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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Monday, March 01, 2010 - 5:13 pm
There are no White Castles near here either but in other cities I've lived they always seemed to be in the worst part of town. I've never tried one either but they didn't look very appetising on TV.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, March 01, 2010 - 5:28 pm
I wouldn't turn down $5.000. it's a helluvalot of money for me right now. you can buy them frozen. they are nice little sliders.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, March 01, 2010 - 5:29 pm
I thought they said they ship the frozen burgers to areas that don't have White Castle restaurants.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, March 01, 2010 - 7:16 pm
You can get burgers just like White Castle in FL from Krystal's. They are the same concept. Small burgers that all come with onions and pickle on them.
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Freetimefinally
Member
01-26-2006
| Monday, March 01, 2010 - 7:21 pm
White Castle in the southern states are called Krystals. Same type of burger and I got sick everytime I ate there. I agree with one big comercial. If it was a documentary being filmed you would never talk about upper management the way they do. Admitting to many people, poor working enviroment, unhappy employees. And a manager would never walk away when help was needed.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, March 01, 2010 - 7:59 pm
We have both White Castles and Krystals here in Nashville. I don't eat at either, but they are certainly popular. I live across the street from the most upscale mall in the country and diagonally across the mall from my apartment building is a Krystal, so they are definitely not solely in the low-rent districts here! I also think I have seen frozen White Castle burgers at some of the local grocery stores - WHY I can't imagine! I am admittedly a food snob, but, as I remember, the Krystal had good lemon icebox pie! Second Harvest (Nashville's food bank) has great food re-clamation progams in place from all the major grocery stores for baked goods and produce. Nashville's Table (a part of Second Harvest) which picks up prepared foods gets donations from everyplace from our BIG hotels to mom and pop cafes.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Monday, March 01, 2010 - 9:27 pm
Uh, no ... Krystal's burgers taste nothing like White Castle. They are about the same size but that is about it. I miss my White Castle, I go get some every time I go back to Chicago.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 6:20 am
I am not sure about acting better for the tv camera's, but i have worked alot of retail/food related jobs and have not been surprised by anything I have seen with the workers/training/supervisors at all. well, except for that manager at hooters who had the girls eat beans!
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 6:52 am
White Castle is my stop at about 3:00 a.m. after a gig. They usually hit the spot. I would never eat them except at the hour of the day. I'm always surprised that we are not the only ones in the drive thru lane at that time of day.
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 7:16 am
There is always a line at the drive thru at that time around here, too!
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 9:21 am
They used to have white castles in FL. And I agree with lady tex.. nothing like Krystal's.. however, Krystal's is nothing like Krystal's anymore. They used to have the best burgers.. now it is like soggy gray cardboard with some re-hydrated chopped onions on it. blech.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 4:01 pm
I remember Krystal's being - are you ready for this? - TWELVE cents apiece!
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Countrydaze
Member
11-07-2003
| Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 6:02 pm
LOL Tntitanfan, I remember White Castles being 12 cents up in New York many many years ago. That really dates me.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 7:39 pm
Countrydaze - hobbling in on my cane to give you a high five and say "weren't those the days?!?" I am thinking late 50's - what do you think?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 9:59 am
it's rodeo time here and this was from an article about the various kinds of food they have along the midway....yum! LOL You might want to eat your Deep Fried White Castle Hamburger — I'm not even kidding, it's a whole White Castle slider, bun and all, dipped in sweet batter and then fried golden brown
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 10:32 am
Texannie, I'm not really surprised. A friend of mine told me that in the south anything and everything can be and should be deep fried. I thought I'd heard it all when I read of deep fried pickles and deep fried Snickers so hamburgers aren't all that shocking.

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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 10:38 am
I think I would be physically ill if I had to be in the same (large) room with someone eating that. Holy gross-out Batman. LOL
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 10:58 am
actually deep fried Pickles are wonderful ... the deep fried twinkies are a bit too sweet for me, as are the deep fried snickers.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 11:00 am
well, i am not sure whether it's the norm or not, but during Rodeo time we do see/eat lots of food we wouldn't normally see/eat at restaurants.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 11:23 am
O.M.G. Deep fried pickles are DA BOMB!!!
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 12:39 pm
Lexie_girl, I'll take your word for it. I can feel my arteries hardening just reading about deep fried foods.
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Dawn
Member
07-24-2009
| Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 1:54 pm
there's actually a restaurant somewhere that deep fry's EVERYTHING. you can even bring in your own food item and they will deep fry it. one item they showed was a piece of pizza. This was on some show that Food Network had one one night. They said the only thing they have turned down to deep fry were skittles, because they're too small. and deep fried pickles are delicious... as are deep fried oreos!!! i've had deep fried twinkies and deep friend snickers, but deep fried oreos tops them. I also question what they tell the actual workers about when the 'new guy' comes to work. you can tell they're actually told "act as you would if they were really new" because you know that they know that this person is only going to be around for one day. so it's like they're all doing a little bit of acting.
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