Subj : McMuffin was:fryers
To   : Shawn Highfield
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Jul 09 2022 15:20:56

Hi Shawn,

 DD> I'm not fond (to say the least) of maple flavour. And the McGriddles
 DD> are infused with it.    Bv(=

 SH> I'm Canadian so maple runs in my veins. ;)

I was raised on NYS (Catskill Mountains) maple syrup; my parents didn't
keep anything else in the house. We (Steve and I) were gifted with it
quite often over the years, including my dad mailing a gallon of it to
Hawaii when we were stationed there. Over the years our trips to the
Catskills have decreased as my parents are now both deceased and we've
made several mission trips to VT. One of the stops in VT is at a maple
farm (sugar bush) outside of Montpeleir so we've been getting our syrup
from there.


 DD> However, that was several years ago. And McDonalds *is* a retail place
 DD> with marketroids and all that other baggage. So they may be available
 DD> all year. And maybe they use monkfish (poor man's lobster).

 SH> Possibly, but I know back when I had it, it was advertised as real
 SH> lobster. Like you, several years ago.

There are 2 primary lobster rolls; McD's serves the Maine style which is
cold meat, mixed with mayo. I had one of those in VT a few years ago; it
was ok but not great. Then we discovered Cousin's Maine Lobster Trucks;
they were featured some years ago on Shark Tank (American tv show where
entepenours pitch their products, hoping for financial backing). The
Cousin's trucks, one is in the Raleigh/WF area, serve Connecticut style
rolls which consist of warm lobster in a sauce of drawn butter. Both of
these rolls are served on split top or brioche rolls.

Manhatten rolls are a third type of lobster rolls, not as well known.
They're like the Maine rolls, served cold, dressed with mayo and often,
finely diced celery. Some recipies thin the mayo with a bit of lemon
juice, salt and pepper may also be added.

That's it, in a (lobster, not nut) shell. We personally prefer the
Connecticut style rolls, the Cousin's ones are pricy but so (!) good.
BTW, they will, for a few extra $$, add some more lobster to the roll if
you ask.

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Ruth
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