Pork Chop 'N' Gravy Biscuit
Hey kids! Did ya hear? Hardee's has introduced a new breakfast item, on account of people beggin for it:
“We first introduced a Pork Chop Biscuit a few years ago and, even though we stopped selling it last year, we still get many requests from people asking us to bring it back,” said Brad Haley, Hardee’s Executive Vice President of Marketing. “And, since we had many reports from our restaurants that people were ordering a side of our famous sausage gravy to dip the biscuit in – which I usually do myself, by the way – we decided to re-test it with sausage gravy already on it and it was more popular than ever. So, I guess the old saying among our test kitchen people is true: ‘The only way to make it better is to add gravy to it!’.”
**Aside: Do you think Christopher Kimball and those folks in America's Test Kitchen feel queasy to see their title affixed to these fry cooks? Consider the fingers of my gauntlet licked and thrown. I dare those high-brow, short-haired Cooks Illustrated beans to tell how to replicate the Pork Chop 'N' Gravy Biscuit at home. (read as, Please, oh Please! tell us how to make Pork Chop and Gravy Biscuits at home!)
Mmmmmmm, pork chop 'n' gravy biscuit. You no longer have to fear hangovers. Its an all-in-one fix for, well, everything.
Now I hail from the very rock out from under which Hardee's was born. Nobody on the West coast knows what I'm talking about, but some of you less fortunate East coastees understand that the rivalry between Hardee's and McDonald's has been like that between Duke and Carolina. As far as I'm concerned, there is no contest. McD's just doesn't offer anything that compares to the PCNGB. Same way Duke has been flavorless lo these many years.
I propose that if enough people write to their governors, we might be able to get a Hardee's opened in the Northwest. And unless you think the Cooks Illustrated gang is actually right now stewing over a sausage gravy reduction (please Cook's Illustrated gang, be working on a sausage gravy reduction now), pick up your pen.
(You probably read about this heart-clogging new menu item on the Fast Food Fever website from those guys who invented the Froke (Wendy's Frosty + Coke), but I didn't...I read about it on Cattle Network, The Source For Cattle News. Shew, those are some relieved cows.)
on October 01, 2008 at 04:04 AM
We have Hardee's on the West Coast and Northwest. It is called Carl's Jr. Still they will probably not offer this delicacy there for a while. You couldn't even get a Chicken biscuit for breakfast there. They are adding additional menu item by including Green Burrito at each location.
kristinasnc on October 01, 2008 at 09:39 AM
Ah, Hardees. Those were the good old days. I miss not having them out on the West Coast.
And, many thanks for the Dook dig. :)
rob on October 03, 2008 at 06:45 AM
Carl's jr is a poor substitute for the original Hardee's.
their Hot Ham N Cheese sandwiches were incredible.
The only dast food restaurant that I have ever seen that even came close, was Roy Roger's. RR had the roast beef and fried chicken available, with quality close to the big H, but left you a little lacking in the breakfast dept. Hardee's was the hands down winner during breakfast.
rob
Jason on October 04, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Ah, Hardees! Everytime I head back to Missouri to the see the folks, I pick up a bag of Hot Ham and Cheese sandwiches on my way out of town. Dang, I miss those!!
Dman on October 07, 2008 at 10:17 AM
Ahhh, that would be Rocky Mount, NC? The birthplace of Hardees.....I love them. Since I'm currently paying my daughters tuition $$ to Chapel Hill, I appreciate the dook tag.
Dman on October 07, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Ahhh, that would be Rocky Mount, NC? The birthplace of Hardees.....I love them. Since I'm currently paying my daughters tuition $$ to Chapel Hill, I appreciate the dook tag.
GaMongrel on October 09, 2008 at 05:47 PM
Alas - even in Georgia, Hardees are becoming a rare sight.
For fast food, I'd much rather stop at a Hardee's any day.
Samarth Khare on October 21, 2008 at 10:57 AM
Yummie! Now I can have my much awaited Break Fast!