The “McGangbang” is a food product made out of two McDonald’s sandwiches off of the dollar menu that causes much controversy amongst people who like to cause controversy over stupid things. People will argue with you about many different things, including where it originates, what goes in it, and what the name of it is. This has made me come up with the subgroup of the sandwich called the “Virginia McGangbang.”
I feel like it’s important to point out that I do not condone the name of the sandwich, but this brings me to my first point. The sandwich is actually recognized by the name “McGangbang” in many McDonald’s (especially in my area), so much so that you can actually order it by name. People can literally walk up to the counter and say “I’ll have a McGangbang,” and the person will make it for you, without the extra bread. Thus, the name sticks.
Most people agree that the sandwich originates from Daytona Beach, Florida, where you take a Spicy McChicken sandwich, and put it between the patties of a McDouble. The main problem with this, is that not all McDonald’s carry Spicy McChickens. Thus, the variations come in to spice up the sandwich. The most important concept, is the fundamental blueprint of using sandwiches off of the dollar menu, and combining them.
The way I was taught to make it the first time, is the way I stick to making it. I actually thoroughly enjoy this artery clogging sensation enough to make it from time to time. I was told to buy a McDouble, and add the Big Mac sauce (Mac Sauce for short). You also buy a McChicken and add cheese, because heck, who doesn’t want more cheese? You then split the patties down the middle and insert your McChicken sandwich into the middle, and mash it together. The result is a beefy, chicken-y goodness that can only come from the mind of a broke college student who was tired of eating the same things every day. Another development is that the McGangbang has led to the creation of a more expensive and larger sandwich entitled the “Man Sandwich” that you can also order by name at many McDonalds. The concept of ordering off of the dollar menu is neglected, but the same principle of splitting patties and adding chicken sandwiches is there. The Man Sandwich is consisted of a Double Quarter-Pounder with Cheese; add Mac Sauce, and a Country Style Chicken Sandwich; add cheese.
When I read the requirements for the assignment Cooking Show, I felt almost entitled to share this delectable treat with the DS106 world. My friend Victor and I set off to the nearest McDonald’s, and acted out the making of this food of Gods. I asked my friend to use a recording technique where he comes up from behind me, and then sits down at the table, as almost personable, yet had an almost Nightly News feel to it. I asked him to shoot the scene lower than usual to emphasize the sandwich, and then raise up and emphasize me at the conclusion. Before he began recording, I thought it would be funny to use the receipt as a scene card. I feel like the effects worked well to give me the look I was looking for. One more point, I can’t stop laughing in these videos. Enjoy!

• Cooking Show, this assignment consisted of making a recipe in steps to the end product, and here is the link. None of the other students work opened up for me to look at but I got my idea from watching the food network.
• I enjoy cooking and wanted to feel like a chef does on a show when they are being taped on video. Again I enjoy cooking. My inspiration come from cooking shows. Well now that I am in college I have to learn to cook so I can eat everyday and be healthy.
• In my cooking show I made homemade noodles with a homemade soup base. Using different ingredients. One thing i did different from most people is I did a lot of free hand in the amount of ingredients put into the meal where as most people have set amounts of what is supposed to be put in to make a meal.
• I used my friends iflip to video the steps to making my meal and then I used the iflip program to put the video together. I added a title and credits. I also added background music  that the iflip program has to make it more like a food show.
• Towards the end my roommates decided to be idiots and started yelling stupid thing and I did not know how to mute or cut it out. So that is the only thing I think needs to be figured out.

• I did the Cooking Show assignment. Here we had to create a meal/food on video and describe what we were making just like on the Food network channel. I also watched a video on how to make popcorn which i thought could have been done a little better, though I know its hard to cook as well as be on camera to describe it.

• As soon as I saw this assignment I wanted to do it because I am a huge fan of cooking and the cooking channels. I’ve always wanted to try and when i see competition shows that is something they have to be able to do. My mom and I have always joked saying we should try to compete one day, but after this assignment I realized its a lot harder than you would think. I really like to cook so it was cool to experience having to describe each step and so forth, because usually when I do cook its just automatic actions, and not too much thought. Though I just did Ramen for this assignment, I must say I do cook a variety of things
• For this video I again used my Iflip, so the same process was used as the video made for describing my apartment. I was abel to add a Title, credits, and music throughout the video. This is a story of putting together a meal. Being creative and inventive on camera, and at the same time having to describe your thoughts, and engage the audience. As well as making your food look appealing.
• So again I used the iflip program and its very easy and automatic. The only hard thing in tihs program is you can only cut out the beginning or end of a video. So I just made sure I wouldn’t mess up and that’s why I chose to do something easy like Ramen. In the program I added a Title, and Credits. Then they had an option of their own music which I chose and added it softer than the voices in the video.
• I asked my suitemates and they actually liked the video and enjoyed the ramen that was made. They said i could have interacted a little more to get the audience engaged.

Video number 2 this week is my very own cooking show, performed for the assignment “Cooking show“! Featuring me having a mental breakdown! How fun! More exclamation points!  But yeah, once I realized that I would be doing all of the cooking in one take and that I had no one available to help me film, I started to get a little worried about the quality of the video.

I really wish I had more money so that I could afford more food in order to do multiple takes.  You’ll notice there’s no technique being shown in the video; that’s because I had to hold one hand while doing everything (also, my technique is wrong, but that’s a story for another day).  The one handed shakey cam can get really old really quickly, but please stick with the video: you might actually learn how to make something delicious!

This is the link to the recipe I was going off of when I made the chops.  As for the fries, I don’t really have a recipe: it’s just a thing that you sort of learn new things when you make more.  I had been meaning to make the pork recipe for a while and the chops went on sale for a pretty good price that week so I finally caved and decided to try out the recipe.  I had some leftover sweet potatoes from a few other cooking experiments and decided to chop those up into fries.  They made an excellent side dish to the pork.  I would highly recommend some broccoli or collard greens to go along with this dish, I just didn’t have much money to spend to get vegetables to go with it.

Again, I ran all of the clips through windows movie maker and added transitions where appropriate and titles.  Please excuse how disorganized the clip seems, I was trying to do too much at once between filming and cooking.  But the chops turned out fantastically, and that pan sauce I mention making was excellent as well (it was my first time making a pan sauce).

6/16 stars down.  Good eats, everyone!

For this assignment, we were asked to create a cooking show. It just so happened that my boyfriend and I had decided to make dinner together that night! We made Chicken with Peppers and Garlic Alfredo Sauce. We cook dinner together every night he stays… so every night. LOL

The ingredients for my dish are as follows;

You will need:
1 Pepper, your choice of color
1 small onion (optional) (did not use in video) (boyfriend doesn’t like onions)
1 Box of Penne Pasta
1 lb of Chicken
1 jar of Alfredo Sauce
1 Canister of Shakey Cheese (grated parmesan)

Here’s the video on how to make it!