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By
Diane Forrest
I spend alot of time on the Yahoo! news page trying to
keep current on daily events. As I was pursuing
the site on Labor Day I found an article about the largest cheeseburger that
was made in Minnesota at the Black Bear Casino in Carlton. It was 10 feet in diameter and weighed a
ton. It even took a crane to flip
it. It took 4 hours to cook, and
included 60 pounds of bacon, 50 pounds of lettuce, 50 pounds of sliced onions,
40 pounds of pickles and 40 pounds of cheese.
It was even quite tasty. A picture
of the massive burger is shown here.
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Another feature on Yahoo! is a program called Blue Ribbon
Hunter. These are small episodes of a
reporter traveling around to find the best foods in the country. I recently saw one from a hamburger festival
in Akron, Ohio. I remember all the
burgers she tested, as she was one of the judges for the festival. I think she said she ate 13 burgers, but the
winner was a corned beef burger with sauerkraut and blue cheese.
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I wasn’t really sure about her choice, to me a
cheeseburger must have ground beef , and the best ones I have found, other than
grilling my own, are from out of the way burger joints, not the big chain restaurants. There used to be a small burger joint in town
called Kathy's Dairy Bar. They would
grill up the best burgers, on a jumbo toasted bun with mayonnaise lettuce tomatoes,
purple onions, pickles and mustard the cheese would be placed on the burger
while still on the grill so it was slightly melted. They served it in a paper checked basket with
a side of crisp crinkle fries and a mound of Ketchup. I would get a thick chocolate shake to drink,
and I couldn’t think of a better meal ever. Even after the place closed, and I
met my future husband, he also had fond memories of the same restaurant, and
would frequently reminisce about having lunch there with his father while they
were in town working. Another great
place for a cheeseburger was our local bowling alley in the Delta. Not a place you would typically go to for
burgers, but after all this time I still remember how delicious it was. High
School Football games are another place for a great burger. I think they are so good because you are
outside, the band is playing, the aroma of the cooking meat and the roar of the
crowd make them taste even better.
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Today is National Cheeseburger Day. According to punchbowl.com, there are several
theories about the origins of the cheeseburger. One story claims that the
cheeseburger was created between 1924 and 1926 by a chef named Lionel
Sternberger. As the story goes, a homeless man dining at Sternberger's
restaurant in Pasadena, California, suggested the addition of a slice of cheese
to his hamburger order. Sternberger complied, eventually added it to his menu.
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So today, try to find an out of the way burger joint,
bowling alley, high school football game or even cook your own. Finding a place with a great cheeseburger is
a wonderful experience, and will make some great memories too.
Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2012/09/03/2424907/minn-casino-cooks-up-record-1.html#storylink=cpy
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