On Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 1:19:43 AM UTC-10, wrote:
> On 2/19/2021 9:23 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> > On 2/19/2021 9:11 PM, wrote:
> >> On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 8:03:16 PM UTC-6,
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Krystal's are square small burgers with holes
> >>> poked in the meat, steamed onions, steamed buns. Very similar. The
> >>> only difference is Krystal adds a slice of dill pickle on top. I always
> >>> asked them to leave it off. I hate pickles.
> >>>>
> >>> Jill
> >>>
> >> Krystal's don't have the 5 small holes, White Castle's do. But yes,
> >> Krystal's do have the dill pickle and I ask them to leave them off
> >> as well. No cheese, either, please.
> >>
> > It's probably a copycat recipe I saw for Krystal's that mentioned poking
> > holes in the meat using a drinking straw. Be that as it may, they are
> > so very similar despite Bryan's claims. Please leave off the dill
> > pickle. And for you, the cheese. I don't plan to eat these things
> > every day.
> >
> > Jill
> You say they're "very similar," but you also say that you've never
> eaten a real White Castle, only those frozen things. I have eaten
> thousands of White Castle burgers. I have also had Krystals.
> Krystal burgers are *inspired by* White Castles, not a copycat.
>
> In fact, when I noticed that Murfreesboro, TN had both, I went to
> both the same day to compare. The WCs won, hands down, but that
> might be because I grew up on WCs. When my mother was a teenager,
> she won a WC eating contest by eating 19 of them.
>
> Also, WCs *do* have a pickle, and I order them extra pickle and
> cooked onion. I also keep these around
> https://www.target.com/p/gas-treatme...2/-/A-47939611
>
> specifically for eating WCs. Eight WCs with extra onion can fill a
> gymnasium with odor. I have stories about WC farts that I'm sure
> you don't want me to post, but I have found one of them in the
> archives to share.
> --
> --Bryan
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White Castle was cooking up burgers using a method that maximized umami long before umami became well known. That was a lucky break for them. OTOH, umami is still not well known in the West.