This sounds like something a bunch of stoned college students would come up with:
Homer Simpson would love the newest taste sensation in minor league baseball: the doughnut burger.
We kid you not. The Gateway Grizzlies of the Frontier League promised to create “Baseball’s Best Burger” in time for the team’s opener in late May. And they appear to have succeeded.
The ballpark sandwich will include a hamburger topped with sharp cheddar cheese and two slices of bacon — all between a “bun” made of a sliced Krispy Kreme Original Glazed doughnut.
See the post along with a picture on ESPN’s website here
There’s a real restaurant serving that?? I thought that was just Aaron McGruder’s sick and twisted idea…
VJ, reminds me of that southern woman on the Food Channel… can’t remember her name. When I was recovering from my hospital visit I was dozing on the couch one day with the food channel on (puts me to sleep most of the time). I woke up and she was making bread pudding from 2 dozen Crispy Kreme donuts. I thought I was having a nightmare.
Paula Dean. And vj, I thought the exact same thing, straight from The Boondocks. Hope they have beds in the park like Grandpa did in his restaurant.
Frank Bruni reported the same item in his food blog a couple days ago. His take:
“A coupling of glazed doughnuts and ground beef seems unnecessarily eccentric and decidedly unappealing.”
That’s just nasty.
It’s actually pretty good, and it was created by Luther Vandross. We ordered one in Atlanta:
http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2005/08/a_gastronomic_s.html
Also, we then tried making out own:
http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2005/08/make_your_own_t_1.html
Sort of sad that they just stole an existing idea…
Portland Blog Digest posted about this (it’s called the “Luther Burger” apparently) awhile back — see the link here:
http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2005/08/make_your_own_t_1.html
Apparently this is a well known Southern delicacy…not sure if Frank has figured this out yet or not.
i think that if you like crap like this, you don’t have any business chatting on a blog like this. I know i might be old fashion and sound like an old fart, but there’s a limit to “what is good”. When I read the blog, it made want to puke…
I’d rather talk about good food. There is so much of it and so little time!
Considering that Mr. Vandross met his demise via a stroke at the age of 54, I’ll have to pass.
I never thought a fried egg-on-cheeseburger would sound so healthy.
If we only ate healthy, food would be pretty boring.
Take a chance, you might like it!
There’s a difference between puritanical health consciousness and avoiding hamburgers with donut buns.
Ha ha! Okay, that’s a good point. But to me the Luther is so mild, because at the same place they have what they call the hamdog… and that thing is a true beast:
“a hot dog wrapped by a beef patty that’s deep fried, covered with chili, cheese and onions and served on a hoagie bun. Oh yeah, it’s also topped with a fried egg and two fistfuls of fries.”
Google “hamdog“.
I’d rather take my chances with foie gras, cream and butter.
A burger on a KK bun?? ummmm, no thanks…