Posted on 09/05/2006 3:04:03 AM PDT by goldstategop
The family-owned chain has been successful enough to spawn a famous commercial jingle, earn several loving write-ups in the New York Times and have its burgers served to A-list celebs at swanky post-Oscar parties.
The great taste hasn't changed, but the mystique that inspired our carnivorous cross-valley quests sure has. The earlier, spartan drive-throughs, which once kept us at arm's length, a sheet of glass sealing off the inner sanctum where clean-cut workers frenetically packed the grill with meat patties, has given way to brightly lighted indoor seating no different from the national fast-food chains. The fabled secret menu, for years passed around solely by word of mouth, giving those of us in the know an easy way to separate the true In-N-Out fan — and true Southern Californian — from the wannabes … well, the Web ended all that.
How can we preserve that vanishing sense of wonder while giving proper respect to the important role In-N-Out has played in postwar SoCal culture? An idea came to me a few months back while driving on the 10 Freeway, when I glimpsed a well-worn yellow-arrow sign, bearing a quaint pre-digital clock.
It was there, in Baldwin Park, where Harry and Esther Snyder started it all back in 1948, according to the company's website. (The original hamburger stand was demolished when the 10 Freeway came through; this site was its replacement.)
It came to me. Just look at the simple menu of burgers, shakes and fries. The In-N-Out folks are masters of minimalism. What if they skipped the bric-a-brac and gimmicks and just let the old store slide into a mysterious ruin? Keep the grill's pilot light burning in an eternal flame. Keep the cult following alive.
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Them Mormons know how to make a burger.
Fries? Not so much.
I usually just get a Double Double and go to Wendy's for fries and a Frosty. Now that's a fine fast food meal.
Watch out - America's latest brigade of PC storm troopers, the "Obesity Police," may soon be arriving to protest, with their placards and their simple-minded, knee-jerk Leftist slogans. "It's for the children."
My son would never eat burgers until, on a trip to California, we got him to try an In and Out burger. Now he's hooked
Check the cup carefully next time.
Verses from the book of Mormon are printed on them.
Hehe ... just wanted to add keyword "DOUBLEDOUBLE". :)
The verses are from the Bible, aren't they? Not Mormon.
Snopes says it is bible verses.
http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/inandout.asp
Other sites say from the book of Mormon.
According to Snopes the quotes are from the Bible. And the have the locations and what the exact quotes are here:
http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/inandout.asp
Just one look at the quotes shows they are from the Bible.
Animal Fries!
Burger and cheeseburger wrappers
Revelation 3:20—"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me."[19]
Beverage cups and antenna toppers
John 3:16—"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
Milkshake cups
Proverbs 3:5—"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding."
Double-Double wrapper
Nahum 1:7—"The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him."[20]
Paper water cups, or "R-9's"
John 14:6 —"Jesus answered, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one cometh unto the Father but by Me."
Yeah, the Nahum one is the one I've seen. Wikipedia says it's from the Hebrew Bible.
I'm not a Cali native, when I was there that is what I was told.
Sorry for spreading false rumors.
;)
Only with extra onions ~ lots of 'em.
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