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White Castle essentially formalized a prior trend of burger vendors at sporting events, state fairs, etc. These were really simple cheap meaty snacks with littl
by jasonwatkinspdx 4y ago
White Castle essentially formalized a prior trend of burger vendors at sporting events, state fairs, etc. These were really simple cheap meaty snacks with little more than the patty and maybe some onions cooked on a griddle and slapped on whatever roll they could get from a local baker. In that sense the WC slider is still fairly true to the original thing.
But, I think it's a bit rich to call it the origin of fast food. Modern fast food in terms of what we think of as technology and business model is a bit broader than that. And just "food you get fast" is obviously far older. The original "fast food" in that sense was getting bread from a baker.
- randomdata 4y ago> But, I think it's a bit rich to call it the origin of fast food. Particularly when we just got finished talking about fast food in antiquity. I suppose that explains why nobody said such a thing.
- jasonwatkinspdx 4y agoI made a specific response then expanded to a general point. What point does your comment make other than bickering?
- randomdata 4y agoWhy would there be a point? If there was a point it would be presented to the real world where it would provide value, not a meaningless text box on a website made to provide entertainment. What is to be gained from looking for something that doesn't exist?