Or else White Castle, is gonna pick YOU up for dinner...

[wednes]

When I was a kid, we jokingly called White Castle burgers "sliders" because well, they slide right out of you. Hahahaha, gross and all that. For those not in-the-know, White Castle makes tiny hamburgers fried with onions. They are yummy, if you're into that sort of thing. White Castle is also where Harold and Kumar go, and where the Beastie Boys went and "got thrown out." The Beastie Boys also remind us that White Castle fries only come in one size, which actually is no longer true.

Anyway...
Imagine my surprise when, a few years ago, White Castle themselves decided to start calling their own burgers "Slyders". WTF, right?

Well, for Christmas, H's mom sent us a bunch of stuff from Harry & David. This includes the chocolate tower I posted about earlier, and some cheeses and summer sausage and such. We then got a box that said it must immediately go in the freezer. It was a box of "sliders" from Harry & David. Nary a mention of White Castle in sight. I checked, it's a box of tiny hamburgers fried with onions. Curious.

So I guess now the actual term for a tiny burger cooked with onions is a "Slider."

Can anyone out of state confirm or deny this?
Is this just how it is now?


In non-burger related news, I am only working two days this week. It feels very odd to be off on a Monday, even though my birthday was on Monday, and I was off. I'm working a few hours tomorrow before going video game shopping with sudrin. I guess that I will go ahead and buy Scene It! and leave Lips for another time when I have more money. Too bad really, because I bet I could really build up some gamer points with Lips.
Games shouldn't cost so much, I think.

Watched Grindhouse: Planet Terror which was hilarious and very action packed. Plus there were zombies in it, which I always enjoy. This was after H's birthday dinner at Red Robin with uterdic and smarbaby. That was very fun as well, though it's way too cold outside.

Comments

[leemoyer.livejournal.com]

Quoth the Wikipedia: Another variety of hamburger is the "slider", which is a very small square hamburger patty sprinkled with diced onions and served on an equally small bun. This is the kind of hamburger popularized by White Castle. The name comes from their size, whereby they are considered to "slide" right down your throat in one or two bites. Another purveyor of the slider is Krystal. Burger King's "Burger Buddies" (a pair of slyders in a pull-apart format) are now discontinued.

What the Wiki doesn't say is that sliders are grilled with an onion grease on the grill too. I believe
William Poundstone addresses this in his indispensable BIG SECRET series.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Ha! I remember Burger Buddies! They had those when I was in college, like late 80's early 90's.

Very informative. Thanks!!

[leemoyer.livejournal.com]

Happy to spread the truth.
And any time I can recommend Poundstone's brilliant trilogy,it's all good. ;)

[nate101000.livejournal.com]

I don't know what 'onion grease' is. White Castle uses dehydrated onions soaked in water.

[leemoyer.livejournal.com]

You are wise in the ways of such things.