{"id":11289,"date":"2014-04-14T08:58:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T15:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=11289"},"modified":"2014-04-14T08:58:54","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T15:58:54","slug":"burger-king-whopper-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=11289","title":{"rendered":"Burger King Whopper Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am (was) \u00a0a virgin when it comes to Whoppers and Big Macs. \u00a0Just have never been inclined to try one. \u00a0Closest I came to a Whopper previously was living in Paris, and my girlfriend went on a trot to find one for me as a treat. \u00a0She was unsuccessful, I think it was a time issue, and came home with the ingredients to make me one. \u00a0Outstanding effort on behalf of a beautiful vegetarian girlfriend.<\/p>\n

The Whopper was invented by one of the Burger King founders in 1957 and originally sold for 37 cents. \u00a0It has become one of the most iconic fast food offerings in the U.S. and has gone through several different recipes and configurations in its history. \u00a0The current version is a single quarter pound flame-broiled hamburger patty, sesame seed bun, mayonnaise, ketchup, lettuce, tomato, pickles, and sliced onion. \u00a0Keeping to its marketing slogan of “have it your way,” stores will add additional condiments upon request, and cheese, bacon and more meat patties at an additional price. \u00a0There is also a “Whopper Jr” available.<\/p>\n

The occasion for me trying one as stopping in this Arkansas town late at night, few other dining options, and a having a coupon that reduced the price to “free.” \u00a0My second favorite “f word.”<\/p>\n

It doesn’t suck. \u00a0The flame grilling method (or smoke flavor) in the meat gives the sandwich \u00a0a distinct beefy flavor other fast food burgers lack. At least among the big three – as I have never found McDonalds or Wendy beef patties to have much if any flavor, beyond those of the condiments. \u00a0The Whopper can be a messy affair however, probably not suitable for eating while driving. \u00a0Just ask my shirt.<\/p>\n

But having bravely tackled my first Whopper and lived, perhaps a Big Mac is in my future? \u00a0BTW, Burger King has added a burger called the “Big King”, which is their two patty, three bun version of the Big Mac.<\/p>\n

The fries don’t suck either, I had the original ones, not the new reduced fat version. \u00a0Fry wise, I continue to think Wendy’s natural cut sea salt fries are the best, as long as you get them right from the fryer and eat them immediately. \u00a0But my favorite side remains Arby’s steak-house onion rings, the best rings ever offered by a fast food giant.<\/p>\n

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I am (was) \u00a0a virgin when it comes to Whoppers and Big Macs. \u00a0Just have never been inclined to try one. \u00a0Closest I came to a Whopper previously was living in Paris, and my girlfriend went on a trot to find one for me as a treat. \u00a0She was unsuccessful, I think it was a… Continue reading Burger King Whopper Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,16,34,25],"tags":[324,893,1346,1662],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11289"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}