News-Record.com

Having finally completely digested the Baconator which was my inaugural Fast Food Friday adventure, I found myself ready, at the end of a long week, to toss my heart, liver and colon back onto the craps table that is fast food dining and let it ride.

Come on -- baby needs a new pair of kidneys!

Wanna blow on these for luck?

Next up in my gastronomically masochistic fast food Rogues Gallery: the new Hawaiian Chicken Sandwich from Hardees (or Carl's Jr., depending on region).

Well, I've had my colon scraped and my blood filtered since my last Fast Food Friday -- and it's time to jump back into the frying pan. Or, you know, whatever they're cooking the McRib in.

Ah, the McRib. McDonald's teases us with this curious boneless pork monstrosity, bringing it back for another "Farewell Tour" just when we thought we'd seen the last of it -- like KISS or Fleetwood Mac, but with less indigestion.

Since the sandwich is now on one of its periodic returns, I decided to roll up my sleeves, take off my tie and get my fingers coated in barbecue sauce. Hold the onions, please...

McDonald's McRib promotional shot:

Actual McRib sandwich:

The McRib has its share of acolytes -- and more than its share of enemies.

Herb Peterson, inventor of McDonald's Egg McMuffin, has died at 89.

I know that most good southerners are partial to biscuits as the base of a good breakfast sandwich, but I've always thought the English muffin was brilliant -- maybe even better than the croissant that is the base of Burger King's croissanwich.

Here's to Herb -- I had a McMuffin in his honor today.

Wilbur Hardee, founder of the Hardee's chain of burger joints, is dead at 89.

That's a good, long ride for an American male. Which, I presume, means he didn't spend a lot of those 89 years eating at Hardee's.