OT Re: You guys have LIVES?

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 05:00 -0700, Shawn Tayler wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:30:47 -0400 Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com>
> exclaimed:
> 
> > The Best Burger in the known world (IMHO) is in Salt Lake, of all
> > places. The Apollo Burger (Greeks) is to die for. They char-grill the
> > burgers along with a heaping pile of pastrami next to it. Then they toss
> > a thick slice of cheese on top of the flipped burger. Good Lord is that
> > ever good! I think Kurt has eaten them during his tenure with Caldera.  
> > 
> > Ric
> 
> That is one heck of a burger.  We have a contender here as well, although
> its a little more of a cheeseburger purist thing.  It's called the "Awful
> Awful".  Its served, the real one that is, at the Reno Nugget, downtown
> on Virginia St, between Second and Third.  1/2lb patty on a toasted bun
> with a couple slices of american cheese, your choice of the rest, sitting
> on a basket buried in fries, about 2-1/2" deep.  Its all served in a
> diner setting, right out of the 50's and I mean really right out of the
> 50's, not a recreation, about the size of a modern kitchen, with maybe a
> dozen stools.  Its in the back of a dark smoke filled casino that has
> definitely seen better days....

Next time you grill burgers outdoors, try the pile O' pastrami thing.
Let the flames hit it a bit, then pile the pastrami and some cheese on
the burger. It's like a mouth-full of soft bacon, that's not greasy. Get
the highly peppered pastrami, that is what makes it. 

Since it's a Greek invention, a little bit of Opa! action and dance
would be in order. Form a Snake dance, elect the first leader who holds
a handkerchief for the next in line to hold onto to, and everyone has to
copy whatever gyrations the leader dreams up, snaking around the yard.
Great fun for the kiddies. Rotate the leader often to keep interest
alive in it, the next in-line moves forward. Then dive into those
burgers. <grins>  Ric