In the Tome Cruise movie “Born On the 4th of July”, the main character returns to his Long Island home after becoming a wheelchair bound cripple in Vietnam. He is offered a job by a HS friend-who is now an entrepreneur who runs a hamburger restaurant. The specialty of the place is a hamburger with a hole in the middle-which is filled with grilled onions. Are these things actually made? I have never seen one. Seems like a neat idea.
Were they served on bialys?
Never seen anything like that, closest is White Castle which used to be gridded with little holes to aid cooking faster.
I would give it a try though, I already make mine concave on both sides so they cook evenly, not so I could fill them with anything. Though I admit that if I do top mine with sauted onion I prefer the onions in a nice even layer so I get some in each bite.
What would be the point of that? I wouldn’t want one bite in the middle full of onion. Why not just spread the onions evenly over the whole burger, or mix it in with the meat?
Closest thing I can think of is a Juicy Lucy which is a burger that’s cooked with cheese in the middle. However the cheese is actaully encased inside of the burger rather than being in a hole in the center.
Is a Tome Cruise where a bunch of nerdy people get on a ship, and instead of partying in Cabo, they sit on the deck and read all the time?
Juicy Lucy/Jucy Lucy was my first thought. Also, bagels have been used for buns, but the patties are usually solid. Also, those crazy Hawaiians sometimes put a ring of pineapple on, or a veggie version without meat. You could probably put something in there.
I confuse scenes from 4th of July and Forrest Gump. Both have a guy who gets crippled, and enterprising chefs.
It does remind me of an old joke - I checked this thread assuming it was about that.
Joke spoil-hidden so as not to hijack too brutally…
Guy goes into a diner and orders a burger. Takes the lid off and there’s a big curly black hair right in the middle of it. He calls the waitress, complains, gets another burger. Takes the top off… another curly black hair. He decides to see what in the hell is up in the kitchen, so he sneaks to the door… and there’s the cook, mashing the balls of hamburger under his armpit. He yells for the waitress and points at the gross sight. She shrugs and says, “I guess you don’t want to know how he makes doughnuts, then.”
White Castle has also offered “chicken rings,” though as far as I know not in a sandwich.
variation that I’ve heard… (The cook is a woman) [insert your main joke here…] and She shrugs and says, “I guess you don’t want to know how she makes the fish sandwiches, then.”
Thinking of calimari, I shudder to think what you cut up to get chicken rings.
Maybe they’re chicken fingers with the bones pulled out?
Chicken breast with rib meat.