Jul12

cheese? not so much.- or- not so much cheese. depending on your definition.

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Burger King is causing a stir in Thailand with its new offering: a burger with no meat and a jaw-dropping amount of cheese. This week, the Thai operator of the fast food chain introduced what it calls the “real cheeseburger,” a bun filled with as many as 20 slices of American cheese.

The item launched on Thai menus Sunday, at a reduced price of 109 Thai baht ($3.1), compared with the usual price of 380 baht ($10.9). It quickly went viral on social media in Thailand, with many users on TikTok posting videos of them trying the new sandwich. “This is no joke. This is for real,” Burger King said.

At one Burger King branch in Bangkok on Tuesday, a shift manager was overheard saying the outlet had to stop taking delivery orders so they could have enough stock left for walk-in diners.

The menu addition is an example of how fast food franchises around the world are seeking to gain traction by rolling out zany or eye-catching menu options that they hope will spread across social media.

Restaurants are also continuously tailoring their offerings to suit local tastes in different countries. In Thailand, cheese is especially popular among young customers, and it is common for it to be sprinkled on all kinds of dishes.

“is the moon made of green cheese, no it’s made of american cheese.”

*-william anders

 *william anders is a retired united states air force major general, former electrical engineer, nuclear engineer, nasa astronaut, businessman, and american ambassador to norway. in 1968, he was a member of the crew of apollo 8, the first three people to leave low earth orbit and travel to the moon. anders circled the moon ten times, and broadcast live images and commentary back to earth. during one of the mission’s lunar orbits, he took the iconic ‘earthrise’ phot0graph.

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article source credit: cnn, bangkok

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  16. Beth, there goes my cholesterol just looking Steve the picture. Wow! Makes me recall the lady who shouted, “Where’s the beef?” Nice reminder about Anders. What a remarkable career/life.

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  17. A bun with layers and layers of processed cheese slices. Yuck! Different cheese, a delicious real cheese, would work for me though. Toss in some onions, mushrooms and a slice of tomato and it could be the new gourmet cheeseburger.

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  36. I read that in a Swiss newspaper and thought: surely not.. . . Looked it up and yep: it does exist
    I can’t even look at it w/o feeling nausea mounting. Good heavens, whatever next. More work for coroners….

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  37. Not to add another cheesy remark, but I underline Anders’ quote. To me American cheese (as is McD and all the others) never was cheese. It’s artificial and has got nothing to do with the real thing. Says the Swiss cheese police expert 🧀

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  38. Omg, I just saw this! Thank-you, huge American corporations for taking our disgusting American fast food culture to other countries so they can be as disease ridden as we are. Hopefully they will have more sense to know that anything that looks like that thing is probably one of the worst things they could ever eat. And it’s not even real cheese for god’s sake. ( one of those crazy faces ) :)

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