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Hunting for Carrollton’s best basic burger
BY GAIL COWART
Who serves the best basic
burger in Carrollton? To penny
wise students, it could be an
important question. So, in the
spirit of public service which
often fires journalists to search
for truth, we decided to find the
answer.
Our noble quest (though
perhaps not as exciting as Sir
Lancelot's) began one Thur
sday afternoon just before the
dinner rush hour. Our group
was small, but at least we had
an odd number in case of a tie.
First, we established criteria.
We would sample burgers from
six national hamburger chains.
No combination fast-food
chains would be included. We
would also limit ourselves to the
“basic burger” No Whoppers or
Big Macs, because of the
variation in what goes on them.
And to avoid being influenced
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The creature loves in 3-D
A REVIEW BY WAYNE ANDERSON
The Creature from the Black Lagoon is one of those looney,
totally illogical science fiction films that proliferated during the
50’s.
Filmed in 3-D, that dazzling cinematic discovery that allows
movie-goers to “see” depth and get headaches at the same time,
Creature has all of the best elements of the B-grade sci-fi film: a
scientific expedition searching for clues to a strange fossil find, a
beautiful but stupid woman, and a love triangle.
The creature himself has been stuck in an evolutionary holding
pattern ever since the Devonian geological period - which is best
remembered for its abundance of fishes and the appearance of
amphibians Half-man, half-fish, he has been swimming about
peacefully in the Black Lagoon for millions of years. His idyllic
existence is shattered when he sees the woman doing underwater
tricks and he tumbles head over flippers in love with her
creatures in this sort of movie never seem to fall in love with their
own kind, only humans.
Love is never easy, and the creature soon learns this. While
pursuing his beautiful maiden, he is drugged, burned, shot and
generally reviled by all who come in contact with him. In
retaliation, he kills several members of the expedition. This does
not solve anything, but the creature continues to chase his woman.
The acting is barely passable (the creature has all the best lines,
anyway) and the musical score is excessively heavy-handed.
Whenever there is a shot of the creature’s face, or his flippers, or
his claws, there is an ear-piercing musical shriek.
Still, movies like this should not be taken too seriously, for that
would take away all the fun. They must be appreciated for their
unintentionally comic inanity.
The Creature from the Black Lagoon will be shown Tuesday,
April 24, by the Mass Communications club. Showtimes will be at 8,
9:30 and 11 p.m. in Z-6. Admission is sl.
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by decor (or lack of it), we
sampled the wares in the car,
taking care to wipe the knife
and rinse our palates after each
taste test. Each participant got
V 4 burger or more, to ensure
enough of an assault on our
tastebuds to make an im
pression.
Our rating categories were
excellent (+++ + ); good
( + + + ); fair to average (+ + )
and edible but more suited to
animal than human con
sumption (+). Unbelievably,
we were in unanimous
agreement on the ratings. The
results are below.
MISCELLANOUS NOTES:
Of all the comments I heard
prior to our quest, most
students said, “1 can tell you
right now, it’s NOT Hardee’s.”
Well, they obviously haven’t
tried Hardee’s in a while. It not
only was by far the best tasting,
it was also the best value.
A few places had trouble
filling even our simple order. At
Wendy’s for example, we got a
slice of cheese we didn’t order,
but didn’t pay the extra 12 cents
either. Wendy’s also sells
burgers no smaller than V 4 lb.,
hence the high price. Since it
was one of our group’s favorite
CONDIMENT
RATING CHAIN PRICE WRAP TEMPERATURE INGREDIENTS TASTE
* MCDONALD'S 43* paper lukewarm muiturd, ban too toft , meat scarce
(aeitteWGC) ketchup, pkkla, and meshy, condiments over
no drive-in onions reied burger's taste
•••• HARDEE'S 34’ foil worm m,k,p thick, fresh ben, moat tasty,
-ae drive-in choree Haver distinct • bet not
overpowering
*** WENDT'S It* foil very worm m,k,p,oples thin hen, 14 lb. herger NOT drip
-drive-in mayo A cheese ping with juice, tasty bet mayo
A choose helped that.
BURGER CHEF 55' plastic lukewarm m,k,p sweaty ben, meat tough with
-drive-in bag visible gristle, choree taste ei
treme, bod aftertaste
** MCDONALD'S 43’ paper worm m,k,p ben stiff A crisp, meat blond,
(new on Bankhead) soft A difficult to taste
-drive-in
** BURGER KING 45’ paper hot p,k,m,o sesame seed bun a plus, but
drive-in bog (steaming!) meat soft, bland, despite slight
chorco flavor
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eateries, however, we included
it.
Despite McDonald’s hype
about “quality control,” the
hamburgers from the two in
town were distinctly different
one was a mushburger and the
other was extra crispy.
Burger Chef has a “works
bar” we didn’t sample, but the
burger was so bad, even
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tomatoes would not have
helped. The birds got the last
bite.
Why didn’t we go to every
hamburger joint? Besides
money and time, after six
samples, our stomachs had had
enough. We decided two hours
and an evening’s indigestion
was enough sacrifice to make in
our quest for the best.
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