Unholy Chicago Burger

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CHICAGO (AP) -- A Chicago restaurant has cooked up a controversial burger of the month for October, garnishing it with an unconsecrated communion wafer and a red wine reduction sauce.

Kuma's Corner, a foodie destination with just a few tables, names its hamburgers after heavy metal bands. For October, the restaurant chose to name the burger after the Swedish band Ghost. Members of the band dress in religious robes and wear skeleton face makeup.

It's in poor taste, said Jeff Young of New Orleans who runs the blog Catholic Foodie.

"It's not, for us, the Eucharist," Young said. "However this wafer is a symbol. There's a cross on it. It's like taking a flag and burning a flag."

Luke Tobias, Kuma's Corner director of operations, said the restaurant never wanted to offend anyone. He said reaction has been a "mixed bag," but more positive than negative.

"There are people who are offended by it, but we're delighted to see that generally people seem to have a sense of humor," Tobias said.

The restaurant, which often plays loud heavy metal music, is a fan of Ghost, Tobias said. Young said he realizes that and knows Kuma's Corner didn't intentionally want to make anyone mad.

"The Ghost" burger is selling well, Tobias said, because customers are curious about it.

"Hopefully people will have a good time with it ? that's certainly what we're trying to do," Tobias said.

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[McKay]

Im confused as to how a communal wafer on the burger is like burning a flag? Is it because the cross will be eaten? Is that not what you do with Communal Wafers anyway?

[spenser.d]

Im confused as to how a communal wafer on the burger is like burning a flag? Is it because the cross will be eaten? Is that not what you do with Communal Wafers anyway?

 

It's the implication I think.  The restaurant is trivializing one of biggest and most important symbols of Catholicism by putting it on a burger.  It's not the Eucharist because it's not blessed by a priest but it's still a symbol for it.

 

That being said, that burger looks and sounds delicious :D  The place also happens to be directly on the way to my brother's place from where I am, so if I happen to end up in Chicago this month, I'll be getting one.

[FloatingFatMan]

Delicious?  It looks like someone threw up all over the plate...

[The Evil Overlord]

Where's the spinning green head burger?

[sanctified Veteran]

Delicious?  It looks like someone threw up all over the plate...

 

Looks does not have anything to do with taste. A burger with mozarella and red wine sauce? That sounds delicious indeed.

[Torolol]

Logo-ed wafer was not in Jesus's Last Supper.

[FloatingFatMan]

Looks does not have anything to do with taste. A burger with mozarella and red wine sauce? That sounds delicious indeed.

 

It could have the best flavours in the universe, but if it looks like ######, I'm not eating it! :p

 

Food is about more than just the taste, y'know. ;)

[The Evil Overlord]

It could have the best flavours in the universe, but if it looks like ****, I'm not eating it! :p

 

Food is about more than just the taste, y'know. ;)

Ok, in fine cuisine I get your point, but my native food or Indian food isn't exactly the best looking, but taste........

You can get anything you like, from the mildest to completely blow your head off hot,

[FloatingFatMan]

Ok, in fine cuisine I get your point, but my native food or Indian food isn't exactly the best looking, but taste........

You can get anything you like, from the mildest to completely blow your head off hot,

 

I'm very much an amateur chef, so I like to make food that tastes great but also looks good too.  I can even make a bowl of stew look great. :p  To me, though that burger might taste great, no effort at all has gone into making it look edible, and that's just lazy.

 

Of course, it -could- just be a dreadful photo...

 

Not a fan of curry though... I have little tolerance for hot spices, unfortunately. :(

[sanctified Veteran]

 

 

Food is about more than just the taste, y'know. ;)

 

I agree, it's about functionality (nutrition) too.

 

I have nothing against food that looks good, but I will never understand such... privileged point of views like yours. Maybe because we cant have such luxuries in the third world.

[The Evil Overlord]

I agree, it's about functionality (nutrition) too.

 

I have nothing against food that looks good, but I will never understand such... privileged point of views like yours. Maybe because we cant have such luxuries in the third world.

I understand what you're saying, but that was a little harsh dude, (just saying)

[sanctified Veteran]

I understand what you're saying, but that was a little harsh dude, (just saying)

 

How so? I'm not insulting him. Or at least it's not my intent. Many first world citizens are indeed privileged. That's not a lie nor a secret.

[FloatingFatMan]

I agree, it's about functionality (nutrition) too.

 

I have nothing against food that looks good, but I will never understand such... privileged point of views like yours. Maybe because we cant have such luxuries in the third world.

 

It's not privileged at all, I take exception to that comment.  My financial situation is such that I'm forced to often buy cheap products that don't even come close to luxury quality.  It just needs a little time and effort and you can turn the cheapest ingredients into a tasty, good looking, and healthy meal.

 

People are just too damned lazy to go to the effort involved.

[sanctified Veteran]

It's not privileged at all, I take exception to that comment.  My financial situation is such that I'm forced to often buy cheap products that don't even come close to luxury quality.  It just needs a little time and effort and you can turn the cheapest ingredients into a taste, good looking, and healthy meal.

 

People are just too damned lazy to go to the effort involved.

 

Such effort is not pragmatic.

[The Evil Overlord]

How so? I'm not insulting him. Or at least it's not my intent. Many first world citizens are indeed privileged. That's not a lie nor a secret.

no, I don't know how to explain it, maybe condescending might have been a better word to use, I like many, although do like in the UK am considered, living on the 'poverty line' as the government would call it, (and yes, am currently unemployed, but that is a whole other matter) my parents are from India, and I've been back a few times, and the situation there isn't much better than the one I'm in here, the cost of living here alone is extortionate, but it's home.

[FloatingFatMan]

Such effort is not pragmatic.

 

Bwuh?  I think you mean practical, there.   Also, rubbish! All you need is a little time and the will to make some effort. Many things can be prepared ahead of time and then frozen for later (something I do a lot).

 

Not that there's anything particularly wrong with eating "sloppy Joe's".  I just prefer to go to the effort to make it look presentable, too.

[sanctified Veteran]

no, I don't know how to explain it, maybe condescending might have been a better word to use, I like many, although do like in the UK am considered, living on the 'poverty line' as the government would call it, (and yes, am currently unemployed, but that is a whole other matter) my parents are from India, and I've been back a few times, and the situation there isn't much better than the one I'm in here, the cost of living here alone is extortionate, but it's home.

 

I agree it was condescending. I admit I have no patience for existential first world problems. I hate memes with illogical passion, however I find myself enjoying the first world meme because it synthesizes my views.

[sanctified Veteran]

Bwuh?  I think you mean practical, there.   Also, rubbish! All you need is a little time and the will to make some effort. Many things can be prepared ahead of time and then frozen for later (something I do a lot).

 

Not that there's anything particularly wrong with eating "sloppy Joe's".  I just prefer to go to the effort to make it look presentable, too.

 

No, I meant pragmatic

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatism

[FloatingFatMan]

I agree it was condescending. I admit I have no patience for existential first world problems. I hate memes with illogical passion, however I find myself enjoying the first world meme because it synthesizes my views.

 

Personally, I dislike the "first world, third world" labels.  I find them quite insulting, to be frank.

 

The presentation of food is not a problem, it's a form of expression, an art form.  A competent artist can work with the cheapest ingredients and produce something wonderful.  The article in this thread is about food from a restaurant, therefore the presentation of the food should be paramount.

[sanctified Veteran]

Personally, I dislike the "first world, third world" labels.  I find them quite insulting, to be frank.

 

The presentation of food is not a problem, it's a form of expression, an art form.  A competent artist can work with the cheapest ingredients and produce something wonderful.  The article in this thread is about food from a restaurant, therefore the presentation of the food should be paramount.

 

And yet they are selling well, like many restaurants who dont suffer OCD with food aesthetics.

[FloatingFatMan]

And yet they are selling well, like many restaurants who dont suffer OCD with food aesthetics.

 

Not everyone cares that what they're eating looks like ****.

 

Giving a damn about what your food looks like is not OCD, quit being so bloody condescending.

[sanctified Veteran]

Not everyone cares that what they're eating looks like ****.

 

No, because, again, plate aesthetics are not pragmatic.

[The Evil Overlord]

No, because, again, plate aesthetics are not pragmatic.

Not everyone cares that what they're eating looks like ****.

 

Giving a damn about what your food looks like is not OCD, quit being so bloody condescending.

please buddies, lets not turn this into a fight

[FloatingFatMan]

please bud, lets not turn this into a fight

 

Tell Sanctified to quit being so condescending then. :p  He's allowed his opinion, but he's quite capable of presenting it without being insulting with it.