"casa de suspiros" > wrote in message
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> On 2/5/2018 4:24 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> "notbob" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 2018-02-05, jmcquown > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Are you planning to make "sliders" (small burgers) using Hawaiian
>>>> sweet rolls?
>>>
>>> A suggestion I first heard in that film, "Chef", which was kind of a fun
>>> movie. But, 'brisket sliders on Hawaiian sweet rolls'???? WTF!?
>>>
>>> I thought "sliders" were those small greasy burgers from White Castle.
>>> Never had one and never will! OTOH, I've had some sorta Mexican
>>> 'torta Cubano'. a Mexican version of a Cuban sammy. To die for!!
>>
>> A slider is any small burger but they are usually rather flat. The name
>> comes from being able to slide them into your mouth in one bite. White
>> Castles are okay but to me not like a regular burger. More like a quick
>> snack.
>
> One critical difference is in the cooking.
>
> WC uses steam!
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KdFedtIfcc
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqcpw8qcVDQ
>
> White Castle was the first hamburger chain, started in 1921. What you see
> here is the exact same method they have used since then, completely safe
> steam cooking. Yes, the thin burgers are cooked by convection through the
> holes in the meat, no need to flip them. That's a mix of onions and water
> on the grill-- not grease! The finished burgers are not greasy at all.
> White Castle patties are 100% beef, and as such could probably even be
> eaten raw with no ill effects. Eating raw sushi certainly poses thousands
> times more risk than this. The guy coughing is with the cameraman, who is
> watching this activity behind glass at a White Castle.

Yes. They are steamed.