# Would you (could you?) eat this burger? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194 "2010-05-21T00:17:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194/1 "2010-05-21T00:17:44Z")
The Lotteria fast-food chain has released a huge burger in Japan, one that can be stacked with as many as 10 beef patties. Said patties appear to be practically doused in cheese and grease and, as the link below demonstrates, the burger itself is pretty unwieldy and difficult to eat: [http://en.gigazine.net/index.php?/news/comments/20100506\_lotteria\_tower\_cheeseburger/](http://en.gigazine.net/index.php?/news/comments/20100506_lotteria_tower_cheeseburger/) As usual, the real product doesn’t look as good as the picture. Anyway, I would be all over that burger in a damn second. I love my greasy fast-food. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194/2 "2010-05-21T00:22:06Z")
No, I would not. I’d rather try a Triple Whopper with Cheese than that. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194/3 "2010-05-21T00:27:15Z")
I’m a vegetarian now but if you’d asked me back when I ate meat, hell yes I’d at least attempt to eat it. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_Lurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_Lurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_Lurker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194/4 "2010-05-21T00:37:14Z")
Ugh, no. That looks disgusting. But I generally try to avoid food that can cause an instant heart attack. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194/5 "2010-05-21T00:48:53Z")
I would not (could not) eat that thing It’d make me choke, my belt would spring. I could not eat it in a day I would not eat it any way 6 pounds of beef would likely quell ya’ I would not try it, **kidneyfailure** ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194/6 "2010-05-21T00:50:02Z")
Looks like more of a stunt than something people would actually enjoy eating. For $12 I’d want something more exciting than bun-meat-cheese-meat-cheese-meat-cheese-meat-cheese-meat-cheese-meat-cheese-meat-cheese-meat-cheese-meat-cheese-meat-cheese-pickle-mustard-bun, but each to his own. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194/7 "2010-05-21T00:51:29Z")
Pass. I can barely handle a Double-Double at In-N-Out. ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194/8 "2010-05-21T00:52:04Z")
I could, but i wouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194/9 "2010-05-21T00:53:59Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > I would not (could not) eat that thing > It’d make me choke, my belt would spring. > I could not eat it in a day > I would not eat it any way > > 6 pounds of beef would likely quell ya’ > I would not try it, **kidneyfailure** Heh, I knew I’d be getting at least one Dr. Seuss-type response 🙂 Would you eat it in a box (rather than a wrapper)? Would you eat it with a fox (10 fox meat patties, that is)? ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194/10 "2010-05-21T01:08:37Z")
> [@kidneyfailure](#): > > Heh, I knew I’d be getting at least one Dr. Seuss-type response 🙂 > > Would you eat it in a box (rather than a wrapper)? Would you eat it with a fox (10 fox meat patties, that is)? I wouldn’t eat it were it goat, Nor fox nor boxed nor in a boat. 😃 Seriously, that’s just way too much of a good thing. I like a good cheeseburger but I wouldn’t enjoy eating ten at a time. Except maybe for those tiny White Castle sliders. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194/11 "2010-05-21T02:01:02Z")
I love a good fast-food burger, but those patties look horrible. I could eat that, but I’d regret it. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194/12 "2010-05-21T02:15:04Z")
> [@kidneyfailure](#): > > Would you eat it in a box (rather than a wrapper)? I would not eat it in a wrapper, I would not eat it in the crapper. I would not eat it at the fair, I would not eat it anywhere. I would not eat it with a sailor, I would not eat it, **kidneyfailure**. Ahem. I like a cheeseburger, but I don’t think I’d like this. It’s nothing but beef patties and cheese, one pickle, and some ketchup. Maybe it would be a fun idea for a beer-league team, if each member is equipped with a knife and fork; but for one person, I’d say it’s a little much. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194/13 "2010-05-21T02:24:30Z")
Looking at that photo gave me cold shivers. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194/14 "2010-05-21T02:24:46Z")
hell no, it looks like it would run tight straight through me, and i would be in the bathroom for about 6 hours. And why in the name of ghu would you go for a freaking cheeseburger in the land of wagyu beef and pristine sushi? ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194/15 "2010-05-21T02:26:50Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I would not eat it in the crapper. Oh, but you’d be spending plenty of damn time in the crapper _after_ eating it, believe you me. I’d tackle one, but I doubt I’d like it too much. Yes, it does seem to be mostly meat and cheese, so it would at least probably be decent enough. I’d probably like it better if it were just loaded with toppings, though: onion, tomato, bacon, mayo, all that good stuff. Prep me for my triple bypass, will ya? ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194/16 "2010-05-21T02:43:41Z")
Nope, and it’s obvious that the Japanese know nothing about hamburgers. Now _these_ are hamburgers: [http://winnipegburgers.blogspot.com/](http://winnipegburgers.blogspot.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194/17 "2010-05-21T02:50:40Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > I love a good fast-food burger, but those patties look horrible. I could eat that, but I’d regret it. I appreciate bad burgers. Of course I’d much rather eat a good one. But still, you have to have a Bad Burger every so often to keep things in perspective. Having said that, no; I would not eat that burger. It’s not because it ‘looks ugly’. It’s not because it appears to be a Bad Burger. It’s not because it just looks boring. It’s because it’s entirely too big. I’d rather eat three Big Macs. (And I would not eat three Big Macs, even though I’ll eat one.) It’s just too much. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194/18 "2010-05-21T02:58:07Z")
Too much meat all at once for the likes of me. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194/19 "2010-05-21T03:07:25Z")
My biggest issue ( but hardly the only one ) is structural. It just looks too damn difficult to eat. I did once order a massive 20 oz. burger on a thick-crusted sourdough roll, just for the hell of it. Made it maybe 3/4 of the way through that and I was a lot younger then. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194/20 "2010-05-21T03:08:56Z")
I love hamburgers, but that kind of gloppy cheese is an insult to the tastebuds. The cheese on cheesburgers is usually the worst tasting type of American cheese there is (it says something about us as a nation that the absolutely best American cheese has no flavor whatsoever). If I do want cheese, I want decent stuff, like Swiss (especially Emmanthaler). That aside, the entire thing looks disgusting. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-could-you-eat-this-burger/540194.md?page=2)