik R. Trinidad, Posted Dec 10th 2009 @ 11:30AM

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Hey everybody, it's Hanukkah! It's Chanukah! No matter how you spell it, it's time for the Jewish festival of lights -- eight crazy nights of dreidels gone wild, a time when latkes are as abundant as old yentas around a mah-jongg table.

But you don't need to be Jewish to partake in Hanukkah traditions, particularly the gastronomic treat of latkes (or lattkes). No matter how you spell it, latke is Yiddish for fried pancakes, typically of the potato variety.

These oily treats are oddly similar to McDonald's hash browns. But, Bubbe Wendy has guilted us into using her Fancy Fast Food recipe ("If you just want to use McDonald's hash browns, then I guess that's fine by me..."), so here goes. Oy. ...

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