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Breakfast Battle Royale: Crowning the Ultimate Fast Food Champion
Do you think McDonald's reigns supreme in the world of fast food breakfasts? Or does your loyalty lie with another chain's morning offerings? Join us in this episode as three friends—a lawyer, an engineer, and a school superintendent—embark on a fun and spirited debate to determine the ultimate fast food breakfast champion. We share nostalgic stories about our childhood breakfast habits and kick things off with the epic showdown between McDonald's and White Castle, revealing personal anecdotes and laughs that ultimately crown McDonald's as the victor.
From there, we compare fan favorites like Tim Hortons' donuts and coffee to Bojangles' legendary boberry biscuits, while Sonic's breakfast burritos go head-to-head with Jack in the Box's offerings. Starbucks' sous vide egg bites and Wendy's breakfast items also take the stage in our heated discussions. And let's not forget the nostalgic musings over Burger King's croissant sandwiches and the surprising delight of local favorites like OMG Donuts and Andy's Artisan Bread. Our passionate opinions and humorous commentaries make each match-up a delightful rollercoaster of breakfast cravings and culinary insights.
As the bracket narrows down, we evaluate the consistency and variety of Dunkin' Donuts, Taco Bell, and Hardee's biscuits, culminating in a thrilling final face-off. We fantasize about the ultimate breakfast items from any place, imagining a dream team of Cracker Barrel's Uncle Herschel's favorites and the iconic Waffle House All-Star Special. Ultimately, McDonald's emerges as the champion for its diverse offerings and enduring appeal. So, grab your favorite breakfast treat and join us on this delicious journey filled with local pride, nostalgic memories, and a hearty dose of laughter.
Do you think McDonald's reigns supreme in the world of fast food breakfasts? Or does your loyalty lie with another chain's morning offerings? Join us in this episode as three friends—a lawyer, an engineer, and a school superintendent—embark on a fun and spirited debate to determine the ultimate fast food breakfast champion. We share nostalgic stories about our childhood breakfast habits and kick things off with the epic showdown between McDonald's and White Castle, revealing personal anecdotes and laughs that ultimately crown McDonald's as the victor.
From there, we compare fan favorites like Tim Hortons' donuts and coffee to Bojangles' legendary boberry biscuits, while Sonic's breakfast burritos go head-to-head with Jack in the Box's offerings. Starbucks' sous vide egg bites and Wendy's breakfast items also take the stage in our heated discussions. And let's not forget the nostalgic musings over Burger King's croissant sandwiches and the surprising delight of local favorites like OMG Donuts and Andy's Artisan Bread. Our passionate opinions and humorous commentaries make each match-up a delightful rollercoaster of breakfast cravings and culinary insights.
As the bracket narrows down, we evaluate the consistency and variety of Dunkin' Donuts, Taco Bell, and Hardee's biscuits, culminating in a thrilling final face-off. We fantasize about the ultimate breakfast items from any place, imagining a dream team of Cracker Barrel's Uncle Herschel's favorites and the iconic Waffle House All-Star Special. Ultimately, McDonald's emerges as the champion for its diverse offerings and enduring appeal. So, grab your favorite breakfast treat and join us on this delicious journey filled with local pride, nostalgic memories, and a hearty dose of laughter.
Yeah, three guys around the table, yeah, by three guys.
Speaker 3:we're talking about three friends a lawyer, an engineer and a school superintendent.
Speaker 2:Friends- and just like our personalities, our opinions vary and we certainly don't always agree. Whether we're discussing the best of or giving our tips and tricks of things in everyday life, you're sure to learn something if you stick around Well well, one of us is a little amped up to be here tonight obviously jumping into our intro music with unnecessary commentary.
Speaker 1:I'm so excited it was not me it wasn't me either.
Speaker 3:so anyway, welcome. Uh, we are going to do another bracketology tonight. Thank you, rick mellon, for the idea and, uh, we are going to do another Bracketology tonight. Thank you, rick Mellon, for the idea, and we are going to do a fun one tonight. Is that Thornton's son? He has expressed to you his displeasure with you calling him Thornton's son, greg Greg.
Speaker 1:What no? Thornton Mellon, yep, what no?
Speaker 3:Thornton melon, yep. So bracketology, tonight's topic, that we're doing 16 best of A little elimination, a little sweet 16 for fast food breakfasts Breakfast Breakfast, breakfast Breakfast. Who eats fast food breakfast? Well, we're going to find out.
Speaker 1:And we're going to find out what I're going to find out. I'm impressed I have had fast food breakfast.
Speaker 2:I don't eat it very often I try to shy away from fast food breakfast. I thought we were doing fast food and then breakfast, but together it's got me intrigued.
Speaker 1:So, Mark, you set this one up. I did.
Speaker 3:I set this one up.
Speaker 1:So when I ridicule some of these choices, it's basically you. But here's my question.
Speaker 3:I just hear already the attacks of Tim Hortons beginning. No, no, it's not Tim Hortons who.
Speaker 1:The first pairing out of the gate is getting ragged on Tell me, tell me, tell me, it's 100% getting ragged on, hang on, hang on. It's a one versus a 60. The 16 is like a 90. Wait a minute, it's not a 16. They're on the verge of not making the NIT Hang on Between the three of us who eats fast food breakfast on a regular.
Speaker 2:We already had this. Seriously, when do you eat fast food breakfast? Come on, Greg.
Speaker 1:I don't know what breakfast is.
Speaker 3:I tell you what let's just do fast food breakfast instead. I'll tell you what. Let's just do fast food, greg. I win Greg. Greg First and Christmas and Mark.
Speaker 2:How often do you guys eat fast food breakfast out of all?
Speaker 1:Seriously, I've never eaten fast food Next, next, next and never.
Speaker 3:It's rare, but it's. It's a fun little diversion, that's cool.
Speaker 1:Now, like in the first pairing Reagan, my son. He loves one of them.
Speaker 2:But here's my question though you guys didn't grow up eating fast food breakfast. No my mom made breakfast.
Speaker 1:Oh wait a minute.
Speaker 2:Your mom made breakfast, every day Breakfast.
Speaker 1:Every day, every day, every day.
Speaker 2:You know what I had growing up Every day. Should Breakfast every day? Breakfast Every day, every day, every day? You know what I had growing up Every day. Should we talk about this? Yes, I actually do, hot dog omelet Smoked oysters. Maybe a little baked Alaska Logs and bagels. Lobster, thermidor, hot dog omelet you guys know the story. Come on now. All right, let's roll.
Speaker 3:I know that you've never had fast food, so this might be a struggle for you, absolutely All right.
Speaker 2:All right, fast food breakfast.
Speaker 3:The first matchup is really the king of fast food breakfast McDonald's versus White Castle.
Speaker 1:First of all, seriously, this is an honest question. This really is an honest question.
Speaker 3:I didn't know, white Castle sold breakfast. Well, they do. They got breakfast sliders.
Speaker 1:You also know I've ate at White Castle in my life. One time it was two trips in one. It was my first and my last.
Speaker 2:So I can speak as an expert on this. So McDonald's you have no idea, so I can speak as an expert on this. So for the years that I, you have no idea, so I can speak on an expert on this. So for the years that I've been traveling the commonwealth of kentucky, I would always swing through e-town four, get you some breakfast. Four and five in the morning and get some breakfast and I would always stop at the white castle down there and I wouldn't get the breakfast sandwich. You get.
Speaker 3:I give me regular sliders, I give me like six breakfast I get six sliders with jalapeno cheese and two fish with cheese, and that would be my day.
Speaker 1:That's not what we're talking about, is it?
Speaker 2:breakfast. It's breakfast food when it's 4 am 5 am.
Speaker 3:That's a wonderful allegory, but let's get back to the—.
Speaker 1:Under that scenario Taco Bell. But you can get tacos at 4 am. You certainly can get them at 4 am In Frankfort, Kentucky, In Franktown.
Speaker 3:McDonald's or White Castle, chris, it's.
Speaker 1:McDonald's. It's McDonald's. Mcdonald's Easy win Piece of cake.
Speaker 3:Next round is going to be a little challenging. I think Bojangles versus Tim Hortons.
Speaker 2:Am I going for coffee or donuts or Timbits or what Anything, tim Hortons? Am I going for coffee?
Speaker 3:or donuts or Timbits or what Anything Tim Hortons Hands down. Tim Hortons Greg.
Speaker 1:I'll go with Tim Hortons in this round.
Speaker 2:How's the coffee?
Speaker 1:Greg, I don't know, because some of us don't need coffee. I don't need it.
Speaker 2:I like it. You need it. No, I don't need it.
Speaker 3:I like it. Bojangles has some good biscuits.
Speaker 1:So I've heard they have good biscuits. I've heard they've got good blueberry biscuits, so that's where I'm going.
Speaker 2:Can we bring in the sun a lot of this one? Michael says that the boberry biscuit is where it's at.
Speaker 3:The boberry biscuit's pretty legit.
Speaker 2:Never had it. I have had one, but Michael brought it in.
Speaker 1:So is one, but michael brought it in, so is it out and gone? No good, yeah, no good. If it's going to be close, then it's lost, it's gone. Sorry, michael, you're out tim hortons gets a win, let me say, that's fine, let me tim bit greg, you want to do the third round, or yeah? I'll do the next one. Yep, uh, you got sonic versus jack in the box.
Speaker 3:Now I'll tell you what I've never had, jack in the box breakfast.
Speaker 1:But I tell you what the Sonic burrito is legit.
Speaker 2:I mean it's oh listen, the bacon, egg and cheese burrito, or the sausage egg and cheese, or the ultimate burrito. I get that for dinner. It's so good.
Speaker 3:Well, it's good Done. And the breakfast, the bacon, egg and cheese toaster sandwich at Sonic.
Speaker 1:I, I've had it, the only problem I've got with it. The bread's, not it's spongy In the aluminum wrapper it gets damp.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it gets damp. You said spongy. You said aluminum wrapper.
Speaker 1:It does have an aluminum packaging.
Speaker 3:And it gets a little spongy in there.
Speaker 1:Spongy.
Speaker 3:So we're all going forward. Listen, we're going forward with Listen.
Speaker 1:We're going forward with Sonic on that, that ultimate meat and cheese burrito. Has anybody had Jack in the Box breakfast no?
Speaker 2:I have. Yeah, it's terrible.
Speaker 3:I don't like Jack in the Box period. It's terrible. Okay, Okay, you want to do the next one? Yeah, absolutely All right. So that one was Sonic all the way you ready.
Speaker 2:Yeah, starbucks or Wendy's. Oh, we know where you're going to go with that. You know where I'm going and I hate their coffee, but I'm going, I'm done Go, I'm a Starbucks guy. If they got that listen, it's not the pound cake. But if you go between Thanksgiving and New Year's and they have that carrot cake, that carrot cake is phenomenal. You get them a I don't even like Is that for breakfast, your breakfast.
Speaker 1:Now look, just get them some coffee. I don't discriminate.
Speaker 2:When it comes to carrot cake, that carrot cake.
Speaker 1:Phenomenal. Look, that's where I get my vegetables at.
Speaker 2:I get them in cake I gotta tell you, but otherwise Can we think about it. The coffee Overrated Right.
Speaker 3:But I think yeah.
Speaker 2:The cake's so good. Wendy's, that's a dinner place.
Speaker 3:I got to jump on the Wendy's thing for a second to say Wendy's can't figure breakfast out. There are potatoes. They put this funky seasoning on them that no one wants in the morning.
Speaker 2:What kind of seasoning?
Speaker 3:I don't know, it's some kind of garlicky, I don't know, it's awful. And then they got to put breakfast sauce on everything Breakfast Any. They got to put breakfast sauce on everything Breakfast, any sandwich that you get there. They got to pile like a bunch of mayonnaise or something Terrible Out Wendy's Out. I'm going Starbucks.
Speaker 1:Not a fan. Reagan has told me that Wendy's has this chicken honey biscuit that he says is pretty good.
Speaker 2:Oh no, don't, you Don't you Don't, you Don't you dare take Whataburger and throw in the chicken honey biscuits, all right.
Speaker 1:But you know Hallie loves the sous vide eggs at Starbucks, so I got to go with Starbucks the what.
Speaker 3:They have sous vide egg bites. They got boiled eggs there. No, it's not boiled eggs. They're not boiled eggs. What's sous vide? They're egg bites, tell me. A boiled egg is in its shell.
Speaker 1:A Not boiled eggs. What's sous vide? They're egg bites. Tell me, A boiled egg is in its shell. A boiled egg is in its shell and you boil it hard, soft, whatever. A sous vide egg is mixed up with other ingredients in it. It's put in a plastic container to cook. So how?
Speaker 2:do you cook that egg with sous vide Water and you cook it? You don't boil it.
Speaker 1:You don't have to boil it?
Speaker 3:No, you absolutely don't boil it. You low temperature like 120 degrees, yeah, I mean eggs.
Speaker 2:It is absolutely not a hard-boiled egg. Eggs should only be hard-fried or scrambled. Yeah, done, all right.
Speaker 1:So Chris is disqualifying himself from the breakfast discussion Apparently.
Speaker 3:Only I know how eggs shall be fixed, so we all go with Starbucks. Yeah, yeah, yep, you got it.
Speaker 1:You got Panera Bread versus Burger King.
Speaker 2:Oh, okay, nobody eats at Burger King. For God's sakes, how do they stay open, burger King?
Speaker 1:used to be good. No, the smell is good, but who eats there? But look, 25, 30 years ago, it's legit.
Speaker 2:Yep, Listen. The croissant when it first came out.
Speaker 1:Good, Listen. The croissant when it first came out, decent, yeah right, Panera get me a cinnamon crunch bagel with honey wands. A original chicken sandwich back in the day. Oh shit, never had it, never had it. Whopper, back in the day.
Speaker 2:It was legit. Never had it. You've never had a Whopper. I've had a Whopper, but I've never had the chicken sandwich.
Speaker 1:The original chicken sandwich was legit.
Speaker 3:Well, they have brought it back. Is it good? The original chicken sandwich?
Speaker 2:is back, Alright. Future podcast Chicken sandwiches.
Speaker 1:The original chicken sandwich at Burger King was legit, but you know it's not going to win.
Speaker 2:But back to your question. Cinnamon Crunch, Bagel, Honey, Wallet Spread Panera all day long.
Speaker 1:My only problem.
Speaker 2:I'll go with Panera, but you've got to go inside.
Speaker 1:But my problem with Panera is, you know me, I don't like bagels, I'm a sausage and egg kind of guy, and they just don't have a big selection of that stuff and it's kind of like the egg patties.
Speaker 2:It's not real eggs, right, but you can get the super protein thing or whatever they call it, but you can also get the cinnamon roll man, the cinnamon roll is so good too.
Speaker 1:I've had it. It's good, but you've got to go inside.
Speaker 2:It's a pastry only you can't really get eggs and that kind of stuff.
Speaker 3:We know Panera is going to move forward here I'm going to give a Quick shout out to Burger King for my main man, Rick Mellon. Rick Mellon's dad actually created the crown.
Speaker 2:You told us that yes.
Speaker 3:So cool. Special shout out to Burger King.
Speaker 1:Does he agree that Burger King?
Speaker 3:sucks.
Speaker 2:I think we'll have to get into comment on that he's going. I wish my dad had created a crown for Starbucks, but that's cool.
Speaker 3:All right, the next one I'll do. We got Duncan versus Taco Bell.
Speaker 2:Duncan Hands down.
Speaker 3:Got to go with Duncan for breakfast.
Speaker 2:I am all about the little donut thingies, the little donut holes called Timbits.
Speaker 3:No, oh, that's Tim.
Speaker 2:Hortons, I know you got me on that one. I was only going to say that, no, I love the little donut hole things from Dunkin' I can't think of the name of them.
Speaker 1:Not midgets. I mean, I've had Taco Bell breakfast before.
Speaker 2:But their potato things are good. The little round potato things are good at Taco Bell, but I don't know what else they get. It's weird. I'm not going to get a taco.
Speaker 3:The breakfast Crunchwrap Supreme is pretty good Weird.
Speaker 1:Everybody's got the Cinnabon stuff. They got some Cinnabon things.
Speaker 2:Arby's maybe.
Speaker 3:Yeah, but I don't think too, many people are going out of their way to go to Taco Bell for breakfast.
Speaker 2:If there's a.
Speaker 3:Dunkin'. If I'm on the other side of town, I'll get me a coffee for Dunkin'.
Speaker 1:Do you feel bad about Tim Hortons when you go in Dunkin'?
Speaker 3:If we had a Tim Hortons here, I'd be there every day, literally every day, even if it was just a cup of plain coffee. I would support my local Tim Hortons.
Speaker 2:Just so you know, there is a Dunkin' on the other side of town. And I will not drive past OMG Donuts to go to Dunkin', because I think OMG is far superior.
Speaker 1:Shout out, omg, omg. Donuts is legit. Shout out, omg.
Speaker 3:I wholly agree, omg. We would love for you to sponsor the show good?
Speaker 2:we would. We would mention you every episode.
Speaker 1:I will eat a dozen every episode if I give them to us yeah now, not to not to get off our schedule, but andy's artisan bread that's a saturday morning staple at the hunter so I have not been fantastic. You gotta get there early, but you gotta get there you gotta get there early and you gotta get the morning rolls. So you guys see it.
Speaker 2:Yep, that's the list.
Speaker 3:You guys gotta be in tight with uh andy b down there no, I've never seen him there. That's your boy, you got it. I've never seen him there, I don't know.
Speaker 2:Back on track, tell me tell me you gotta park in andy b's front yard to get over there. Is that how, how it works.
Speaker 3:Back on track. We have Duncan moving forward. So we have Duncan moving forward, Chris.
Speaker 2:Nobody was talking about Andy B right. All right, Hardee's and Subway.
Speaker 3:This is an easy one for me. This is so easy for me.
Speaker 1:Does Subway have breakfast?
Speaker 3:They do and it's awful. It is awful.
Speaker 2:Listen, when I was in high school, Hardee's was the place to go Because, number one, they had that monster biscuit. They had the country ham, bacon, sausage, egg, cheese on this big country Made biscuit. They're the only place I know that have country ham biscuits To this day. Now that I'm in my post 30's- 50's, 70's, I will say that Hardee's is the place to be, now that I'm in my post-30s 50s, 70s, you've been in your post-30s I
Speaker 2:will say that Hardee's is the place to be Hands down and I've not been there in 30 years because it cannot be healthy. But I still don't know.
Speaker 3:They make their biscuits from scratch.
Speaker 1:Fresh every day, but the rumor is and I've not been to Hardee's in years, but the rumor is they got rid of the cinnamon raisin biscuit. Who eats that?
Speaker 3:I don't know. The cinnamon raisin biscuit was legit. Wait a minute.
Speaker 1:And we had a former baseball coach who ate it every Saturday practice.
Speaker 3:Troy. He brought them to every Saturday practice. Bacon, egg and cheese, biscuit done.
Speaker 2:Don't you just go hang out with Andy B down there?
Speaker 1:Hardee's Greg finish off the first round for us. Alright, last one. The final group is Chick-fil-A, also known as the Lord's Chicken, versus Wawa.
Speaker 3:Wawa's more of a gas station, but it's big and it's coming to Kentucky and Wawa's one of those things where you put's big and it's coming to Kentucky and it is Wawa's, one of those things where you put a gas station on there and you're like what? If you've ever had Wawa's breakfast.
Speaker 1:Wawa's breakfast is good. I have honestly never had it.
Speaker 2:Did you say Wawa Wawa? Never had Wawa breakfast. It's good.
Speaker 3:I don't go to gas stations, does it?
Speaker 2:have the roller taquitos and the roller hot dogs.
Speaker 3:No, it's not that kind of a deal. They're legit.
Speaker 1:They're bookie level gas stations.
Speaker 3:Really they're good. Never had it. Good sandwiches at lunchtime.
Speaker 1:They're not the Lord's chicken. Nobody does the Lord's chicken.
Speaker 3:Chick-fil-A all day, every day. Did you get your free?
Speaker 2:Father's Day chicken on.
Speaker 1:Sunday I rolled right in All of his dads are up there.
Speaker 3:Chick-fil-a has that hash brown scramble bowl. That's chicken and hash browns and eggs and cheese. That's what.
Speaker 1:I typically get. Now my kids get the little minis. I'm a chicken mini guy. I get the bowl Chicken mini with rounds Hands down Done.
Speaker 3:We win, I get the bowl, you're gone.
Speaker 2:Chick-fil-a moves on Wawa's gone.
Speaker 1:All right, all right, second round Yep. So we got Mickledees and Tim Hortons goes down. I'm going with McDonald's.
Speaker 3:I've got to go McDonald's here. It's just classic, yeah, in my opinion does not matter.
Speaker 2:No, it does you get a vote? No, it doesn't.
Speaker 3:It doesn't.
Speaker 1:Okay, so what's your favorite thing at Tim Hortons, since we're saluting Tim Hortons because they're going down?
Speaker 3:I think everything at Tim Hortons is good, but you know their bagels are good, their donuts are good. I like their breakfast sandwiches. They've got a couple different options on breakfast sandwiches. They've got this like waffle breakfast sandwich that's serious.
Speaker 1:What's your favorite thing at McDonald's?
Speaker 2:Mine is the bacon, egg and cheese bagel. That's my favorite thing. A lot of them don't have it anymore. They took it off the menu, but the bacon, egg and cheese bagel phenomenal. I'm old.
Speaker 3:Egg McMuffin baby.
Speaker 1:Janie loves an Egg McMuffin, but she takes off the Canadian bacon. Okay, what?
Speaker 3:about you.
Speaker 1:I eat her Canadian bacon. I like the little burritos.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, I love those breakfast burritos. I like the little breakfast burritos. Yeah, man.
Speaker 1:I get those.
Speaker 2:Did you know that? They have Krispy Kreme donuts at McDonald's now they do and they're like that's weird, Do they?
Speaker 1:have.
Speaker 3:Krispy Kreme donuts at McDonald's now they do.
Speaker 2:And they're like that's weird, that's weird.
Speaker 3:And they're inexpensive on everything except Krispy Kreme donuts. Krispy Kreme donuts there are like super expensive.
Speaker 2:Did you just say inexpensive at McDonald's Anything? Yeah, wow.
Speaker 3:Comparatively speaking, yes, wow, you must have grown up with money.
Speaker 2:Lazarus, spoken by a man with multiple residents and servants also so mcdonald's moves on to the to the final four done.
Speaker 1:We're in the elite eight right now. So then it was sonic versus starbucks sonic hands down that breakfast burrito.
Speaker 2:The ultimate meat and cheese burrito is phenomenal with their crispy crowns or potato rounds whatever they're called phenomenal starbucks coffee, but yeah but they have the little things at breakfast, though are they still tots they're?
Speaker 3:just longer elongated.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's fine. Yeah, yeah, I like this.
Speaker 3:I don't we don't eat them, but it's good I don't think they're elongated tots, I think they're just regular regular tater tots, I gotta Starbucks.
Speaker 1:I think your sandwich and breakfast comes with.
Speaker 3:Tater Tots Napoleon give me, your Tots.
Speaker 2:Gosh, if I never had to go to Starbucks again, I'd be okay, I am all about. Sonic. Sonic is the best kept secret around.
Speaker 3:Okay, Greg.
Speaker 1:I probably have to go with Sonic.
Speaker 2:You don't drink coffee.
Speaker 1:Oh, coffee makes no difference to me.
Speaker 3:Starbucks loses here simply because most of the stuff that they have they just heat it up in the microwave 100% and their coffee is not good, guys, sonic 100% Janie believes their coffee's over-roasted.
Speaker 2:I believe it's over-roasted Past. The second crack, which is the final part, but we can get into that later.
Speaker 3:Alright, so Sonic moves on the Panera versus Duncan.
Speaker 1:Duncan. So Duncan is going to go further than Tim Hortons. Duncan, duncan, it's got to beat Panera Bread. I mean it got a better draw here than what Tim Hortons got.
Speaker 3:You can't beat McDonald's. No, I agree. Panera, I would agree. It's got to be Panera the Duncan. I got some chorizo sandwich at. Excuse me, did I say Panera? I got some chorizo sandwich at. Excuse me, did I say Panera?
Speaker 1:I meant Dunkin' I meant Dunkin' when Craig and I were going to pick up some race car part Atlas. He eats Dunkin' Donuts every morning, love it. And they had some chorizo taco for breakfast. It wasn't terrible. It wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible. I would have it over anything at Panera. Must have been in Richmond.
Speaker 3:An underrated item at Dunkin'.
Speaker 2:It was in some place in Ojai.
Speaker 3:Croissant breakfast sandwich Croissant breakfast sandwich at Dunkin'. Underrated, very good.
Speaker 2:I love their blueberry munchkins Munchkins.
Speaker 1:That's it.
Speaker 2:Blueberry munchkins are so good, dunkin' moves on, and they're chocolate glazed.
Speaker 1:Delicious munchkins are so good. All right, duncan moves on.
Speaker 2:And they're chocolate glazed, delicious. Duncan moves on and the last, uh, the last pairing of the second round was going to be hardy's versus the lord's chicken. Oh, the lord's chicken, because those chicken minis with those honey butter biscuits are so good and honey butter biscuits that's what they put on the munchkins, that's what they have, the little honey, butter, biscuit things on those munchkins, those little yeast biscuits.
Speaker 1:They're not munchkins, that's chicken minis.
Speaker 2:That's what I'm talking about. They have the honey, butter, little biscuit things on them.
Speaker 3:I thought that was like Hawaiian rolls. No, not Hawaiian rolls, I thought it was little Hawaiian rolls. They're yeast biscuits. They're yeast biscuits.
Speaker 1:They are yeast biscuits. I've never had them. What I've never had those. They're so good. Reagan and them love them. I always get the bowl I get the bowl too.
Speaker 3:I never had the bowl, anyway, so one vote for the bowl's legit, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:I'm going with the Lord's Chicken. Okay, harding's is hard to beat for breakfast, though. I just don't ever go there anymore. I don't go for breakfast.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, I got to go Chick-fil-A, I agree, I agree. Final four Next All right McDonald's versus who is it Sonic? Sonic McDonald's.
Speaker 2:McDonald's versus Sonic McDonald's. You can get a sausage biscuit, you can get a Hotcakes.
Speaker 1:Oatmeal.
Speaker 2:You know, my granddaughter loves the hotcakes, hotcakes. My granddaughter loves hot dogs.
Speaker 1:Look Reagan, when he rides to work with me. We stop at the McDonald's in Midway. He gets oatmeal. What he says the fruit and maple oatmeal is that my wife gets that.
Speaker 3:He says it's fantastic. Look, I'm going to throw one. We haven't even talked about yet.
Speaker 1:McDonald's I've never had it. I hate them. I've never had it. Hallie loves them.
Speaker 2:I've never had them. Can't do it Too sweet. I've never had them. Mcdonald's is going to the finals.
Speaker 1:You're wrong.
Speaker 3:McDonald's is first team in. Mcdonald's is in the final.
Speaker 1:Big country breakfast boys. We've got the Lord's Chicken versus Dunkin' Donuts.
Speaker 3:This is where the men become boys, our boys become men.
Speaker 2:I am so sorry, lord. I love the munchkins. I'm a munchkin guy. Coffee, blueberry, munchkins all day.
Speaker 1:But now is that better Than the little round Potatoes at Chick-fil-A.
Speaker 3:But you only get like six of them. They get put in a little box.
Speaker 1:There's like six of them If they're not get put in a little box, in a little box?
Speaker 3:There's like six of them.
Speaker 1:If they're not stacked appropriately, you get four.
Speaker 2:The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. He only gives you so many.
Speaker 3:And simply for the fact that Dunkin' is open seven days a week. Done Dunkin' Boom.
Speaker 1:I'm going Lord's Chicken.
Speaker 2:Okay, that's because you're trying to hang on to what last little bit of hope you got.
Speaker 1:With the Lord's chicken. Maybe, then that means we're at the finals. We put Dunkin' Donuts versus McDonald's. Can we all agree that Dunkin' Donuts is better than Tim Hortons? I guess, If Tim Hortons was where Dunkin' Donuts was in this draft, would they have made the finals? If I was voting yes, Would you put Tim Hortons above Chick-fil-A.
Speaker 2:No, that's fair. I don't like Tim Hortons. The answer is no. I agree For the coffee. Yes. But, for the donuts or the experience no, that's fair, that's fair.
Speaker 3:Let's face it, I'm not going to.
Speaker 1:I'm with Whataburger versus everybody and Whataburger wins Right, we got to throw in a few wild cards when we get done here Whataburger Because there's a couple things that are just not on the list that I think would go to number one in a hurry.
Speaker 3:Correct.
Speaker 1:But anyway, out of the two we have left, we've got McDonald's versus the Lord's Chicken. No, versus the Lord's Chicken. No, dunkin', dunkin', dunkin'.
Speaker 2:That's right, because the Lord's Chicken went down, you're still hanging on to the land, I know so.
Speaker 1:Dunkin' Donuts versus McDonald's. Yep, chris, what say you?
Speaker 2:Just for selection and opportunity, going to McDonald's.
Speaker 3:Mark, I would have to agree with my colleague McDonald's for the selection Yep Varied selection. Yep Varied varied selection.
Speaker 1:They've got really, if you got decent coffee now, if you were getting something there right now what would you get?
Speaker 2:Egg McMuffin hash brown a cup of coffee, bacon, egg and cheese bagel cup of coffee.
Speaker 1:You know something that's not been mentioned, that Janie got me a couple of weeks ago from there. That was pretty good Steak bagel, oh Wow, interesting. It's not great steak.
Speaker 2:Is it like Waffle House, is it?
Speaker 1:purple.
Speaker 3:No, it's better than that.
Speaker 1:But it's got onions on it, it's good.
Speaker 2:It's not bad.
Speaker 3:So what are you going with?
Speaker 1:I'm going with McDonald's. I mean I can't. It's a different level. I mean McDonald's has something for everybody. They've got savory, They've got sweet, They've got.
Speaker 2:Time out. That's one term I've never used in my life.
Speaker 3:This is so savory. Well, you were educated in Frankfurt.
Speaker 2:I was Right, frankfurt County Education, so savory. Here's what I well you, you were educated in frankfurt. I was right, franklin, county education, savory they got.
Speaker 1:Here's what I give they got. They got stuff for basically anybody, so you could take anybody who wants many different things and they could go there and get what they want so me and my granddaughter, yeah, and you two guys could go there no question.
Speaker 2:We'd all find something we like and enjoy our breakfast. Yep, and I can sit there and I'm enjoying my coffee.
Speaker 3:I'm finishing my coffee, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2:So it's got something for everybody. Yeah, it's every day, it's consistent boys. It's always consistent. Enjoy my coffee. But is it not consistent?
Speaker 3:It is, it is Right, yep.
Speaker 1:So, McDonald's the winner. I think we're all in agreement on that. Now here's the question for you If you could have any breakfast item from any place in the world what would it be?
Speaker 3:Wow, okay, let's think From a fast food place.
Speaker 1:No, this is only one item. Or is this the whole breakfast? One item?
Speaker 3:You get one item, Because that doesn't include a combo of any kind does it?
Speaker 2:Well, I'm going to say it's Uncle Herschel's from Cracker Barrel.
Speaker 1:It's pretty good. It's country ham gravy eggs.
Speaker 3:I would go All-Star Special from the Waffle House, that's pretty good, dude.
Speaker 2:Do you get the steak with that? No, why not.
Speaker 3:The All-Star Special is Chris will get the chicken, chicken, chicken, chicken toast on chicken toast, that's called the bacon chicken cheese on.
Speaker 1:Texas toast.
Speaker 2:Love it, mcdonald's, you got it.
Speaker 1:The one item that I've been craving for, like the last month Yep Cronut.
Speaker 3:Oh, there you go, there you go, buckeye donuts.
Speaker 1:I mean look, you put something, you put a cronut there, compared to what and you're gonna take and you're gonna say, I'm passing on the cronut Seriously.
Speaker 3:I don't take credit.
Speaker 2:Uncle Herschel's or a cronut. Which one are you turning down? I want to die of diabetes.
Speaker 3:It's just the way it is. I don't take credit for too many things, but introducing you boys to Buckeye Donuts that was one of my favorite moments, and Schmitz, schmitz done.
Speaker 1:Buckeye Donuts is one of the places that has lived up to the hype, thank you, and if it was on the list?
Speaker 3:It would give McDonald's a run for its money.
Speaker 1:I agree Because you can get savory there. You can get bacon on a donut.
Speaker 2:That's true. That's a maple bacon and that's savory.
Speaker 3:Really going back to this Io, you were a graduate of Franklin County Schools. You should know savory. I know that you were taught the word savory because we have a quality educational system here.
Speaker 2:It's not like you went to some other district, terry Johnson taught me the definition to the word savory Savory when it comes to quiche.
Speaker 3:I thought he taught you savoir faire. Savoir faire is quiche.
Speaker 1:McDonald's king of Fast food breakfast.
Speaker 2:Those breakfast burritos are good. They are, and you can get them all the way up north.
Speaker 1:Is there a McDonald's in Lima?
Speaker 3:There are actually a couple. Are they different? Well, the one has Kind of what we talked about With what makes Lima special, that's one of the best.
Speaker 2:Really, we gotta go to that one. Never been there, kind of what we talked about with what makes Lima special.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, really We've got to go to that one, yep.
Speaker 3:Never been there.
Speaker 2:Oh, what's the word we like to use. What are your neighbors doing across the street? Savory Legit, gunther, go for it, baby.