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- From: jane@soave.swdc.stratus.com (Jane Beckman)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: Dan'l hits Australia
- Message-ID: <8900.14091@stratus.SWDC.Stratus.COM>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 23:44:03 GMT
- References: <9301191946.AA36780@whale.st.usm.edu>
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- Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc., San Jose, CA
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- > "Well, back in the olden days when a hamburger was real beef...
- >
- > I paid twenty-five cents for them and they had a large meat patty,
- > a large slice of onion, a large slice of tomato, two or three pieces
- > of lettuce, and mustard. It took two hands to hold.
- > If you had asked for ketchup, that would have been no big deal, but no
- > mayonaise, nope, you would definately been told you were weird for wanting
- > that on your hamburger." DJ.
- >
- > That was in Texas, about 1957. About 1965, the first Burger Chef
- > franchise came to a nearby town. Many a person did the old gag reflex
- > when they encountered both ketchup and mustard on their 15 cent hamburgers.
-
- Jilara looks thoughtful. "It must have been one of those
- regional things. The hamburgers we used to get from the
- Cambria coffee shop, to take to the beach, had mayonaise, but
- NEVER mustard. And yes, they would put on ketchup if you
- asked, but usually, you got mayo. Likewise hotdogs, which
- were sliced lengthwise, grilled, and slapped on toasted bread
- spread with mustard and mayo, with lettuce. It was a real
- novelty, the first time I got a hot dog at the beach, and it
- came whole, in a funny shaped bun, with mustard and relish and
- pickles. (I think this was about 1962.) Then there was the
- Bob's Big Boy in Van Nuys, in the '50's. Visits from my aunt and uncle
- meant either Chinese food or Big Boy burgers. The assembly
- of a Big Boy burger was as follows: bottom bun, meat, tomato
- (and onion, unless you requested not, like my mother),
- middle bun with mayo on the bottom side, meat, lettuce, and
- red relish. I LOVED Big Boy burgers. I have *never* forgiven
- Bob's for changing these burgers in the '60's. They got the
- bright idea that *thousand island dressing* was what you got
- if you combined red relish and mayo. So they slathered both
- layers in thousand island dressing. ICK!! I never ate
- another Big Boy burger. However, they were starting to get
- greasy and full of filler by then, anyway...
-
- "College was great, because this one greasy-spoon joint in San
- Luis Obispo called "Scrubby and Lloyde's" specialized in
- "Truckerburgers." These things had big, juicy hamburger
- patties that weighed 8 oz each, required both hands to eat,
- and were served up with fresh lettuce and huge tomato and
- onion slices, and were spread with mayo. You always ended up
- slathered with juice up to your elbows, but it was worth it!"
- --
- Jilara [jane@swdc.stratus.com]
-
- "Every now and then, a big rock falls out of the sky, and everyone has
- a *very bad* day." --from the PBS "Dinosaurs" special.
-