IN-N-OUT Burger, California’s first drive-thru hamburger stand was always famous for making their “Double Double” (a burger with 2 patties and 2 cheese) and their 4×4 (a burger with 4 times the patties and cheese) . Technically, if you wanted more patties in your burger, you can simply ask them to make it a 5×5, 6×6, and so on, and they will stack on as many additional patties according to your order. What a great cheeseburger. This is the IN-N-OUT 100×100. Mmmm.

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Ghetto Gourmet…tastes better than yo’ Momma.

Frank Fam, and contributor to the Tuff Gong chapter, Liz Solms, just let us know about her new blog www.sweetpeabanana.tumblr.com.

A foundation grant first lead Liz Solms to Jamaica in 2005 to establish an organic growers association in the agricultural area of St. Elizabeth, a part of the Island known just as much for its beauty and bounty as its rampant use of agricultural chemicals. Years later, you can still find her championing the organic cause both on the Island and off. Back in the States you can find Liz hooking up families and dinner parties with the most banging meals made with local ingredients, or connecting weddings and other large events with local farms for their food service. And in JA, you may find Liz reasoning with a farmer on how to do it the organic way, or lacing out the dopest of villas with its very own kitchen garden. Check her out at www.sweetpeanourishment.com and www.bananatreeconsulting.com

Last week, April 7, marks the 75th Anniversary of Prohibition’s end (also, a good reason to throw a party).

That day, in 1933, American breweries were allowed to start making beer again, thanks to legislation from Franklin Roosevelt.  Liquor would follow fast, with the last Prohibition laws repealed by December 5.  A collective sigh of relief went up across the country… we’ve been celebrating ever since.

“What America needs now is a drink.”  - Franklin Roosevelt

Of course, Prohibition didn’t exactly stop the party in the first place.  Or even slow it down.  If it had worked, the Twenties wouldn’t have been Roaring, would they?  (more…)

From NPR’s Morning Edition:

“Here’s the real breakfast of champions — or at least the breakfast of Derrick Rose, the University of Memphis freshman. His team plays tonight in the NCAA basketball championship. A teammate says that for breakfast, Rose eats ‘gummy bears and Starburst.’ For dinner, he switches to ‘Twizzlers and Honey Buns.’ Reporters didn’t get a chance to ask Rose about his diet. He missed a pre-game media session because of stomach trouble.”

Anything’s better than a burger in a can. 

CBS News in NYC just filed a report on the new $81 luxury Kobe burger at Old Homestead Steakhouse on 9th Ave & 14th St…  Owners Greg and Marc Sherry claimed they thought up their top-dollar take on the Dollar Menu item when they decided to create “the most decadent food item of 2008.”   

If we’re just talkin’ burgers, 2007’s title was obviously taken by BLT Burger and their $62 Kobe burger – just a few blocks away from the Old Homestead.  Homestead had been the reigning champs since 2003, when they introduced a Kobe burger for about $40 less than their current price.

Considering they totally ignored the bigger story here (NYC’s forever expanding ”luxury burger” fetish), we’ve got one question for CBS: what percentage is the Old Homestead passing you on those $81 joints?

(For our money, we’ll rock the Shake Shack or DuMont over all other competition.)

A Southern California McDonald’s restaurants official says Egg McMuffin inventor Herb Peterson has died in Santa Barbara at age 89.

You are gone but not forgotten Mr. Peterson. Frank151 salutes you and your monumental contribution to the most important meal of the day.

The Onion’s A.V. site has a new online feature, Taste Test, where they taste weird food products and review the experience, and it’s actually a lot of fun.   Check out their latest, the German oddity Cheeseburger in a Can.

The stuff is real; it’s made by Trekking Mahlzeiten, a division of the Swiss camping & hiking company Katadyn which specializes in preserved meals, “just-add-water” style.  Trekking Mahlzeiten actually make the preserved rations — including powdered wine — for a majority of the most serious expeditions going on these days (guys like Sir Edmund Hillary and Arved Fuchs).  

Still, the A.V. staff say the cheeseburger sucks.  No surprise, really. 

Follow the jump to see some crazy close-ups of the burger in action.  (more…)

Michael Richards’ recent behavior aside, Frank will always have love for Seinfeld. But this week, media outlets got some bad news for the George Costanzas of the world. Turns out, the double dip actually can be potentially hazardous.

Student researchers at Clemson University, inspired by George’s dip styles, decided to test just how bad it really is to hit that guac bowl a second time. They were surprised to learn that 3+ dips can deposit more than 10,000 bacteria in the bowl. On the other hand, they didn’t study if those bacteria were actually the dangerous kind or not.

This is probably getting blown way out of proportion (we’ve got more of the “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” mindset — and in some parts of the world, people have been sharing finger food for generations with no ill effects). But still, it would have been good to learn this before the Super Bowl.

Want nuggets and soda, but only have one cup holder? You’re in luck, so long as you’re in South Korea. A fast food chain there, “BBQ Chicken� has just released a new sack, one that combines nuggets and soda in one cup. The nuggets stay contained in a plastic holder at the top and the soda stays chill below. Sounds good if you’re into it, but for our money we want those nuggets fried in Coca-Cola.

Peep the Serious Eats write up here