Friday Adventure

So I am not one for making New Year resolutions but today I think I started one. It all started when I got a magazine subscription for my birthday this week called Food Network. It is a great magazine and had some great recipes in it. But it also has some fun places to eat as well. So as I was flipping through I saw a page that had a big bucket of fries on it. Me being a fry lover had to read the article. In the article it told the secret to getting the perfect fry. The secret is..... DUCK FAT!!!! So first place listed for making these heavenly things was a place called Hot Doug's. Lucky for me it is here in chicago. So Jeff had the day off today so I easily talked him in to going on this food adventure with me. Our friends Dustin, Jessye and Mia went with us as well. In the magazine it says that people wait in line for these duck fat fries and they are only offered on friday and sat. So we thought there should not be to bad of a line on a cold wintery friday. Boy were we wrong. When we got there there was a line that was wrapped around the side of the building. (see picture below) We thought these fries better be good if we are going to stand a line this long. It moved pretty fast (40 min wait). But wow it was worth it. Not only does this hole in the wall have duck fries they have crazy hot dogs. We got 2 of there special dogs. One was Apple Pork Sausage with Sweet Curry Mustard and Creme de Brie Cheese and the Antelope Sausage with Bacon Garlic Mayonnaise and Trilogy Cheddar Cheese. We shared the crazy dogs with everyone so we all could taste them. I was a little scared to try them but I must say that the antelope sausage was my favorite one of all. Then we also got a corn dog for Jaxon to eat, a polish dog, and a chicago style dog. Oh and don't forget we had to try the Duck Fat Fries. Oh and may I say they were heavenly. It tasted great. I think I will only eat fruit and veggies for the next week though. I think the sign on the wall of the store sums up our whole trip... " There are no two finer words in the English language then " Encased Meats", my friend." - Secret Robbie. We had a great time and a fun adventure. Oh so getting back to my New Years Resolution, I am going to find fun places that are out of the ordinary around where we live and go and check them out. There are so many times in my life that I think oh that would be a fun place to go to.. but never do. So I am going to make a goal to go do more crazy fun adventures as a family.