Subway Veggie Patty Sandwich

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The price was $5.39 including tax as February is $5 Foot-long month. 

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If you like Subway then you will like the veggie patty sandwich, even if you don't like vegetarian stuff.  The Subway Veggie Patty is filling and tastes pretty much like meat so you feel like you are not missing anything.  Most people don't even realize Subway has a veggie patty option as it doesn't have a picture on the menu and is on on the left hand bottom side in one of the middle menus.  It's delicious and you can pretty much choose any veggie and sauce option to go with it.    I gave a 3 star rating simply because I personally tire of sandwiches easily and grow bored with the same old taste of Subway.  

McDonald's Fish Bites

The price is $1.99 for snacksize, $2.99 for regular, and over $4 for the larger size.

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The new McDonald's Fish Bites are here for your consumption.  These fish bites are not as crispy as chicken bites.  They are more soft and flaky.  The batter is thick but tasty with a seasoned flavor.  The meat inside is tasty and very moist, but so small due to the bite size.  Hence repeated eating.  Like the old slogan "You can't have just one . . . ".  The tartar sauce was surprisingly tasty.  It was pretty thick with chunks of pickle or something that gave it a full flavor and perfectly complimented the bites which are tasty, but tend to get doughy after repeated bites, so the sauce helps.  Like most tasty things the calories, cholesterol, sodium, and fat content are problematic.  But these bites are worth a try.  They don't really have a fishy taste either which is always a plus.  The texture, however, is definitely fishish.  The price is $2.99 for the regular size, $1.99 for the snack size, and over $4 for the larger sizes.

Arby's Reel Big Fillet Fish Sandwich Review

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This must be the season of the fish as popular fast food restaurants are releasing new and improved fish sandwiches and related products.  Arby's has renamed their fish sandwich probably to compete with the new addition of a fish sandwich to Wendy's menu.  The Arby's version is larger and cheaper than Wendy's and the taste is about the same, though I would probably choose the Wendy's version.  For 50 cents extra you can add a cheese slice or the cheese sauce so tastily enhancing to the roast beef sandwiches but not so good to the fish.  The size of the Arby's Reel Fish Fillet is filling and at two for $5 an excellent deal.  The fish is obviously a frozen then reheated patty and the bun is the same one on their more popular roast beef sandwiches.  The concern is the calories, cholesterol, and sodium content, each of which is too high.  Perhaps they should offer a grilled piece of fish rather than the heavily breaded fish they currently offer.  There is, however, a slight amount of fiber and a great amount of protein.  Though this sandwich was good, for the amount of calories I want to absolutely enjoy it and this new fish fillet is not reely the best catch.

Wendy's Premium Cod Fillet Sandwich

Wendy's New Premium Cod Fillet Sandwich

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OK, so it looks quite similar, but obviously the Wendy's ad makes it look so golden, smooth, and delicious. How did it taste?  According to a friend of mine who was lured to Wendy's because of their flyer mailed to his house, the sandwich was good but too much breading.  Very little actual fish.  The bun was OK.  The sauce was OK, just tartar.  The thing that weirded him out was that the meat patty was in a rectangular square rather than a circle like chicken. The price was pricey at 4 bucks.  He would've paid 3 but not 4 again.  Obviously this isn't healthy.  510 calories is similar to the Whopper and Big Mac.  I would suggest as an alternative grilling your own fish at home and placing it on a whole wheat bun, lettuce wrap or just plain but eat 2 or 3 pieces to fill up.  Restaurants continue to bring out new items that are really old and not at all helping America in her health crisis.  A good rule of thumb to remember with fish is that if it comes with chips (English for French Fries) it is probably not healthy.  If it is fried and is more breading than fish it is probably best to pass on by the shallow end of the stream and head for deeper and more fulfilling waters.

5 Facts about the Student Center

Here are 5 things that people usually don't know about the Sorensen Student Center.  See how many you know or don't know.  0 out of 5 is a newbie, 1 out of 5 means you don't come through the Student Center, 3 out of 5 means your an average UVU student, 4 out of 5 means your an above and beyond average student, and 5 out of 5 means you spend way too much time in the student center.  


1.  There is free popcorn in Scoops every Wednesday.

2.  There is a Health and Wellness Center upstairs where students can get medical and emotional attention at reasonable rates.

3.  Intramurals provides free pizza and drinks almost every week for big games which are televised on 3 screens.

4.  There is a Post Office on Campus open til 8pm most nights and on Saturdays til 2pm.  Awesome people work there.

5.  The Student Center is a conference center where you can hold almost any kind of event.  Weddings, family reunions, plays, parties, business meetings, luncheons, prayer rooms, plays, movie nights, video game nights, sexual addiction conferences, and yoga are just some of the many things that take place in these various conference rooms.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

OK, this post is to alert you fellow UVU students to a little known fact.  The complicated packet you have to turn in to run for office in student government is due soon.  In fact it is due February 6th if I'm not mistaken.  Check the fine print on the signs in the student center restrooms.  This event passes every year with little notice.  In fact in 2011 there was only one team that ran and they won.  So if you want to be a leader in this campus' student government please go to their office at the end of the hall on the left or west side in the Sorensen Student Center.  I'm not sure why the information for this event is not diplayed more than a few weeks in advance but there you have it.  I do know that if you want to be a part of student government in a smaller scale you can go to their office at anytime and they will be happy to use you.  

They also have many activities all year that often go unnoticed by students so check the signs in the bathroom.  That's how I usually learn about them.  I sometimes feel the student center is a dead zone due to the north doors being chained up because of construction.  People look down the hall and see a dark and lonely corridor, shudder and quickly go on to the science building.  But come down that hall sometime you may be surprised at what you find.  

In my next post about the student center I will compile a list of a few facts that people may be unaware of concerning what goes on here.

This is my first post!  This blog will be a mixture of things.  I might occasionally review a classic movie or old TV series because I find that so many people haven't seen certain things that used to be a part of the national lingo but are now not even heard of.  For example, I was talking to some friends awhile back and asked if they liked Lassie or Flipper better when they were kids.  I watched these old shows every so often when I was young because they were on Nickelodeon.  But one of the people I was talking to had never heard of Flipper.  So I might occasionally give people a digested view of some of these old shows for culture references.  Also, I wanted to do a thing where I show how distorted reality is concerning fast food.  Specifically, how ads and commercials portray beautiful people eating beautiful food.  I wanted to take a picture of what the actual food looks like and see if it compares in look, portion size and taste.  I have a friend who will help with this as I don't eat much fast food anymore.  I've cut back to lose weight and have lost about 30 pounds since October of last year.  So this will be to show how dishonest restaurants media campaigns can be.  Finally, I work in the Student Center and would like to share with people what goes on this unique building.  This would include services, activities, and some crazy personal experiences I have had.  For example today I saw the man who wrote Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historic "I Have A Dream Speech".  This is, arguably, one of the most important speeches given in the 20th Century.  And I laid eyes on him.  Today.  This would be like someone 100 years ago laying eyes on the person who wrote the Gettysburg Address!  Of course that would be Abraham Lincoln, who not only gave the address but also composed it.  And of course he was killed back in the 1860s, so he couldn't be alive in 1913 . . .   But anyway, it was very cool to see Clarence Jones, the man who wrote the "I Have A Dream"  speech back in the 1960s.  Now tonight another activity is taking place.  It starts at 10 or 10:30 pm.  Last year it started much earlier, around 7.  It was kind of scary as the people charged past me, pursuing others who were also armed with guns.  The people in the cafeteria were nervous as the gunmen rushed past.  Middle aged ladies coming down the hall on their way to or from night classes were disturbed by all the gunmen rushing about pointing weapons at them.  If this doesn't bother you then by all means come and participate in laser tag, usually every Tuesday and Thursday at 10 pm.