Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Three things to like about Hardee’s…

…even if you’re a vegetarian.

1. They give away Slankets. Not a cheap ol’ Snuggie. A genuine Slanket. They have good taste in blankets with sleeves. And now I have one. Well, Mr. Eats has one so now I don’t have to share my pink Slanket with him any more. He has his own. And he loves it.

2. They don’t have items on the menu specifically for vegetarians, but at least they have the decency to acknowledge we exist. Though their website doesn’t really tell us anything we didn’t already know (as in, “order a burger, no meat”). Their most recent product introduction was actually born of trying to make the ultimate grilled cheese. Had they asked, I would have told them the ultimate grilled cheese is just cheese and tomato--no burger or bacon. But I suppose they realized that their customer base just wasn’t much interested in a sandwich that didn’t have one or two dead critter bits on it.

3. Curly fries. Should I ever have the misfortune of choosing a last meal, I can assure you that curly fries will be on the menu along with truffled macaroni and cheese and a good egg pasta and a lump of fried goat cheese and a few slices of home-grown heirloom tomatoes and…well, the list is long. Point is, I love curly fries. And Hardee's has excellent curly fries.

Thanks for the Slanket Hardee's! (And thanks to Nicki from Bites for delivering the Slanket!)

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