
The weather is nice (at least where I am). It's Friday. Why not break out a grill this weekend and make your own, perfectly melted cheeseburgers?
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Here's a synopsis of the latest food products and politics news being covered by our fellow bloggers over at Slashfood sister site, GreenDaily:
NYC's Board of Health attempted last year to pass a measure that forced fast food joints to post calorie counts on their menu boards, right where people could see them (and, I guess, be horrified by them and run screaming from the restaurant. Or...something. Not quite sure what the city's goal was).
Doesn't this guy know that it's Burger King where you can "have it your way?"
A man in South Carolina has sued McDonald's after going into one of the establishments and ordering two hamburgers without cheese. Well, he got cheese on them, and it turns out he's allergic to cheese. He's suing for $10 million.
Now, the guy says he almost died (his medical bills were $700, which McDonald's said they would pay but they were turned down), and he's suing because of the reaction he had to the cheese and because his family "risked their lives" to rush him to the emergency room.
If you're wondering why he didn't see the cheese before he bit into the hamburger is because he ate it in a darkened room.
Before anyone ever heard of Harold, much less Kumar, before the invention of the Crave campaign, before the word Slyder was trademarked I was a teenage White Castle worker. On this last day of National Hamburger Month I'd like to share my memories of working at America's oldest hamburger chain, as well as my thoughts on its present state of affairs.
Yes, I know this is the second massive meat-laden burger in a row, but it's nowhere nearly as excessive as yesterday's. Today's Hamburger of the Day is the Ghetto Burger from Ann's Snack Bar in Atlanta, Ga. The Ghetto Burger is to burgers as a Katz's pastrami sandwich is to any other pastrami sandwich, that is to say some who dare call themselves gourmands wind up wrapping half of the thing to take home.
The Ghetto Burger, as you can probably make out is a double cheeseburger with bacon. I have ignored the the "salad" on top. But what of that errant pile oozing out of the right side of this megaburger? It's not ground beef, well, at least not ground beef from the patty, it's chili! Did I forget to mention that the whole thing gets a hearty shake of seasoned salt and left a Wall Street Journal reporter swooning?

Today's Burger of the Day comes from Rouge, a highly acclaimed New American bistro in Philadelphia. Cathy over at Gastronomy had the pleasure of splitting one of these with a friend recently. It bears pointing out that this bad was ranked No. 4 on Alan Richman's list of 20 Hamburgers You Must Eat Before You Die. As you can see from the pic, this hefty specimen is topped with Gruyère, under which lurk some tasty caramelized onions. But what did Cathy think? She describes her first bite as "beefy heaven," and goes on to praise the gargantuan patty's moistness. There are some who say that such an outsized burger stretches the very definition of the word "hamburger" to absurd limits. As for me, I know what the next meal I'm having in Philly is, that is of course after I down a Tony Luke's roast pork Italian.
[via Tastespotting]
I love Krispy Kremes, bacon and burgers, too, but I've never tasted the abomination, er, delicacy, pictured here. But only because until today, I didn't know any place nearby to sample this artery-clogging, waist-broadening wonder. After all, I ate a hot, unglazed Krispy Kreme for an article I wrote about the company years ago. I wouldn't recommend it. Talk about heart-stopping. Continue reading Krispy Kreme Burger comes to Google's NYC cafeteria

A few weeks ago, we took a peek at some of the world's largest pizzas, and while this pizza might not qualify for that list, it definitely deserves a title of its own. It is one of the most bizarre pizzas that I have ever seen: the Aussie Hangover Cure. It should have been called the McCheeseburger Pizza. The pizza not only has four McDonald's cheeseburgers topping it, but an entire order of large french fries, both under and on top of the burgers, as well as bacon, cheese and tomato sauce. I won't hazard a guess as to the calorie content, but it's safe to say that it is a lot. And as for it acting as a hangover cure? It strikes me as something you might eat the night before you wake up with a hangover, not something you'd crave in the morning.
If you missed the opportunity to flip burgers in high school, you can have a second chance without
quitting your day job. Alternatively, you can flip burgers while you "work" at your day job. Just use the McDonald's employee simulator. Start your day off with the ringing of
your alarm clock, and click your way through your routine: breakfast, driving to work and, of course, making the
burgers. If you're having fun, you can even work overtime for an extra $5! The game isn't as riveting as Diner Dash, but then again, probably neither is working at
McDonald's - especially when you don't get to interact with the customers to break up the monotony.
Here's an incentive for playing, though: If you make it to the end of the game, you'll learn that McDonald's employees have scary dreams.
[Thanks to McAuliflower for the tip!]

A while back I mentioned the fact that In-N-Out burger will let you add patties and cheese to their standard Double-Double Burger, along with a mouthwatering photo of a 20x20 burger, which is probably the maximum amount that a single person could consume. Assuming, of course, that the person consuming the burger is a very, very hungry linebacker. If you have a few friends around, though, you might want to increase your order to an astounding 100x100. For only $97.66 (burger sold in Las Vegas), you and seven friends can gorge yourselves on meat and cheese. What up Willy! documented the making and consumption of this amazing burger. I don't think I could do it, but these guys have my deepest respect. And a few of my antacids.
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