Local Restaurant Creates McPalin Sandwich - rofl

[Blue_In_AK]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7126617&mesg_id=7126617

ANCHORAGE, Alaska-- A local restaurant is incorporating politics into its menu.

Lion's Den restaurant in midtown Anchorage has created its own specialty called the McPalin grilled pig sandwich.

Lion's Den owner Dale Keefe says normally he keeps politics out of work conversation.

But when he was making sandwiches with his crew last week, the big top news story was Barack Obama's comment, "You know, you can put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig."

Obama's comment began Keefe's political food creation.

"I just kept thinking about that news story when I was making sandwiches and I just kind of had an epiphany," Keefe said.

The McPalin sandwich has grilled pork tenderloin on it with caramelized apples, red onions, melted cheddar cheese, and crisp bacon.

Most food creators add some type of garnish such as parsley or fruit to top off their dish, but Keefe decided to do something a little more personal.

The sandwich is served with a side of lipstick and fries.

The McPalin grilled pig sandwich runs for about $13, and has been selling out.

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. lol. That's not a sandwich for vegetarians.

[orestes]

2. Pork isn't a vegetable?

[begin_within]

14. No, but ketchup is.

[elshiva]

3. Who says that Alaskans don't have a sense of humor?

:rofl:

[harmonicon]

4. damn, I want to eat that - now!!!

shit... I just may have to go to the store and buy the ingredients to make that at home.

[Orrex]

5. What's sad about this...

Is that you just know that McDonalds is going to swoop in and file an injunction to force him to stop using "Mc" in his sandwich's name.

[jeff30997]

7. Yeah,those scums are overzealous sharks.

One of many weird examples:

In 1996, McDonald's lost a legal battle at the Danish Supreme Court to force Allan Pedersen, a mincemeat sandwich vendor, to drop his shop name McAllan.Pedersen had previously visited Scotland on whiskey-tasting tours. He named his business after his favorite brand of whiskey, MacAllan's, after contacting the distillery to see if they would object. They did not, but McDonald's did. However, the court ruled customers could tell the difference between a one-man vendor and a multi-national chain and ordered McDonald's to pay 40,000 kroner ($6,900) in court costs. The verdict cannot be appealed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald's_legal_cases#Norman_McDonalds.27_Country_Drive-Inn_.28US.29

[quip]

8. Maybe McCain should sue McDonald's.... After all, he was a "Mc" first!

Reminds me of the kerfuffle between Warner Bros., and The Marx Bros, over "A Night in Casablanca", as outlined http://www.chillingeffects.org/resource.cgi?ResourceID=31">HERE

Dang! Groucho was daman!

[Orrex]

9. Amazingly, I referred to that exact same kerfufffle in another thread a few weeks back

Of course, the whole thing was a put-on by Groucho for the sake of publicity, but what a brilliant move! And you can imagine the poor schnooks at the WB fielding questions about it and not having any idea of what was going on.

Classic!

[quip]

11. GMTA, although that might be a disturbing revelation for you, Orrex!

:rofl:

Pure brilliance, and genius. My hero.

[NV Whino]

6. Beautiful!

Not to mention it sounds really good.

[Symarip]

10. mmmmmm

Bacon.

[DS1]

12. You mean there's some kind of magical animal which had bacon, pork and ham?

/Homer

[Fire Walk With Me]

13. Wow, that's a SILE!

[Blue-Jay]

15. Aside from the lipstick, that looks like my kind of sandwich!

I think I need to make a trip to the closest local deli today.

[libodem]

16. That's so clever

and it sounds delicious.

[KamaAina]

17. Reminds me of the "Ollie North" sandwich

baloney and shredded lettuce, on a roll.

But seriously, cheese?! What a waste of perfectly good pork! Come to think, up there, a plain pork sandwich sans toppings could be called the "Ted Stevens"!

[Blue_In_AK]

18. The video is available now.

It's hilarious. If someone knows how to get this up on YouTube, I'd love to see it there.

http://www.ktuu.com/ Click on the video for "Palin Sandwich" at the right.

[OakCliffDem]

19. I wonder how sales are doing. n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

20. They said on the news that they had sold out

but were going to have plenty more today. :) Did you watch the video? It totally cracks me up.