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- From: figmo@netcom.com (Lynn Gold)
- Subject: Re: Culinary Peculiarity (was Re: Dan'l hits Australia)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.004918.20212@netcom.com>
- Organization: The Burn the Candle at Both Ends Club
- References: <9301161803.AA13002@cipric> <OLSON.93Jan17225726@husc8.harvard.edu> <1993Jan18.060509.13783@muddcs.claremont.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:49:18 GMT
- Lines: 48
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- The gold-haired woman appears from a dark spot somewhere in the back, and
- a soapbox rises to the occasion underneath her.
-
- "How you take your burgers seems to depend on where you're from. Back in
- south Jersey, they seemed to default to having ketchup and mustard on them
- and sometimes relish, but never mayonnaise. Burger chains put pickles on
- them, yet I've only come across one person who puts pickles on his
- burgers.
-
- "I've also seen burgers with buttered buns in that region.
-
- "Going up to New York City, the burger configuration defaulted to ketchup
- and sometimes relish, but no mustard or mayonnaise. I befriended a
- teacher in the school cafeteria because she and I were the only ones who
- put both ketchup and mustard on our burgers (she was from the midwest).
-
- "In California, they seem to have this thing about putting mayonnaise on
- EVERYTHING. Yuck. If a burger only has one thing on it, it'll be
- mayonnaise. Often you have to ask for ketchup and mustard. Relish? You
- hardly ever see it. Onions? Sometimes. Lettuce and tomato are nearly
- always present. Mayonnaise is so ubiquitous that d if you don't want it,
- you have to specify this when you order, and even then, the person taking
- your order may not get the hint.
-
- "I prefer my burgers with ketchup, mustard, onions, and Tabasco sauce when
- available. I don't like lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, or mayonnaise, and
- I'm neutral to relish.
-
- "When possible, I like bacon cheeseburgers, especially with a good-quality
- cheese, unadorned, often on an English muffin. When the burgers are
- barbecued (that is, cooked over a barbecue, as opposed to merely being
- smothered in barbecue sauce), they're even better."
-
- The soapbox sinks slowly into the floor.
-
- "Fuzzball, stop drooling!"
-
- --Lynn
-
-
-
- --
- Lynn Gold figmo@netcom.com
-
- Worst pickup line of the decade:
- "You're so cute, so pretty. I've got the beer if you've got the
- time, you know. I've been all around the world. Would you like to
- see some human remains and intestines I have in the back of my van?"
-