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Wednesday, August 18, 1976
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University Daily Kansan
All burgers aren't created equal
By MARTI JOHNSON
Staff Writer
Face it. You deserve a break today.
You've sunburned yourself to a crisp,
haven't done dishes for three months
and you've been muggy orange,
balf a jar of jelly and two pre-wrapped
slices of American Cheese. Or maybe you
jumped into the cafeteria at the dorm
and found out you had great pizza with
semi-saucelan sandwiches with creme
semiorapas soup for lunch.
time to buzz up for a burger, right? But where should you go? Sandy's; Vesta's; Vista's; Moore Burger; Dairy Queen; Griff's; Henry's'; A&W? Burger King? McDonald's? Those are your choices, but where do you put your burgers on your taste buds in your pocket.
The Lawrence fast-food burger vendors
nave a burger for every appetite and every pocketbook. Two of the standard items on all the menus are a quarter-pound hamburger with cheese (or a third-pound in some cases) and the plain, basic hamburger, in all its simplicity.
A quarter-round designation refers to a precooked weight. Before a meat pattie is cooked, it weighs five ounces. But when it's off the grill and in the bun, it weighs less.
The precooked weight of the meat patty for a basic hamburger in Lawrence varies from an ounce and a half to two and a half ounces.
At McDonald's, as every six-year-old knows, when you order a Big Mac you get "two胞胎pattiespecialsuceluctee-cheesecakekionsonameasseedbum."
A Big Mac costs 75 cents and misses being a quarter-pound by about half an ounce.
By KATHY SOKOL Staff Writer
Staff Writer
Skinny-dippers can bask without fear at Lake Henry
On these hot, simmering summer afternoons, when the desire to rip off clothes and plunge in the water rises with the temperature, Lake Henry awaits.
Lake Henry, besides providing a recreational setting similar to those of area lakes, also affords the freedom of swimmins in the nude.
Owned by the federal government and basement, the lake lies just west. a the Clinton House
People come to Lake Henry with children, dogs, friends or even by themselves to enjoy the water.
THE CITY has no ordinance against nudge bathing per se, Mickey Allen, assistant city attorney said, so there is no routine patrolling of the area.
The city has even been considerate of the place, placed trash receptacles around the area.
"There's so much skinny dipping in the shower to try to stop it," shethered the office staff.
One of Henry's visitors describes it as an alternative to chlorinated pools: "To me the lake is a place where I go to escape the clattering of gates, the whistles of lifeguards and the feeling of hot cement underneath my body."
AN IDEAL spot for doing yoga, reading or having a picnic is also one of its attractions. The popularity of Henry started in the early 60s.
"To us it was a place to rap, bring books, study or just lay back without any distractions," T.C., one frequenter of the sake said.
The seclusion of the wooded area is a hazy retreat for those seeking a quiet place.
THE HEENRY visitor fast becomes attuned to the elements of nature so much that a reaction occurs.
As one approaches the lake, tension of city life is easily forgotten. Walking down the path, the sounds of breezes blowing through the river's singing of birds quickly sets the mood.
Tierney Lindsay, McDonald's manager, said Big Macs and Quarterpounders are the best sellers, with the top spot fluctuating with the national advertising.
"I am able to experience many levels of sensory sensation, T.C. said." "Going to a pool, one perceives only the physical, whereas the lake opens me up to the natural, spiritual and emotional realms all at once."
McDonald's currently has 80 employees and on McDonald's flat surface grill, it takes them three minutes to cook a Big Mac and five minutes to cook a Quarterpounder.
"With all the everyday tensions we experience, it's nice to take your clothes off and feel one less inhibition," another swimmer said.
One student who is a model for the art department says she likes to go to get the all-over tan effect, "Not only do I feel prettier, and I look better."
people are friendly and generally uninhibited.
McDonald's also has Quarterpounders and
regular hamburgers and cheeseburgers
If you're interested in meeting others,
When Clinton Reservoir becomes operable in the next two years, Lake Henry will be turned into a state park and fishing area.
A meat packing company in Missouri that supplies all the area McDonald's, delivers the hamburger patter weekly and the buns are made from the Batter Knack bakery in Topeka.
Peter Stain Stores are primarily retail outlets for the Stefan's Dairy Co., but they also sell hamburgers and Flo Christopher. Peter Pan area supervisor, said that it amounts to about 30 per cent of the total sales in the Lawrence area.
A&W has a "burger family" and all the burgers are garnished to order, Melvin Elliott, A&W's manager, said. Papa Burgers weigh in pre-cooked at a third of a pound followed by Mama Burgers, Teen Burgers and a small ounce and a half Baby Burger.
&W's meat comes from a locker plant in DeSoTE and the buns from Butter Krust. The &W corporation sets a 20 per cent fat content standard for hamburgers, Elliott said, and periodically comes by and checks his hamburgers.
but hamburgers only make up about 35 to 40 percent of what he said. He said. &WN currently has 75 employees.
For quality of meat, Dairy Queen has the market cornered. Kenneth Murphy, Dairy Queen's manager, said the quality of the hamburger that he uses for his dinner plates is one of the International Dairy Queen Corporation. Brazier Burgers are extra lean, with less than a 10 per cent
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Murphy said the Dairy Queen hamburger is processed in Oklahoma and distributed through Kansas City. He also gets his buns from Butter Krust.
Br. der Burgers also are cooked a special way. They're cooked on an open flame grill, but a protective shield keeps the fire from actually hitting the meat as it cooks and helps drain the fat away, Murphy said, and Brazier Burgers are less apt to give you indigestion because of the special cooking process.
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