Taste everything once? That’s what I thought I might accomplish during my recovering vegetarian mission. Along the way I realized there is no way I am willing to taste everything once, or whore myself out to low quality meat. Steve’s posts have been a reminder of this. I have never eaten meat from Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, Burger King, Domino’s, White Castle, Zips, Popeye’s, Red Lobster, Jack in the Box, Taco Time, Skippers… you get the idea, and I never plan to eat meat from any of those establishments either.

That is not to say I don’t want to try new things—I do. When I saw a post from David Blaine linking to a “meat madness bracket,” I thought that would be the perfect way to challenge my meat eating abilities and the knowledge of the products in Spokane (& outside Spokane). At quick glance I can say I haven’t even tried even 1/8 of the items listed, let alone know the best places to get them.

Here is the next 7/7 Challenge: Pick your winners from this meat bracket and tell us where you can get the best food from each category, be it from a restaurant, your Grandpa’s recipe, or other. Rumor has it some Spokane restaurants and those involved with the eatspokane.org google group will host an Eat Spokane vegetarian week this summer. Area restaurants will make their best veg dishes for a week of vegetarian dining out, possibly to honor Michael Pollan’s quote, "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants"?. I will also create a vegetarian and vegan bracket like this meat bracket and challenge you to find these great foods during the Spokane Vegetarian Week (suggestions for the brackets are welcome).

Who’s up for the 7/7 Challenge #3: “Eat Your Meat”?

If you want to sign up, let us know, and we will mail you a better quality, high resolution bracket.

Dear Spokane Food Blogger!

First, thanks for all the wonderful feedback about my Taco Bell blogger! I was a little surprised to see some negative feedback and it makes me wonder if Spokane might be a bit too snobby for its own good when it comes to food? This is why I would like to post a new blogger about another fast food place I find very underrated: Kentucky Fried Chicken.

The restaurant close to my Northwest Boulevard area house was recently renovated and boy does it look the part! Beautiful shapes and muted colors, I somehow wonder if the downtown Taco Bell found inspiration in this Kentucky Fried Chicken? I personally think an inviting exterior really sets the tone for a fabulous dinner experience!

And the food! It is wonderful! Here are a few tips on how to have a fabulous chicken dinner: First, make sure to get the extra crispy skin. They usually don’t have this pre cooked, so you will get wonderful fresh chicken! Delish! Second, ask for gravy on the side! This is very important, because you actually get more gravy this way! Third, go for a value meal. My family of five (myself, my wife, and my three children) always get the three person meal. There is plenty of food in there! Including corn on the cob on a stick, mashed potatoes, chicken (extra crispy!!), gravy (on the side!!), and fabulous biscuits!

I can understand why people are a bit uncertain about fast food places, but Kentucky Fried Chicken just makes good food fast! I challenge all of you Negative Nellys to name me a place in Spokane where I can get this good chicken for such a cheap price!!

Thanks for reading my blogger!

Steve