# Ever had Whitecastle? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 14, 2002, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099 "2002-05-14T22:32:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chekmate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@Chekmate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chekmate)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099/1 "2002-05-14T22:32:15Z")
I have never worked up the nerve to eat there, and was just wondering what some of your opinions were on how it tastes. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099/2 "2002-05-14T22:35:16Z")
Never had a gut bomb? Never chomped a slider? _Do you know you could go blind?!_ I love 'em. Especially the jalapeno ones. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099/3 "2002-05-14T22:36:47Z")
HAVE I EVER BEEN THERE? Good lord, I can’t wait until the day I’m diagnosed with a short, terminal illness so I can eat there every single meal and not care what ravages it does to my insides. ALL HAIL WHITE CASTLE. I crave a sack of ten, baby j ---
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099/4 "2002-05-14T22:37:05Z")
mmmmmmmmmMMMMMMMMMM!!! I’ve had them lots but they dont have them here in Omaha ☹ . Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago have them, why not Omaha???..ooo they are the greatest burger on earth(this is not a factual statement) dead0man ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099/5 "2002-05-14T22:37:13Z")
Love 'em, but only eat them if I don’t have plans for the next day…the onions and me don’t always agree, and everyone in a 3-block radius knows about it. (Krystal’s are better, but not available around here.) Good and cheap, but not for the onion sensitive. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099/6 "2002-05-14T23:24:00Z")
Hell yeah, I’ve eaten there. They’re great! A little hard on the digestive system, but they satisfy like no other food can. The people who don’t like them just haven’t eathen enough of them. It’s an acquired taste, like fine caviar. (Yeah, right. Who am I kidding? 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099/7 "2002-05-14T23:26:55Z")
And if you get them without pickles, you deserve every pain that comes to you. PICKLES OR NOTHING ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099/8 "2002-05-14T23:44:25Z")
Unfortunately, you can only get the frozen variety around here, and those don’t have pickles. I wish I worked within walking distance of a White Castle. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099/9 "2002-05-14T23:57:01Z")
Mmmmmmmmmmm… Sliders. ---
**Author:** ![Tulipgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@Tulipgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tulipgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099/10 "2002-05-15T00:15:11Z")
White Castle rules, especially after (over)indulging in the good drink. An added plus, the decor is tile and stainless steel, in case things don’t settle well… ---
**Author:** ![diku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099/11 "2002-05-15T00:17:20Z")
Man, you just gave me an idea for dinner… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099/12 "2002-05-15T01:51:29Z")
To hell with the evil pickle slices! And give me mustard. It’s not bastardization if it makes it better. -Cyni, who can eat a Crave Case if properly motivated. ---
**Author:** ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099/13 "2002-05-15T01:56:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Cynical \* > \*\*-Cyni, who can eat a Crave Case if properly motivated. \*\* He SAYS that, but 14 1/2 is the most we’ve ever seen him eat. Methinks the man is boastful. I’m hoping to see **Cyni** and **lno** do a mythical 100. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099/14 "2002-05-15T02:13:35Z")
Ah, Belly Bombers. Alas, since going on a diet, I have shunned them, but sometimes a sack of five makes a perfect lunch for this road warrior. For my money, the best White Castles I’ve had were from the establish on East Tremont, in the Bronnix. Haven’t been there in a while, though. ---
**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099/15 "2002-05-15T02:19:27Z")
In the South, we have Krystals, not White Castles. And I think my family keeps them in business. Mmmmmmmmmmm. Two double cheese Krystals and a large fryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099/16 "2002-05-15T02:29:18Z")
Dear lord, how did I not see this thread earlier. Those of you who want to read about my experience with White Castle may dig up my old pit thread about my rage burning with the fire of a million suns. 'course, I still have it on a regular basis. **jarbaby** , you go to hell. Those pickles are evil. **Mr Cynical** , you get up here to Minneapolis and we’ll split a mythical 100. It may take most of a day, but goddamnit, we’ll do it. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099/17 "2002-05-15T02:31:42Z")
I remember quite distinctly my first trip to White Castle. I took my first bite, and thought to myself “This burger is awful, it almost tastes spoiled. I better send this back.” Then I realized some people like White Castle because the hamburgers are so bad, it is good. Fortunately I didn’t get sick. After that, I went back to White Castle twice. Once, when the movie _White Palace_ was released. The second, I was sick of all the other fast food joints, and thought I give White Castle one last chance. The food was still terrible. White Castle is definitely an acquired taste. ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099/18 "2002-05-15T03:37:36Z")
I’ve discovered the joy of 3 AM trips to White Castle. The people who work there are a hoot. The food is sub-par, but dammit, it’s GOOD sub-par. And I love the sack of fries. (Side gag…my friend and I are altar servers at Mass at the Catholic school I attend. When the priest blesses the gifts, the blessing is “May the Lord accept this sacrifice at your hands…” We jokingly changed it to “Sack of fries” over dinner at WC one night, and ever since we’ve had to contain ourselves at every Mass we’ve attended since when the blessing is read.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099/19 "2002-05-15T03:48:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nymysys \* > \*\* > > He SAYS that, but 14 1/2 is the most we’ve ever seen him eat. Methinks the man is boastful. > > I’m hoping to see **Cyni** and **lno** do a mythical 100. \*\* Of course, she neglects to mention that this was over the course of 17 minutes, and I was still going strong before they RAN OUT. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099/20 "2002-05-15T03:50:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lno \* > \*\*Those of you who want to read about my experience with White Castle may dig up my old pit thread about my rage burning with the fire of a million suns. > Mr Cynical, you get up here to Minneapolis and we’ll split a mythical 100. It may take most of a day, but goddamnit, we’ll do it. \*\* Shouldn’t it have been, to the point, that your anal was burning with the fire of a million suns? White Castle OD = O-Ring Blowout. Hee! That said, we can do 100 over a day. I’d bet my undergarments on it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-whitecastle/109099.md?page=2)