MetaFilter posts tagged with hamburgers

Slugburgers

ocherdraco — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:34:23 -0800

Slugburgers, hamburgers in which the meat has been supplemented with bread, meal, or crackers for filler, come from a triangular region that cuts across northern Alabama, northern Mississippi, and southern Tennessee and roughly corresponds with the Tennessee Valley. They're called slugburgers in Moulton, Alabama; Decatur, Alabama; and Corinth, Mississippi; doughburgers in Tupelo, Mississippi; and breadburgers in Cullman, Alabama. This regional take on the hamburger became popular during the Great Depression, when the price of meat made it necessary to use fillers to extend supply. Though the exact origin of the term is disputed, it is most commonly held that Slugburgers got their name from the coin used to pay for them: when each burger cost 5¢, you could pay for one with a nickel which was then also called a slug. Corinth, Mississippi, has held an annual Slugburger Festival since 1988. Take a photographic tour of the Slugburger Trail. I was reminded of slugburgers by The AHT Guide to Hamburger and Cheeseburger Styles. Decatur, Alabama, is my hometown, and I grew up going to school around the corner from C.F. Penn's, the local slugburger joint.

Any Vegan Options POTUS?

Xurando — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:18:26 -0800

Every once in a while in the busy urban working environment, the boss buys hamburgers for everyone from Five Guys. I tried to find videos of Dubya doing the same thing. There weren't any.

KISS Burger

Joe Beese — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:57:13 -0800

KISS Burger. Our Meat... Your Mouth.(via)

Lovie Yancey, Creator of Fatburger, R.I.P.

jonson — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:24:31 -0800

Opening a restaurant is not an easy way to get rich, but for 36 year old Lovie Yancey, an African American woman living in Southern Califoria in 1947, the gamble paid off. As founder of the Fatburger chain (warning - audio), Lovie is remembered as the creator of arguably the greatest hamburger in a nation obsessed with hamburgers. Lovie passed away Jan 26, at 96 years of age, and even if you're not a fan of her burgers, take a moment in tribute to a remarkable woman.

How To Cook The World's Greatest Hamburgers

jonson — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:28:50 -0800

With a grand prize of $50,000, the Build a Better Burger Contest is the biggest hamburger recipe contest in the world; with the upcoming contest being judged on Sept 29th, you can take a moment to stroll through hamburger history, with recipes for all 17 years worth of prizewinners. Not enough burger for you? Then try making any of the 10 runner ups from 2005 & 2006. Still more, you demand? Peruse the database of over 5,000 contest entries broken out by category, even the most jaded burgermeister is sure to find something original & delicious to try.

what part of the cow do you use in the burgers cos i heard it was the teeth.

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:31:54 -0800

McDonald's UK goes Web 2.0 with a site answering user's questions. Apparently, all of them.

Hamburgers!

gilgamix — Wed, 25 May 2005 15:36:49 -0800

I feel like a hamburger today. Oh and maybe a slice.

Pity the Blowfish.

gottabefunky — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 18:56:01 -0800

And you thought Hootie had sold out already. Onion hula-hoops, burgers growing on trees, and lots of suggestive sauce licking. [via]

McManufacturing Jobs

y2karl — Fri, 20 Feb 2004 21:57:54 -0800

McManufacturing Jobs

josephtate — Sun, 11 Aug 2002 12:40:55 -0800

The Origin of the Hamburger (npr.org). A restaurant named Louis' Lunch lays claims to the original hamburger. Dick's Drive-In has some of the best hamburgers and fries in Seattle. At the Beacon Drive-In in Spartanburg, SC you can get your burger served "a-plenty," meaning hidden under a generous pile of onion rings and fries. What's your favorite burger? Or has the recent beef recall got you down?

engelr — Fri, 24 May 2002 05:45:17 -0800

Four best hamburgers in this survey includes a place about a mile from my house, and yeah they're great there. It also shows one in NY, one in LA and one in New Orleans - are these the same four you see or are they showing me a place in my town because they know where I am? Mmmm ... hamburgers.