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Hamburger Chain Trivia

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by Slashfood Editor, Posted May 13th 2009 @ 4:00PM

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Hamburger Chain Trivia

The first national hamburger chain was:

McDonald's
Bob's Big Boy
White Tower
White Castle
Wimpy

The first McDonald's hamburger stand was opened in:

Des Plaines, Ill.
San Bernardino, Calif.
Reno, Nev.
New York City
Dallas

The best word that describes White Castle's first hamburger patties is that they were:

Square
Round
Thick
Oval
Big

The person who was the most responsible for the early expansion of McDonald's in the United States and abroad was:

Richard McDonald
Jim McLamore
Ray Kroc
Billy Ingram
Dave Thomas

The first American hamburger chain to open franchises outside of North America was:

White Castle
Wimpy
Burger King
Bob's Big Boy
McDonald's

The first McDonald's hamburger stand:

Was octagonal in shape
Had golden arches coming out of the top of the building
Had an indoor dining area
Served barbecue
Had women employees

French fries became an important item on hamburger chain menus during:

The 1890s
World War I
The roaring 1920s
The Depression
World War II

The first hamburger chain to offer "drive-thru" service complete with a two-way speaker system was:

McDonald's
Jack in the Box
In-N-Out Burger
Burger King
Sonic

The commercial with the question, "Where's the beef?" was aired by:

Wendy's
Burger King
McDonald's
Jack in the Box
Johnny Rockets

The only national hamburger chain with carhop service is:

What-a-Burger
Sonic
Bob's Big Boy
In-N-Out Burger
Fatburger

The first hamburger chain that served a double patty sandwich was:

McDonald's
Burger King
Wendy's
Bob's Big Boy
Fatburger

Which of the following is a "retro" hamburger chain, complete with jukeboxes:

In-N-Out Burger
What-a-Burger
Krystal
A&W
Johnny Rockets

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An entire farm in a burger

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by Kat Kinsman, Posted Jul 2nd 2008 @ 11:00PM

Behold the Whatafarm burger, which according to alanbeam.net, via about.blank is "a burger ordered from the Whataburger chain and includes chicken, egg, cheese and bacon. 2 parts cow, 2 parts chicken, 1 part pig."

I'm all for the orgiastic multi-species chow down, what with my penchant for Kentucky burgoo (2 formats of cow -- old and young, lamb, pig, and chicken) and applaud the orderers for their gastronomic gumption. If I were being all harrumphy about it, I could note that the menu offers pig in sausage form and a fish filet as well and they opted for neither, but hey - Michelangelo didn't knock out the Sistine Chapel on his first jaunt up the scaffolding.

We salute you with all hooves, claws and trotters up!

[Via about:blank]

Filed under: Food Oddities, On the Blogs, Guilty Pleasures, Head to Tail, Ingredients, Chefs & Restaurants, Fast Food, Restaurants, Offal

Make her your Valentine princess at...White Castle?

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by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Feb 4th 2008 @ 11:00AM

Chances are, if you didn't make reservations last year for Valentine's Day this year, you might be out of luck, unless of course, you don't mind sitting across a table covered with a white tablecloth, candles, roses and...tiny square hamburgers?

White Castle is having their annual Valentine's Day celebration on Thursday February 14, 2008 at their restaurants around the country. But you can't just saunter in during the event, which lasts from 5 - 9 PM. Reservations are required. Check the White Castle website for locations and to make reservations.

Source

Filed under: Ingredients, Holidays, Chefs & Restaurants, Fast Food, Restaurants

McDonald's pulling out of Chipotle

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by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Apr 27th 2006 @ 1:37PM

We already know that Chipotle, the fast food Mexican chain that was in the same fresh and fast league as Baja Fresh and La Salsa, went public a few months ago. Don't know what happened since then, but McDonald's one of Chipotle's largest investors with a 69% stake, has announced its plans to sell five million more shares of its stock and be completely Chipotle-free by the end of the year.

McDonald's plans to use the funds to buy backs its own stock.

My hopes for a Grilled ChickenMcNugget quesadilla have been dashed.

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You could be a star for...McDonald's

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by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Apr 4th 2006 @ 11:14AM

Are you the next Ronald McDonald?!?!

Ok, so it's not really a clown casting call. McDonald's has put out a global casting call for the new faces to adorn their packages that started yesterday, and will end May 31, 2006. The casting call is open to anyone and everyone, and simply requires candidates to upload a digital picture of themselves and submit a story in 100 words or less about what they love - anything. Their website doesn't even specify that the story has to be about why a person loves McDonald's. I wonder if the person even has to eat McDonald's.

The photo shoot will be in August in London for the lucky "winner."

Filed under: Chefs & Restaurants, Restaurants