# Eating sliders. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534 "2012-01-14T22:15:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534/1 "2012-01-14T22:15:50Z")
I’ve eaten, and enjoyed, real slyders at White Castle, but I’m not sure how I should approach _these_ [sliders](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=keller%27s+scallop+sliders&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1000&bih=476&tbm=isch&tbnid=nIphhnZbPoi03M:&imgrefurl=http://athenathickstun.blogspot.com/2010/11/basque-stage-jury-and-slider-vs-slider.html&docid=sg7CMUKZKnsZ3M&imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k9aFyoNEOWI/TOXO2yOBp7I/AAAAAAAABVk/EvNmJ5bSOOY/s1600/IMG00052-20101104-1736.jpg&w=1600&h=1200&ei=EfsRT6yeMKLV0QG6ga2FAw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=315&vpy=119&dur=10777&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=120&ty=105&sig=107511667638956893959&page=2&tbnh=131&tbnw=195&start=8&ndsp=14&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:8). I’m serious. They look great, but I really don’t want to be faced with a surprise learning opportunity. 😉 Do I simply take it apart? Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534/2 "2012-01-14T22:19:53Z")
I think you’ve gotta go for the heavy handed squoosh! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534/3 "2012-01-14T23:22:26Z")
I’ve eaten out Sabrina Lloyd-does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534/4 "2012-01-14T23:26:20Z")
I live in Athens, GA in an area where Krystal is the general equivalent of White Castle. Seems like the only difference is WC has a hole in meat patty (for steaming??). But danggit if those things look too big to be sliders. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534/5 "2012-01-14T23:30:48Z")
High-end restaurants have recently caught slider fever (without cowbell). You’ll see them in any variety of ways, with Kobe beef, foie gras, truffles, etc, etc. To me, White Castle is the one and only…and ONLY to be consumed after 2am after many, many alcoholic beverages. And of course, half the joy of eating those things is acknowledging the fact that they are indeed one of those rare foods that smells almost exactly the same coming out the other end as it does eating it. I’ve hypothesized that it’s the steam grilled onions that make it so… ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534/6 "2012-01-14T23:34:37Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > High-end restaurants have recently caught slider fever (without cowbell). You’ll see them in any variety of ways, with Kobe beef, foie gras, truffles, etc, etc. > > To me, White Castle is the one and only…and ONLY to be consumed after 2am after many, many alcoholic beverages. > > And of course, half the joy of eating those things is acknowledging the fact that they are indeed one of those rare foods that smells almost exactly the same coming out the other end as it does eating it. I’ve hypothesized that it’s the steam grilled onions that make it so… You would be fun to party with. Sliders with TRUFFLES? Where the heck do you live? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534/7 "2012-01-14T23:42:18Z")
Thanks, **Ellen Cherry**. That other version was much worse that a duplicate. Have a Slyder (at White Castle) on me. mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534/8 "2012-01-14T23:48:16Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > I live in Athens, GA in an area where Krystal is the general equivalent of White Castle. > Seems like the only difference is WC has a hole in meat patty (for steaming??). > > But danggit if those things look too big to be sliders. WC has a buncha holes, for steaming and the onion flavor. I haven’t had one in years. We’re mutch too ritzy out here in The West. 😉 Yep, those things are too big to be sliders. Everybody seems to have stolen the name, which WC adopted because thats what customers called them. With good reason. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534/9 "2012-01-14T23:55:53Z")
Sliders = gross. A bar/ restaurant I used to frequent called them “flow-through-burgers” and that was pretty much on target. The ones in the OP’s blog look pretty damn good though. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534/10 "2012-01-14T23:57:12Z")
I **highly** recommend this [movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366551/combined), especially if you can watch it while stoned. Not that one should **ever** imbibe the evil herb. I was speaking theoretically. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534/11 "2012-01-15T00:01:33Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > Sliders = gross. > A bar/ restaurant I used to frequent called them “flow-through-burgers” and that was pretty much on target. > > The ones in the OP’s blog look pretty damn good though. Which is why I’d like to know how to eat them. I don’t think **ShelliBean’s** “squoosh” would do the trick. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534/12 "2012-01-15T00:03:29Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I’ve eaten out Sabrina Lloyd-does that count? So have I. A little heavy on the tuna, imo. I just cracked (pun) me up. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534/13 "2012-01-15T00:08:35Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > Sliders = gross. > A bar/ restaurant I used to frequent called them “flow-through-burgers” and that was pretty much on target. Yes, a very unappetizing name–I have the same reaction to the much-praised L.A. In-N-Out Burger. I want my burger to stay where it is for at \*least \*a few minutes, before it comes back out. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534/14 "2012-01-15T00:34:21Z")
We don’t have White Castles in Texas. Which does not make me sad. But plenty of places offer sliders–somewhat upscale but not ridiculously so. They are not as tall as the ones in the OP! The ones down here can usually be eaten as little burgers. Over the plate, because there might be fallout to finish with the fork. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534/15 "2012-01-15T01:13:26Z")
Why do people design food that is so difficult to eat neatly? I understand that it looks real purty for the photo shoot, but even using the patented Heavy-Handed Squoosh, something is going to squirt out one side when you bite into it! Anything you have to unhinge your jaw to bite into, no matter how cute, is just a pain. I know the adorableness is the selling point, but they could have made one nice, easy to handle sandwich with the same amount of food. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534/16 "2012-01-15T03:11:24Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > Why do people design food that is so difficult to eat neatly? I understand that it looks real purty for the photo shoot, but even using the patented Heavy-Handed Squoosh, something is going to squirt out one side when you bite into it! Anything you have to unhinge your jaw to bite into, no matter how cute, is just a pain. I know the adorableness is the selling point, but they could have made one nice, easy to handle sandwich with the same amount of food. The answer is yes. All that stuff would fit nicely in a kaiser roll from a decent bread store. We have a excellent bread bakery here [Acme Bread](http://www.yelp.com/biz/acme-bread-company-berkeley) that makes a burger bun that tastes great. If you’re ever in the area and try the best baguette you ever had. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534/17 "2012-01-15T04:30:46Z")
BTW, Alton Brown weighed in on [making](http://goodeatsfanpage.com/Season7/ManFood/manfood.htm) [sliders](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/mini-man-burgers-recipe/index.html). Sounds like fun. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534/18 "2012-01-15T06:05:19Z")
To me, that’s not a slider. That’s just a mini burger of some sort. To me, a slider is a specific subset of miniature burgers: thin patty, with finely diced onions, and perhaps a single slice of pickle, on a very soft bun. It doesn’t have to be White Castle, but it needs to be this type of burger. It might be steam-grilled, it might not, but it’s not just any ol’ mini-burger. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534/19 "2012-01-15T06:36:26Z")
Those things aren’t going to slide anywhere, They may collapse under their own weight, and you’ll be lucky if that happens before you choke to death trying to eat one. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534/20 "2012-01-15T13:34:09Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > To me, that’s not a slider. That’s just a mini burger of some sort. To me, a slider is a specific subset of miniature burgers: thin patty, with finely diced onions, and perhaps a single slice of pickle, on a very soft bun. It doesn’t have to be White Castle, but it needs to be this type of burger. It might be steam-grilled, it might not, but it’s not just any ol’ mini-burger. Right. They look like [this](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=white+castle+slider&hl=en&biw=1000&bih=476&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=_TIhVYGwEdBNBM:&imgrefurl=http://www.dipity.com/tickr/Flickr_hamburger_whitecastle/&docid=0rWxIRqpVlkuZM&imgurl=http://static.flickr.com/48/139130633_2f6f325d6c.jpg&w=500&h=375&ei=oNEST9bwL-2w0QHS1MjmBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=420&vpy=115&dur=4852&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=136&ty=94&sig=107511667638956893959&page=5&tbnh=136&tbnw=157&start=51&ndsp=14&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:51). Nobody said they were pretty. A good parallel would be the 2/$1 [tacos](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=jack+in+the+b0x+tacos&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1000&bih=476&tbm=isch&tbnid=MdFY8_rormg8oM:&imgrefurl=http://www.coreybrinn.com/2009/10/nlds-game-3-los-angeles-dodgers-of-los-angeles-against-the-st-louis-cardinals/&docid=v1kmKMXBP4tiOM&imgurl=http://www.coreybrinn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/jack-in-the-box-taco-200x300.jpg&w=200&h=300&ei=69QST-mYG6T20gGi5bGIAw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=637&vpy=110&dur=4036&hovh=240&hovw=160&tx=87&ty=185&sig=107511667638956893959&page=4&tbnh=140&tbnw=86&start=36&ndsp=13&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:36) at Jack in the Box. Damn, I’m hungry. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-sliders/609534.md?page=2)