On Fri 17 Feb 2006 06:50:57p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Michael
"Dog3" Lonergan?

> Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> hitched up their panties
> and posted 28.19:
>
>> On Fri 17 Feb 2006 05:17:15p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
>> Michael "Dog3" Lonergan?
>>
>>> Dave Smith > hitched up their panties and
>>> posted :
>>>
>>>> Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> > "Dave Smith" > wrote
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> I made the mistake of eating there a few times when I started
>>>>> >> working on the
>>>>> >> road. It seemed like a good idea to grab something fast. I found
>>>>> >> the meals generally unsatisfying and usually ended up getting
>>>>> >> cramps after eating it.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > They don't call them sliders for nothing, last thing I'd grab if
>>>>> > I was on the road. I had WC burgers once just to see what the
>>>>> > hoopla was ... I still don't get it.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > nancy
>>>>>
>>>>> It's the greasy onions
>>>>
>>>> Fried Onions?
>>>>
>>>> I love them on burgers. I am assuming WC refers to White Castle. I
>>>> confess to only having heard about them here and a faint
>>>> recollection of a segment about it on the Food Network. More
>>>> recently there is the movie someone and Kumar go to White Castle,
>>>> which I have caught bits and pieces of and intend to watch it from
>>>> the start the next time I catch the listing in time.
>>>
>>> I don't know the entire history so you can't quote me on it. I
>>> *think* White Castle originated here in St. Louis. I have no idea
>>> how they cook the onions. I would assume on the griddle with the
>>> little square burgers. The taste is unique in a fast food way. Quite
>>> frankly they are fantastic when you're coming off a really bad binge.
>>> I usually can down 6 of them with no problem with some of their deep
>>> fried onion chips. Gawd... the gastric distress a few hours later is
>>> horrendous. Some people smother 'em in chili etc. That's about all I
>>> know. They now sell them frozen. The frozen aren't worth the effort
>>> IMO. We have a WC close. I get my fix yearly.
>>
>> White Castle System, Inc. was formed in Wichita, Kansas, in 1921. They
>> use shredded, reconstitued dried onions that are cooked on the grill
>> before the meat patties are added.
>>
>
> Thanks for the info Wayne. I've never researched it. Actually, I eat
> there once a year so there was no point in researching until this thread
> came up. Thanks again for the info.

I always thought they originated in Columbus, OH, but they didn't move
their headquarters there until 1934. I lived many years in the Cleveland
area (~120 miles from Columbus), but we didn't see White Castle restaurants
in Cleveland until the 1980s. Earlier, we had Royal Castle, which have
been gone for decades. As a kid, when we lived in St. Louis, my favorite
was actually White Tower which is long gone. None of these types of chains
exist in Phoenix.

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Wayne Boatwright o¿o
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Bob Myers wrote:

>
> Nope, doesn't affect me; I cook better food myself than what
> I'd get in any of those places that will go Tango Uniform simply
> because Mickey D's draws in those "masses" who might otherwise
> spend their $4.99 for a combo elsewhere...

Same here, except I worked on the road for 28 years. It was a PITA to make a
lunch before my early start at work, and aside from having to keep a lunch in
a sometimes hot vehicle, I needed a place to stop anyway. Instead of brown
bagging it I ate lunches and suppers in restaurants. IMO fast foods joints
drag the quality of food available to their level, McD's being right near the
bottom.

I just can't imagine going out to McD's as a dinner out. I can understand it
if a busy family is en route to something and has to stop for something fast,
but as a "dinner out"? Scary.

"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:17:23 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
> > wrote:
>
>>Far more chemicals than most farms use. Choose to believe it, or not.
>>Yawn......
>
> I choose not to believe everything claims as fact, especially when
> it comes to fast food, thank you. Browse on over to alt.fast-food
> and you'll see all sorts of lunatics claiming that fast-food is
> from made from ground up, hydrolyzed aliens.
>
> And BTW, it's <yawn>
>
> -sw

Well, my info came from a book by an author who actually visited farmers out
in Idaho who were under contract solely with McDonalds, to grow spuds whose
future was french fries. They described in great detail what they applied to
the plants & soil, how often, and how this compared with other farming
methods. Does this qualify as truth? If not, I'd love to know if there's
anything at all that you believe, and what your criteria are.

Dave Smith > wrote in news:43F73FDF.113D3615
@sympatico.ca:

> Same here, except I worked on the road for 28 years.

Did it bother you when the cars went whizzing by?

Bwahahaha!!!!!

--

"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why
the poor have no food, they call me a communist."

Dom Helder Camara

"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:59:25 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
> > wrote:
>
>>Well, my info came from a book by an author who actually visited farmers
>>out
>>in Idaho who were under contract solely with McDonalds, to grow spuds
>>whose
>>future was french fries. They described in great detail what they applied
>>to
>>the plants & soil, how often, and how this compared with other farming
>>methods.
>
> I read the book "Fast Food Nation", too. But I don't recall
> Schlosser comparing farming methods the way you describe.
>
>>Does this qualify as truth? If not, I'd love to know if there's
>>anything at all that you believe, and what your criteria are.
>
> <yawn>
>
> -sw

Wrong book. I'm referring to "The Botany of Desire". This, combined with 35
years of gardening, and following pesticide shenanigans via a wide range of
sources (gov't, chem industry, farm industry, environmental groups). You
tend to learn something when you stay with something long enough.

Dave Smith wrote:

> I just can't imagine going out to McD's as a dinner out. I can understand
it
> if a busy family is en route to something and has to stop for something
fast,
> but as a "dinner out"? Scary.


Some years ago I used to spend weekends at the beach with a family that had
a house in SW Michigan. We'd ocassionally drop by a fast food place in the
SW Michigan - NE Indiana area for some burgers or such. On Sundays we'd see
LOTS of families at these joints eating their post - church meals at these
places...of course factoring in the dullard hillybilly demographics and the
paucity of decent eating places in that particular area I guess I can
understand this "phenomenon".

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Best
Greg