fandomhigh | Food Appreciation, Class #4, Period 3

"What up? Welcome to class. Today we're going to talk about the most important and life-saving of food groups: fast food," Marshall said. His food pyramid may have been a bit skewed compared to everyone else's. "Fast food is there for you the morning after a long night of drinking, it's there for you when you've been on the road for hours, it's there for you when it's 2 a.m. and you don't feel like cooking for yourself. Clearly it's the greatest thing that's ever been invented. Even in ancient Rome they depended on food vendors for many of their meals since many didn't have kitchens of their own to cook in."

He paused.

"As a lawyer, I feel the need to tell you that I got that from Wikipedia and cannot be held responsible for the validity of that statement," Marshall said. "So if you share that fact at a party and get owned by some fast food guru then don't blame me."

"Fast food as we know it got started in the 1920's. The first burger franchise was started in Kansas with White Castle burgers. The burger joint is the most popular of fast food restaurants. Usually they serve burgers, fries, milkshakes, onion rings and some sort of fish and chicken sandwiches. These are your Burger Kings, McDonalds, Arby's, Roy Rogers, Checkers, Timmy Ho's, Wendy's and Sonic. There's more but those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head. All are good in their own way. Arby's has curly fries, Roy Rogers has the Gold Rush Chicken sandwich, Sonic is like an old school drive thru thing. It's all good."

"Then we've got fast food places that venture away from the burger thing. KFC, Taco Bell, Long John Silver's, Dairy Queen, Panda Express...that sort of stuff. For when you get bored of eating cow," he said. "Chicken, Americanized Mexican food, seafood, hot dogs, Chinese food. That sort of stuff. If you're a novice to fast food, I'd avoid going to Taco Bell if you've got plans for later on during the day. Just saying."

Because there was a chance you'd spend the rest of the afternoon in the bathroom.

"And, for the record, the holy grail of all fast food restaurants is when you find one of those KFC/Taco Bell/Pizza Hut hybrids," Marshall said. "Those are a gift from god."

"Okay, so, we can thank this island's freaky awesomeness for the wide array of fast food we have today," Marshall said, gesturing down at the table. There was everything. McDonald's, Taco Bell, Long John Silver's, White Castle, all sorts of ~~moddable~~ fast food. "I know for a fact if you want a White Castle burger you'd have to go to Ohio or New Jersey so I don't know how the lunch ladies got this."

They were mysterious people in that cafeteria.

"Anyways, eat up! There's all sorts of soft drinks you can mix together and don't forget to dip your french fries in your milkshakes," he said. "It's good."

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"I guess it can't hurt to try," said Hoshi, still looking suspiciously at the burger. "But if it's really awful, I'm blaming you for talking me into it."

"I promise, I'll take the blame if it's terrible," Sam said. "My tastes might be skewed by the fact that I've eaten more than my fair share of fast food."

"See, my grandmother ran our kitchen and she would be furious if anyone brought stuff like this home," said Hoshi. She took a very small bite, and a after a moment of chewing, she smiled. "This really is pretty good!"

"See, I told you," Sam said. "With how much we moved around, we didn't always have access to a kitchen, so I've had a lot of fast food and diner food and all of that. I think that might be why I like cooking now."

Hoshi polished off the rest of her burger. "It's a shame that there's none of these White Castle places on the island. I wonder how hard it would be to just make one of these burgers," she said.

"You could probably find directions on the internet," Sam said. "I think hamburgers are easy to make, but I've never tried."

"I'll have to give it a try. It can't be as hard as making sushi," said Hoshi.

"You know how to make sushi?" Sam said, looking amazed.

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"Sort of. I can't make any of the really fancy stuff, but I can make some basic sushi," said Hoshi, grinning.

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