{"id":3946,"date":"2009-01-08T07:34:54","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T12:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3946"},"modified":"2009-08-10T15:51:22","modified_gmt":"2009-08-10T20:51:22","slug":"it-had-to-happen-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3946","title":{"rendered":"$@&#038;$*@$ Mmmmmm!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/features\/lifestyle\/chi-blagojevich-burger-0107jan07,0,3189694.story\">Blagojevich burger:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It is the invention of Kuma owner Michael Caine, who once sold a Chicago City Council Burger, topped with foie gras. That was much tastier. But then, &#038;*!% &#8217;em: The Blago begins with a 10-ounce patty, a feisty foundation that remains nonetheless in the &#038;#@$ background, marrying well with the *&#038;^@# condiments; the patty is best ordered pale pink for maximum evocativeness. Next, the burger is topped with a very thick slice of bologna, ensuring every bite of beef is undercut by a mouthful of salty, startlingly bold baloney.The grandest touch, however, is the &#8220;bun.&#8221; Burger and bologna are held between grilled cheese sandwiches of Wonder Bread and processed American cheese.<\/p>\n<p>The grace note: yellow mustard, squirted into the shape of a dollar sign.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The price? &#8220;Negotiable&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Caine has sold about 70 since last week, and he won&#8217;t take less than $10.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But if you want to pay more, sure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is, after all, a &#038;%$! valuable hamburger.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Last time I went to a burger joint, all I got was appreciation.<\/p>\n<p>(Via <a href=\"http:\/\/moot.typepad.com\/what_if\/2009\/01\/the-burger.html\">Peg<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the Blagojevich burger: It is the invention of Kuma owner Michael Caine, who once sold a Chicago City Council Burger, topped with foie gras. That was much tastier. But then, &#038;*!% &#8217;em: The Blago begins with a 10-ounce patty, a feisty foundation that remains nonetheless in the &#038;#@$ background, marrying well with the *&#038;^@# [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime-and-punishment","category-democrats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}