On Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 12:12:18 PM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:05:48 -0800 (PST), dsi1
> > wrote:
>
> >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
> >> For your safety and protection, this sig. has been thoroughly
> >> tested on laboratory animals.
> >
> >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.
> Hawaii is in the West. Are all y'all not familiar with umami over
> there? You don't know what you're missing out on!
> --
>
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We don't live in the West. We live in the South - the Southern part of the Northern hemisphere.