The above sign, spotted at Long John Silver’s in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., reflects perhaps the greatest offering ever put forth by a fast-food establishment.
As I gazed up at the promotion for the “Butter Milk Cod” basket, my mind began spinning furiously. I’ve never eaten at a Long John Silver’s, which is known for seafood, but if any promotion were to get me inside, this would be it.
“Butter milk cod” held so many possibilities that a simple basket seemed ridiculously inadequate. And for just $5.99? Mind = Blown!
Eventually, tired of trying to work out the many different options in my head, I put pen to paper and created my own “Butter Milk Cod Matrix” (patent pending).
As you can see below, there is an amazing number of delicious and nutritious choices that can be created when one has butter, milk and cod:
- Butter;
- Milk;
- Cod;
- Buttermilk;
- Butter Cod;
- Milk Butter;
- Milk Cod;
- Cod Butter;
- Cod Milk;
- Buttermilk Cod;
- Butter Codmilk;
- Milk Buttercod;
- Milk Codbutter;
- Cod Buttermilk; and
- Cod Milkbutter.
Long John Silver’s Butter Milk Cod Matrix. Click to see larger version. (Remember, patent pending!)
Scanning the list of items created by the intricate matrix, I don’t know that there isn’t anything on it I wouldn’t consume, although I can’t say that cod milk or cod milkbutter would be the first items I would reach for.
Alas, when I finally pulled myself away from the sign and my “Butter Milk Cod Matrix” (patent pending), I was disappointed to find the Fort Oglethorpe Long John Silver’s not yet open.
As I pulled away toward Tennessee, it was with a heavy heat, my new-found craving for cod butter unsatisfied.
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You left out the basket…
Oh, my. The options just expanding geometrically!
butter basket? p.s. at my school, they tried to jazz up the school menu and listed ‘cod loins’ as a name for fish sticks. the kindergarten was dumbfounded.
Yow! “Loins” doesn’t exactly get the taste buds a jumpin’, does it? Especially when related to fish. You can’t fool kids when it comes to food.
Good work as always, not quite as valuable as “the crazy hot matrix”, but given what you were working with,good job.
Folks from Canadian maritime provinces often referred to each other as “cod heads”…sort of a badge of honor.
I’ve seen the “crazy hot matrix” – had I only seen that a couple of decades ago.
I can see the hearty folk of the Maritimes taking pride in being Cod Heads, though the cod seem to be far fewer these days.