Merry Christmas my old friends . . .

I miss the blog comment give and take and hope to be back soon. Merry Christmas.

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Raising Cane's on University, Fort Worth

I tried the new Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers on University yesterday. Cane's is a franchise out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana with about 100 restaurants and it sells one main dish: strips of battered-and-fried chicken breasts called fingers.

Plus:
The chicken fingers are excellent. They're cooked perfectly, served hot and juicy. Loved them. Also, on the plus side, Cain's is comfortable and clean, has a modern interior and a friendly staff.

Neutral:
$6.50 for 3 strips of chicken, about 4 ounces I'll guess, plus fries, toast and a drink is a little pricey on my balance scale of value and cost, because . . .

Minus:
The fries are wimpy and the Texas toast, while thick, is light and a pretty tasteless piece of toasted bread.

Raising Canes is not in the McDonald's/Taco Bell dollar menu category, they are more the In-N-Out, Chipotle category which is a little more expensive for a little better quality.

But that's a distinction I am not liable to make on the side of Raising Cane's when I'm looking for chicken, even though compared to that slab of white shoe-leather they serve at Chik Fil A, it's heaven.

If they could give me a crispy french fry and a heartier piece of bread and maybe another piece of chicken at $6.50, I'm happy. But I'm not looking at their numbers so that may be asking for too much.

I liked it, the chicken is delicious. I might go back, but not often.

The O Antiphons of Advent

Today is the final day of the O Antiphons.

"In the Roman Catholic tradition in which they originated, the O Antiphons are sung or recited at Vespers from December 17 to December 23 inclusive. In the Church of England they have traditionally been used as antiphons to the Magnificat at Evening Prayer during this period, and although not printed in the Book of Common Prayer, have long been part of secondary Anglican liturgical sources, such as the English Hymnal. More recently they have found a place in primary liturgical documents throughout the Anglican Communion, including the Church of England's Common Worship liturgy." Wikipedia

 The hymn O come, O come, Emmanuel (in Latin, Veni Emmanuel) is a lyrical paraphrase of these antiphons.

Tom Waits

Haven't posted much, lately. It's been a rough couple of months. Heard this old Tom Waits tune today, Waltzing Matilda.

Taco Heads. Damn. Fine. Tacos.

My guess is that I'm the last Fort Worth blogger to write about Taco Heads -- but I don't get out much these days. I'm not going to say anything that hasn't been said, so I'll keep this short.

Taco Heads makes a damn, fine, breakfast taco. That's their tagline and it fits.

Jake, Russ and I met at Taco Heads this morning for our more-or-less-every-Monday-morning Geezers meeting. I understand from the others that Taco Heads' regular dinner tacos are just as good.

But I have only partaken of the breakfast taco: eggs, chorizo, peppers and cheese on two fresh corn tortillas -- and it was molto bene.'

The coffee was excellent as well. I'll be going back. They're in Fort Worth, off 7th near Montgomery Ward Plaza. Here's their Facebook page, if you are one of the very few people who haven't searched them out already: http://www.facebook.com/Tacoheads