All day breakfast at Canadian Mcdonald's

> Finally, a McMuffin for lunch!

Jerrison Oracion
Senior Columnist

 

reakfast is the most important
meal of the day, and there are a

lot of delicious food to choose from.
Even though I eat breakfast food in the
morning, sometimes I like to also eat
breakfast food during lunch hours. One
of my favourite things to eat during lunch
is a Sausage ’N Egg McMuffin. Two years
ago, all day breakfast became available in
McDonald’s in the US, allowing everyone
to eat their favourite breakfast items
any time of day. That privilege had not
been available in Canada until now.

After a long wait, all day breakfast
is finally available all across our country.
That means that I can eat a Sausage ’N Egg
McMuffin at any time during breakfast,
lunch, or dinner. Back then, when I ate
one during lunch, | either had to buy it
before 11 a.m., save it, and then eat it cold
or heat it in the microwave. Now, I can
eat it fresh throughout the entire day, and
it tastes very delicious. Breakfast food
tastes very good, so much so that it makes
you to want to eat breakfast anytime,
in the day, or for every meal you eat.

The Sausage ’N Egg McMuffin is very
delicious because the egg tastes great,
the sausage has a lot of flavour, and the
cheese adds even more flavour. Getting
breakfast during lunch and dinner is

cheaper than getting regular lunch and
dinner meals. A breakfast combo that
includes a McMuffin, a hash brown, and
a drink costs around $6. But, the choices
are limited after 1 a.m. with the only
breakfast items available after that being
various types of McMuffins, hot cakes, and
hash browns. In the United States, their
entire breakfast menu is available all day.

It would nice if the McGriddle and
the McBiscuit were available all day,
because they both taste delicious. The
McGriddle adds a maple syrup taste to
the sandwich, and the McBiscuit makes
the sandwich butterier. Also, they could
put eggs and sausage alongside the
hot cakes as part of a “Big Breakfast”
meal, for a complete breakfast. Their
breakfast wraps could be available all
day as well, because they fill you up
quickly. While we were waiting for all day
breakfast to be available in McDonald’s
in Canada, A&W did a similar thing by
offering the Bacon and Egger all day in
select locations, and it is now currently
available in all locations. These changes
might cause other fast food restaurants
to offer their breakfast menus all day.

So, if you like to eat breakfast
during the rest of the day, or you
simply have not eaten breakfast yet,
you can eat breakfast any time of the
day in McDonald’s, so don't worry
about setting your alarm clock.

 

Putting labels on the friendship of two men

> Is it time to retire ‘bromance’?

Cazzy Lewchuk
Opinions Editor

 

Roo I saw a front page headline
on a major daily newspaper asking
“Isn't it bromantic?” The sub-headline
said “When a bro loves another bro:
How unconditional male bonds can
improve health and happiness.”
Personally, I don’t find it shocking
to hear that positive male friendships
can have positive effects. Really, gender
has nothing to do with it; a bond with
someone you love has many benefits,
regardless of what gender either of you
are. | find it troubling that this sort of
thing is given any attention, or is found
to be a revelation. It is unnecessarily
gendered and states a very obvious
fact about men’s (or anyone’s) health.
The “bromance’” label is
heteronormativity at its finest. We live in
a culture where two men being friends
cannot simply be seen as a friendship.
The term “bromance” suggests a platonic
love based on understanding and respect
between two dudes. In other words, a
friendship. Why do we feel a need to
suggest that a male bond is some sort
of romantic implication—that there is a
joking homosexual tension beyond it?
Women do not have this same label
applied. There is no equivalent female
term for a “bromance.” This is because
women having deep, sisterly bonds is
perceived as entirely normal in our
society. There’s no term for a man and
a woman’s platonic bond either. (Of
course, many Hollywood movies suggest
men and women can never really just be

friends, and that the two will inevitably
end up together. This is an equally
dangerous and misguided stereotype.)
We live in a culture where any
close friendship a man has, regardless
of either person’s sexuality, is seen as
something to be dwelt upon. If men have
a close female friend, they’re probably
secretly in love. If they have a close
male friend, they have a “bromance.”
Or, they’re secretly gay for each other,
another very unfortunate implication.

& @

 

It is reflective of a society where
men are not encouraged to show their
emotions. Vulnerability, compassion,
and expressing love are seen as traits
that should be repressed in males,
because they aren’t “tough,” or how a
traditionally manly man should act.

Two men having a close friendship
is nothing new. Since our society was
almost entirely dominated by men until
quite recently (and, still, continues
to wrongly overshadow women),

Illustration by Ed Appleby

it was the only sort of friendship
that recieved attention. Abbott and
Costello. Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller.
Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

Why do we find the need to
label something entirely normal
and healthy? All it does is create
unhealthy implications to unnecessarily
bring gender and sexuality into it.
Friendships are very normal and
healthy across all genders, and there’s
no reason to dwell any further on it.