Hamburger America: 'Solly's Grille'
This clip is an excerpt from burger documentary Hamburger America by filmmaker and burgermeister George Motz. The complete video is available on DVD at Mr. Motz's website, HamburgerAmerica.com
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6 Comments:
When Hamburger America was shown at the AHT Burger Party this summer, the scene where the put the butter on the burger elicited a crowd reaction similar to the wrestling scene in Borat.
SoundBitesNYC at 12:25PM on 12/18/06
I haven't seen Borat yet, SoundBites, but I remember the reaction well. Gasps and then silence. Scarier yet is that I ate TWO butter burgers that night. Chalk it up to EUI.
Adam Kuban at 1:34PM on 12/18/06
the stacked butter was like gold bullion. a beautiful sight.
i also chuckled at the man who had to wipe his forearms from what i imagine to be the melted butter. i'm having homemade butter burgers this week!
quantum at 1:17AM on 12/19/06
I love butter, I each great gobs of it as I wait for toast to toast, or pasta to finish boiling. I've been known to drink melted butter if there is a semi-reasonable excuse (there was crab dunked in that butter, it now tastes like crab). I love cold butter, melted butter, unsalted butter, salted butter, euro style butter, and american butter.
Butter does make everything better.
Does putting a slab of butter so large and soft that it melts immediately into a plate size puddle improve a so-so burger? I'm thinking... maybe not.
The Solly's burgers look unappealing to me, sorry.
Nice video though.
peekpoke at 1:50AM on 12/20/06
Yeah, that looks pretty unappealing to me too... I love a good burger, and delicious butter... But that's just too much butter. Eek.
wandabun at 1:52PM on 01/12/07
I grew up in Milwaukee and I can say unequivocally that their butter burgers are some of the most delicious I've ever had. I kind of wish I didn't see the video...Didn't know it was THAT much butter by the way. Oh and there is always a slew of octogenarians at the counter. Right down the street is Kopps Frozen Custard who also rock a great "face burger" and their frozen custard is the best I've ever had. Oh and quantum that person was totally wiping the butter of their forearms, that always happens.
colinilsley at 3:41PM on 11/08/07