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4th Meal’s Latest Surprise<\/p>\n
Last Thursday\u2019s Fourth Meal featured a very <\/i>special menu item. We know what you\u2019re thinking, but this time it wasn\u2019t mozzarella sticks! To celebrate the arrival of spring, Bon Appetit said \u201cbon app\u00e9tit\u201d to the famous Botany Pond ducklings. Supplies were limited and the ducklings ran out fast. But the early bird catches the worm, as they say. Those lucky enough to stop by the Comfort Station before 9:30 on Thursday were treated to tender, batter-fried baby ducks and an artisanal chipotle aioli.<\/p>\n
The ducklings are practically a UChicago institution. Fuzzy, cute, and utterly defenseless, the arrival of the little yellow birds heralds the arrival of spring in Hyde Park. The subject of Facebook posts and University admissions stock photos, the ducklings were voted the most popular birds on campus, landing ahead of our very own Phil the Phoenix. When the dining hall wanted to debut a special, UChicago-themed Fourth Meal delicacy, the ducklings were a natural choice.<\/p>\n
Snell-Hitchcock second year Beatriz Arthur saw the ducklings every day on her way to class but was even more excited to see them fried and impaled on skewers at Fourth Meal. \u201cEvery year Snitchcock names all the ducklings. I think I ate Betsey, and my best friend had Sir Quacksalot. I didn\u2019t see Jim Webb, but he was the biggest so I\u2019m sure he got eaten first. Robert J. Swimmer was the scrawniest of the bunch, so he was definitely the last one left. I tried to go back for seconds, but they told me only one serving per person.\u201d Arthur said the meal was the best she\u2019d had at UChicago, but Betsey \u201cdefinitely could have used some more salt.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course, not all students were thrilled at the dining hall\u2019s choice of Fourth Meal snack. Fourth year Calvin Jacobs was displeased with Bon Appetit\u2019s decision. \u201cI just don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair to serve such a limited number of ducklings. Everyone should get to try the tender flesh of the newly born!\u201d Jacobs had hurried to Baker as soon as word got out about the unusual sampling, but by the time he managed to swipe into the dining hall, only feathers were left on the plate. Jacobs did manage to sneak a bite from a friend\u2019s plate and rated the meal very favorably.<\/p>\n
At press time, UCPD was still investigating bizarre quacking noises heard coming from North Campus shortly before 8:45pm. UCPD is also investigating an unrelated incident at Botany Pond, in which masked subjects were seen trapping small birds with nets and cackling manically. If you have any information in either of these cases, the Shady Dealer<\/i> urges you to contact UCPD immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Breck Radulovic April 20, 2018 4th Meal’s Latest Surprise Last Thursday\u2019s Fourth Meal featured a very special menu item. We know what you\u2019re thinking, but this time it wasn\u2019t mozzarella sticks! To celebrate the arrival of spring, Bon Appetit said \u201cbon app\u00e9tit\u201d to the famous Botany Pond ducklings. Supplies were limited and the ducklings ran out fast. But the early bird catches the worm, as they say. Those lucky enough to stop by the Comfort Station before 9:30 on Thursday were treated to tender, batter-fried baby ducks and an artisanal chipotle aioli. The ducklings are practically a UChicago institution. Fuzzy, cute, and utterly defenseless, the arrival of the little yellow birds heralds the arrival of spring in Hyde Park. The subject of Facebook posts and University admissions stock photos, the ducklings were voted the most popular birds on campus, landing ahead of our very own Phil the Phoenix. When the dining hall wanted to debut a special, UChicago-themed Fourth Meal delicacy, the ducklings were a natural choice. Snell-Hitchcock second year Beatriz Arthur saw the ducklings every day on her way to class but was even more excited to see them fried and impaled on skewers at Fourth Meal. \u201cEvery year Snitchcock names all the ducklings. I think I ate Betsey, and my best friend had Sir Quacksalot. I didn\u2019t see Jim Webb, but he was the biggest so I\u2019m sure he got eaten first. Robert J. Swimmer was the scrawniest of the bunch, so he was definitely the last one left. I tried to go back for seconds, but they told me only one serving per person.\u201d Arthur said the meal was the best she\u2019d had at UChicago, but Betsey \u201cdefinitely could have used some more salt.\u201d Of course, not all students were thrilled at the dining hall\u2019s choice of Fourth Meal snack. Fourth year Calvin Jacobs was displeased with Bon Appetit\u2019s decision. \u201cI just don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair to serve such a limited number of ducklings. Everyone should get to try the tender flesh of the newly born!\u201d Jacobs had hurried to Baker as soon as word got out about the unusual sampling, but by the time he managed to swipe into the dining hall, only feathers were left on the plate. Jacobs did manage to sneak a bite from a friend\u2019s plate and rated the meal very favorably. At press time, UCPD was still investigating bizarre quacking noises heard coming from North Campus shortly before 8:45pm. UCPD is also investigating an unrelated incident at Botany Pond, in which masked subjects were seen trapping small birds with nets and cackling manically. If you have any information in either of these cases, the Shady Dealer urges you to contact UCPD immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2531,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions\/2531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}