White Castle; Yes or No?

Originally Posted By RoadTrip

Yes.

 

Originally Posted By Mr X

Never tried it.

Any good?

 

Originally Posted By davewasbaloo

What is it?

 

Originally Posted By Lisann22

No.

Made me want to hurl first time I had in Chicago. ;>

 

Originally Posted By davewasbaloo

Lisann - so great to see you on here (huge bear hugs)

What is White Castle - a drink? a ride?

 

Originally Posted By trekkeruss

White Castle was the first large hamburger chain. Their restaurants are primarily only in the northeast. The burgers are affectionately known as Sliders, Belly Bombers, or Beef Cookies, which are square, have five holes drilled through them, grilled in onions, and tiny... the patty weighs about one ounce. Apparently, they used to be bigger, but in order to keep the original price at 5¢, they shrunk through the years to the current small size. The company's tagline is "Buy 'em by the sack!" Yes, I learn a lot on the Food Network.

Waaaaay over-rated. After hearing about White Castle for years and years, I had the opportunity to try it a few years ago. The hype has got to be rooted in nostalgia and childhood memories, because raving about them is like raving for a McDonald's hamburger. Tasty in their own way, but certainly not like a real hamburger. Buy 'em by the sack? You kinda have to, because one is about as satisfying as a single Lays potato chip.

 

Originally Posted By davewasbaloo

Thanks for the description Russ. Interesting. It's like I feel in and out is overrated.

 

Originally Posted By RoadTrip

White Castle burgers are a love-em or hate-em kind of thing. They really don't taste much like hamburgers. More like if you took a razor thin slice of meatloaf and plopped in on a little itty-bitty bun.

Mmmmmm...

Good Eatin'!!

<<The hype has got to be rooted in nostalgia and childhood memories>>

That could be part of it. White Castles have always been open 24 hours a day. In college there were many nights when we’d get a late night attack of the munchies and go to White Castle and get a bag full of Slyders!

 

Originally Posted By Lisann22

And I hate meatloaf. LOL! Definitely love'em or hate'em. ;>

 

Originally Posted By jonvn

I get their frozen burgers, and microwave them.

They aren't burgers.

They are way greasy.

They tried opening up in California about 30 years ago and it did not work.


As icky as McDonald's is, it's better.

 

Originally Posted By avromark

Well In N Out probably wouldn't fly on the east coast. Some things just are so regional.

 

Originally Posted By jonvn

I think it might. It's just a hamburger. But it is made fresh to order.

 

Originally Posted By SuperDry

<<< I think [In-N-Out] might [fly on the east coast]. It's just a hamburger. But it is made fresh to order. >>>

And, unlike almost any other hamburger chain, all of the ingredients are still real food, prepared in the store much as you might do yourself. They don't use the over-processed factory foods that most others do to reduce costs.

 

Originally Posted By SuperDry

<<< I get their frozen burgers, and microwave them. >>>

That's all I've ever known White Castle to be, never having lived where there are White Castle restaurants. They're actually quite handy as a microwave snack, as you can easily adjust the portion size. But they are kind of their own thing, and hard to compare with a regular hamburger.

 

Originally Posted By disneydad109

I like them very much. I have often eaten them instead of real food.

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

I'm definately in the "no" category. It's just gross, and you have to have a stomach of steel to be able to down enough of them to fill you up before you get sick. As greasy as the microwave ones are, I think they're actually less greasy than the "fresh" ones.

And for the record, I really like meatloaf. I feel bad that people think that it's equivalent to White Castle. (I also like Spam, so you may need to take that into consideration).

 

Originally Posted By wonderingalice

WA to White Castle Burger: "Mr. White Castle Burger, I've eaten and enjoyed meatloaf. Mr. White Castle Burger, you're NO meatloaf." ;-)

Repulsive. Absolutely repulsive. I waited 49 years for my first White Castle and like Lisann, it made me want to hurl. I couldn't believe they were so lousy after all of the hype.

Bleecchhh...

 

Originally Posted By wendebird

YES, yes, yes! Love them, but then I grew up in NJ with them.

The microwave ones are Ok, but they're the best when fresh.

To the people who didn't know what they were, Haven't you seen Harold & Kumar go to White Castle? ;D

 

Originally Posted By beamerdog

Never had one.

>>Well In N Out probably wouldn't fly on the east coast. Some things just are so regional.<<

My SIL, DS and I got hooked on In/Out in Las Vegas. Count at least 3 East Coasters who love them.

 

Originally Posted By beamerdog

Hi Lisann22. Today my son looked at me and said, "oooo, is that the necklace no one's allowed to touch?" lol