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| Burger King Rolls Out Bunless Burgers |
| 2004-01-15 |
| EFL Burger King’s rollout of breadless Whoppers this week is a nod to the low-carb craze that’s sweeping the nation — and the latest evidence that the burger wars are taking a turn for the healthy. Sory, not with the stuff they put in that burger. But burger-lovers will have the last say, and experts say the bun shouldn’t be written off from restaurants’ regular fare, much less from its place in modern American food lore. Besides, he noted, a Whopper without a bun is almost an oxymoron. "The bun is almost the least of my worries," he chuckled. Severe non sequitur alert. The Miami-based chain is selling them in plastic salad bowls, with knife and fork, after reporting an increasing number of such requests over the past year. Didn’t anyone else grow up with the common pasttime of driving backward through the drive-through, and asking for a burger-- hold the bun? It’ll never be the same... |
| Posted by:therien |
| #26 The buns on the ol burger is the death. I'll buy my multiple burgers, sparingly these days, no really, and stack all the beef on one bun. Scrap off the mud and chow down. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-1-16 12:10:44 AM |
| #25 Jonah Goldberg at NRO had a good line: "Bunless Whopper -- that's what they called me in prison." |
| Posted by: Tibor 2004-1-15 6:39:24 PM |
| #24 to his hearts content I hope you're right. But the whole Atkins thing seems like a guaranteed triple digit return on you're money. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-15 2:58:30 PM |
| #23 I bet none of you are on the Atkins or South Beach diets. This is a bit of a blessing for folks who have been on Atkins and bascially order a whopper, and trhow away all the stuff but the burger and a bit of the lettuce. Now they get just what they need. Its just catering to a market demand. Wonderful thing, the free market economy. FYI, my brother lost 80 pounds on Atkins last year, and has yet to gain any of it back. Eating steak, burgers, etc to his hearts content (and green veggies too), plus regular exercise as put forth in the diet books - and drinking a lot of water. Bad cholesterol, liver enzymes and blood pressure are down, good cholesterol is up, and his type 2 diabetes is flat out gone. He hasn't been that healthy in over a decade I bet. So, don't knock it. Especially those of you not yet into your 40's. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-1-15 2:33:07 PM |
| #22 Don't you remember Cousin Boneless from "Cow and Chicken"? Same thing, but with pigs. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-1-15 2:17:23 PM |
| #21 For awhile there, McDonald's was selling boneless rib sandwiches. How the hell do you make a boneless rib? |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-1-15 2:00:11 PM |
| #20 The above is locally known as a "Stopper" |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-15 1:13:12 PM |
| #19 Actually they order the same number of buns and are selling them with extra mayo after mid-nite to Atkins escapees. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-15 1:12:47 PM |
| #18 Even if you say it three times, it doesn't make it right. They might START saving money in the future, but I suspect they had no way of tracking "burger w/bun" seperately from "burger w/o bun" before this. Now they do, and can start shifting their purchasing predictions accordingly. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-1-15 12:35:08 PM |
| #17 Bet BK is saving $ not buying buns. |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2004-1-15 12:15:00 PM |
| #16 Bet BK is saving $ not buying buns. |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2004-1-15 12:15:00 PM |
| #15 Bet BK is saving $ not buying buns. |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2004-1-15 12:14:58 PM |
| #14 For heaven's sake, why don't they just make thinner buns? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-15 10:20:07 AM |
| #13 The buns on the ol burger is the death. I'll buy my multiple burgers, sparingly these days, no really, and stack all the beef on one bun. Scrap off the mud and chow down. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-1-16 12:10:44 AM |
| #12 Jonah Goldberg at NRO had a good line: "Bunless Whopper -- that's what they called me in prison." |
| Posted by: Tibor 2004-1-15 6:39:24 PM |
| #11 to his hearts content I hope you're right. But the whole Atkins thing seems like a guaranteed triple digit return on you're money. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-15 2:58:30 PM |
| #10 I bet none of you are on the Atkins or South Beach diets. This is a bit of a blessing for folks who have been on Atkins and bascially order a whopper, and trhow away all the stuff but the burger and a bit of the lettuce. Now they get just what they need. Its just catering to a market demand. Wonderful thing, the free market economy. FYI, my brother lost 80 pounds on Atkins last year, and has yet to gain any of it back. Eating steak, burgers, etc to his hearts content (and green veggies too), plus regular exercise as put forth in the diet books - and drinking a lot of water. Bad cholesterol, liver enzymes and blood pressure are down, good cholesterol is up, and his type 2 diabetes is flat out gone. He hasn't been that healthy in over a decade I bet. So, don't knock it. Especially those of you not yet into your 40's. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-1-15 2:33:07 PM |
| #9 Don't you remember Cousin Boneless from "Cow and Chicken"? Same thing, but with pigs. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-1-15 2:17:23 PM |
| #8 For awhile there, McDonald's was selling boneless rib sandwiches. How the hell do you make a boneless rib? |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-1-15 2:00:11 PM |
| #7 The above is locally known as a "Stopper" |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-15 1:13:12 PM |
| #6 Actually they order the same number of buns and are selling them with extra mayo after mid-nite to Atkins escapees. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-15 1:12:47 PM |
| #5 Even if you say it three times, it doesn't make it right. They might START saving money in the future, but I suspect they had no way of tracking "burger w/bun" seperately from "burger w/o bun" before this. Now they do, and can start shifting their purchasing predictions accordingly. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-1-15 12:35:08 PM |
| #4 Bet BK is saving $ not buying buns. |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2004-1-15 12:15:00 PM |
| #3 Bet BK is saving $ not buying buns. |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2004-1-15 12:15:00 PM |
| #2 Bet BK is saving $ not buying buns. |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2004-1-15 12:14:58 PM |
| #1 For heaven's sake, why don't they just make thinner buns? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-15 10:20:07 AM |