Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Hot Cold, Baby!
| The new KLHOF Inductees are rolling in. Some are gettign announced at Krystal Lovers Blog some are being sent out via the Krystal Lover's Lounge over at www.krystal.com and some you just have to know where to look (like the email Jennifer sent me last week). Well we now have another KLHOF member in the Macon-Warner Robins area: The article is once again by the excellent Macon Telegraph writer, Ed Grisamore. And he mentions me as well as Johnny Solomon, the rest of the Macon area Hall of Famers. (If you follow the link right quick and scroll down he mentions Bill Buckley, who helped Ed write a book titled "Once Upon a Whoopee" about the first macon hockey team in the early 70's. Great book, good stories.) I also got an email yesterday fro Michael in Augusta whos son, Bailey (age 7) was inducted recently. Bailey is inductee #43 and loves Krystal's french fries! (I can't argue with that, Bailey!) Michael found me thru this web site. He also sent along a few nice pictures from his son's induction. Welcome to the Hall of Fame, Bailey!  And that leads me right into my main purpose of today's post. It's all about temperature. I know Krystal always leans on their small hot steamy burgers and buns. But some times, cold is good, too. Here's my example:  Now the main thing to pay attention to in the picture is...(yes it has been a long lead up, and I hope it's worth it) The Ketchup. You'll notice packets of ketchup from Krystal, as well as my big bottle of ketchup from the fridge. If you're paying attention you'll know the Krystals do not have ketchup (that would be in an orange "special" box. See my Krystal Box collection web page, linked to the left.) The way I see it, if you want ketchup in your Krystal, you have 3 choices:
My friend Brian goes with the "dunk" method. He empties a bunch of packets on his tray then dunks his Krystals. I have done that on occasion, too. It gives you maximum control over the ketchup koverage, but tends to leave a mess behind. Once I found out Krystals would add ketchup for you, I went "all the way" for years. It's just easier like that. Though on one occasion someone interpreted "All the way" to mean "Mayo." That scarred me for life. I never said "All the way" again. The down side of "all the way" is that if you don't eat them soon, the ketchup gets warm and not so tasty. When my Krystal Box came out, it had to be a cheese Krystal, so no more "add ketchup." It was once again "packet time." These days I have them add ketchup sometimes or I grab my own packets. I never put much thought into it anymore. When I first started working on the base way back in 2002, my co-worker Jarrett and I discovered the wonder that is: Kold Ketchup. We had Jarrett's big fridge (that you may have seen back in Sept. as I returned it to him in Florida) in the office and it was convenient to keep a bottle of ketchup in it. We were delighting in our chilled ketchupy goodness. On our fries, on our burgers, on ice cream sandwiches. Ok, well maybe not the ice cream. But there was cold ketchup everywhere. This past week, when I saw the new boxes at Krystal, I decided to forgo the "add ketchup" so I could get the new KLHOF boxes. I picked up my packs of ketchup as usual. But then once I arrived home, it hit me. I had a big frosty bottle of ketchup in the fridge. And oh what a good night it was. Hot steamy Krystals, cold delicious ketchup. Heaven. Absolute heaven. Now hopefully you will have the opportunity to apply my hot/cold technology to your next batch of Krystals (or Chiks) and you'll understand what I mean. I don't advise bringing your own cold bottle of ketchup to Krystal, however. Not that they would kick you out. No, other patrons will be trying to mooch some kold ketchup off of you and you'll have nothing left to enjoy on your hot apple pie. If you like it that way, I mean.  |
Labels: Cheese, Chiks, Hockey, KLHOF, Macon, Warner Robins
