tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116240232011-04-21T17:49:55.617-06:00bacon cheeseburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200554109494221927noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624023.post-1112239330954685712005-03-30T20:24:00.000-06:002005-03-30T21:22:10.956-06:00<img src="http://www.geocities.com/roy_rogers_wb/Bacon_Cheeseburger_Sign_MD_House.jpg"> According to combined and unreliable internet sources, the mass consumption of hamburger began during the mid-nineteenth century, when the English Dr. J.H. Salisbury (who also lent his name to the illustrious Salisbury steak) advocated that American Civil War soldiers eat chopped beef patties three times a day, specifically to combat diarrhea, and generally, for optimum health. (Salisbury is reputed to have died in 1905 from <a href="http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://tmcr.usuhs.mil/tmcr/chapter1/large1/01-13B.jpg&imgrefurl=http://tmcr.usuhs.mil/tmcr/chapter1/imaging2.htm&h=768&w=630&sz=177&tbnid=KjFQzObWAcUJ:&tbnh=140&tbnw=115&start=25&prev=/images%3Fq%3DmegaCOLON%26start%3D20%26hl%3Dde%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN">megacolon</a>, resulting from a massive beef impaction in the bowel. Fischerspooner would, in later years, pay tribute to the Salisbury steak in their hit song, <i>Megacolon</i>.)<br /><br />Oddly, <a href="http://www.buildabetterburger.com/timeline.html">official hamburger timelines</a> make no mention of Dr. Salisbury, and it remains unclear as to which war with Germany, if any, prompted the patriotic renaming of the German-sounding "hamburger" as Salisbury steak. <br /><br />The cheeseburger is reputed to have originated in Pasadena, CA - thought up after hours by stoned NASA technicians at Caltech's <a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/">Jet Propulsion Laboratory</a> (otherwise unknown for its culinary advancements). The beginnings of the bacon cheeseburger, however, are shady and difficult to determine. It is thought that the tasty combination came about as early as 1924 in radical Jewish school lunchrooms, the combined product of long study hours, strict gender-segregated educational practices, and yeshiva gang initiation rituals. However attractive a theory, this is totally unsubstantiated. Therefore, any information on the first reported placement of bacon strips on the cheeseburger will be appreciated.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11624023-111223933095468571?l=itsthecheese.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>bacon cheeseburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200554109494221927noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624023.post-1111961707547845922005-03-27T16:14:00.000-06:002005-03-27T16:39:54.926-06:00Is there <i> anything</i> bacon doesn't improve?<br />-replenishes the salt necessary to human life<br />-good source of fat, which is necessary to human life<br />-adds that "something special" to eggs, pancakes, pasta, salads, sandwiches, meatloaf, soup, hors d'ouvres, beans, <br />and vegetable sides <br />-softens hands while you do the dishes<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11624023-111196170754784592?l=itsthecheese.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>bacon cheeseburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200554109494221927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624023.post-1111961555751481912005-03-27T16:06:00.000-06:002005-03-27T16:23:22.396-06:00"Traif" is just another big fancy word for <i>ignorance</i>. It's the 21st century, people! In the name of tolerance and diversity, isn't it time we embraced all foodstuffs and tasty combinations? I mean, <i>please</i>, who are you to diss me just because I'm both meat and dairy? <i>In the end, you are only hurting yourselves.</i><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11624023-111196155575148191?l=itsthecheese.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>bacon cheeseburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200554109494221927noreply@blogger.com1