Long before Harold & Kumar found White Castle, we 70s rockers/stoners kept them in business. Nothing better than a 6-pack of sliders at 3:00am after a night out. For those of you not in the know, White Castle is a fast-food chain specializing in tiny little cheeseburgers you can eat in a single bite (if you have a big mouth like me). They’re called sliders as they will slide right through you too.
Poco is still around! Yes, yes, bearded dragon lizards are not carnivores, but they also don’t breath fire and what better way to fuel the internal furnace of Poco then with White Castle sliders? Nothing. Just be thankful the flames are coming out his mouth…
Got my appetite for Molly Hatchet whet the other day so I found this one for today’s comic. I have to be in the mood for Hatchet’s southern fried rock, but when I am, the car stereo is cranked to the max!
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White Castles are great…until the farting starts. UGH!!!
Oh man! Nothing was better that sliders. The only thing that you could fill your munchie tummy on for a buck! In the south west now, and the only way to get them is in the frozen food section at the store. Blasphemy I tell ya! mmmmm and an RC cola. Thems were da daze!
Good to see Poco back. Can’t wait to see what this week has in store for the gang.
Unfortunately we don’t have any White Castles in Texas, that I know of. If we do they’ve got them too well hid. However we did get a chain thru called Krystal’s that had sliders, and advertised their selves as like “White Castle” and man those things were horrible. Folks from Cali and up north that had the opportunity to enjoy White Castle said they were nothing like them. To say the least Krystal’s opened and closed in the same year here.
So now that my older bro is living in Chicago I’m hoping one of my trips up to visit will result in my experiencing a true White Castle slider. Until then my pallet will have to only dream.
krystals were founded on the concept of ripping off white castle actually.
rody davenport jr, one of the original founders of krystal, used to go to white castles to take notes, and basically commit corporate espionage.
comparing a krystal slider, to a white castle slyder is indeed blasphemy. worse are when people consider hardee’s/carls jr sliders to the whit ecastle original….
things to remember, WC is the OLDEST fast food chain in america. predating McDonalds signifigantly. white castle INVENTED fast food.
Damn Poco is such a cute little thing…probably because he’s a cartoon…
Also, is it true that White Castle burgers have so much fat and calories that they mess up with your digestion system?
When I lived in Chicago, I used to go to the White Castle (I think) in Bucktown for thier disgusting yet compelling banana shake (I think) and kinda soggy gross fries (I think). Obviously my memory of it isn’t great, but what IS it about White Castle that isn’t exactly…. you know….. good, but that gets you coming back again and again?
I can remember having White Castle once in my life. Maybe twice. So I don’t really remember what they taste like. My friends and I liked to hit diners late at night. I am a Jersey Girl after all 😉
Count yourself lucky, girlfriend. Last time I had White Castle, half my colon blew out through…well…you know where.
White Castle and I do not agree. Not on anything.
sadly, I have not yet tried a white castle hamburger… not that I remember. None of ’em left around here.
Hopped over here from “Pinkerton”. (Hi, Mike!) I live in Indianapolis, which is practically WC Central. (They have a regional administration/distribution center here.) There are a couple within walking distance, but they’re a taste that I just never acquired.
The only way I can get WC is if I go back home to Hoosier land. Or find them frozen at the store. They have Krystals down here that are close but just not quite a WC.
No White Castles in the Great White North (ironic isn’t it?). My husband is from New Jersey though and he’s always insisted I probably shouldn’t go there. LOL. 🙂 I probably will one day though, just to say I experienced it!
Unfortunately I can’t contribute anything to the White Castle discussion (apart from remembering how one of the Mads’ roadies went out for supplies somewhere vaguely on your patch and brought back a boatload of bags of those minuscule burgers), since I’ve never eaten one (not even on the aforementioned tour, since I was still veg at the time). But what I *can* say is that I’ve just been looking back over a folder-ful of saved 1977 stuff – daily strips, ‘band Polaroids’, special one-offs and page-top banners (Nekkid Lorraine… Jeff!Son!of!Odin!… stoner Halloween pumpkins…) – and DUDE YOU DO NOT REALISE HOW AWESOME YOU ARE. Seriously. Give yourself a pat on the back and a can of Chicago beer or whatever floats your boat, because you are doing FANTASTIC work and you keep on improving and I truly do believe you’re carving a unique niche for yourself in the comix world even though it’s still early days. Nuff said.
The last time I went to WC was back in 1987. It was right off of Main St. in Pittsfield MA. I could be wrong (I don’t think so) but Hardee’s was just next door to it. For a while I thought WC (castle frotage) was for kids and not the “place” to be seen. However, while workin’ for Pizza Hut I found the joy’s of “Oregano” and in doing so I remember wandered in to WC one day, ordered the cheapest thing (six slyders) and the next thing found myself on a Peter Pan bus back to Pittsfield from Westfield (40 Miles away from home) Broke when I got home, but, best day I ever had 😛