A perfect explanation. There are atleast 3 of them within 20 minutes drive
of each other, in the Huntington area.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Loeven <cpl49@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 2:49 PM
Subject: [OM] Apologies for continuing this White Castle thread
> In the early days on Long Island White Castle was a small Castle shaped
> building
> with car hops and everything. I came from a large family and my Dad got
> paid on Tuesday and had Wednesday off.
> That meant Wednesday was White Castle day. Yippee!
> Even then it was a dangerous place to linger. (Hempstead, Long Island,
New
> York.)
> Bikers! My Dad once backed into a chopper and knocked it down!!
> We ordered them by the sack full! So many that we made things out of the
> empty
> open top boxes they each came in. Cheap Leggos.
>
> What were / are they?
> Very small square beef patties, frozen, with little square holes in them
to
> facilitate quick thawing and cooking on the flat grill. The chopped
frozen
> onions were cooked right next to them and the buns, also frozen, were
placed
> right over the onions
> on the grill. They were put together with a spatula and ketchup and
pickle
> slices
> were added. This is why they were soggy and steamy.
> At that time they were 12 cents each. Five was the minimum any one person
> would order.
> The result was always the same, heartburn and a very bad feeling in the
> lower
> tract. We called them belly bombers. Why we loved them is still a
mystery.
> Years later I could be in a far away place and sense a fleeting whiff of
> Belly
> Bombers in the lower regions of my mind.
> I believe this evil creation is from Chicago. They still have them on
Long
> Island
> and do a brisk late night business. If I had access to them right now I
> would
> do at least six.
>
> Footnote: The fries were OK.
> Secret: They had the best crumb cake on the planet.
>
>
>
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