Could ya melt the cheese on there for the Chief?
It's just as easy to have it the way you want it...
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LOL.
shareWhat bugs me, is that once you place a slice of cheese on a a freshly fried hamburger patty, melting of said cheese starts to happen pretty much right away. By the time the hot hamburger is delivered to your table, the cheese should already be nicely melted. So this scene, while funny, didn't seem to jibe with reality. Or maybe they served cold hamburgers in that diner?
shareNotice that was a rather small burger those men were having? And no fries or other sides? Back when eating at a restaurant was a luxury for all income levels and when portion sizes were smaller. No wonder most people were thinner back then! And the chocolate malts were a total bonus!
shareThat may have been true for that particular diner in the movie, but I remember those days well. I lived through them. Seems hamburgers in a diner or restaurant were always pretty good sized, and usually came with a slice of tomato and fresh lettuce, along with a side of fries or a side of something else - cole slaw, maybe. Of course, you could opt for no fries if you didn't want them. I always remember getting "big" cheeseburgers at the places I went to. Where I thought you found "small" burgers was at places like McDonalds or other burger chains that were more about fast service and mass production. Even to this day I hardly ever go to a McDonalds because I think their small burgers are too wimpy for adults, like they're "kiddy sized" or something.
shareThe café/diner in the film was seedy, near the bus/train station... They probably threw the slice of cheese on at the last minute.
Anyhow, this film really captures what it was like in those days. The big cities on the eastern seaboard were rotting. Shooting this in winter adds to the bleakness. So many fascinating sub themes.
Fantastic film, anybody who can't appreciate this has my sympathies.
"For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest"
Right in Diner the hamburgers were huge and all came with fries and "gravy."
shareStandard McD's patty today?
1.6 ounces.
Of what, we're not exactly sure.
At the Logan Airport Taxi Parking Lot in Boston, where I used to order cheeseburgers in the snack bar there, a little Asian girl used to put my cheese
on the burger AFTER it had already been cooked. I asked her about that one day--why she didn't put the cheese on the burger before it was completely cooked, and she replied that she'd never thought of that. No rocket scientist she.
"Where them malts at?"
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